Includes index.

Introduction -- Tropical grasslands -- South American tropical grasslands -- Survival in grasslands -- Gran Chaco -- African grasslands -- Grazers and browsers -- Australian grasslands -- Pouched mammals -- Tropical rain forests -- Australasian and Asian rain forests -- Jungle survival -- Sumatran rain forest -- South American rain forests -- Living on trees -- African rain forests -- Moving through trees -- Deserts -- African deserts -- Sahara desert -- Asian deserts -- Wide-open spaces -- American deserts -- Scorching sun -- Temperate woodlands -- Eurasian temperate woodlands -- Woodland life -- New forest -- North American temperate woodlands -- Woodland year -- Asian temperate woodlands -- Lost forest -- Australasian temperate woodlands -- Safe on the ground -- Temperate grasslands -- North American temperate grasslands -- Prairie prey -- North American prairie -- Eurasian temperate grasslands -- Life under grass -- Taiga and tundra -- Eurasian taiga and tundra -- Living on pines -- Siberian forest -- North American taiga and tundra -- Beaver home -- Wetlands -- North American wetlands -- Wetland survival -- Florida Everglades -- European wetlands -- Living in damp places -- African wetlands -- Hippo world -- Mountains and polar regions -- Mountains -- Himalayas -- Polar ice -- Animal classification -- Animal directory -- Mammals -- Reptiles -- Amphibians -- Birds -- Invertebrates.