Parker, Steve

Presents an examination of the human body's control system, explaining how the brain and various nerve centers regulate the body's functions.

Describes the digestive system's parts and discusses each step of the digestive process in detail, covering such topics as taste buds, swallowing, the duration of digestion, pancreas juices, the villi of the small intestine, and the importance of the kidneys.

Provides information about the lives and behaviors of sharks, discussing the anatomy, physiology, eating habits, senses, courtship and mating rituals, and reproduction of the marine predators, and including maps, illustrations, and photographs.

Introduces ten different baby animals, including giant panda cubs, gray wolf cubs, penguin chicks, elephant calves, orangutan babies, fawns, kittens, joeys, baby otters, and seal pup, providing information about their physical characteristics and behaviors.

Explains each step of the digestive process.

Photographs and text detail how mammals, birds, fishes, and insects disguise themselves with different kinds of camouflage in order to survive.

Explains the purposes and kinds of territories occupied and defended by animals in nature and the ways in which they obtain and keep them.

Examines different kinds of migratory movement and the animals that use them, from birds and butterflies to the great whales.

Explores how our bodies respond to stimuli of the nervous system and presents related projects.

Explores the latest developments in the communications field, discussing what those developments may mean for society in the twenty-first century.