Animals Reptiles

Beware! Poisonous things are all around you. In the spirit of What Stinks?, Marilyn Singer brings kids the coolest, newest info on creatures that can harm or even kill with a bite or sting.

Lord Fredrick Ashton may not feel ready to be a father, but with a little Ashton on the way he's sure about one thing: The wolfish curse on his family must end soon, before the child is born. Penelope willingly takes on the challenge; when Lady Constance's doctor prescribes a seaside holiday, Penelope jumps at the chance to take the three Incorrigible children to Brighton, where she hopes to persuade the old sailor Pudge to reveal what he knows about the Ashton curse.

Have you ever heard of a reptile that spends most of its life in an egg? What about a reptile that has to lay its eggs on the same beach where it was hatched? Young listeners will learn all about Madagascar chameleons, sea turtles, and other reptiles with unusual life cycles.

Little Turtle spends his nights in the backyard, looking at the stars and dreaming of becoming an astronaut.

When Sophie Mouse learns about some special emerald berries that will make the most perfect paint color, she knows she must have them! But she soon discovers that they can only be found in one part of the forest—Weedsnag Way. And that's far from Pine Needle Grove. Sophie convinces her best friend, Hattie Frog, to go with her. Will the girls reach the emerald berries and get home safely?

Listen and relive the exciting tales from Highlights, now on audio! Learn why wood frogs make a dangerous journey each spring and how the people of Amherst, Massachusetts, helped spotted salamanders, along with other stories about lizards and amphibians.

Follow us on a journey around all the body parts of reptiles, from eyes to teeth, to shells to tails. Find out all about how each body part works, what it looks like and what it does and how each body part differs between species.

This is the myth of the evil Crocodile Man, who would not share his firesticks with the other animals, and the cunning Bird Woman, who wanted to share fire with the people.

A young man is murdered for his prized pet fish. An Asian tycoon buys a single specimen for $150,000. Meanwhile, a pet detective chases smugglers through the streets of New York. Delving into an outlandish realm of obsession, paranoia, and criminality, The Dragon Behind the Glass tells the story of a fish like none other: a powerful predator dating to the age of the dinosaurs.

Animals are part of our world and contribute to our environment in different ways; even reptiles like Sammy the snake! Sammy lives in the garden near Merry and her family. Sammy takes care of the pests that eat their garden tomatoes.

A small reptile scurries across a rock under the hot sun. It's a lizard! Learn more about these desert animals.

When Naomi gets a tip about a strange snake sighting in the neighborhood, she knows it’s a job for her snake-saving club. Naomi, Nolan, and Emma go to investigate and get a huge surprise. The snake isn’t a native Texas species—it’s a ball python! Did someone dump an unwanted pet, or did this snake somehow get lost?

Ribburta wishes she could be a dancer like the rest of her family, but she has short legs that make it hard for her to dance. After her family is kidnapped by a greedy fox who wants the family to perform for him, she must find a way to trick him into letting her family go. Will she be able to save them?

There are more than 800 kinds of tree frogs. Some of them don’t even live in trees! But they all have very unusual feet. Find out more about this large family of frogs.

Aquarium fish are one of the most popular pets in America, with close to 150 million fish owned in nearly 13 million households. They seem like easy pets to care for, but there's more than meets the eye when it comes to keeping your freshwater friends healthy and happy! In Freshwater Aquariums for Dummies, you'll find basic information to start your own freshwater aquarium, purchase and maintain healthy fish and plants, and find tips and tricks on how to introduce new fish and systems into your aquatic family.

Reluctant listeners will love their front-row seats to action with this series! This volume includes American Alligator vs. Wild Boar and Dung Beetle vs. Tarantula Hawk.

Bearded dragons may not breathe fire or fly, but they are still impressive animals! These large lizards are found in Australia. They use venom to kill prey. Learn more details about these fascinating reptiles.

Max the alligator is throwing his friend Egret a big welcome home party. All the friends in the swamp want to chip in and help with the party, but Max insists on doing it all himself. After all, he has a fantastic plan! But when his party planning runs into problems, Max realizes that having a fantastic plan isn't enough.

A lizard that runs on water! A snake that looks like a twig! Reptiles have fascinating ways of adapting to their environments. Discover some of the most interesting and unusual reptile adaptations that have allow them to survive in many different habitats throughout the world.

If you think dinosaurs are cool, wait till you learn what covered Earth 430 million years ago. That’s long before dinos even existed. There wasn’t much on land - some really tiny plants and even smaller animals like millipedes and mites. But offshore life was another story. Six-foot-long relatives of modern scorpions roamed the open water, gobbling up smaller creatures. Fish were out there, too. There just weren’t many of them, and they were much different than today’s fish.