Lavies, Bianca

Text and photographs depict the life cycle of the Atlantic salmon, from its birth in freshwater streams through its journey to the sea to its return to spawn in its streams of origin.

Text and photographs present the animal life on a seventy-year-old maple tree.

Text and photographs describe the physical characteristics, eating habits, reproduction, and infancy of the nine-banded armadillo.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of this insect that eats other insects alive.

Explores life inside the bees' nests, their volatile nature, what effects they have had on their new environment, and how adaptation to their native African climate has so well suited them to survival in the Americas.

Text and photographs depict the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the red-sided garter snake.

Describes what happens in a compost pile and how creatures, from bacteria and mites to millipedes and earthworms, aid in the process of turning compost into humus.