What is a boy to do when his teacher-mother's historical novel is given as an example of the kind of "pornography" that should be banned from schools and libraries?
Explores one of the most integral and fascinating aspects of animal behavior--the working together of two very different species for the benefit of either or both
Describes the work of researchers on Barro Colorado Island in Panama who are studying the behavior of the various species of bees living in the rain forests there.
With an entomologist escort, readers learn about tropical bees that are attracted to sweat, bees that can determine the sex of their offspring, and bees that attack in such huge numbers they can kill a horse.
A study of the controversy over major changes in Earth's climate addresses such phenomena as the greenhouse effect, Ice Ages, shifts in oceanic currents, and acid rain