A tiny, colorless ball floats near the surface of the sea. It is one of several million eggs laid in the water by a common starfish. Within three or four days, a soft-bodied creature hatches from...
Coelenterates
The sea is the home of a large group of animals that really aren't much more than a stomach with tentacles. These animals are called coelenterates (sih tuh rayts). The name comes from two Greek...
Collecting sea shells
> Many people enjoy collecting sea shells as a hobby. But collecting sea > shells is more than a hobby. It's actually part of a science---the > science of conchology (kahng uh jee). So, if you >...
Sharks
Most people think of sharks as being only one kind of very big, very fierce, and rather frightening fish. But there are actually some 350 different kinds of sharks. And they come in all sizes. The...
Snaky fish
Many people seeing an eel moving in and out among the rocks on the sea bottom might think it was a snake. The eel does have a long, slithery, slimy-looking, snaky body. But eels are not snakes. They...
Story of the Sea
The mysterious world of the sea is explored with photo-graphs, poetry, and scientific facts about the oceans; animals of the sea, from starfish through shark; and legends, historic ad¬ventures, and modern exploration of the sea.
People and Plants
There are many kinds of jobs for people who like to work with plants. Botanists and other scientists study plants. They look for ways to grow better food plants, to make new things from plants, or...
Deadly berries and seeds
Many kinds of berries and seeds are poisonous! People have died from eating mistletoe berries, yew berries, and castor beans. There are several kinds of nightshade plants with green, red, and black...
Where trees take lots of baths
Many kinds of trees grow best where it is always hot and where they get lots of shower baths from the rain. These trees live together in forests in hot parts of the world where it rains heavily all...
Why some trees stay green all winter
The kinds of trees that people use as Christmas trees are called "evergreens." Evergreen trees are "ever green." They don't change color and lose all their leaves in autumn as other trees do. The...