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Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"It wasn't so long ago when a lot of people thought the Florida panther was extinct. They were very nearly right. That the panther still exists at all is a miracle--the result of a desperate experiment that led to the most remarkable comeback in the history of the Endangered Species Act. And no one has told the whole story--until now. With novelistic detail and an eye for the absurd, Craig Pittman recounts the extraordinary story of the people who...
Author
Series
Animal Rescue Agency volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
After a frigid arctic rescue, Esquire and Mr. Pepper get the perfect opportunity to warm up--an invitation to Beatle the Pangolin's private island concert. Sun and sand await! But when Esquire and Mr. Pepper arrive, the island is in chaos. Field agent Alphonse delivers the bad news: due to an incident during dress rehearsal, Beatle is trapped underground, and foul play is likely. The worst news: There's no way to reach Beatle and there are multiple...
85) Once & future giants: what Ice Age extinctions tell us about the fate of earth's largest animals
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the mass extinction of megafauna during the Pleistocene era and what could have caused the event, and looks at the descendants of megafauna living on the Earth today.
87) The New Rangers
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This program observes the National Parks and Wildlife Service as it conducts a training program for Indigenous people to work as wildlife rangers in Kakadu National Park. Local Aboriginal people, with excellent land management skills and a keenness to help preserve the natural beauty and heritage of their land, are learning to combine their practices with those of the Wildlife Service to provide a unique form of management in keeping the park's habitats...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Poaching and war damaged an isolated wilderness in West Zambia, reducing its lion population to just one: Lady, the last lioness. Witness Lady's fight for survival in this evocative narrative on the decline, fall, and rebirth of the Liuwa Plains. Follow Lady as she grapples with a landscape altered by human hands and discover how both Lady and humankind restore balance to the environment"--Publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Dogs are working with humans to find new ways to solve environmental problems and conserve wildlife, just a few of which are sniffing out invasive species and poisons, as well as identifying wildlife traffickers.
91) The islanders
Author
Series
Islanders (Mary Alice Monroe) volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Spending the summer with his grandmother on South Carolina's Dewees Island, eleven-year-old Jake finds two friends who are also struggling with family issues and together they try to save a sea turtle nest from predators.
92) Man-eater
Author
Series
Extreme adventures volume 6
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Sam is at a youth conference in Africa when the bus takes off without him, leaving him stranded. Within minutes he's attacked by an angry elephant and half-blinded by a spitting cobra. A young Masai tells Sam he needs medical attention--fast. But the only way to the hospital is through the Chui Hills. The same hills being terrorized by a ferocious, man-eating leopard"--
93) Cougars on the cliff: one man's pioneering quest to understand the mythical mountain lion, a memoir
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Maurice Hornocker is recognized worldwide as the first scientist to unravel the secrets of America's most enigmatic predator-the mountain lion. This is a gripping account of the never-before-told adventures, challenges, and controversies surrounding his groundbreaking study of cougars in the remote reaches of the Idaho Primitive Area"--
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Valentina was born on an island formed by fire, surrounded by blue-green sea. As a Galapagueña, Valentina spends her days observing the natural world around her. She greets sea lions splashing on the shore, scampers over lava rocks with Sally-lightfoot crabs, and swims with manta rays. But Valentina also understands the fragility of this wondrous world, and she makes a solemn promise to protect the islands and her animal friends. -- from Amazon.
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Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A middle grade graphic novel adventure based on a true story, in which a young conservationist overcomes the odds to save and return a sun bear to its natural habitat. When endlessly curious and tenacious Chang discovers a bear bile farm near her home in Vietnam, she decides to do everything she can to save wild animals--by becoming a conservationist! After teaching herself survival skills, documenting each rainforest plant and animal she sees in...
Author
Publisher
Abdo Kids Jumbo
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Este título enseña a los lectores jóvenes sobre los orangutanes y cómo están en peligro de extinción debido a la pérdida de hábitat, la caza ilegal y más.
This title will teach readers about orangutans and where they live. It will also let readers know that orangutans are endangered and that they face many threats, baby orangutans are sold as pets.
Author
Publisher
Dawn Publications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When an owl chooses to make her nest in a dangerous location, the eggs are rescued by a bird rehabilitation specialist. Miraculously, one of the eggs hatches, and the owlet becomes an education bird--an ambassador for his species. This true story is about preservation, rehabilitation, and most of all, friendship.
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