Three men are found dead in the locked second floor office of a Honolulu building, with no sign of struggle except for the ultra-fine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye. In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting. Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are being...

The timely story of the forces of change that converge on a small tribe of Niaruna Indians living in the heart of the Amazonian rain forest.

In a Thailand rainforest, a young Argus pheasant uses his long, brightly colored tail to help conquer his bedtime fears. Includes facts about the Argus pheasant, an unusual bird that lives in Southeast Asia.

Estranged couple Lewis and Helen Burke gain insights into the meaning of life and their marriage after Lewis's plane is forced to make an emergency landing in the Congo and he escapes into the rain forest to escape capture by rebels, and Helen defies authorities by setting off, along with her seven-year-old blind son, to find him.

The true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing 1914 exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth, a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron. After his humiliating election defeat in 1912, Roosevelt set his sights...

Describes the plants and animals that live in the rain forests all over the world.

A fabulous lost Amazon city containing a rare red diamond. It sounded like a myth, but archaeologist Jillian Sherwood was willing to put up with anything to look for it--even Ben Lewis, ruffian, knock-about, and number-one river guide in Brazil.

An exploration of the rain forest that addresses what they are, why they are important, causes of deforestation, and possible remedies to their destruction. Includes glossary and suggestions for further reading.

Takes a journey through a rain forest, investigating the plants and animals that dwell there.