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"The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He's also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental...
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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 of the problem: dedicate fully half the surface of the Earth to nature. If we are to undertake such an ambitious endeavor,...
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North Point Press
Pub. Date
2001
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xv, 349 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Cranes are ubiquitous in the earliest legends of the world's peoples, where they often figure as sentinels of heaven and omens of longevity and good fortune. For their great beauty and imposing size - they are the largest of all flying birds on earth - they are held near-sacred in many lands. Their broad wilderness habitat requirements make them "umbrella species": protecting them ensures that other creatures and the earth and water of the ecosystem...
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Scribner
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c1996
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702 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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Noting that island ecosystems have always suffered high rates of extinction and that human activity increasingly carves the landscape into island-like fragments, David Quammen examines the conditions in many island ecosystems around the world.
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W.W. Norton & Company
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[2021]
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342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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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 save...
6) Rays
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Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2003
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IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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48 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, and endangered status of rays.
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English
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"It's the near future, and tens of thousands of species are going extinct every year. The loss is not total, though: the DNA sequences of many species are being digitized and uploaded to a global network of "biobanks," together with brain and body scans, recordings of behavior in the wild, microbiota profiles, and so forth, in the hope that the extinct victims of humanity's destructiveness might one day be resurrected. Then comes the day when the...
10) Giant pandas
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Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2004
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IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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A color-illustrated overview of the giant panda that compares and contrasts it with other bears and covers its geographic range, habitat, diet, courting habits, life cycle, and threats to survival.
11) The maze
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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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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Philomel Books
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[2019]
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IL: LG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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English
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Profiles twelve endangered species around the world, including giraffes, gorillas, giant pandas, and polar bears, and describes why it is important to save each animal from extinction.
14) Earthsong
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Dutton Children's Books
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c1998
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IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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[32] p. : col. ill., music ; 28 cm.
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English
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Verses about various animals, from one right whale calf to eleven gray wolf pups and on to fifty python eggs, present the plight of some threatened species. Includes information about the different animals mentioned.
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National Geographic
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[2019]
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397 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Celebrated National Geographic photojournalist Sartore continues his Photo Ark quest, photographing species around the world that are escaping extinction thanks to human efforts. The animals featured in these pages are either destined for extinction or already extinct in the wild but still alive today, thanks to dedication of a heroic group committed to their continued survival.l.
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Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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English
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Publisher Annotation: When teenage Aaron discovers a baby elephant nearly drowning in the swimming pool at the guest lodge where he works, he acts quickly and manages to save the animal just in time. The rescued baby is brought to an elephant orphanage for care, and given the name Zambezi. When Aaron is offered a job at the orphanage, his life is suddenly transformed, as he discovers a bond of friendship with Zambezi and his lifelong vocation as an...
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[Tin House]
Pub. Date
[2023]
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199 pages
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English
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"In 1973, the United States Congress came together with bipartisan support to create and pass a bold and visionary act-one of protection, preservation, and promise. For the past fifty years this promise, The Endangered Species Act, has ensured that the most threatened and vulnerable species and their habitats are protected. From the Stellar Sea Lion to the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, from the Steelhead Trout to the Red Wolf-this landmark act has worked...
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