Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.

Fourteen-year-old Shannon and her little brother, Cody, spend the summer with their uncle, helping at a wildlife rescue center named Jackie's Wild Seattle.

Discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, life cycle, and endangered status of tigers.

In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native...

Describes the different kinds of caves, how they are formed, and the wildlife that lives within them.

"An introduction to the Asiatic lion and the "lion queens," or female forest rangers, of the Gir wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat, India"--

Explores the nature of human and animal coexistence in cities around the world where the two populations often share habitats, while chronicling the author's own experience transforming his backyard into a wildlife habitat.

Describes the history, landscape, wildlife, and activities for visitors at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

A family, snowbound in a vacation cabin, discover adventure in surrounding wildlife, three children they find in the snow, and a search for a lost recipe.

Eleven-year-old December waits to sprout wings and fly away, until a new foster mother changes her perspective on home and family.