Lyons Regional Library

Presents an introduction to insects, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on their physical characteristics, behavior, feeding habits, senses, life cycle, and habitats,

A photo essay introducing members of the horse family, their evolution, behavior, importance, history, breeding, and training. Includes major international breeds of domestic horses.

Photographs and text examine different types of shells, including seashells, eggshells, and fossil shells, focusing on such aspects as how shells camouflage themselves and how they may be collected.

Text and photographs highlight the evolutionary history of the dog family, their domestication, anatomy, behavior, and breeds. Presenta un recorrido por la familia de los perros, incluyendo lobos, zorros y chacales, y muestra los diferentes aspectos de su historia natural y evolución.

Discusses elephants, their physiology, behavior, evolution, relatives, uses by humans, and conservation.

"Este libro presenta, a través de una abundante serie de fotografías, muchas a tamaño natural, el extraordinario y poco conocido ambiente de la selva, con sus exóticas plantas y sus peculiares mamíferos, aves, reptiles e insectos"--Tapa. This book presents, through a series of photographs, many of which are life-size, extraordinary and little known facts about the jungle, with its exotic plants and its strange animals, birds, reptiles and insects--Cover....