Foreword / by Steve Kress -- The web of life -- Weather and sky -- What a naturalist needs -- Close to home -- Farm and field -- Forest. Deciduous woodlands ; Coniferous forests ; Tropical forests -- Scrubland and heath -- Grassland -- Mountain and hillside -- Lake, river, and stream -- Coast. Beaches ; Cliffs ; Coastal wetlands ; Ocean -- Tundra and ice -- Desert.