adaptation (biology)

Photographs and text describe how desert animals survive in the harsh, dry climate; and features camels, roadrunners, jerboas, thorny devils, and more.

Explores how animal and plant life adapts to the changing seasons.

Describes earth's variety of plant life which exists in a variety of climatic conditions.

Describes how various Arctic animals survive despite the extreme weather conditions and the threats posed by man.

Describes ways in which various animals have adapted to their environments over the years.

Briefly describes the history of life on earth what scientists believe fossils tell us, and the theory of evolution.

Examines the physical and biochemical origins of life and the processes by which the first living things appeared on Earth.

Explores how organisms adapt to changing environments, from changes in physical appearance to adaptations in behavior, and examines the evolution of different plant and animal species.

Explains how adaptations can help species survive and describes some of the genetic adaptations that humans and other animals have.

Readers will be delighted to learn about the awesome and adaptive powers of nature.