Skunks After Dark

Through text filled with fascinating details and beautiful color photos, readers will learn about skunks’ behaviors, habitats, diet, family life, and struggles in the wild, as well as how to stay safe around skunks.

The first thing most people think of when they hear the word “skunk” is the animal’s infamous smell. However, these resourceful black-and-white omnivores have much more to offer, as your curious readers will learn.

Through text filled with fascinating details and beautiful color photos, readers will learn about skunks’ behaviors, habitats, diet, family life, and struggles in the wild, as well as how to stay safe around skunks.

A comprehensive reference on vertebrate species that can cause economic damage or become nuisance pests. Reviews all vertebrate species that come into conflict with human interests in North America. Includes agricultural, commercial, industrial, and residential pest problems and recommends solutions; emphasizes prevention; outlines and explains all currently registered and recommended control methods and materials. Contains dozens of chapters written by various authors. Figures.

Full-color images, fun facts, and informational text will bring readers into the secret world of badgers, from their hunting and eating habits to where they live and how they have impacted human life. In addition, safety tips explain what to do if someone comes face-to-face with a badger.

Kids will want to grab a flashlight and start discovering the night world with the help of this safety-minded, abundantly illustrated and exciting combination of nature guide and fun activity book. Staying up late is just part of the fun, because children will also find the answers to many of the most intriguing questions: Why is the nighttime dark? Why does the length of the night change with the seasons? Why is darkness important to plant and animal life? Youngsters will meet fascinating nocturnal creatures, build a bat house, and begin to recognize different owl hoots. The stars will beckon as kids learn how to read the night sky, recognize constellations, and understand how Earth fits into the big picture. And these new night explorers can construct a camouflage blind, and garden by moonlight, too. Plenty of parent-friendly safety considerations are included.