What is the biggest animal that has ever lived? It's not one of the giant dinosaurs of long ago. It's an animal that is living right now. It is the blue whale. A blue whale is so long and wide that...
The pasture of the sea
Billions and billions of tiny plants and animals live in the ocean. Most of them are so small they can be seen only with a microscope. These tiny plants aren't like plants you have seen. Some look...
Growing a new arm
Sun Starfish A starfish's points are its arms. Most starfish have five arms. Some have many more. There's an animal that has eyes and feet on its arms and turns its stomach inside out when it eats!...
Living in a cup
An animal like a tiny flower floats down through the water of the sea. It fastens itself to the sandy bottom. It takes minerals out of the water and builds a tiny stone cup around itself. After a...
Meet the mollusks
Snails belong to a group of animals called mollusks. Mollusks have soft bodies with no bones. Some mollusks such as snails, clams, oysters, and scallops have outer shells for protection. Slugs,...
Sea animals
The sea is filled with many kinds of animals. Fish, crabs, oysters, snails, and most other sea animals stay under water all the time. But whales, dolphins, sea turtles, sea snakes, and others...
The World of the Sea
Imagine an animal that has ten eyes, ten arms that shoot poison, and a body made of jelly! There really is such an animal. It's called a jellyfish and it lives in the sea. The sea is filled with...
Many-legged home builders
Trap-Door Spider Harvester Ants > Harvester ants live in tunnels that they dig in the ground. > > A trap-door spider's home is a silk-lined tunnel with a door made of > silk and dirt. In the...
Protection for insects
Insects are always in danger from many other animals. But many insects have ways of protecting themselves. Many insects can fight back if they are attacked. Wasps, bees, hornets, and some other...
Chirp, creak, buzz
Z eet-zeet-zeet! Cree-cree-cree! Ch-ch-ch-ch-urrrrr ! Those are some of the insect noises you can hear on a hot summer night. Most of the chirps, creaks, and buzzes you hear are made by crickets,...
