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Describes the different types of zebras, where they live, how they socialize and protect their young from predators, and the dangers zebras face from urban growth in Africa.
Take a safari to the African grasslands and discover the beauty of the Serengeti including the different types of animals and plants that are unique to this region. Readers will encounter playful elephants, graceful giraffes, even speedy cheetahs as they learn about preserving the grasslands.
Discusses the history, landscape, people, and culture of the country of Australia.
Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of lions, as well as some of the threats they face.
Learn how several baby animals are the same in many ways, yet also different. Interesting facts and colorful photographs help the reader to compare and contrast.
Describes the geography of the continent of Australia and the plants and animals that live there.
Describes koalas, kangaroos, Tasmanian devils and other mammals with pouches using interesting facts and photos that highlight this group of animals, most of whom live in Australia.
While they come in all shapes, textures, and sizes, animals that subsist on the Earths natural vegetation share many common elements as well. Occupying a unique place in the food chain, grazers all over the Earth provide vital nourishment for carnivores and are often valuable to humans for meat, skins, and various domestic uses. This volume provides a colorful view of these varied and complex creatures as well as the features and behaviors that both bind them together and set them apart.
Modern day pirates on a quest to save an African treaure Ivory Alex Tremain is a pirate in trouble. The two women in his life – one of them his financial adviser, the other his diesel mechanic – have left him. He’s facing a mounting tide of debts and his crew of modern-day buccaneers, a multi-national band of ex-military cutthroats, are getting restless. They don’t all share his dream of going legit, but what Alex really wants is to re-open the five-star resort hotel which once belonged to his Portuguese mother and English father on the Island of Dreams, off the coast of Mozambique. A chance raid on a wildlife smugglers’ ship sets the Chinese triads after him and, to add to his woe...
A history of 150 years of social-ecological transformations in the arid savannah landscape of Namibia.