"Simple text and photographs describe desert animal adaptations"--Provided by publisher.

What is a desert? Why does a stinkbug stand on its head? Where does the elf owl nest when there are no trees in the desert? Learn where desert animals live, how they hide, and how people are learning to protect this habitat.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.

An introduction to some of the animals that inhabit the Earth's driest places.

Hippos, crocodiles and anacondas are just a few of the fascinating animals featured in their watery habitat.

InThe Field Guide to Desert Animals, fictional naturalist Emerson Cole documents some of the unique desert animals he encountered on his travels through the Sahara Desert in 1929. Kids will learn about dromedary camels, death stalker scorpions, sandfish, foxes, and more! Kids can also create a 3-D desert scene with a full-color diorama and eight easy-to-assemble models of desert animals. Includes: * 52 pieces to assemble 8 desert animals * Removable diorama

Formerly published by David West Children's Books, London (2014).