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In a near-future world where biotechnology and genetic research has become big business, the discovery of several transgenic animals leads to a legal and ethical battle over the rights to genes that can be used for commercial purposes.

A deadly, flu-like epidemic and a plague of flesh-eating creatures threaten the lives of the children at Perdido Beach while Sam, Astrid, Caine, and Diana each struggle with doubts and uncertainties.

Maggie and her team of marine biologists dive into the ocean with a pod of humpback whales to record their songs and learn about how whales communicate.

When every person, all over the globe, receives a small wooden box bearing the same inscription and a single piece of string inside, the world is thrown into a collective frenzy, in this novel told through multiple perspectives that introduces an unforgettable cast of characters. It seems like any other day: You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds...

Finding circles everywhere, a grandfather and his granddaughter meditate on the cycles of life and nature.

The world's shark population is in trouble for a sad, simple reason: shark fin soup. And although it's illegal, poachers have been targeting Florida's biannual migration of blacktip sharks. Marine biologist Doc Ford needs some assistance protecting the sharks and enlists the help of three kids, Luke, Marta, and Sabina. Together they form Sharks, Inc. and are given an important assignment: to set out each day on their small fishing boat in hopes of...

A rhyming text explores animal camouflage, while die-cut pages reveal the animals hiding throughout the book.

Scientists have made a startling discovery: a fragment of a lost continent, an island with an ecosystem unlike any they've seen before ... an ecosystem that could topple ours like a house of cards.