A fantastic first book on forests, this book is ideal for children eager to explore the woodlands of the world. From cold coniferous forests to dry deciduous woodland, children can discover everything about trees and the creatures who live in them, including birds, gorillas, butterflies, and many more....

A first nature book about flowers for children, this is the perfect companion for young minds eager to learn about the world of flowering plants. Children are encouraged to investigate and record all the wildflowers they find and get hands on with the fun activities, from pressing petals to preserving them to making a mini desert filled with cacti....

Trees form one of the most impressive and beautiful parts of the natural landscape, reflecting the changing seasons in their growth. Yet because of their height, many parts of these giants of the plant world are rarely seen in close-up. This dazzling......

Plants provide the food and the oxygen needed to sustain all animal life. Without them, there would be no life on Earth. Plants grow almost everywhere - from sandy beaches to dark forests, and from high mountains to hot deserts. Plant uses unique......

This superb collection of photographs brings to life the beauty, variety, and intricacy of birds\' feathers, wings skeletons, beaks, nests, and eggs. In addition, unique time-lapse sequences show a chick hatching from its egg and how nestlings......

A new generation of illustrated natural history handbooks, produced in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution. The new DK Nature Guides form a comprehensive, accessible, and informative series of illustrated reference books that tackle key natural history subjects in DK\'s inimitable style....

This is the definitive visual guide to the world\'s wildlife. You can go on an amazing visual journey through the animal kingdom with \"Animal\" and find out all about over 2,000 species from tiny elephant shrews to great baleen whales....

The world is in danger! From gigantic eruptions to asteroid collisions natural disasters have the power to devastate life on Earth. Find out why these disasters occur, what effects they have on our surroundings and how likely each disaster is to......