Similar but Different in the Animal Kingdom

Similar but Different in the Animal Kingdom
Author: Martina Nicolls
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2017-05-08
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1681819414

Similar but Different in the Animal Kingdom is an educational science book for children, youth, schools, libraries, and anyone interested in animals. Learn about the similarities and differences between twenty-five sets of animals: bees and wasps, frogs and toads, gophers and hamsters, falcons and hawks, herons and storks, ants and termites, donkeys and mules, and more. What are the similarities and differences between alligators and crocodiles? Which one has a U-shaped snout, and which one has a V-shaped snout? What are the similarities and differences between fleas and ticks? Which one is not an insect? Are wallabies just small kangaroos? Emus and ostriches are similar because they can’t fly, but they have different feet. Which one has two toes and which one has three? Salmon and tuna have different tails, whereas octopuses and squids have the same number of hearts. Butterflies and moths have different antennae. Which one has club-shaped antennae and which one has feathery antennae? Can cheetahs or leopards climb trees, and which one can’t roar? Do dolphins and porpoises have similar dorsal fins? Do foxes and wolves have more similarities or more differences? Similar but Different in the Animal Kingdom has the answers! This intriguing look at the animal kingdom provides “Fast Facts” with an instant list of the animals’ main similarities and differences, as well as their scientific classifications, descriptions, habitats, diets, breeding habits, and much more. There are interesting facts, fallacies, phrases, singular and plural animal words, collective nouns, and a glossary of scientific terms.

Concepts of Biology

Concepts of Biology
Author: Samantha Fowler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2017-12-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781680921021

Concepts of Biology is designed for the introductory biology course for nonmajors taught at most two- and four-year colleges. The scope, sequence, and level of the program are designed to match typical course syllabi in the market. Concepts of Biology includes interesting applications, features a rich art program, and conveys the major themes of biology. The images in this textbook are grayscale.

What's the Difference? Animals

What's the Difference? Animals
Author: DK
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2022-05-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0241593565

How do you tell the difference between a llama and an alpaca? What really makes a crocodile different to an alligator? Is that a leopard, a cheetah or a jaguar? What's the Difference? Animals covers over sixty different regularly confused animals and discusses the similarities and differences about each of them. Fact files, vibrant photographs and an answer to the question 'What's the difference?' on every spread make this a brilliantly informative and fun book that will always tell you everything you need to know to spot the difference.

The Animal Kingdom

The Animal Kingdom
Author: Georges Cuvier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 649
Release: 2012-05-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108049559

The most influential work of French biologist and comparative anatomist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), Le Règne Animal, was published in French in 1817, and this sixteen-volume illustrated English version appeared between 1827 and 1835.