biodiversity

Explains how living creatures are classified, and introduces all the principal groups of creatures that are believed to have existed in the history of Earth.

Contains thirteen essays that examine the importance of biodiversity, discussing the benefits, potential threats, and ways to address the issues that challenge efforts to protect the natural environment.

Study of plant-pollinator relationships, looking at the hidden connections between plants and animals in locales around the world, and discussing how human society has affected and is affected by those relationships.

Introduces readers to the numbers one to ten while providing information about different animals found in the taiga.

Describes the basics of ecology, including food chains, habitats, and ecosystems.

Investigates the interrelationship of the ecological processes that accommodate diversity and the evolutionary processes that generate it.

Explores how habitats are destroyed and its effect on biodiversity and examines how scientists are trying to restore the habitats of endangered species. Includes case studies, side-bars, maps, charts, and photographs.

Text and photographs look at various ecosystems around the world.

A collection of two hundred color photographs profiling the beauty of the landscapes and wildlife of the Northern Rocky Mountains.