a compilation of bird and aquatic animal group names
2009
Colorful illustrations and simple text identify lesser-known names and terms used to describe groups of specific animals, including congregations of crocodiles, bouquets of pheasants, and parliaments of owls.
Colorful illustrations and simple text identify lesser-known names and terms used to describe groups of specific animals, including parcels of hogs, kaleidoscopes of butterflies, businesses of ferrets, and more.
Examines the history of taxonomy, describing the quest of scientists to name and classify living things from Carl Linnaeus to early twenty-first-century scientists who rely more on microscopic evidence than their senses, which has encouraged an indifference to nature that is responsible for the extinction of many species.
