'Twas a Friday morn when we set sail, And we were not far from the land, When the captain spied a lovely mermaid With a comb and a glass in her hand. Probably the oldest of all the legends of the...
Wings under the water
We think of birds as creatures of the air. So it's always a little surprising to learn that some birds can't fly. But have you ever heard of a bird that can swim like a fish and stay underwater for...
Wings over the water
Far out over the southern sea, thousands of miles from the nearest land, a great, graceful bird soars in the sky. The bird is a wandering albatross buh traws). It has the longest wings of any bird...
Birds
You might mistake an eel for a snake, or think of a whale as a fish. But no one can mistake a bird for any other kind of animal. Birds are the only animals that have feathers. And all birds have...
Sea-going worms
> ribbon worm Flatworms, ribbon worms, bristle worms, worms that look like feather dusters---the sea is simply full of all kinds of worms! Many ocean flatworms look like leaves that have been...
Sea squirts
Did anyone ever call you a "little squirt"? They were calling you after a little creature that lives in the sea---the sea squirt. A sea squirt may look like two tubes joined together at the sides....
Sponges, sea squirts, and worms
> sponges Sitting on the sea bottom is an object that looks like a black, lumpy ball. It never moves. It cannot see, hear, or smell. It has no head or mouth, no nerves, muscles, heart, or...
Dolphins and porpoises
The dolphin fuhn) and the porpoise puhs) are really small whales. Both belong to the large group of whales called toothed whales. Most people can't tell a dolphin from a porpoise. But there is an...
Whale families
Whales belong to a group of mammals called cetaceans (suh shuhnz). The name means \"large sea animal." There are about seventy-five kinds of whales. They are divided into two groups. Those called...
