Photographs and simple text introduce children to the ways different animals hide themselves in the snow.

A group of kids discovers they were cloned from the DNA of some of the greatest criminal masterminds in history for a sociological experiment.

"What if you woke up one morning and you had sprouted a tail overnight? What If You Had An Animal Tail? -- the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series -- explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw that you had an animal tail! From a peacock's showstopping tail to a scorpion's dangerous stinger, discover what it would be like if you had one of these special tails -- and find out why your own tailbone is just the right...

Ostriches are the biggest birds on Earth. Not only that, they can run distances at about the same speed as a car on a city street! These adaptations are extraordinary, but other birds have even more bizarre adaptations! From gizzards to the many colorful mating displays, bird adaptations are covered in fun, engaging detail throughout this volume. The main content addresses curriculum topics such as animal body systems, life cycles, and more with an...

For fans of Bill Bryson and Mary Roach, this entertaining exploration of human evolution reveals where we inherited our adaptable, achy, brilliant bodies.

In the vast tapestry of life, molecular biology serves as the intricate thread that weaves together the essential components of existence. It is through the lens of molecular biology that we gain profound insights into the inner workings of living organisms, unravelling the mysteries encoded within our DNA, RNA, and proteins. This ebook, titled "Decoding Molecular Biology," invites you on a captivating journey through the captivating world of molecular...

Trees wrap their buds in scaly armor. Alligators burrow into the mud. Chickadees cool down, slow down... they pause. Plenty of plants and animals tough out the harshest conditions by becoming dormant. Explore the science behind the many different ways plants and animals wait, rest, and pause.

Un livre pratique pour comprendre le rle des hormones chez les végétaux. La biologie de papy est un petit livre accessible à tous, qui relate les travaux réalisés entre 1965 et 1971 dans un laboratoire de l'INRA en vue de vérifier une hypothèse concernant le mode d'action des principales hormones végétales... Une hypothèse qui, si elle se vérifiait, devait permettre de mieux comprendre, non seulement le mode d'action des hormones en question,...

Learn what animals do in fall to prepare for winter. Fun illustrations and a story-like text combine to reveal changes in animal behavior, including hibernation and migration. Critical thinking and comprehension questions help readers engage with the text.

Throughout his distinguished and unconventional career, engineer-turned-molecular-biologist Douglas Axe has been asking the questions that much of the scientific community would rather silence. Now, he presents his conclusions in this brave and pioneering book. Axe argues that the key to understanding our origin is the "design intuition"-the innate belief held by all humans that tasks we would need knowledge to accomplish can only be accomplished...