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Your Body's Systems

Circulatory System The circulatory system is the body's transport system. It is made up of a group of organs that transport blood throughout the body. The heart pumps the blood and the arteries and…

DK Science: Plant Survival

DEFENCESTOUGH ALPINESHIGH UP ON A HOSTXEROPHYTESHALOPHYTESFIND OUT MORESome plants have special features that help them to repel predators. Other plants can survive and even thrive in hostile…

Dangerous Animals

Fascinating but Deadly Elephants, big cats, and Cape buffaloes by David Johnson An elephant can charge at up to 30 miles per hour. Elephants The largest land mammal, a male…

Classical Mythology: A Titanic Struggle

A Titanic StruggleClassical MythologyTales Of The TitanicA Titanic StruggleClash of the Titans After gaining their own freedom, the Titans made Cronus their king and freed the Cyclopes and their…

duck

(Encyclopedia) duck, common name for wild and domestic waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and swans. It is hunted and bred for its meat, eggs, and feathers. Strictly speaking…

Courbet, Gustave

(Encyclopedia) Courbet, GustaveCourbet, Gustavegüstävˈ k&oomacr;rbāˈ [key], 1819–77, French painter, b. Ornans. He moved to Paris in 1839 and studied there, learning chiefly by copying…

rue

(Encyclopedia) rue, common name for various members of the family Rutaceae, a large group of plants distributed throughout temperate and tropical regions and most abundant in S Africa and Australia.…

DK Science: Food Plants

PADDY FIELDS IN CHINAVERSATILE FOOD PLANTLIFE CYCLE OF RICECOMBINE HARVESTERS GATHER WHEATCROP ROTATIONSELECTIVE BREEDINGBIOGRAPHY: NORMAN BORLAUG American, 1914-PESTSFIND OUT MOREFood chains begin…

DK Nature: Amphibians

CAN AMPHIBIANS BREATHE THROUGH THEIR SKIN? HOW DO AMPHIBIANS DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST PREDATORS? WHAT IS A CAECILIAN? WHAT DO AMPHIBIANS EAT? WHY DO MOST AMPHIBIANS LIVE NEAR WATER? HOW IS…

Shakespeare Quotes: Comedies

All the world's a stage   Tragedies • Histories • Comedies William Shakespeare Related Links William ShakespeareQuiz: Famous Quotes from Shakespeare Shakespeare's…