adaptation

"Life isn't always easy, but some organisms take hard living to the extreme... looks at organisms living in the weirdest of ways: swimming miles deep in the ocean, freezing on icy mountaintops, boiling in hot springs, or even floating in space. You'll also find critters bigger, smaller, softer, longer, and stretchier than you ever thought possible. Whether it's nature's slimiest organizations or the weirdest mutations... celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest, craziest, and creepiest things in nature, proving once and for all that life in the wild is anything but ordinary."--.

Text and color illustations explore animal journeys, from mass migrations to flying fish and pollination.

Explores the concept of convergent evolution, where animals that are biologically unrelated to each other develop similar or identical features and capabilities, such as tusks in walruses and elephants, shells in snails and tortoises, or wings on birds and bats.

A look at the social and emotional lives, as well as communication methods, of elephants.

"Some animals are covered in fuzzy fur. Others travel thousands of miles each year, searching for warm weather and food. Some can even blend into their environment. These are traits that help animals survive"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces the many adaptations animals have made to survive, hide from predators, catch prey, and increase reproduction; including the long necks of giraffes, thick fur and large feet of polar bears, and more.

Visits a banana plantation to introduce the many things that plants provide. Also, showcases the life cycle of a bean plant from germination to fruit development, and covers the parts of a plant as well as plant adaptations.

Explores plant and animal life in the temperate forests of Washington State, the grasslands of East Africa, the saltwater marshes of Australia, and the tropical rain forests of Peru, and on the polar ice of Antarctica.

Explores the traits that all living things possess, and looks at what makes them all different.Contains a short cartoon depicting animal adaptations.