Zim, Herbert Spencer

A guide to North American insects which gives popular name, describes life and reproduction cycles and feeding habits, and includes a range guide.

Includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, and sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

Describes the whale's structure and adaptation to water life as a mammal, telling how it breathes, dives, feeds and mates, and briefly notes the importance of the whaling industry.

Includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, and sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

A guide to 458 species of animals and plants found along the seashore includes algae, flowering plants, worms,sponges, starfish, anthropods, shellfish, and birds.

Study of stars, with information about how, when, and where to look.

Includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, and sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

A guide to 458 species of animals and plants found along the seashore includes algae, flowering plants, worms,sponges, starfish, anthropods, shellfish, and birds.

Mammals have great economic value as well as their value as pets. This book discusses 218 of the most important of these animals, and provides a key to the major orders and families of animals, including a list of scientific names.