Discusses the mechanism that creates night, the history of astronomy, the night sky, what happens in different habitats and to different animals when night falls, sleep, and dreams.

An introduction to the concepts of light and dark follows the antics of a young fox who wakes up during the day, but waits for night and then begins the hunt for food under moonlight.

"Do you know why humans snore? Or how a cat sees in the dark? Have you ever heard of a flower that blooms only at night? The answers to these nighttime mysteries and more are revealed in this entertaining non-fiction introduction to the science of night. There's a whole world of activity going on in the world in the dark, and even inside us, when our bodies and brains seem to be quiet and still. In the Dark investigates the big questions about what...