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The inquisitive robotic canine, BootBot Travels back to our time, embarks on an adventure through the Animal Kingdom like never before. This interactive book invites you to guess the animals through comic clues and multiple-choice questions. Meet friendly giants, playful swimmers, and curious critters while testing your knowledge and discovering amazing facts. Perfect for young explorers and wildlife enthusiasts alike, this adventure is full of excitement and discovery. Open the book, make your guesses, and dive into the wild with BootBots!

Over the canyon, the sun scalds the air and bakes the desert mud to stone. But under the shade of the canyon hides another world, where bighorn sheep bound from rock to rock on the hillside, roadrunners make their nests in sturdy cacti, and banded geckos tuck themselves into the shelter of the sand. Discover the wonders concealed in the curves of the canyon and all the secret life hidden in its arms.

Over four hundred shark species swim in Earth's waters. Listeners will discover incredible facts about what sharks look like, how they hunt, and more in this fun book!

At one time, red wolves roamed the US from southern New York to as far south as Florida and as far west as Texas. But as European settlers moved in, these wolves began losing their home range and were hunted as a threat. Red wolves became so rare by 1973 that they were given protection under the US Endangered Species Act. Then scientists came up with a daring plan: round up all remaining red wolves, launch a captive breeding program, and once the captive population was large enough, release red wolves to roam free in protected areas.

If you think poems about nature are all pretty flowers and rainbow sunsets, this book is not for you. If you can’t handle giant whale farts, turn back right now. If you don’t want to know how lobsters pee, do not read one word further. Seriously, if you open this book, you’re going to find out the disgusting truth about where honey comes from!

Take a trip to the zoo and you'll see how distinctly different animals are. You'll learn about animals of all sizes and colors, animals on land and in water, and animals with fur, scales, and feathers.

Have you ever heard of a mammal that lays eggs? What about a mammal that can give birth to 50 babies at once? Young listeners learn all about echidnas, Tasmanian devils, and other mammals with unusual life cycles.

Have you ever heard about the cookie-cutter shark, which bites out cookie-shaped morsels of flesh from much larger animals than itself? Or the goblin shark, which was thought to have become extinct 100 million years ago until a living specimen was discovered in 1898? And did you know that the whale shark has jaws the size of a 12-year-old child? The earth is home to over one billion sharks across 500 different species, and there's so much to learn about these ancient rulers of the ocean!

There's so much more to elephants than their enormous size! Have you heard about their excellent memory or their adorable sense of humour? Did you know that they actually walk on their tippy toes? And wait till you see who their cousins are – you're in for a surprise! Elephants can live until the age of 70 and are Earth's most intelligent giants, with incredible communication and relationship-building abilities.

You might think that there's not much to jellyfish, but this audiobook will make you think again. Did you know that jellyfish can thrive in waters that would suffocate other sea creatures? Or that some jellyfish can flash different colours from purple to green? Or that they have the world's most powerful venom? There is even a jellyfish that is immortal! There are more than 2000 kinds of jellyfish, and they're one of the few creatures that will thrive in warmer waters due to climate change – yikes!

There's more to snakes than them being venomous and cold-blooded. Did you know a snake can still grow even when it hasn't eaten for months? Or that snakes have flexible jaws that allow them to eat prey that's much larger than them? Or that snakes are masters of disguise? With more than 3700 sub-species around the world, there's a snake to delight and frighten every kind of listener, from Australia's deadly Eastern brown snake to the green anaconda, the heaviest snake in the world. Not to mention the teeny-tiny Barbados thread snake, which is half as long as a pencil!

Bees pollinate the flowers of the plants we eat. Without pollination, plants can't grow fruits and seeds. Which foods would you miss if we didn't have honeybees? So next time you're eating a meal, stop and thank the bees for their hard work!

Nos preparamos en casa para enfrentarnos a desastres naturales y emergencias climáticas. Si se acercan vientos fuertes, inundaciones y tormentas de nieve podemos quedarnos (resistir) o irnos (evacuar). ¿Pero qué pasas cuando los zoológicos, acuarios o santuarios están en el camino de la tormenta? ¿Cómo se prepara el personal del zoológico para proteger a los animales? ¿Quién puede ir a ayudarles?

Al igual que las familias de los humanos, las familias de los animales tienen diferentes formas y tamaños. Muchos padres animales en la naturaleza tienen roles inusuales y generosos en la crianza de sus hijos. Mientras que algunos padres animales puede que nunca conozcan a sus descendientes, hay algunos que protegen y dan cobijo a sus pequeños. Otros alimentan o enseñan a sus hijos. Aprendamos más sobre cada uno de estos padres salvajes y sus tareas esenciales.

We prepare at home for natural disasters and weather emergencies. If high winds, floods, and snowstorms are heading our way, we can stay (ride it out) or leave (evacuate). But what happens when zoos, aquariums, or sanctuaries are in the storm’s path? How do zoo staff plan to protect the animals? Who can come to help them after the storm has passed?

Just like human families, animal families come in all shapes and sizes. Many fathers in the wild have unusual and unselfish roles in the rearing of their offspring. While some animal fathers may never meet or know their offspring, there are some that protect and shelter their children. Others feed or teach their young. Let’s learn more about each of these Wild Fathers and their important duties.

Fathers come in all shapes and sizes. In the animal kingdom, fathers have some fascinating (and strange!) ways of helping their young. Some animal dads protect their babies. Some provide food. Some teach survival skills.

Maude scoops a jellyfish out of the water and embarks on more than a year of observation of the animal, accomplishing something countless other scientists were unable to do: trace the life cycle of a jellyfish and understand the creature’s metamorphosis from larva to adult. Maude’s story must be told. Her painstaking observations of a compass jellyfish in 1899-1900 laid the foundation for research still ongoing today.

What is a keystone species, and why does it matter? Some animals do more than just survive—they hold entire ecosystems together! From wolves shaping forests to beavers building wetlands and bees pollinating the plants that feed us, these incredible creatures help keep nature in balance. But what happens when they disappear? Why are some species more important than others? How do wolves change rivers? What would happen if bees vanished? Can humans become a keystone species too? The Big Questions: What Is a Keystone Species?

Explora el rol crucial de los árboles marchitos o en proceso de secado, conocidos como troncones, en los ecosistemas forestales. A través de una narrativa atractiva y fotografías vívidas, este libro explica como los troncones proporcionan hábitats para una variedad de animales, incluyendo aves, mamíferos, reptiles e insectos. Detalla las diferentes formas en las que los animales usan troncones para anidar, refugiarse, alimentarse y encaramarse.