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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Explores a question unasked by any other book for young readers: What can we learn about nature and evolution from the bizarre and exotic ways some animals have evolved to get life-giving oxygen? An inquiry-based book designed to stimulate active minds;a STEM standout from a celebrated nature photographer and writer"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Only a select few animals are able to glide long distances through air, but they include an amazing variety-- even a few species of frogs and snakes. Catching Air takes us around the planet to meet these animals and explore why this gravity-defying talent has evolved in animals, amphibians, and reptiles.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Most iguanas in the Galápagos Islands live and eat on land, but one species does something no other iguana does anywhere in the world -- it launches itself into the sea and dives underwater to feed. Descended from a common ancestor and living within sight of one another, the author offers a theory how did land and marine iguanas develop such different appearances and lifestyles.
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