Provides coverage of taxonomy, anatomy, behavior, habitat, and survival techniques focusing on relatives, prey, predators, and neighbors. Expands the readers' awareness of species differentiation, interrelations, and environmental response for mammals of the northern hemisphere. [electronic resource]

Provides coverage of taxonomy, anatomy, behavior, habitat, and survival techniques focusing on relatives, prey, predators, and neighbors. Expands the readers' awareness of species differentiation, interrelations, and environmental response for mammals of the southern hemisphere.

Describes how certain organisms adapt to their environment, ways to protect the environment, genetic engineering, and biotechnology.

A discussion of bacteria, one of the six major classifications of living organisms, examining the biology of bacteria, and describing rod-shaped, round, curved, and mycobacteria varieties.

Discusses the microscopic organisms known as phytoplankton and the important functions they serve in replenishing earth's atmosphere, in the marine food chain, and more.

Explores how organisms adapt to changing environments, from changes in physical appearance to adaptations in behavior, and examines the evolution of different plant and animal species.