"Simple text and photographs describe desert animal adaptations"--Provided by publisher.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.

What is a desert? Why does a stinkbug stand on its head? Where does the elf owl nest when there are no trees in the desert? Learn where desert animals live, how they hide, and how people are learning to protect this habitat.

A Desert Habitat describes one of the world's most fascinating desert habitats: the Sonoran Desert. Discover how animals find food, keep cool, and stay alive.

Formerly published by David West Children's Books, London (2014).

An introduction to some of the animals that inhabit the Earth's driest places.

Describes the physical and behavioral adaptations that some animals have adopted in order to survive in the desert.

Hippos, crocodiles and anacondas are just a few of the fascinating animals featured in their watery habitat.

Seven animals from the Earth's deserts introduce themselves to young readers and tell a little about how they live.

Meet animals that live in the desert, including camels, lizards, owls, snakes, spiders, and tortoises. Pair this photo-illustrated nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, No Bugs Here.