"How many species are there across the globe? How much do all of the insects in the world collectively weigh? How far can animals travel? Steve Jenkins answers these questions and many more with numbers, images, innovation, and authoritative science in his latest work of illustrated nonfiction. Jenkins layers his signature cut-paper illustrations alongside computer graphics and a text that is teeming with fresh, unexpected, and accurate zoological...

Discusses and gives examples of the size and weight of various animals and parts of animals.

Profiles a series of animals with unusual eyes and explains how such animals use their uniquely evolved eyes to gain essential information about the biological world.

Illustrates the concept of size by comparing different animals, from the smallest visible animals to the largest.

Provides a top-to-bottom look at the ocean, from birds and waves to thermal vents and ooze.