Offers an introduction to rain forest ecosystems, describing how the plants, animals, and other organisms that live there are all connected.

Presents basic biological facts about the plants, animals, and microorganisms that can be found in a backyard or nearby park and provides instructions for twenty-five projects that explore different aspects of this ecosystem.

This eye-opening book, sure to captivate the imagination with interesting information and stunning photographs, reveals the most surprising, rare and unusual plants, animals, rocks and phenomena in nature.

"A collection of tanka poems, illustrations, and photographs explore biomimicry and show how plants, animals, and objects in the natural world have inspired human-made inventions. Includes additional backmatter information about biomimicry, tanka and the natural and human-made objects featured"--

Compares plants, animals, and habitats from the prehistoric and modern worlds. This engaging, original book takes a completely new approach to the world of the dinosaurs and other prehistoric life . by comparing it with ourselves and with the massive variety of animals, habitats, and plant life that make up our world today. This innovative and novel book shows how dinosaurs are not so very different from you and me!

What a novel idea, getting up close and personal with plants, animals and the environment and then leaving it just as it was found. Without impact, or damage! Sometimes that means bypassing that once-in-a-lifetime experience or forsaking the urge for a take home souvenir. It's important to remind ourselves that we're not alone in this world and to also understand, it's not fair to treat the rest of the world as if we are all that matters.

The Land of Little Rain (1903) is a collection of essays and short stories by Mary Hunter Austin. Originally published with photographs taken by acclaimed American photographer Ansel Adams, The Land of Little Rain is a classic work of nature writing. Austin is now recognized as an early feminist and conservationist who understood the intricacy and fragility of ecosystems as well as the extent to which human civilization threatens their continued existence. In...

This document is intended to be a tool for managing lands that support rare, imperiled and/or sensitive plants, animals, and significant plant habitats. The goal of the project was to systematically identify the locations of rare species and significant habitats.