Sandra Markle
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Even before they're born, baby sharks have to be tough to survive. Some that grow inside their mothers compete with their womb-mates for food, space, and their very lives. Others have to escape as soon as their mothers give birth to avoid becoming her tasty snack. From day one, baby sharks then have to figure out how to make it in an ocean teeming with predators. Brilliant color photographs reveal how shark pups grow from tiny eggs into giant...
5) Crocodiles
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the lives of crocodiles, focusing on how they hunt their prey.
6) Wolves
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the lives of wolves that focuses on how they hunt and how they raise their cubs.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A mother emperor penguin is charged with a special duty: to bring food to her newborn chick. But the closest food is in the open sea, miles from the penguin breeding ground. While the father penguin incubates the egg as it develops into a chick, the mother must trek far across the pack ice, dodging predators and battling bitter cold to bring back the food her baby desperately needs.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Golden lion tamarins are found only in Brazilian forests. These small, remarkable monkeys once had plenty of space to roam and claim family territories. But years of deforestation caused their numbers to shrink. They were in serious danger of becoming extinct. In order to find out why, scientists studied the animals in zoo settings, but they were not reproducing, so scientist had to solve that mystery first. A real concern was that If scientists...
12) Rescues!
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Using technology as well as brains and bravery, rescuers put themselves in harm's way to save others. Includes information of how the global positioning system works for locating victims, what the heart-lung machine does and how robots detect people buried in earthquakes or other disasters.
16) Little lost bat
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Clinging to the ceilings of a large, noisy cave, a newborn Mexican free-tailed bat is in constant danger from predators. His mother, roosting nearby, guards and protects her baby. But she too faces dangers. What might happen to a baby bat whose mother doesn't return from her daily hunting trip? -- A tender story of sorrow and hope for one little lost bat.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Honeybees are a crucial part of our food chain. As they gather nectar from flowers to make sweet honey, these bees also play an important role in pollination, helping some plants produce fruit. But large numbers of honeybees are disappearing every year ... and no one knows why. Is a fungus kill ing them? Could a poor diet be the cause? What about changes to bees' natural habitat? In this real-life science mystery,scientists and beekeepers are working...
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A historically large irruption of snowy owls during the winter of 2013-2014 brought them across the eastern US, and farther south than usual. Scientists used this opportunity to attach GPS tracking devices to some snowy owls to increase understanding of their winter behavior and migration."--
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