animal introduction

Explores the ways in which man and nature have used water, wind, weather, and wings to spread plants and animals around the world with good and bad results.

Describes various animal species not native to the United States, how they arrived on the North American continent, and their effect on the native wildlife.

Describes how animals introduced into a new geographic area--such as the rabbit in Australia and the mongoose in Jamaica--can destroy the ecological balance and become pests.

Describes five species that are not native to North America--the sea lamprey, fire ants, zebra mussels, European starlings, and African honey bees--and efforts to handle the problems their introduction has caused.

Defines and discusses certain calamitous events around the world, from past to modern times, that have resulted in death, famine, or economic destruction.

Retells the true story of how the first giraffe ever to come to Europe was sent by the Pasha of Egypt to the King of France in 1826, and the giraffe walked from the disembarkation point of Marseilles to Paris to see the King.

Explores how and why plants and animals enter ecosystems to which they are not native, as well as the consequences of these invasions for other animals, plants, and humans.

Explains the problems posed by living organisms that invade or spread to new places.

Explains what happened when giant toads were brought to Australia to help control beetles that ate the sugar cane crop. Includes information on the physical characteristics and habits of this species of toad.