Alan Marks

Presents a story about how the mother emperor penguin must leave her egg and travel a number of miles in order to bring back food for her new baby chick.

A collection of stories based on the author's experiences with chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania over a period of almost forty years.

"Chronicles the early life of an orphaned Mexican free-tailed bat, from its birth to its adoption by a new mother. Includes back matter about bats"--Provided by publisher.

Presents the life and habits of the dung beetle, which obtains food, water, and shelter from the droppings of other animals.

A brief biography of the British navigator and explorer whose three famous voyages resulted in the accurate mapping of much of the South Pacific.

A young wolf, taken from her pack in Canada to Yellowstone National Park, struggles alone to master the skills of hunting and survival until she finds a lone male and begins a new pack with him.

Far north in the Arctic Ocean on Wrangel Island, an orphaned polar bear cub struggles to find food, but due to rising global temperatures, sustenance is scarce because the pack ice that the bears rely on for hunting is late in coming.

A koala mother faces two challenges: protecting herself and her joey from the raging bushfire, and finding food after their home range is destroyed. Her journey brings her closer to the world of humans than she has ever been before--but it's a risk she must take. Based on the real-life story of a koala nicknamed Cinders that survived two bushfires.

Text and watercolor illustrations offer an insider's look at the endangered snow leopard.

Caroline the dormouse finds out that her mother will love her forever.