Pringle, Laurence P

Explains the beneficial effects of periodic fires to forests and their wildlife.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and habitat of different varieties of freshwater minnows.

Introduces various plants living in and around ponds, such as cattails, bladderwort, and algae.

Discusses the variations of climate in small areas and how these microclimates affect plants, animals, agriculture, and architecture.

Examines the characteristics of the many different types of places in which animals make their home.

Surveys the plant and animal life, impact on global ecology, history, and politics of the White Continent.

Describes the characteristics and behavior of Africanized bees and discusses how they came to Brazil, how they have now spread northward as far as the United States, and their potentially disruptive influence on the native honeybee population, crop yields, and the honey and beeswax industry.

Describes how the global warming trend began, what problems it is causing, and how it can be reversed.

Explores coral reef systems, describing the relationships among fish, crabs, and other reef animals and examines the increasing threats coral reefs face.

Describes the behavior of three species of small blood-eating bats of the leafnose family found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.