These tough pigs with tusks are named for the large bumps (or warts) on their faces. However, they look tougher than they are and would rather run and hide in their burrow homes than fight. Readers will learn a lot more awesome facts with simple sentences and exciting photographs. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

Record breaking tongues, playful dolphins, sleepy koalas--animals come in all sorts of weird and wonderful shapes and sizes. Discover over 100 of the world's most remarkable animals in this beautifully illustrated tour of Earth's wildlife.

A beautifully illustrated children's book that takes readers on an around-the-world adventure to meet eight of the world's most beloved big cats. The book features stunning illustrations by Becca Hall and provides fun feline fact files, a comparison chart, and tips on how to draw these magnificent creatures.

"A rhyming a tour through the amazing animal kingdom, from mammals to millipedes and everything in between"--

Explore Earth's polar regions-from amazing wildlife to the heroic explorers who ventured there. Discover snowy mountains, frozen seas, and icebergs bigger than skyscrapers! Children will meet the remarkable animals that survive and thrive in the harsh conditions of these icy worlds. There's the giant polar bear using its large padded paws to trek many miles across the ice and snow, and the Arctic tern whose incredible flight from one side of the...

Introduces some of the baby animals found in the Pacific Northwest, including raccoon kits, a bison calf, grey wolf pups, Coho salmon fry, Western Sandpiper chicks, and a cougar kitten.

Primate Societies is a synthesis of the most current information on primate socioecology and its theoretical and empirical significance, spanning the disciplines of behavioral biology, ecology, anthropology, and psychology. It is a very rich source of ideas about other taxa. "A superb synthesis of knowledge about the social lives of non-human primates."-Alan Dixson, Nature

This book focuses the discussion on vertebrate animals. How do you differentiate vertebrates from invertebrates? What characteristics set them apart? Study groups of vertebrates such as mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Explore the wonderful world of the backboned animals. Grab a copy, read and grow your knowledge beginning today.

Being a mom is a tough job-but imagine doing it in the jungle or out on the safari, faced by the ravages of the elements, a scarcity of resources, and the threat of predators prowling at all times of the day and night. In Wild Moms, Dr. Carin Bondar takes readers on an enthralling tour of the animal kingdom as she explores the phenomenon of motherhood in the wild. A journey through motherhood for the animal kingdom-from the initial phases of gestation...