Mammals category: 741 books

Advances in Cellular Neurobiology, Volume 2 discusses the central nervous system, focusing on the structure and function of the brain and spinal cord at cellular level and higher brain functions such as learning, memory, and intelligence. This book is divided into three main sections— cell differentiation...

A classic bedtime story for children.  Older children can easily read this book themselves.

Leukocyte Membrane Determinants Regulating Immune Reactivity is a result of the Leukocyte Culture Conference meeting held at Amsterdam in 1975. Abstracts presented in the meeting are compiled in this book. The topics of these abstracts are all under leukocyte biology and include not just lymphocytes...

Majestic paintings by Caldecott Honor winner Ted Lewin illustrate a guessing game that fosters an appreciation of both art and science, while introducing animals in the five major biomes: grassland, desert, forest, tundra, and water. Inspired by his many travels, classically inspired compositions...

A tale about friendships,however unusual they might be, and trust. Previously,a magical creature, Keelee the Weejum,enabled Jaden,a young girl,four male cats,and other animals to talk to each other. Now, female cats want a night out. Lydia and three felines sneak away from the adoption center...

In the dense, shady rain forest, it's easy for a little guy to get lost from his mother. When a young okapi wanders away from his mom, he discovers the world of people and learns that he is a very special animal, different from all the rest. But still he misses his mother and their home in the forest....

Five short stories about the llama, Llaughing Juice, and his friend Dakota Joe. Llaughing Juice has many great adventures with Dakota Joe: going on hikes, appearing in parades, donating his fiber to make clothing for Dakota Joe, being a friendly guard for a sheep herd, and rescuing a young girl who...

Alice Mongoose and Alistair Rat love to eat. And they love to cook together. Naturally, they decide to open a restaurant. How much fun it will be! But on opening night, Alice and Alistair find that some customers are impossible to please, others are happy to eat everything in the pantry and...

The seventh title in this utterly adorable, totally WILD fiction series. Emily's fun-filled summer holiday in Florida is cut short when her mum gets an urgent call from the WWF. Soon they are exploring the Mexican coast, where Emily meets a new wild friend - baby dolphin Coral! But danger is just around the corner. Can Emily save Coral in time?

What animal sees with its ears and flies with its hands? Bats do. They also do many other strange things.Bats do not see very well with their eyes. They “see” with their ears. They use sonar to find things in the dark. Sonar is a way of using sound to make pictures.Bats send out small clicks of...

Writer Mayne Reid examines the wide variety of fur-bearing four-legged animals otherwise known as "quadrupeds" in this classic work of non-fiction. The 24 chapters that Reid outlines in this book are dedicated to 24 distinct groups of quadrupeds ranging from mice to elephants. In...

“As a world authority on insect anatomy, Snodgrass has given us this book a brilliant account of the anatomy of the honey bee and how it relates to the way that bees develop and how and why they function as they do in their interesting communal life. This book should be in the library of every student...

Mrs. Tiggy-winkle is a hedgehog washerwoman who lives in a tiny cottage in the fells of the Lake District. A child named Lucie happens upon the cottage and stays for tea. The two deliver freshly laundered clothing to the animals and birds in the neighbourhood. Potter thought the book would be best...

Jemima is a domestic duck of the Aylesbury breed, whose eggs are routinely confiscated by the farmer's wife because she believes Jemima a poor sitter. Jemima searches for a place away from the farm where she can hatch her eggs without human interference, and naively confides her woes to a suave fox...