Stefoff, Rebecca

Describes the behaviors that animals use to communicate, including the use of smell, taste, sight, sound, and feeling.

Follows investigators as they respond to natural, accidental, and deliberate disasters, using the technology of forensic science to help people cope with the uncontrollable events.

Investigates how law enforcement, public health workers, doctors, and scientists contribute to the fight against medical crime.

Introduces the history, technology, and importance of the science of using human remains to solve crimes or identify bodies.

Follows the forensic laboratory, from its simple beginnings to it current status as a high-tech scientific wonderland.

Discusses the economy, people, government and culture of China.

Examines the evolution of recycling as a concept, its role in controlling the world's trash problems, and possible future developments.

Profiles the Cuban-American pop singer who is the leader of the popular Latin musical group the Miami Sound Machine.

Explores the great westward migration on the Oregon Trail in the nineteenth century and the experiences of those who traveled that way.

Discusses the recovery and development of the United States after the devastation of the Civil War, with attention to the discovery of gold in the West, the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, the surge of immigration, and America's emergence as a world power in the twentieth century.