Describes the layers of the sea and the various sea creatures at each depth, including squid, sharks, and dragonfish.

Product Description: An illustrated look at the weird and wonderful creatures that live in the very deepest parts of the sea. Humans have always wondered, with a mixture of fear and fascination, what lurks beneath the surface in the depths of the ocean...read more

Product Description: This is a close-up look at the world of ants. Erich Hoyt recounts observations from an ant expedition to the tropical jungle with Edward O. Wilson. He introduces ants who harvest crops, raise insects as livestock, build roads and bridges, embark on nuptial fights and go to war.

Provides details and facts about whales, and explains the strategies conservationists are using to prevent them from becoming extinct.

Product Description: 'Erich Hoyt's handbook is an admirable, timely and highly welcome contribution.' Michael Stachowitsch, Marine Ecology What does it mean to save the whales if their habitat is left unprotected? Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises is the definitive handbook on this pressing issue and the first to bridge the gap between the disciplines of marine protected areas and cetacean conservation...read more

A Wonderful Journey into the Insect World through Literature,Science, Art, and Popular Culture Aristotle on metamorphosis * Alfred Russel Wallace on the rare butterflies of the MalayArchipelago * Jean-Henri Fabre on the art of the dung beetle * Dave Barry on naming the U.S. Official National Insect * Charles Darwin on seagoing insects * William Beebe on an army ant invasion * Kevin Kelly on bee and human swarming * Jonathan Schell on postnuclear insect survival * Gary Larson on when insects take over * May Berenbaum on maggots and murderers * Henry David Thoreau on race wars among the ants * Thomas Eisner on stealth bugs * David George Gordon on appreciating the lowly cockroach * Maurice Maeterlinck on the queen-bee s wedding * Edward O. Wilson on insect societies plus many other essays, illustrations, cartoons, screenplays,poems, recipes, tales, and observations on insect life. (view table of contents)

Describes the characteristics of dolphins and how they play, hunt, form family groups, and communicate with each other

Offers life histories of the whales of the northern hemisphere, discusses their communication, feeding, mating, migrations, and acrobatics, and introduces the scientists who study the whales (view table of contents)

Follows a year in the life of a group of about a dozen humpback, right, and blue whales, describes their migration cycles, and explains how they sing, fight, play, mate, and feed

Describes the characteristics of dolphins and how they play, hunt, form family groups, and communicate with each other

Presents an alphabetically arranged reference guide to terms and issues relating to plant and animal extinction, and lists laws, government agencies, and public interest organizations that deal with biological extinction.

The author describes what he learned about killer whales after seven summers of observing them in their natural environment

Discusses the habitat, habits, diet, and distinguishing features of the various types of whales and surveys the places where whales can be seen

The author describes what he learned about killer whales after five summers of observing them in their natural environment