desert animals

Photographs and brief text describe a variety of baby animals, some of whom are endangered, who make their homes in the desert.

As the heat of the desert day fades into night, various nocturnal animals, including bats, coyotes, and snakes, venture out to find food.

Follows a scorpion through its day as it sleeps, eats, and moves in its desert habitat.

Desert inhabitants describe the beauty of their home.

Photographs and text provide information about deserts, describing what conditions are like in the desert, introducing several famous deserts, and looking at some of the unique plants and animals found in the dry habitats. Includes a glossary.

Describes the ways in which desert animals such as the spadefoot toad, desert shrimp, chuckwalla, and sand grouse adapt in order to survive in the hot, dry climate.

Asks readers to find nine animals and plants, including a golden eagle, rattlesnake, and Joshua tree, in a picture of a desert and profiles each one, providing facts and color photos.

Examines the Plateosaurus and other prehistoric dinosaurs that lived in the desert regions of the world including the Protoceratops, Coelophysis, and Plateosaurus and discusses how they lived and survived in the desert.

Poems that describe the landscape, people, and animals of the American Southwest.

Presents an introduction to deserts, in simple text with illustrations, and includes information on what they are, its animal life, its plant life, as well as a description of different world deserts, such as the Gobi, the Sahara, and the Mojave.