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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In a world dominated by people and rapid climate change, species large and small are increasingly vulnerable to extinction. In Resurrection Science, journalist M. R. O'Connor explores the extreme measures scientists are taking to try and save them, from captive breeding and genetic management to de-extinction.
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Marc van Roosmalen is a biologist with a passion for primates. His love of monkeys has taken him on the adventures of a lifetime, to the little known forests of Brazil. Here he has found such unique diversity of life that he has become a professional species hunter, discovering, naming and reclassifying species. He has already named 20 new kinds of monkeys. He is now searching for large unknown mammals in the forest.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A conservationist who has dedicated her life to saving orphan elephants in Africa describes her relationships with her late husband, Tsavo Park warden David Sheldrick, and a host of animals, including the majestic elephant, Eleanor.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
p2012
Language
English
Description
African conservationist Lawrence Anthony accepted a herd of rogue wild elephants on his game reserve in Zululand because he was the herd's last chance for survival. In the years that followed he became a part of their family. And as he battled to create a bond with the elephants, he came to realize that they had a great deal to teach him about life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Traces the work of two wildlife veterinarians who protect and chart the lives of Assateague Island's wild horses, describing their shared efforts to balance the horses' ecosystem and raise awareness.
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