"This field guide highlights 100 amphibians found throughout the world. Readers will gain a greater understanding of these creatures and will be able to identify them in the wild." --publisher's website.

A field guide highlighting birds of prey found throughout the world.

David L. Wagner is Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut. He is coauthor of two United States Forest Service guides, Caterpillars of Eastern Forests and Geometroid Caterpillars of Northeastern and Appalachian Forests. This lavishly illustrated guide will enable you to identify the caterpillars of nearly 700 butterflies and moths found east of the Mississippi. The more than 1,200 color photographs...

This field guide has 100 entries highlighting a variety of insects and arachnids. Readers will gain a greater understanding about these living creatures and will be able to identify them in the wild. Features include a helpful introduction to the topic, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

"This field guide highlights 100 trees found throughout the world. Readers will gain a greater understanding about the appearance of each tree and will be able to identify these plants after seeing the . . . photographs and . . . labels within the book"--Provided by publisher.

This field guide highlights 100 objects that can be seen in the night sky. Readers will gain a greater understanding about how to spot these things, including constellations and objects in our solar system. Features include a helpful introduction to the topic, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Charlie Eliasson has spent her life tackling one bizarre situation after another, the product of growing up wild in the jungle with a pack of equally wild siblings. Now living back in the U.S., her life is finally somewhat normal. She's nearly finished her Masters degree, has a good job, and spends her days in a comfortable rhythm. Her quiet life, however, is upended when the job she loves throws something in her path that will make her choose between...

Explore the shore with this beautifully illustrated nature guide! Using the renowned Peterson Identification System, this easy-to-use guide, sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, is the perfect companion for exploring the seashore. More than one thousand illustrations, arranged according to visual similarities, show plant and animal species of the Atlantic Coast from...

Roland W. Kays is the curator of mammals at the New York State Museum. Don E. Wilson is a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. His books include The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals and Mammal Species of the World. The best field guide to North American mammals The best-selling field guide that "sets new standards" (New Scientist) and "makes all other field guides for mammals of the United...

"Honorable Mention for the 2018 William Mills Prize for Non-Fiction Polar Books, Polar Libraries Colloquy" Sharon Chester is a naturalist, wildlife photographer, illustrator, and author of several natural history guides, including A Wildlife Guide to Chile (Princeton). She splits her time between San Mateo, California, and her home in Fulton, Illinois, near the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The definitive full-color...