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Informationen zum Autor Tom Jackson has been a writer for 20 years. He has written more than 80 books and contributed to hundreds more. Tom gets to write about a wide range of subjects, everything from axolotls to zoroastrianism. However, his specialties are natural history, technology and all things scientific. Tom spends his days finding fun ways of communicating these kinds of facts, new and old, to all age groups and reading abilities. Tom lives in Bristol, England, with his wife and three children. He studied zoology at Bristol University and has had spells working at the zoos in Jersey and Surrey. Tom has also worked as a conservationist, which saw him planting trees in Somerset, surveying Vietnamese jungle and rescuing wildlife from drought-ridden Zimbabwe. Writing jobs have also taken him to the Galápagos Islands, the Amazon rain forest, the coral reefs of Indonesia and the Sahara Desert. Nowadays, he can be found mainly in the attic. Klappentext Some animals build astounding homes to provide shelter and safety for themselves and their young. From ants glueing leaves together to create a nest, to groundhogs engineering enormous underground towns, the creatures featured in this book create homes that are both unique and out-of-this-world. Find out more about these masters of engineering and learn how evolution has shaped the way each animal constructs their home and uses it. Vivid, arresting photography paired with captivating animal encounters make this book a thrilling introduction to some of the basics of evolutionary theory. Zusammenfassung Discover the animals with the most sophisticated and highly-developed survival techniques and how the process of evolution has helped perfect them. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Budgett's Frog 2: Clownfish 3: Beaver 4: Oropendola 5: Gorilla 6: Bowerbird 7: Parrotfish 8: Prairie dog 9: Compass termite 10: Paper wasp 11: Arctic fox 12: Badger sett 13: Pika 14: Caddis fly 15: Golden orb weaver 16: Trapdoor spider ...
