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After the age of the dinosaurs, strange and powerful mammals ruled the earth.

Introduces the characteristics and behavior of a variety of small mammals, including hares, pikas, opossums, squirrels, marmots, porcupines, sloths, capybaras, and agoutis.

Grady Adams lives a simple, solitary life deep in the Colorado mountains. Here the thirty-five-year-old carpenter works out of a converted barn, crafting exquisite one-of-a-kind furniture. There's little about this strong yet gentle man to suggest the experiences that have alienated him from the contemporary world. But that is about to change.

Text and photographs present several kinds of bears, including polar, grizzly, and black, engaged in a variety of activities.

This title is an introductory look at slow and steady sloths. Readers will learn about the number of species, what sloths look like, common habitats and habits, what they like to eat, and baby sloths. Complete with big, colorful photographs and more facts.

Knowledge held about animals by Pima-speaking Native Americans of Arizona and northwest Mexico is intimately entwined with their way of life—a way that is fading from memory as beavers and wolves vanish also from the Southwest. Ethnobiologist Amadeo Rea has conducted extensive fieldwork among the Northern Pimans and here shares what these people know about mammals and how mammals affect their lives.Rea describes the relationship of the River Pima,...

"A first-person narrative of how a mother's attempt to heal her autistic child led to a global exploration of the hidden life of camels, their curative milk, and the cultures that rely upon these animals for their way of life"-- Provided by publisher.