Hexapus. Two-headed snake. Spider worm. They sound like creatures from horror movies, but they are all real-life mutants that creep, crawl, and slither among us. In Things That Make You Go Yuck : Mystifying Mutants, you'll learn that genes can be a freaky and fascinating business. From two-toned lobsters to squirrel kittens, this book showcases the strangest and most shocking genetic mutants in the plant and animal kingdom. Whether it's nature's slimiest organisms or the weirdest mutations, Things That Make You Go Yuck celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest,...

It takes two to tango-but in the wild, two can do much crazier things than dance. In Things That Make You Go Yuck : Odd Couples, you'll find out about nature's strangest dating rituals, cooperative couples, and parasite pests. You'll explore symbiotic pairings like the plover bird, affectionately nicknamed the "crocodile dentist," and hybrid "franken-species" that seem like something out of a science fiction tale. Whether it's nature's slimiest organisms or the weirdest mutations, Things That Make You Go Yuck celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest, craziest, and...

Life isn't always easy, but some organisms take hard living to the extreme. Things That Make You Go Yuck : Extreme Living looks at organisms living in the weirdest of ways: swimming miles deep in the ocean, freezing on icy mountaintops, boiling in hot springs, or even floating in space. You'll also find critters bigger, smaller, softer, longer, and stretchier than you ever thought possible. Whether it's nature's slimiest organisms or the weirdest mutations, Things That Make You Go Yuck celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest, craziest, and creepiest things in...

Nature doesn't always play nice, and Things That Make You Go Yuck : Crooked Critters showcases some of the worst offenders in the plant and animal kingdom. You'll meet trespassing toads, insects in disguise, brood-borrowing cuckoos, and many more. It's a rogue's gallery of some of nature's roughest, meanest species. Whether it's nature's slimiest organisms or the weirdest mutations, Things That Make You Go Yuck celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest, craziest, and creepiest things in nature, proving once and for all that life in the wild is anything but...

Since ancient times, humans have been puzzled and awed by the strange stars, peculiar planets, and out of this world objects that appear in our sky. Advancements in technology are now giving scientists closer looks and first peeks at the weird and wonderful things that make up our solar system and beyond. From Earth-like moons to strange signals from distant galaxies, Bizarre Space: A Kid's Guide to Our Strange, Unusual Universe showcases the most shocking space discoveries, proving that what lies beyond our little blue and green planet is fascinatingly and often frighteningly...

You Under the Microscope explores the unseen and unusual microscopic processes happening around us-and on us, and inside us!-every day. Fun, colorful, and ingeniously illustrated, this book highlights the far out and fabulous things happening under, on, and occasionally up our noses. Ooh and ahh at the infographics exploring tiny creatures living on our faces, the trillions of bacteria and viruses within our bodies, the genes we've never seen but (literally) couldn't live without, and even medical marvels like 3D-printed organs.

With dozens of novel and fascinating...