Showcasing the boundless diversity of life on Earth, this accessible guide offers a sweeping overview of plants, animals, and ecological processes. Jammed with color photographs and illustrations, the chapters range across many habitats, offering facts about the otter, flamingo, hedgehog, gecko, and frog, as well as the oak, mistletoe, chamomile, and the Joshua tree. Encyclopedic in scope, this characteristically thorough Audubon guide also suggests a variety of nature activities that can be completed in the woods or even at home.