Margery Facklam

Discusses lizards including Komodo dragons, chameleons, horned lizards, marine iguanas, geckos, and Gila monsters, and explains how to distinguish lizards from snakes or salamanders.

Illustrations and text provide a close-up look at the physical characteristics and habits of twelve different spiders and daddy-longlegs.

Examines the many reasons for the extinction and near-extinction of animal species. Discusses how some nearextinctions have been reversed. . .

Follows the movements of a variety of animals as they prepare for a period of dormancy.

Identifies thirteen different caterpillars and what steps they go through to become butterflies or moths.

Traces the history of pharmacology, from the early days of leeches and simple plants to modern research into drugs to work against cancer.

Raises the issue of whether or not animals are capable of thought, learning, remembering, and creativity, with examples of animal behavior that appears to be truly intelligent.