Describes five useful identification tests, lists the characteristics of over one hundred rocks and minerals, and explains their uses in industry and everyday life

Product Description: For students, naturalists, and all nature lovers. Richard Headstrom, noted entomologist, author and teacher, in a lucid, readable style discusses crustacean anatomy, special characteristics, habitats, reproduction, locomotion, molting, regeneration, and other topics...read more

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Describes the habits and behavior of chipmunks, cottontail rabbits, paper wasps, red squirrels, carpenter ants, and other animals and insects

Product Description: Hunters, naturalists, scouts, and nature lovers will appreciate this comprehensive guide to wildlife prints and tracks. It features the tracks of more than 100 species of mammals, birds, frogs, toads, salamanders, snakes, lizards, turtles, insects, and other invertebrates, all common to the eastern United States...read more

In each of the forty-seven chapters an adult helps a child embark on an adventure discovering freshwater animals such as a paramecium, a turtle, and a crayfish.

Thirty-nine adventures in which the anatomy, behavior, and social life of insects are described.

Product Description: Armed with an inexpensive hand lens and this engaging informative book, nature lovers can embark on a fascinating journey into the hidden mysteries of the natural world-a universe of surprising details, and a richness of color and texture not apparent to the naked eye...read more

Fifty experiments show the many things you can observe at home and out-of-doors with only a hand lens