Compare the different survival strategies of insects, reptiles, sharks, birds, and mammals. Includes over 800 colour pictures by top wildlife photographers, with amazing sequence shots on metamorphosis, hunting methods, and unusual habitats. An ideal reference book for 8 - 12-year-olds that supports schools studies on life processes in the natural world. This fantastic encyclopedia presents a huge range of animals, from beetles and snakes to wolves and elephants, and also includes sea creatures such as sharks and dolphins. This wide-ranging approach highlights the contrasts and similarities between species. This book is an invaluable supplement to school studies. It sets out the link between animals and their environment clearly, bringing the subject to life with action-packed photography and lively, informative text.

 

This book is part of a book series called Illustrated Wildlife Encyclopedia .

There are 264 pages in this book. This is an encyclopedia. An encyclopedia is a book or numbered set of books containing authoritative summary information about a variety of topics in the form of short essays, usually arranged alphabetically by headword or classified in some manner. An entry may be signed or unsigned, with or without illustration or a list of references for further reading. Headwords and text are usually revised periodically for publication in a new edition. In a multivolume encyclopedia, any indexes are usually located at the end of the last volume. Encyclopedias may be general (example: Encyclopedia Americana) or specialized, usually by subject (Encyclopedia of Bad Taste) or discipline (Encyclopedia of Social Work). This book was published 2005 by Anness Publishing .

Michael Chinery studied botany, zoology, geology and anthropology at Cambridge University, England. He has worked as an editor on a science magazine for young people, and on a British television wildlife magazine. As a freelance editor and writer her has contribute numerous articles to natural history magazines.