Reveals what cats are communicating with their body language and behavior, sharing educational scenarios and numerous photographs of classic cat poses.

The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world.This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension--the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic...

"Shows 59 colorful birds displaying their strange bodily adaptations"--page 4 of cover.

A lyrical portrait of seal characteristics and life explains how seals appear to be slow and sleepy creatures on land but are powerful, graceful and dynamic animals under the water who cleverly outmaneuver predators and skillfully catch fishy dinners.

"Young nature enthusiasts will find answers to these questions and learn all sorts of fascinating facts about mammals in this full-color, interactive book. Mammal Mania explores what makes mammals unique, as well as their anatomy, behavior, and conservation needs. Readers will learn to build a squirrel feeder, write a putrid poem, make an animal tracking station, and much more. Thirty hands-on activities promote observation and analysis, writing...

Shows young children how animals around the world carry their young, from kangaroos carrying babies in pouches to penguin babies perched on their parents' feet.

Explores the evolutionary and environmental sources of bird behavior, in a treasury of avian lore that shares detailed descriptions of the author's research methods, discoveries, and recommendations for environmental safeguards.

"Sometimes, Tom is a bad dog. But he can be good, too! His family loves him no matter what"--Provided by publisher.

""There is the mammal way and there is the bird way." This is one scientist's pithy distinction between mammal brains and bird brains: two ways to make a highly intelligent mind. But the bird way is much more than a unique pattern of brain wiring, and lately, scientists have taken a new look at bird behaviors they have, for years, dismissed as anomalies or mysteries. What they are finding is upending the traditional view of how birds conduct their...