Henry Carter Hull

Animals Cells takes you inside the smallest unit of life. Learn how each cell's organelles work together to allow living things to function. Explore blood cells, muscle cells, nerve cells, skin cells, and more.

As a species, humans tend to view ourselves as the top of the natural order for our exceptional intelligence and emotional depth, but there are many other metrics for determining what makes a species remarkable. This volume looks at some of the world's st

In Amazing Animal Pets, readers learn about some animals' super skills at helping people! Simple, leveled text accompanies vivid images and engaging design to make these books a popular choice.

Describes how animals act or behave the way they do. Animals shown include a monarch butterfly, a Cape ground squirrel, a honeybee, a baboon, a leaf insect, a great horned owl, a sockeye salmon, the Western fence lizard, and a brown bear.

Think humans are the only intelligent creatures? Think again. Sure, humans are smart. But scientists are discovering that we can learn a lot from some super-smart animals. For example: some birds can store seeds in thousands of different places - and remember them all! Octopuses can camouflage themselves as other animals or objects to avoid predators. Ants can work together on tasks by following instinctive algorithms. This fascinating book, covering...

"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005" Scott Forbes, Professor of Biology at the University of Winnipeg, is a behavioral ecologist whose chief research interest is the evolutionary ecology of families. He has published articles in a wide variety of journals, including Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Ecology, Nature, American Naturalist, and Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Why do baby sharks, hyenas, and pelicans kill their siblings?...

Do some birds really build their nests in a cactus? Do some salamanders live so deep in caves that they have no eyes? Are there animals living under the Antarctic ice? Readers find out as they read and learn about some wonderful animals and their unusual homes.

A party of jays, a parade of elephants, a stench of skunks, and so many more make up this delightfully funny and informative picture book about animal group names! Packed with vibrant art, young readers will not only learn what we call certain groups of animals, but it will tickle them with literal images. That party of jays? Those birds have party hats and streamers galore! A Troop of Kangaroos is early nonfiction that will entertain and teach....

Do your readers know that an elephant can use its trunk to pick up tree branches? Or that polar bears have the best sense of smell of any animal on Earth? Readers learn all about how animals use their noses to hunt, breathe, and stay safe.

A thrilling tale of encounters with nature's masters of biochemistry. From the coasts of Indonesia to the rainforests of Peru, venomous animals are everywhere-and often lurking out of sight. Humans have feared them for centuries, long considering them the assassins and pariahs of the natural world. Now, in Venomous, the biologist Christie Wilcox investigates and illuminates the animals of our nightmares, arguing that they hold the keys to a...