Nature Nonfiction

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.

A collection of true stories about the amazing lives of eight shelter dogs. Many of these dogs were unwanted because of their size, behavior, or medical condition. All of the dogs found owners who loved and cared for them.

What does a calf need to grow? How does a piglet use its hooves? Farm Babies teaches children about some of their favorite young animals while helping them develop literacy skills.

How do fireflies light up? Why do bees and wasps sting? How do butterflies get nectar from flowers? This series shows how unique insects eat, work, and live. It will have young listeners buzzing with excitement! This volume includes Ants, Dragonflies, Fireflies, Grasshoppers, and Beetles.

How do fireflies light up? Why do bees and wasps sting? How do butterflies get nectar from flowers? This series shows how unique insects eat, work, and live. It will have young listeners buzzing with excitement! This volume includes Butterflies, Honey Bees, Ladybugs, and Praying Mantises.

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.

¡Hola! Soy una tortuga marina. Paso la mayoría de mis días surfeando por las aguas tibias, ¡pero comencé la vida siendo mucho más pequeñita! Aprende más sobre el ciclo de mi vida, de huevito chiquito a cría y finalmente adulto.

Some forest creatures are masters of disguise! They use camouflage and cover to outsmart predators or sneak up on prey. Some forest animals blend in with leaves, moss, and more. Others hide beneath rocks or in logs. Learn more about creatures that hide in the forest!

Did you know jellyfish aren’t really fish? These invertebrates have been around for millions of years. Listeners will enjoy discovering all the details about these interesting animals.

You see a fin poke out of the water. It’s a big gray animal with a friendly face. It looks like a dolphin, but is it a porpoise? Dolphins and porpoises are similar, but they have some important differences. Find out how their fins, mouths, teeth, and behaviors can all help you tell these two animal look-alikes apart.

Lions are called “king of beasts.” But a pride is made of mainly females. These mighty beasts hunt and bring back food for the whole pride. The group also depends on the females to care for young. Learn all about African lions and the important roles lionesses play to ensure a pride’s survival.

Hi, there! I'm a great white shark. Don't let my sharp teeth scare you off. I started life much smaller, just like you!

When a group of whales live together, it's called a pod. Learn about life inside a pod of whales and why these animals like to stick together. Find out how living together with others helps whales hunt for food, communicate with one another, and raise their young.

When a group of lions live together, it's called a pride. Learn about life in a pride of lions and why these animals like to stick together. Find out how living together with others helps lions hunt food, mark their territory, and raise their young.

There are 13 different kinds of otters. But sea otters are the only kind that spends their whole lives in water! Listeners will enjoy learning all they can about these cute mammals.

Great white, bull, and tiger sharks are some of today’s most talked-about sharks. But have you met the sharks of yesterday? Each prehistoric shark had its own amazing—and sometimes strange—features. The scissor-tooth shark had teeth in a spiral shape. The giant megalodon was about three times the size of a great white. One small prehistoric shark had a big dorsal fin in the shape of an ironing board!

Snatch! A great white leaps out of the water to catch a seal. How did it get its dinner? It used its superpowers! From a super sense of smell to super speed, a shark’s body is built for one thing—hunting. Its nostrils can smell some substances 10,000 times better than people! Low light? No problem! A shark’s eyes see well in dim light.

Big bodies. Razor-sharp teeth. Crushing jaws. Great white sharks are some of the most feared sharks. Some people say they seek out people as food. But this is a myth. Attacks on people are very rare. Some people say great whites live only in warm waters. This is a myth too! You can’t believe everything you hear! Listeners will bust more myths about these top ocean predators.

Deep, deep down, at the very bottom of the ocean, lies a secret world. Through lyrical narration, this story takes listeners on a journey to a place very few humans have ever been—the Mariana Trench. The imagined voyage debunks scary myths about this mysterious place with surprising and beautiful truths about life at Earth's deepest point.

Female orcas, or cows, lead an orca pod. They raise young and help the pod find food. Learn all about orcas and the important roles cows play to ensure the pod’s survival.