Animal behavior

Discusses the courtship behaviors and rituals of various animals, which usually results in two mature members becoming a couple for the sake of mating and producing offspring, covering bugs, birds, fish, shellfish, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals.

Examines how different kinds of animals reproduce and raise their young.

Photographs and text detail how mammals, birds, fishes, and insects disguise themselves with different kinds of camouflage in order to survive.

Explores the practice of hibernation as a means for winter survival, discussing the habits of a variety of animals such as hummingbirds, bats, chipmunks, and rattlesnakes.

Explains the purposes and kinds of territories occupied and defended by animals in nature and the ways in which they obtain and keep them.

Examines different kinds of migratory movement and the animals that use them, from birds and butterflies to the great whales.

Explores the reasons for animal communication and the methods used, such as sound, scent, and sight.

Describes the communication methods of various types of animals, including voice and song, scent, patterns and colors, warning signs, body language, and courtship displays.