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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
This creative nonfiction picture book explains evolution and natural selection through the example of the peppered moth. Peppered moths blend in on lichen-covered branches, but over time peppered moths with more fully black wings increase in number, as trees are blackened by soot from man-made machines.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores the scientific relevance of an exotic frog discovered by Charles Darwin in 1834, describing how researchers came to the surprising realization that the males of the species care for their developing young.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"It has taken billions of years for Earth to become the planet it is today. When Planet Earth Was New looks back to the very beginning, using a poetic approach grounded in scientific fact to give an overview of how the planet has changed over time: from hot lava to the formation of oceans to the evolution of living things in water and on land. The book also includes the relatively recent evolution of humans - who are just a tiny speck in the sweep...
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