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Glow it up

Feb 25, 2024 | nzgeo.com | Kate Evans |Giselle Clarkson

Just so Glow it up Plants can do it. Fish can do it. Worms can do it. Even single-celled plankton can do it. Why does so much of the natural world get to glow in the dark? The yacht Ganesha was off the southern coast of Java in August 2019 when it happened.
15 Best February Books for Young Readers

Jan 15, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Giselle Clarkson |Mo Willems
To get a date, cockatoos take up the art of drumming

Dec 13, 2023 | nzgeo.com | Kate Evans |Giselle Clarkson

Just so To get a date, cockatoos take up the art of drumming Hitting things with sticks: a failsafe technique for attracting the ladies. Right? There are hints our closest relatives may have some inkling of making musical percussion.
So you think you can dance

Dec 13, 2023 | nzgeo.com | Kate Evans |Giselle Clarkson

Just so So you think you can dance For a long time, scientists thought that moving to the beat was an act unique to humans. Many animals put on elaborate performances to attract a mate, from the elegant courtship dances of albatrosses to wolf spiders’ crunch-rolls and grind-revs. But do any of these really count as dancing?
Looking to start a family? Have eight legs? Try dancing

Dec 13, 2023 | nzgeo.com | Kate Evans |Giselle Clarkson

Just so Looking to start a family? Have eight legs? Try dancing Some animals get only one chance to find a mate—and there’s a lot riding on their ability to perform. When they’re looking for a mate, many animals seem to dance.
THE OBSERVOLOGIST

Nov 18, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Giselle Clarkson |Joanna Rzezak |Mayim Bialik

A charming work sure to spark a lifelong habit of looking closely at the natural world. What can you see right under your nose? In this engaging guide, Clarkson invites young readers to pay attention to the small things around them. Drawing her audience of potential naturalists in with wonderfully humorous cartoon drawings and carefully chosen examples, she addresses them directly. Her handbook has the appearance of a journal, interspersed with sketches and text in a font that resembles handwriting.
Turquoise grasshoppers battle it out

Oct 29, 2023 | nzgeo.com | Kate Evans |Giselle Clarkson

Just so Turquoise grasshoppers battle it out But what has their colour-changing ability got to do with their tendency towards violence? It’s an autumn morning in the Australian Alps. Dark brown grasshoppers are climbing out of the alpine heath and descending to the earth. Each one has a smaller grasshopper riding piggyback.
The mystery of the colourblind cephalopods

Oct 29, 2023 | nzgeo.com | Kate Evans |Giselle Clarkson

Just so The mystery of the colourblind cephalopods It doesn’t make sense that octopuses can camouflage themselves so well—because they can’t see any of the colours they’re matching. The octopus is hiding in a curve of PVC pipe, pulling a scallop shell against the entrance like a trapdoor.
How animals choose what to wear

Oct 19, 2023 | nzgeo.com | Kate Evans |Giselle Clarkson

Just so How animals choose what to wear Sometimes you need to dress to impress a potential mate—or rival. Mostly, you need to fade into the background so you don’t get eaten.
There and back again

Aug 27, 2023 | nzgeo.com | Kate Evans |Giselle Clarkson

Just so There and back again How do animals know where they’re going? Humans have been puzzling over the mysteries of migration and navigation for centuries, and our ideas about it have gone from absolutely wild to only slightly less so.