Download or read book Why Don t Penguins Feet Freeze written by New Scientist and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is the latest compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phenomenal success of Does Anything Eat Wasps? - the Christmas 2005 surprise bestseller - this new collection includes recent answers never before published in book form, and also old favourites from the column's early days. Yet again, many seemingly simple questions turn out to have complex answers. And some that seem difficult have a very simple explanation. New Scientist's 'Last Word' is regularly voted the magazine's most popular section as it celebrates all questions - the trivial, idiosyncratic, baffling and strange. This new selection of the best is popular science at its most entertaining and enlightening.
Download or read book Why Penguins Don t Get Cold written by Pavla Hanáčková and published by 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals have learned to survive in some incredibly harsh conditions—from frozen habitats to the scorching heat of the desert. Readers learn about how some animals have adapted to live in extreme places in this charming guide to a common science curriculum topic. Facts about habitats and adaptations are presented in an engaging and informative way through short blocks of text that closely correspond to vibrant illustrations. These cute and colorful depictions of a variety of cool creatures in their natural habitats provide a fresh take on a familiar topic that leaves even reluctant readers excited about the animal world.
Download or read book Penguins Don t Wear Sweaters written by Marikka Tamura and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This uplifting, charmingly told story, tells what happens when well-meaning humans knit sweaters for penguins who've encountered an oil spill. You may have seen the cute pictures of penguins wearing sweaters--but did you know why they were wearing them? Debut author Marikka Tamura answers this question in this colorful, kid-friendly book that is told simply and charmingly. Penguins love the sea. Happy in the dark blue water. But what is this? One day something is floating in the water. Dark. Gooey. Oily . . . When the penguins become coated in an oil spill, many Big Boots arrive. The humans want to help the cold, greasy penguins, so they knit sweaters to keep them warm. The Big Boots mean well, but . . . penguins don't wear sweaters! So after a good, soapy scrub, the penguins dive back into the deep blue sea, happily dressed only in their own penguin feathers.
Download or read book Why Don t Penguins Feet Freeze written by Scientist New and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - What time is it at the North Pole? - What’s the chemical formula for a human being? - Why is snot green? - Should you pickle your conkers? - Why do boomerangs come back? The New Scientist magazine’s ever-popular "Last Word" column produces an endlessly fascinating array of questions and answers from its readers. For all those who relish its mixture of wit, insight and scientific curiosity—not to mention those who have read and enjoyed Does Anything Eat Wasps?, the brilliantly successful previous collection—this new volume will be irresistible. Why Don’t Penguins’ Feet Freeze? includes recent answers never before published in book form, as well as old favourites from the column’s early days. This bumper collection brings together the highlights of the ‘Last Word’ in another wise, weird and wacky compendium that is guaranteed to amaze, inform and delight.
Download or read book Walt Disney s The Penguin that Hated the Cold written by Barbara Brenner and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tired of always being cold, Pablo, a penguin, decides to move from the South Pole to a warmer climate.
Download or read book My Penguin Year written by Lindsay McCrae and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "remarkable memoir" (Nature) of life with an emperor penguin colony, gorgeously illustrated with 32 pages of exclusive photography For 337 days, award-winning wildlife cameraman Lindsay McCrae intimately followed 11,000 emperor penguins amid the singular beauty of Antarctica. This is his masterful chronicle of one penguin colony’s astonishing journey of life, death, and rebirth—and of the extraordinary human experience of living amongst them in the planet’s harshest environment. A miracle occurs each winter in Antarctica. As temperatures plummet 60° below zero and the sea around the remote southern continent freezes, emperors—the largest of all penguins—begin marching up to 100 miles over solid ice to reach their breeding grounds. They are the only animals to breed in the depths of this, the worst winter on the planet; and in an unusual role reversal, the males incubate the eggs, fasting for over 100 days to ensure they introduce their chicks safely into their new frozen world. My Penguin Year recounts McCrae's remarkable adventure to the end of the Earth. He observed every aspect of a breeding emperor's life, facing the inevitable sacrifices that came with living his childhood dream, and grappling with the personal obstacles that, being over 15,000km away from the comforts of home, almost proved too much. Out of that experience, he has written an unprecedented portrait of Antarctica’s most extraordinary residents.
Download or read book Why Penguins Don t Get Cold written by Pavla Hanackova and published by Australian Geographic. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do animals of the desert have big ears and light-coloured coats? Can animals live at the bottom of steep mountains? Of course they can! 36pp
Download or read book Penny Penguin Doesn t Like the Cold written by Margie North and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penny the Penguin doesn't like the cold. But with encouragement from her mother and her friend Peter, Penny learns that sometimes new experiences and adventures can be fun, even if we aren't expecting them to be.
Download or read book Why Penguins Communicate written by Pierre Jouventin and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Penguins Communicate: The Evolution of Visual and Vocal Signals is a comprehensive and condensed review of several hundred publications on the evolution of penguin behaviors, particularly signaling, linking genetics and ecology via such behavioral adaptations as nuptial displays. This exciting work has developed from the authors’ many years researching on the behavioral strategies of penguins, such as the unique vocal signatures for individual recognition. Studies of penguins on islands surrounding Antarctica are presented, fully showcasing the behavioral significance of visual ornaments (mating displays) and how and why penguins behave via adaptive evolutionary explanations. Through this evolutionary lens, the authors address several questions involving their identification and taxonomy, habitat and location, breeding, and differences between penguins and other seabirds. Each species occupies a unique ecological niche, and behaviors permit separating the species through mutual display. Although model organisms in science are diverse and specialized, we see the entire integration in penguins, from acoustical and optical physics, to behavioral display and speciation. This work highlights the adaptive significance of their behavior through an evolutionary point- of-view. Provides a focused view on visual and vocal communication behavior, also presenting the family of penguins as a model for acoustical studies Considers the role of ecological and social environments on the evolution of communication in penguins Spans the gap between the scientific community and an interested lay audience, featuring a readable style for students, professional researchers in biology, ornithologists, ethologists and penguin enthusiasts alike Ideal resource for graduate seminar courses on evolution of behavior, marine ecology, polar biology and ornithology
Download or read book Does Anything Eat Wasps written by New Scientist and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, readers send in thousands of questions to New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly, in the hope that the answers to them will be given in the 'Last Word' column - regularly voted the most popular section of the magazine. Does Anything Eat Wasps? is a collection of the best that have appeared, including: Why can't we eat green potatoes? Why do airliners suddenly plummet? Does a compass work in space? Why do all the local dogs howl at emergency sirens? How can a tree grow out of a chimney stack? Why do bruises go through a range of colours? Why is the sea blue inside caves? Many seemingly simple questions are actually very complex to answer. And some that seem difficult have a very simple explanation. New Scientist's 'Last Word' celebrates all questions - the trivial, the idiosyncratic, the baffling and the strange. This selection of the best is popular science at its most entertaining and enlightening.
Download or read book Penguins written by Pablo Garcia Borboroglu and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penguins, among the most delightful creatures in the world, are also among the most vulnerable. The fragile status of most penguin populations today mirrors the troubled condition of the southern oceans, as well as larger marine conservation problems: climate change, pollution, and fisheries mismanagement. This timely book presents the most current knowledge on each of the eighteen penguin species-from the majestic emperor penguins of the Antarctic to the tiny blue penguins of New Zealand and Australia, from the northern rockhopper penguins of the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans to the Galapagos penguins of the equator-written by the leading experts in the field. Included for each species: o Life history o Distribution, population sizes and trends o International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) status o Threats to survival o Legal protection The book also provides information on current conservation efforts, outlines the most important actions to be taken to increase each population's resilience, and recommends further research needed to protect penguins and the living creatures that share their environment. Beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs of each species in their natural habitat and detailed charts and graphs, Penguins will be an invaluable tool for researchers, conservation groups, and policy makers. It will also enchant anyone interested in the lives or the plight of these fascinating animals. Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s0BbIU6cqE&feature=plcp
Download or read book Galapagos Penguin or Emperor Penguin Wild World Hot and Cold Animals written by Eric Geron and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how different animals with the same name can be! Galápagos penguins and emperors are both types of penguins, but they are very different! Galápagos penguins live on warm islands and use their flippers to cool off. Emperor penguins live mostly in chilly Antarctica and huddle together to keep warm. Discover the many reasons why these penguins are hot and cold! ABOUT THE SERIES: Did you know that there are a lot of animals with the same name that live in very different environments? This brand NEW series will have full-color photographs throughout with short blocks of text to entertain and explain how some animals like it hot and others like the colder the better!
Download or read book Shackleton s Journey Activity Book written by William Grill and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1892, New Mexico. A wolfpack roams the Currumpaw River Valley, preying on the vast cattle and sheep herds of the area. Their leader, Lobo possesses such cunning that local ranchers are unable to trap the pack. Due to his knowledge of wolf behaviour, Ernest Thompson Seton, a naturalist, is employed by ranchers to ride them of Lobo's pack.
Download or read book How Do Penguins Survive the Cold written by Mary Ann Hoffman and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes emperor penguins, fairy penguins, and rockhopper penguins, and explains where they live, what they eat, how they survive the cold, and how they care for their chicks.
Download or read book Penguins written by Robin Bernard and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 1994-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to members of the penguin family, including chinstrap penguins, Fiordland penguins, and Macaroni penguins.
Download or read book Pink written by Lynne Rickards and published by 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pink! is a heartwarming story about learning to be different. Patrick wakes up one morning to find he’s turned pink overnight. But boys can’t be pink! Rejected by his friends, poor Patrick runs away in search of new pink playmates. He crosses oceans where he finds some pink flamingos, but will he ever fit in with them? Patrick soon learns that friendship is never black and white, but that real friends will accept you just as you are.
Download or read book Leo s Big Adventure written by Craig Johns and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leo is an inquisitive, fun-loving leopard who loves nothing more than exploring, finding new facts and trying new things. He lives by the motto: “Just because someone says it’s impossible doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try.” Leo sets off on the adventure on his own, wearing his lucky baseball cap, but quickly makes lifelong friends who join him on his quest for knowledge. On his journey, he learns about life, the world around him, and the meaning of friendship. His travels take him to different places where he meets all types of animals to try and understand the lives they lead and how they survive. Join Leo and his friends on their adventures as they make new companions and discover fun facts about the animals they meet. All of this brings them new experiences and tests their bravery. Will Leo’s friends have enough fun that they will follow him on further adventures? Read to find out.
