Books in Amazing Creature series

What is a kleptoparasite? How does a cuckoo fool other birds into raising its young? How does a strangler fig kill its host? Parasites are experts at feeding on other animals while they are still alive. Pesky Parasites looks at the ways parasites take advantage of their hosts. Some parasites spend their whole lives inside other animals. Others sneak into the homes of other animals and trick their hosts into looking after them. Some plants attach themselves to other plants and steal their food. Many bloodsuckers not only take their victim’s blood, but also pass on serious diseases.

This series delivers key science curriculum requirements such as adaptation, behaviour, feeding, habitats, lifecycles and migration via interesting and unusual plants and animals. Each book features the plants and animals that best highlight the way nature has adapted to survive in these different areas. Learn about how animals adapt to survive, defend themselves through displays, and how they escape being hunted.

How do young spiders migrate? How high do bar-headed geese fly? Which fish dies after spawning? Some animals and birds stay in the same place all their lives, while others move on to new areas. Marvelous Migrators explores how different creatures navigate while traveling, how far they travel, for how long, and, in some cases, how high they fly. The book also investigates the reasons for migration.