Lets figure out Earth and its awesome habitats and biomes through fascinating facts and figures! Find out what habitats and biomes are, where in the world different biomes are found, and which animals and plants live there. Find out how organisms carve out a life in some of the most amazing places in the world, and then turn to the Figured Out! pages to discover more facts and easy-to-read statistics that bring to life Earths amazing homes.

"Making earth science accessible and entertaining through art, maps, and infographics, The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth explains how our planet works-and how we can protect it-from its diverse ecosystems and their inhabitants, to the levels of ecology, the importance of biodiversity, the cycles of nature, and more. Science- and nature-loving readers of all ages will delight..."--Amazon.com.

Explores how scientists believe beavers can be used to transform and revive landscapes.

"Un divertid̕simo libro interactivo con el que los m̀s pequęos de la casa, siguiendo con su dedo el camino en relieve de cada p̀gina, podr̀n dar la vuelta al mundo. Con diǹmicas y coloridas ilustraciones y breves y simp̀ticos textos, los nįos aprender̀n un mont̤n de cosas mientras escalan escarpadas montąas con una cabra, cruzan a nado los očanos con un delf̕n, zigzaguean a trav̌s del desierto a lomos de un dromedario, atraviesan un...

Colorful images accompanied by both poetry and regular narrative describe the ecosystem of the Serengeti.

Carl is an earthworm. He spends his days happily tunneling in the soil until a field mouse asks him a simple question that stops him short: "Why?" Carl's quest takes him on an adventure to meet all the animals of the forest, each of whom seems to know exactly what they were put on this earth to do, unlike the curious Carl. But it's not until the world around him has changed that Carl begins to realize everyone, no matter how small, makes a big difference...

"...Told through three distinct narrators?Dawn Chapman, the mission?s pretty, young ecologist; Linda Ryu, her bitter, scheming best friend passed over for E2; and Ramsay Roothorp, E2?s sexually irrepressible Wildman?The Terranauts brings to life an electrifying, pressured world in which connected lives are uncontrollably pushed to the breaking point. With characteristic humor and acerbic wit, T.C. Boyle indelibly inhabits the perspectives of the various...

The best-selling factual series of all time is now even better! Now, with the addition of all-new commentary and new bonus programs, you can relive this incredible experience all over again! Planet Earth II is a 2016 multinational nature documentary series produced by the BBC as a sequel to Planet Earth, which was broadcast in 2006. The series is presented and narrated by Sir David Attenborough with the main theme music composed by Hans Zimmer.

Each season, as the ever-thinning Arctic ice recedes, polar bears face a daunting challenge; Grizzly bears in British Columbia must use ingenuity and fancy footwork to collect their catch; The annual rains of the Serengeti draw in the greatest concentration of large animals on Earth; Each year, billions of sardines flood South Africa's east coast creating an action-packed feeding frenzy; Thousands of animals make the long trek toward the life saving...

"Part science, part carnival--this winding adventure down the Amazon River with award-winning author Sy Montgomery and photographer Keith Ellenbogen explores how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve not only the rainforest and it's often misunderstood inhabitants, but the fate of our entire environment."--