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"In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus--a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature--and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Sy Montgomery's popular 2011 Orion magazine piece, "Deep Intellect," about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death,...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"The renowned Nobel Prize-winning scientist's elegant and concise explanation of the fundamental ideas in biology and their uses today. Hailed by Philip Pullman as "a great communicator" who is also "as distinguished a scientist as there could be," Paul Nurse writes with delight at life's richness and a sense of the urgent role of biology in our time. With What Is Life? he delivers a brief but powerful work of popular science in the vein of Carlo...
3) Life
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Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
[1994-]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
4) Adaptations
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Teacher Created Materials
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Giraffes have long necks. Polar bears have thick fur and large feet. Octopuses change colors. All of these are adaptations. Adaptations help living things survive. Whether it's hiding from predators, the ability to catch prey, or traits that increase reproduction, adaptations are important"--
Author
Series
Mysteries of nature trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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An exploration of Earth's natural systems discusses how they influence each other, what happens when the system gets out of sync, and whether lifeforms can communicate across species boundaries.
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From an acclaimed Harvard professor and one of Time's most influential people, this paradigm-shifting book shows how almost everything we think we know about aging is wrong, offers a front-row seat to the amazing global effort to slow, stop, and reverse aging, and calls readers to consider a future where aging can be treated. For decades, experts have believed that we are at the mercy of our genes, and that natural damage to our genes--the kind...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"Why do we do the things we do? Over a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert Sapolsky's genre-shattering attempt to answer that question as fully as perhaps only he could, looking at it from every angle. Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from...
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Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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What is life? For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question, for life really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match it. Huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mystery.In this penetrating and wide-ranging book, world-renowned physicist and science communicator Paul Davies searches for answers...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"A natural history of cheating from selfish genes to lying politicians Nature is rife with cheating. Possums play possum, feigning death to cheat predators. Crows cry wolf to scare off rivals. Amphibians and reptiles are inveterate impostors. Even genes and cells cheat. The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars explores the evolution of cheating in the natural world, revealing how dishonesty has given rise to wondrous diversity. Blending cutting-edge...
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Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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If an alien visitor were to collect ten souvenir life forms to represent life on earth, which would they be? This is the thought-provoking premise of Marianne Taylor's The Story of Life in 10 and a Half Species. Each life forms explains a key aspect about life on Earth. From the sponge that seems to be a plant but is really an animal to the almost extinct soft-shelled turtle deemed extremely unique and therefore extremely precious, these examples...
18) Bubbling biology
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QEB Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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"An overview of biology for kids covering topics such as photosynthesis, plant classes and reproduction, animal senses and body systems, food chains, reproduction, and more"--Provided by publisher.
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English
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Describes the ways patterns on animals' fur and skin keep them safe and hidden.
"Animal Hide and Seek will introduce kids to animals' ways of protecting themselves–including how different animals can disguise themselves from predators, and how they adapt to live in different environments–and is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for children ready to enter the riveting world of reading." --
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