animal ecology

A program for wildlife ecology, interweaving Native American cultural heritage with environmental lessons.

Describes the plant and animal life associated with an apple tree, all of which create a miniature, co-dependent ecosystem.

Gathers more than one hundred kinds of animals and presents them in groups, describing their traits and asking readers to name the one factor that links the animals in each group together.

Profiles some endangered animals from around the world, presents facts about each one, and explains why they are endangered.

Riley and his family visit Australia's Great Barrier Reef to find out why large portions of the reef are dying, facing giant starfish, great white sharks, and poachers along with Wyland, a world-renowned marine artist and conservationist.

Explains how the size of animals relates to their habitats on land and in water and how their food requirements impact their life style.

Provides information about eight different habitats around the world, including tropical grasslands and rain forests, deserts, temperate woodlands and grasslands, taiga and tundra, wetlands, and mountains and polar regions, and introduces some of the animals that live in each environment.

Describes the unusual ways animals use to survive in extreme environments.

Examines how animals adapt and survive in various environments, how pollution affects them, and how many animals are in danger today of becoming extinct. Includes suggested activities.

"Bernd Heinrich receives a letter from a severely ill friend asking if he might have a "green burial" at Heinrich's hunting camp, and the acclaimed biologist/author sets out to explore exactly how the animal world deals with the death-to-life cycle and what we can learn from the process, both ecologically and spiritually"--Provided by publisher.