ecology

Explains how corals grow, what they need to eat, and how they nourish other animals.

Explores the rigid, wave-resistant structure formed by skeletons of corals, which provides a favorable environment for the symbiotic existence of marine plants and animals.

Describes plants and animals that live in and around kelp bed forests, including otters, seals, plankton, eels, and octopi.

After learning that he has been sent from the future for a special purpose, eighteen-year-old Jack receives help from an unusual dog and a shape-shifting female fighter.

A description of the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands and the threats to it.

Describes how the oceans were formed, the plants and animals that live in them, and the impact of human beings on the marine environment.

When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Paralympics sailing hopeful Felix and English school girl Kara work with veterinarians and specialists to save and reunite the dolphin with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef from the environmental effects of proposed dredging.

The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.

A collage-format tour through the world of lakes and ponds that includes original illustrations, journal entries by young nature explorers, excerpts from magazines, and descriptions of many types of animals, birds, insects, and plants.

Introduces the plants of the rain forest, discussing both the forest floor and the treetops and examining how plants interact with the animals and provide food and other products.