Sandra Markle

"A tick cuts through a host's skin. It begins to drink blood as its body slowly swells. Learn about the life cycles of ticks with amazing augmented reality experiences and tons of creepy, bloody details"--

"A mosquito targets you for a blood feast. You hear a high-pitched buzz before feeling a sharp bite. Learn about mosquitoes and their life cycles with augmented reality experiences and plenty of bloody, itchy details."--

"Millions of locusts swarm a farmer's field and feast. When nothing green is left, the insects leave. Learn about the lives of locusts and what drives their incredible hunger with amazing augmented reality experiences."--

Why do special features make all the difference in the insect's life, even help it survive? Find the answers to many questions about creeping, crawling insects of all sizes.

In this book you will learn how fishing spiders are similar to and different from other arachnids. Close-up photographs and diagrams reveal extraordinary details about the fishing spider's body both inside and out.

"Stick insects use their bodies to hide in plain sight. They escape predators by falling to the forest floor, where they look like sticks and fallen leaves. Learn about stick insects with augmented reality experiences"--

Introduces black widow spiders, describing their physical characteristics, life cycle, behavior, and hunting skills.

"Where do inventors find inspiration? Sometimes they look to animals! Author Sandra Markle presents twelve animal adaptations and the . . . inventions they've inspired"--Provided by publisher.

"If you could have any animal's superpower, whose would you choose?"--

Readers will learn how scientists use camera-trap technology to study woolly monkeys in the Manu Biosphere Reserve. These camera traps helped scientists discover information about the woolly monkeys' diet, behavior, and habitat. Known as the rainforest's gardeners, their activities and behaviors are essential to the survival of the trees and animals in the rainforest. Scientists must learn more to save this keystone species and protect the rainforests....