urban ecology (biology)

Text and photographs describe less-than-pleasant and unexpected habitats and the animals that live in them, focusing on sewers and gutters, and discussing rats, cockroaches, bats, snails, and slugs.

Provides an introduction to food chains and food webs and examines food chains in action in various urban habitats.

Alternates factual information on the ecological aspects of an urban environment with activities and experiments, covering such areas as city water, parks and ponds, wild mammals in town, and trash.

Colorful illustrations help describe how various things work in the yard, from birds and nests to clouds and puddles.

Explores sustainable homes around the world, discussing the effects houses have on the environment and giving suggestions for living more sustainably.

Night and day, the wild animals that make their home in Jenny's backyard in the city are busy finding food, raising their young, and keeping out of danger.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce young readers to the plants, insects, and animals that make up the food chain in a backyard habitat.

Provides descriptions of the plants and animals that may be found in local habitats, based on the author's explorations of his own backyard in New Jersey; organized by season.

A collection of articles that examines agricultural innovations which are being used to eradicate hunger and poverty, discussing cropping methods, irrigation technology, agricultural policies, and more.

A collection of articles from over fifty contributors that examines global environmental problems, revealing how human societies must move beyond consumer culture to a new culture of sustainability and how people around the world have already begun this shift.