Animals in order

An introduction to flies, a taxonomic order of insects, that includes descriptions of fourteen species and recommendations for finding, identifying, and observing them.

An introduction to parrots, a taxonomic order of birds, that includes descriptions of fifteen species and recommendations for finding, identifying, and observing them.

A general overview of rodents, including a description of fourteen species and recommendations for observing them.

An introduction to beetles, the largest taxonomic order of insects, that includes descriptions of fourteen species and recommendations for finding, identifying, and observing them.

An introduction to snakes and lizards that includes descriptions of fourteen species and recommendations for finding, identifying, and observing them.

Discusses the characteristics of mammals known as insectivores, including hedgehogs, tenrecs, shrews, desmens, moles, and solenodons.

Describes the traits and classification of the aquatic mammals called coleoids, a subgroup of the cephalopods, with an emphasis on different kinds of octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish.