adaptation (biology)

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adaptation (biology)

Fur and feathers

2010
A story of a young girl who dreams that howling winds whisk fur and feathers right off her animals friends. Trying to help, she sews each of them a new "coat.".

An ocean of animals

2012
Color photos and simple text describe animals and their adaptations to the ocean.

Who has these feet?

2011
Colorful illustrations of different sets of animal feet invite readers to guess which animal they belong to. Describes how each set of feet is perfectly adapted to the animal's habitat.

How plants survive

2003
Explains the different ways plants compete for resources.

All about plant adaptation

2000
Learn the ways plants adapt to their surroundings and how they survive in different geographical locations. Hands-on experiment.

Life

2010
Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.

From so simple a beginning

the book of evolution
1993
Graphics clearly depict the relationship between living things of past and present and explain the biological processes of change that made evolution possible.

The most extreme animals

2007
Provides details and interesting facts about a number of extreme animals around the world including the cheetah, lions and bears, insects, reptiles, and fish.

From shore to ocean floor

how life survives in the sea
1973
Discusses the characteristics that insure the survival of plants and animals in the sea.

Super survivors

2003
Explores the ways in which different plants and animals adapt to their surroundings in order to survive in new or changing environments.

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