"Young naturalists meet sixteen birds in this elegant introduction to the many uses of feathers."--Amazon.com.

"Readers will learn fascinating facts about each species [of butterflies], from familiar Monarchs to dazzling Blue Morphos to endangered Queen Alexandra's Birdwings" --

Presents the various types of defenses mechanisms used by animals, including the bone spikes of the African hairy frog, the deadly poison of the blue-spotted N. taracua termite, and the hammer-like punch of the peacock mantis shrimp.

"Spiders seem scary, but they are really quiet creatures who help humans by eating many insect pests. And it's hard not to love nature's best engineer as it builds elaborate web homes. Young readers will explore the world of spiders and their awesome abilities in this exciting and informative look at a creepy creature who really isn't scary at all" --

"Amazing animals live all over our world. But which ones are the strongest, hairiest, or fastest? Through easy-to-read text, amazing photos, and a fun activity, beginning readers will learn all about the most extreme animals living on our planet"--

Extrait: "Le Miosson, affluent du Clain, est un charmant petit ruisseau qui a creusé un joli vallon, étroit et encaissé, au milieu du plateau o le roi Jean fut battu par le prince Noir, le lundi 19 septembre 1356." À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de qualité de grands livres de la littérature classique mais également des livres rares en partenariat avec la BNF. Beaucoup de soins sont...

Extrait: "On ne doit s'attendre à trouver dans les plus riches collections ornithologiques et entomologiques, à plus forte raison dans les quelques pages qui vont suivre, qu'un faible aperçu du monde de l'air : monde infini comme celui de la mer, et qui, pour arriver à l'insecte et à l'oiseau, commence par des milliards de milliards de corpuscules invisibles, poussière impalpable qui se mêle aux molécules gazeuses." À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS...

This book describes the similarities and differences between two species, bonobos and chimpanzees, based on the three decades the author has spent studying them in the wild, and shows how the contrasting nature of these two species is also reflected in human nature. The most important differences between bonobos and chimpanzees, our closest relatives, are the social mechanisms of coexistence in group life. Chimpanzees are known as a fairly despotic...

Study the picture and read the clues to figure which animal left each set of tracks.

"One of American Association for the Advancement of Science's Books for General Audiences and Young Adults 2014" Daphne J. Fairbairn is professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside. She has written widely on the science of sexual differences. The remarkable and unique ways that male and female animals play out gender roles in nature While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare...