Which would you rather smell, an anemone or a sea anemone? Are conifers always evergreens? Is a peanut a nut that looks like a pea, or a pea that tastes like a nut? Do moose have horns or antlers? Don't know the answers? Don't worry! If you can't tell a turtle from a tortoise, a stalk from a stem, or a wasp from a hornet, you're not alone. Lots of people confuse them, and even scientists sometimes have trouble telling certain pairs apart. Now, well-known science and nature writer Gary Soucie helps you understand the differences between many commonly confused parts of the natural world. Learn how flowers are different from blossoms and why hair isn't the same as fur. Helpful illustrations and fun facts cover everything from five-foot-long salamanders to orchids that look like female bees. So, if you think strawberries are berries and watermelons aren't, or if you wonder how you'll ever learn to tell a frog from a toad, just read this book. You'll enjoy it!

 

This book features in the following series: What's the Difference, What's the Difference? .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by John Wiley and Sons Ltd .

GARY SOUCIE is a freelance writer who has written hundreds of magazine articles on science and nature. He was executive editor of Audubon magazine for many years.

This book has the following chapters: Partial table of contents:; PLANTS. ; What's the Difference Between Grasses and Weeds?; What's the Difference Between Pollen and Spores?; What's the Difference Between Leaves and Leaflets?; What's the Difference Between Evergreens and Conifers?; What's the Difference Between Poison Ivy and Poison Oak?; What's the Difference Between Fruits and Berries?; What's the Difference Between Roots, Tubers, and Bulbs?; What's the Difference Between Reeds and Rushes?; What's the Difference Between Mushrooms and Toadstools?; What's the Difference Between Molds and Mildews?; ANIMALS. ; What's the Difference Between Apes and Monkeys?; What's the Difference Between Horns and Antlers?; What's the Difference Between Seals and Sea Lions?; What's the Difference Between Ducks and Geese?; What's the Difference Between Frogs and Toads?; What's the Difference Between Skates and Stingrays?; What's the Difference Between Butterflies and Moths?; What's the Difference Between Bees, Wasps, and Hornets?; Glossary. ; Index.