Provides a comprehensive overview of one of nature's most engaging mammals • Covers fossil history, taxonomy, genetics, physiology, biomechanics, behavior, ecology, and conservation • Includes genetic analysis of five of the six subspecies of modern giraffes • Includes giraffe network studies from Laikipia Kenya, Etosha National Park, Namibia andSamburu National Reserve, Kenya

"An elephant eats, giraffes drink, a warthog digs, and a boy plays, reads, and dreams."-- Provided by publisher.

"If forests are the lungs of the planet, then animals migrating across oceans, streams, and mountains--eating, pooping, and dying along the way--are its heart and arteries, pumping nitrogen and phosphorus from deep-sea gorges up to mountain peaks, from the Arctic to the Caribbean. Without this conveyor belt of crucial, life-sustaining nutrients, the world would look very different. The dynamics that shape our physical world--atmospheric chemistry,...

There are many types of partnerships in the animal kingdom, from the mutual beneficial to the parasitic. Readers explore these fascinating relationships in clear, easy-to-understand text. They will come away with a new appreciation for animals and how they depend on each other to survive. Series Review: Wow! Wildlife"The Lively Text Informs Without Talking Down To Readers Who May Not Yet Be Familiar With Some Of These Unusual Animal Functions. These...

What is it like to live in a world dominated by humans? These eight genre-blending stories reveal the complexity, beauty and fragility of wild lives--a modern twist on classics like 'Watership Down' and 'Tarka the Otter'.

"From slowing wildfires to planting seeds, one animal is the true superhero that keeps the African savanna in balance. Elephants dig to find salt that other animal lick, their deep footprints collect water for small creatures to drink, and they eat young trees to keep the forest from overtaking the grasslands. In every season, the elephants are there to protect the savanna and its residents - but what would happen if the elephants were only "once...

Creature teachers Chris and Martin Kratt will take families along on extraordinary animal-powered adventures. The show transforms the Kratt Brothers into animated versions of themselves, allowing the real-life zoologists to visit wild animals in their little-seen habitats and showcase key science concepts.

Hunting, hiding, trapping, and tricking are just a few of the strategies used by animals in the wild to ensure they eat enough without being eaten themselves! In Explore Predators and Prey! With 25 Great Projects, readers ages 7 through 10 explore the physical and behavioral adaptations of predators and prey and their impact on the environment. Predators, such as hawks and foxes, have keen eyesight and sharp beaks and teeth to help them catch their...

"An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals "pests" and others not--from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons--and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural world. A squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the street. Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild places. When animals pop up where we don't expect...

Creature teachers Chris and Martin Kratt will take families along on extraordinary animal-powered adventures. The show transforms the Kratt Brothers into animated versions of themselves, allowing the real-life zoologists to visit wild animals in their little-seen habitats and showcase key science concepts.