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Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
With The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Caspar Henderson offers readers a fascinating, beautifully produced modern-day menagerie. But whereas medieval bestiaries were often based on folklore and myth, the creatures that abound in Henderson's book-from the axolotl to the zebrafish-are, with one exception, very much with us, albeit sometimes in depleted numbers. The Book of Barely Imagined Beings transports readers to a world of real creatures that...
5) Africa
Author
Publisher
Brown Bear Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Learn about some of the most endangered wild animals in Africa and what we can do to save them from extinction.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Forrest Galante, host of Extinct or Alive and the world's #1 rare species expert, takes readers along with him through the deepest wilderness and most remote and dangerous parts of the world to find all the animals we thought were extinct. In the course of his travels, Galante has been attacked by lions, stung by jellyfish, bitten by snakes and had run-ins with pissed off hippos. Still Alive offers a travelogue of Galante's most harrowing adventures,...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Details the zoological discoveries found in the jungles of Vietnam, using research gathered from biologists, conservations, and indigenous peoples to describe such animal species discoveries as a half-goat, half-ox, and a barking deer.
Author
Series
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Living off the coast of California in the Northern Pacific Ocean, Lutris the sea otter shares her life in a giant kelp forest habitat with many other otters and animals. Lutris is resourceful and relies on her keen sense of sight and smell to find food and survive. When her pup is born, Lutris lovingly tends to and teaches her daughter until she is ready to head out into the world on her own. Filled with important facts and gorgeous illustrations,...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to some of the most threatened species on Earth. Meet some of the scientists who study species survival, and discover what inspires their work-- from cases of critically endangered wildlife to the success stories of species that have been brought back from the brink of extinction. Rare photos and engaging text will fascinate readers of all ages, giving them a glimpse of the diversity that is essential to the future of life on Earth....
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
El mundo esta lleno de millones de especies animales, y cada una de ellas es onica y especial. Muchas estan llamadas a desaparecer. En este libro, Chelsea Clinton les presenta a los pequenos lectores algunos de los animales en peligro de extinción, explicandoles por que son onicos y especiales y que clase de peligros corren. No dejes que desaparezcan conduce al lector a lo largo de un día en la vida de rinocerontes, tigres, ballenas, pandas y otros...
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Oahu tree snails and pink velvet worms are two examples of endangered invertebrates. Few of them exist in the wild. Other invertebrates have already gone extinct. What hurts these animals? What can you do to help?"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A tour of some of the world's most iconic and endangered species, and what we can do to save them. Climate change and habitat destruction are not the only culprits behind so many animals facing extinction. The impact of consumer demand for cheap meat is equally devastating and it is vital that we confront this problem if we are to stand a chance of reducing its effect on the world around us. * We are falsely led to believe that squeezing animals into...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
c2017
Language
English
Description
"What happens when you try to recreate a woolly mammoth--fascinating science, or conservation catastrophe? In Rise of the Necrofauna, Britt Wray takes us deep into the minds and labs of some of the world's most progressive thinkers to find out the truth about de-extinction. She introduces us to renowned futurists like Stewart Brand and scientists like George Church, who are harnessing the powers of CRISPR gene editing in the hopes of "reviving" extinct...
20) The survivor
Author
Series
Eve Duncan novels volume 30
Eve Duncan forensics thriller volume 28
Eve Duncan forensics thriller volume 30
Eve Duncan forensics thriller volume 28
Eve Duncan forensics thriller volume 30
Language
English
Description
Traveling to an island in Southeast Asia, archaeologist Riley Smith is aware of the threat from treasure hunters who have no qualms about killing to get what they want. When she successfully evades them and finds the perfectly preserved body of a female warrior, it is just what she needs to entice Eve Duncan to join her. As they seek answers to the questions the body has raised, their discovery will change history-- if they can escape the island and...
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