Includes index.

Introduction -- Animal habitats -- The ends of the Earth -- Life in the desert -- Welcome to the jungle -- The blue planet -- Life in a coral reef -- Mammal world -- Family life -- Different diets -- Amazing marsupials -- The high life -- Cunning carnivores -- Cat comparisons -- Supper senses -- Speed king -- Leader of the pack -- Bear necessities -- Rodent success -- Primate party -- Life on the hoof -- Marine mammals -- Fun in the water -- Gentle sea cows -- Leap in the deep -- All about birds -- Eggs and hatching -- Caring for chicks -- Songbirds -- Amazing owls -- Wonderful waterfowl -- Seabirds -- The parrot family -- Feathered but flightless -- Penguin parade -- The reptile house -- Sssenses -- A tale of scales -- Enter the dragons -- Slither, slither -- The hardbacks -- Snap -- Land and water -- What is a fish? -- Fantastic fish -- Attack! -- Hammerheads -- Down in the depths -- Invertebrates -- Jellyfish -- Octopuses and squid -- Life on the seabed -- Hard cases -- Bugs, bug, bugs -- Leapers and creepers -- Buzzing around -- Army of helpers -- Water world -- As dusk fall-- -- Weird and wonderful -- All change -- Glossary and index -- Picture credits.

Photographs and facts present information about a wide variety of animals, from speedy cheetahs to enormous elephants.