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From fish to mammals and plants to insects, every organism on Earth must reproduce, and the survival of each species-and of life itself-depends on this and on the diversity it creates. In this groundbreaking book, Katherine Roy distills the science of reproduction into its simplest components: organisms must meet, merge their DNA, and grow new individuals, and she thoughtfully highlights the astonishing variety of this process with examples fr...

Africa is not an easy place to live, even for the enormous elephants that call it home. Foraging for food and water and fighting off predators are only a few of the many skills that these giants must acquire as part of the long learning process that begins immediately after birth.

A Robert F. Sibert Honor BookWinner of the John Burroughs Riverby Award for Young ReadersUp close with the ocean's most fearsome and famous predator and the scientists who study them-just twenty-six miles from the Golden Gate Bridge!A few miles from San Francisco lives a population of the ocean's largest and most famous predators. Each fall, while the city's inhabitants dine on steaks, salads, and sandwiches, the great white sharks return to C...