Greenaway, Theresa

Depicts various species of animals that use some kind of venom to protect themselves or as a means of acquiring food, including scorpions, bees, and snakes.

Describes the many uses animals make of the tongue, such as an aid in eating and drinking, a means of self-defense, a smelling organ or as bait to attract prey; and of the tail, such as a swimming organ, a weapon for defense, a blanket to keep warm in, a fifth limb to climb with, and more.

Describes different body parts such as horns, antlers, teeth, tusks, baleen, and similar appendages which animals use for fighting, self-defense, for capturing and killing prey, and for feeding.

Explores the purposes of the fur of mammals and the feathers of birds.

Discusses the ears and eyes of animals and how they have adapted for survival.

Provides detailed information on the physical characteristics, various species, behavior, habitat, life cycle, and human efforts at conservation of bats, mammals that are able to fly.

Provides information on the identification, life cycle, and habitats of spiders, as well as on how to collect and care for them as pets.

Text and detailed photographs offer facts about a wide variety of insects, including beetles, wasps, and stick and leaf insects.

Contains detailed photographs and information on wasps, hornets, bees, ticks, caterpillars, whippersnappers, scorpions, and horseflies.