Attenborough, David

Complete eleven part series featuring rare footage of animals worldwide, their habitats and behaviors, and the need for ongoing conservation.

Presents an illustrated study of various types of amphibians and reptiles including frogs, turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and snakes. Discusses their physical characteristics, behavior, life cycles, adaptations, and conservation status.

Photographs and text by naturalist, writer, and filmmaker David Attenborough help describe various mammals found throughout the world and their lifestyle, habitats, physical characteristics, and distribution.

Through text and colorful photographs the reader is introduced to how plants compete endlessly for survival with other plants and animals.

An investigation of the lives and behavior of birds, discussing flight, hunting and gathering, courtship and mating, bird songs, defense mechanisms, and other topics; and including color photographs.

Explores the world of invertebrates, with a focus on the diversity of species, habitats, behaviors and ecological relationships. Includes color photographs, and an evolutionary chart.

Explores the history and current state of the Mediterranean region which became a cradle of civilization.

The companion volume to The Zoo Quest Expeditions. Describes four expeditions in search of remote tribes who retain their ancient ways of life.

Continues: Life on earth. The story of the Earth's surface and its colonization by animals and plants.