Only one in a thousand of the eggs of the leatherback sea turtle results in an adult sea turtle. Learn how sea turtles came to be endangered, and what scientists are doing to save them.
Two children put up a birdhouse in their backyard and watch as a pair of tree swallows build a nest and raise six babies before migrating south in the fall. Includes information about tree swallows and about birdhouses.
behind the scenes at a center for orphaned and injured birds
Swinburne, Stephen R
1998
Provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Vermont Raptor Center, a facility where volunteers rescue and rehabilitate hurt or abandoned birds of prey and eventually release them back into the wild.
A collection of illustrated, rhyming poems about various creatures that can be found in tide pools, with additional information about the physical characteristics and habits of animals such as lobsters, sculpins, starfish, and anemones.
Follows the fate of one hundred sea turtle eggs from the time they are laid by their mother on the beach, until the eggs hatch and the newborns try to make the short but perilous journey to the sea.
Two children put up a birdhouse in their backyard and watch as a pair of tree swallows build a nest and raise six babies before migrating south in the fall. Includes information about tree swallows and about birdhouses.
An introduction to manatees, looking at the work of marine biologists who monitor the health of manatees, examining the lives of manatees in the wild, and discussing threats to their continued existence.
