The chicken is a domestic animal. Domestic animals are the animals you see on farms and ranches and in people's homes. Most domestic animals are useful to people in some way. From some domestic...
Making pictures of animals
> Artist Don Eckelberry spends many hours in the woods looking at the > kinds of birds he wants to paint. He makes quick drawings of as many > as he sees. Then, with the drawings to help him, he goes...
Getting help from animals
Scientists study animals. > A veterinarian treats animals. Learning how to make animals well can help scientists learn how to keep people well. Some kinds of animals get the same kinds of diseases...
Taking care of animals
The steenbok was trapped by a flood in Africa. The ranger went to its rescue and brought it to dry land. Zookeepers and aquarists, game wardens, and forest rangers are people whose work is to care...
Learning from animals
Some animals are a lot like people. They can be happy or sad or angry. They can be brave or afraid. They can learn things and solve easy problems. Scientists called psychologists often study these...
Learning about animals
Biologists, zoologists, and naturalists are scientists who study living things. They often work in laboratories or even in their own homes. But sometimes they go to wild parts of the world to study...
A children’s zoo
A children's zoo is a little zoo inside a big one. The animals in a children's zoo are tame and gentle and can be touched and petted. Many of them are babies, so the keepers in a children's zoo must...
Feeding time
> These are dinners for birds. > > Each tray has chopped fruit, grain, and other things birds like. > A tray of food goes into every bird cage. Each bird gets exactly the > right amount of food...
Taking care of zoo animals
Many people work in a zoo. People called keepers feed the animals and keep them and their cages clean. Animal doctors, called veterinarians, check the animals to keep them healthy and care for them...
People and Animals
Some people have jobs working with wild animals! These people work in zoos, parks, animal hospitals, museums, and laboratories. Some even work right in the places where wild animals live. ...
