animal ecology

Combines informational text, facts, maps, and photographs to teach children about geography, animals, habitats, endangered species, and more.

Readers will learn about the food chains and food webs in a variety of habitats in this volume, how everything is connected, and how every living organism plays a role.

Photographs, diagrams and text introduce the ideas and concepts which ecologists have developed to describe and explain the world of nature.

An account of man's impact on the ecology of Europe describing the adjustment of various animal species to human intrusion.

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

When Arnold finds a small foxlike animal with huge ears, he and the rest of Mrs. Frizzle's students search for the animal's habitat, visiting the Arctic, the North American temperate forest, the African grasslands, the Amazon rain forest, wetlands, and desert.

Answers questions about the natural world such as why the large land animals are mammals, why there are so many bird species and why they are so small, and why bodies of water are home mainly to large reptiles instead of large mammals.

An exploration of prairie dog communities that describes how the rodents share food, take care of and teach their young, work together, guard against predators, and communicate.

Describes the scientific study being undertaken on the wild ponies of Assateague Island which explores their role in the ecology of the barrier island.