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Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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At a time when we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, renowned scientist Jane Goodall brings us inspiring news about the future of the animal kingdom. With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a bestselling author, Goodall--along with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard--shares fascinating survival stories about the American crocodile, the California condor, the black-footed ferret...
2) Open season
Author
Series
Joe Pickett novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
As Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett races against time to save an endangered species, he finds himself plunged into a deadly mystery that soon threatens his family and the life he loves.
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Language
English
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From one of the world's most influential scientists comes his most timely and important book yet: an impassioned call for quick and decisive action to save Earth's biological heritage, and a plan to achieve that rescue. Today we understand that our world is infinitely richer than was ever previously guessed. Yet it is so ravaged by human activity that half its species could be gone by the end of the end of the present century. These two contrasting
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English
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"A vibrant history of the modern conservation movement--told through the lives and ideas of the people who built it. In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement's history: from early battles to...
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English
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Security consultant “Jane Smith” receives an envelope with a key to a storage unit that holds a taxidermied hummingbird and clues leading her to a taxidermied salamander. Silvina, the dead woman who left the note, is a reputed ecoterrorist and the daughter of an Argentine industrialist. By taking the hummingbird from the storage unit, Jane sets in motion a series of events that quickly spin beyond her control.Soon, Jane and her family are in danger,...
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English
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The northeastern seaboard of North America, extending from Labrador to Cape Cod, was the first region of North America to suffer from human exploitation. Farley Mowat informs the extensive historical and biological research with his direct experience living in and observing this region. When it was first published nearly thirty years ago, Sea of Slaughter served as a catalyst for environment reform, raising awareness of the decline and destruction
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Natural killers predators close-up volume 45
Publisher
Distributed under license by International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Cheetahs, the fastest land animals, are almost completely gone from Asia and north Africa. Although they are holding their ground in their remaining range, they are hunted for Killing domestic livestock and genetically vulnerable, and their future is uncertain.
Series
Natural killers predators close-up volume 8
Publisher
Distributed under license by International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
Follows the fortunes of two Iberian lynx among the wetlands and mountains of southern Spain. Once a common sight across Spain, Portugal, and southern France, the Iberian lynx has been reduced to a handful, victims of human control of local rabbit populations.
11) The maze
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild
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English
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Half-Earth proposes an achievable plan to save our imperiled biosphere: devote half the surface of the Earth to nature. In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson in his most impassioned book to date. Half-Earth argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude...
13) Play outside!
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Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Sent outside by their mother, two rambunctious children explore their own garden, deserts, mountains, oceans, and jungles and encounter many species of animals that are endangered or nearly extinct. Includes an index of the animals and each one's level of vulnerability to extinction.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
For over a century, wolves were persecuted in the United States and nearly became extinct. Gradually reintroduced, they are thriving again in the West, much to the benefit of the ecosystem
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 19
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Having used their magic tree house to travel to India, where they must get a gift to help free the dog Teddy from a spell, Jack and Annie have adventures involving a tiger and other endangered jungle animals.
16) Willodeen
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When the annual migration of hummingbears, a source of local pride and income, dwindles and no one knows why, Willodeen, armed with a magical birthday gift, speaks up for the animals she loves and vows to uncover this mystery.
17) The survivor
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Unearthing the perfectly preserved body of a female warrior in Southeast Asia, archaeologist Riley Smith and Eve Duncan seek answers about this extraordinary past life, leading Riley to make a discovery that will change history--if she can survive long enough to share it with the world.
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...
Series
Natural killers predators close-up volume 26
Publisher
Distributed under license by International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Follows a pack of African wild dogs, of whom there are only 5,000 left in the wild, as they give a new litter the best possible start in life.
Author
Series
Incredibly dead pets of Rex Dexter volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Cursed by an old carnival game, sixth-grader Rex Dexter uses his new ability to communicate with dead animals to investigate the mysterious deaths of endangered zoo animals.
Series
Natural killers predators close-up volume 18
Publisher
Distributed under license by International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a group of Siberian, or Amur, tigers living with the threats posed by deforestation, busy roads, and illegal poaching in the remote forests of eastern Russia. Also highlights the work of the Siberian Tiger Project, whose members work to protect and create greater understanding of this elusive and greatly endangered predator.
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