What do zoologists do? -- Animal reproduction: genes and environment -- Mammal reproduction: pandas and cheetahs -- How animals raise their young -- Helpful corals, clams, and crustaceans -- Bees, butterflies, and saving biodiversity -- Deadly invertebrates: vectors and parasites -- Bony fish, skates, sharks, and rays -- Amphibians, metamorphosis, and ecology -- Reptiles: adaptations for living on land -- Beaks, claws, and eating like a bird -- Form and function: bird nests and eggs -- Taking to the sky: bird migration -- What makes a mammal? hair, milk and teeth -- Herbivore mammals: ruminants and runners -- Carnivore mammals: feline, canine, and ursine -- Primate mammals: diverse forest dwellers -- Size, structure, and metabolism -- Protection, support, and homeostasis -- Animal energetics and the giant panda problem -- Ethology: studying animal behavior -- Think! how intelligent are animals? -- Combating disease in the animal kingdom -- Animal futures: frontiers in zoology.
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