This "provocative, complex" cultural history examines how the study of ants influenced shifting perceptions of humanity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Times Literary Supplement, UK). Ants long have fascinated linguists, human sociologists, and even cyberneticians. At the end of the nineteenth century, ants seemed to be admirable models for human life and were praised for their work ethic, communitarianism, and apparent empathy. They provided...

How encounters with strongly electric fish informed our grasp of electricity. Spark from the Deep tells the story of how human beings came to understand and use electricity by studying the evolved mechanisms of strongly electric fish. These animals can shock potential prey or would-be predators with high-powered electrical discharges. William J. Turkel asks completely fresh questions about the evolutionary, environmental, and historical aspects...

Hippos are big animals that live in Africa. Hippo calves are born underwater. They are strong swimmers. Baby hippos spend most of their time in the water. Their mothers help them stay safe from predators. How do baby hippos grow and change? Read this book to find out! This title also includes a life cycle diagram, a habitat map, fun facts, a glossary, and more!

Enter an enchanted world of fairy animal friends! Sophie the Squirrel can't wait for the Misty Wood fair. She and her friends are going to perform a special dance. But when they try to practice, things keep going wrong. Sophie is upset--she's sure it's all her fault. Maybe some Misty Wood magic is what she needs...

Follow an arctic fox through its day as it eats, sleeps, and cares for its young.

Tourist Adam Malski is eager to fulfill his lifelong dream of going shark cage diving with great white sharks.

A regular morning spear fishing turns into a horror film for spear fisherman Eugene van Wyngaardt as he finds himself in a one-on-one situation with a Great White.

A couple of tourists gets mugged by baboons.

Joost van Uffelen is privileged to film mobula-rays launching out of the water and hundreds of rays schooling together during a migration.

An elephant decides to take on a safari vehicle.