Up Close: Headgear That Hides and Plays

In two additions to the Up Close series by Diane Swanson, would-be scientists get a gander at various animals' heads and epidermis. Headgear That Hides and Plays covers everything from birds to fish to musk ox, explaining how their heads' structure help them to compete, feed, court and defend themselves. Skin That Slimes and Scares offers the same format, from the armored skin of the African rhinoceros to the poison-packed needles on the back of a red lionfish.