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Focus
on Nature
is a weekly,
beautifully-illustrated column giving insight into the lives
of animals from our own
backyards to halfway around the world. With 2
formats available, these entertaining
life stories written from the animal's perspective can be delivered to
the publisher's inbox every week.
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Connect to the natural world! Presented from the
animal's
perspective, readers learn:
* what the animal looks like * how his appearance helps him * what his house is made of * where he lives and what the surroundings are like * what he likes to eat * how his family is raised * what predators and other factors challenge his survival Each Focus on Nature column comes in 2 formats, beautifully illustrated: 135-word (approximate) and 300-500 words (limited selection) Color or black & white Click here to view examples of illustrations |
 135-word format |
 3-500 word format |
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Anastasia Island beach mouse Andean mountain cat Asian golden cat Black-footed ferret Black rhinoceros Carolina northern flying squirrel Columbian white-tailed deer Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel Fishing cat Florida manatee Florida panther Giant kangaroo rat Giant panda Gray whale Gray wolf Grizzly bear Humpback whale 'Ilio holo i ka uaua (Hawaiian monk seal) Iriomote yamaneko (mountain cat) Jaguar Lesser long-nosed bat Louisiana black bear Margay Mexican long-nosed bat Northern right whale 'Ope'ape'a (Hawaiian hoary bat) Pallas' cat Point Arena mountain beaver Salt marsh harvest mouse Sand cat San Joaquin kit fox Snow leopard Sonoran pronghorn Southern sea otter Sperm whale Steller sea lion Stephen's kangaroo rat Utah prairie dog Woodland caribou 'Akiapola'au 'Akikiki 'Akohekohe 'Alae
ke'oke'o (Hawaiian coot)
'Alae'ula (Hawaiian common moorhen) 'Alala (Hawaiian crow) Aleutian Canada goose American peregrine falcon Attwater's greater prairie chicken Audubon's crested caracara Bald eagle Black-capped vireo California brown pelican California clapper rail California condor California least tern Coastal California gnatcatcher Hawai'i 'akepa Hawai'i creeper Inyo California towhee 'I'iwi 'Io (Hawaiian hawk) Kaua'i 'O'o Kirtland's warbler Koloa maoli (Hawaiian duck) Laysan duck Least Bell's vireo Light-footed clapper rail Marbled murrelet Masked bobwhite Maui parrotbill Moloka'i creeper Nene (Hawaiian goose) Newell's shearwater Nihoa finch |
Nihoa
millerbird Northern spotted owl Nuku pu'u O'ahu 'elepaio Oloma'o (Moloka'i thrush) 'O'u Palau ground dove Palila Piping plover Po'ouli Puaiohi Pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl) Red-cockaded woodpecker San Clemente loggerhead shrike Southwestern willow flycatcher Spectacled eider 'Ua'u (Hawaiian dark-rumped petrel) Western snowy plover Whooping crane Wood stork Blackburn's sphinx moth Delta green ground beetle El Segundo blue butterfly Eupithecia Flying earwig Hawaiian damselfly Hawai'i damselflies Koa bug Lange's metalmark butterfly Lava
flow cricket
Lotis blue butterfly Mission blue butterfly Picture-winged drosophila Puritan tiger beetle San Bruno elfin butterfly Valley elderberry longhorn beetle Wekiu bug Bee Creek Cave
harvestman
Kaua'i cave wolf spider Tooth Cave spider American crocodile Atlantic salt marsh snake Blue-tailed mole skink Blunt-nosed leopard lizard Desert tortoise Eastern indigo snake Green sea turtle Hawksbill sea turtle Leatherback sea turtle Loggerhead sea turtle Olive Ridley sea turtle San Francisco garter snake Amphibians
California red-legged
frog
Desert slender salamander Houston toad Santa Cruz long-toed salamander Texas blind salamander California freshwater
shrimp
Kaua'i cave amphipod Nashville crayfish Shasta crayfish Coho salmon
Greenback cutthroat trout Lahontan cutthroat trout 'O'opu hi'ukole (Hawaiian goby) Steelhead trout Newcomb's snail O'ahu tree snail |
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Some of the publishers of Focus on Nature columns and illustrations since 1998: Feline Conservation Federation Magazine Wildlife Art Magazine Hawaii Island Journal Coast Views Magazine Half Moon Bay Review Endangered Species UPDATE (University of Michigan) ESA Today (Endangered Species Coalition) Endangered Species Bulletin (US Fish & Wildlife Service) Turtle Talk (Sea Turtle Preservation Society) Endangered Species and Wetlands Report Outdoor America Magazine (Isaak Walton League of America) Mockingbird Chronicles (South Plains Wildlife Rehabilitation Center) Big Island Drive Guide News of the Lepidopterist's Society Volcano Community News |
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