Dlugos, Jenn

Color illustrations and text introduce space technology including powerful telescopes, space probes, and high-speed aircraft.

Showcases space discoveries, such as why Pluto is no longer classified as a planet, what happens to stars when they die, why Uranus cannot seem to roll straight, and more.

Describes animals that use unscrupulous behavior such as bullying, burglary, rioting, and fraud simply to survive. "Crooked critters" profiled include trespassing tapeworms, disguised insects, megaphone monkeys, brood-burrowing cuckoos, and more.

"It takes two to tango--but in the wild, two can do much crazier things than dance... find out about nature's strangest dating rituals, cooperative couples, and parasite pests. You'll explore symbiotic pairings like the plover bird, affectionately nicknamed the 'crocodile dentist,' and hybrid 'franken-species' that seem like something out of a science fiction tale. Whether it's nature's slimiest organizations or the weirdest mutations... celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest, craziest, and creepiest things in nature, proving once and for all that life in the wild is anything but ordinary."--.

"Hexapus. Two-headed snake. Spider worm. They sound like creatures from horror movies, but they are all real-life mutants that creep, crawl, and slither among us... learn that genes can be a freaky and fascinating business. From two-toned lobsters to squirrel kittens, this book showcases the strangest and most shocking genetic mutants in the plantand animal kingdom... celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest, craziest, and creepiest things in nature, proving once and for all that life in the wild is anything but ordinary."--.

"Life isn't always easy, but some organisms take hard living to the extreme... looks at organisms living in the weirdest of ways: swimming miles deep in the ocean, freezing on icy mountaintops, boiling in hot springs, or even floating in space. You'll also find critters bigger, smaller, softer, longer, and stretchier than you ever thought possible. Whether it's nature's slimiest organizations or the weirdest mutations... celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest, craziest, and creepiest things in nature, proving once and for all that life in the wild is anything but ordinary."--.