behavior

Explains how ants live and work together to build and maintain their cities.

Describes the parental behavior of Emperor penguins, focusing on how the male keeps the egg warm until it hatches and how the parents care for the chick after it is born.

Describes the habitat, physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of penguins, birds of the southern hemisphere who are excellent swimmers.

Describes the habitat, physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of both African and Asian elephants.

Explains how to read a dog's body language and vocalizations and presents step-by-step instructions for training, housebreaking, teaching tricks, and playing several types of games.

Explains how to read a cat's body language and vocalizations and presents step-by-step instructions for training, teaching tricks, and playing several types of games.

Describes the habitat, physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of prairie dogs, playful and sociable rodents of the Great Plains.

Describes the habitat, physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of kangaroos.

Describes the habitat, physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of the many species of bats.

Color photos fill this overview of ant colonies, which describes ant habitats, the building of a habitat, ant jobs and hierarchy, and how ants find food, and presents instructions for an experiment with ant trails and a listing of related books and Web sites.