Describes the habits and habitats of extreme animals around the world including the peregrine falcon, hammerhead shark, and deep-sea anglerfish.

Discusses some of the wildest, craziest bugs in some crazy categories.

Venture into the wilderness to learn about the most extreme and dangerous predators on the planet. Embark on a journey around the world and discover the most extreme predators on the planet. Extreme Animals: Predators features 20 dangerous creatures that awe us with their feats of strength, speed, and sheer determination. Detailed facts, statistics, charts, and maps allow the reader to compare and contrast each animal and learn what makes them so extreme. Three replica claw pendants with a neck cord enable kids to display their favorite beasts after the book is closed, and a double-sided wall poster is the perfect decoration for a budding adventurer’s bedroom.

"Davies’s chatty, funny text and Layton’s colorful illustrations will pull kids into this fascinating book about survival. . . . Exciting biology for the classroom." — Booklist (starred review) From the persevering emperor penguins of the South Pole to the brave bacteria inside bubbling volcanoes, from the hardy reptiles of the driest deserts to the squash-proof creatures of the deepest seabeds, animals have adapted to survive in conditions that would kill a human faster than you can say "coffin." Discover how they do it in this amazing natural history book from a celebrated team — and find out who wins the title of the toughest animal of them all. Back matter includes an index and a glossary.

From the exceptionally large molars of the panda bear to a crab that can punch at a high speed, animal adaptations can be spectacular—and extreme! In this book, dozens of animals from all over the world are described in incredible detail with accompanying full-color photographs. Spiders with a superlong leg span, whales that click at decibel levels like that of an airplane, and more will engage readers with the animal kingdom in a new and exciting way. Divided by continent, this book also aids readers’ understanding of differences in habitat and animal type by geographic location.

Counts down the top ten most extreme moms in the animal kingdom and compares their maternal instincts to those of humans.

A crocodile is a very patient hunter, and the polar bear can sniff out prey from long distance. But neither the crocodile nor the polar bear comes in at number one in the countdown. Find out who does, and how human hunters compare with the most extreme predators in the animal world.