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1) Scat
Author
Language
English
Description
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring rare footage of endangered animals and interviews with the world's leading animal welfare and conservation specialists, this pioneering feature explores the work of zoos and aquariums across the globe as they race to protect and preserve animals from al seven of the Earth's continents." -- Container.
A look at the world's leading animal welfare specialists and conservation scientists working to protect animals from all seven of Earth's...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Few books have had a greater impact than A Sand County Almanac, which many credit with launching a revolution in land management. Written as a series of sketches based principally upon the flora and fauna in a rural part of Wisconsin, the book, originally published by Oxford in 1949, gathers informal pieces written by Leopold over a forty-year period as he traveled through the woodlands of Wisconsin, Iowa, Arizona, Sonora, Oregon, Manitoba, and elsewhere;...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xv, 330 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In Wild Things, Wild Places, Jane Alexander movingly, with a clear eye and a knowing, keen grasp of the issues and on what is being done in conservation and the worlds of science to help the planet's most endangered species to stay alive and thrive, writes of her steady and fervent immersion into the worlds of wildlife conservation, of her coming to know the scientists throughout the world--to her, the prophets in the wilderness--who are steeped in...
5) Among whales
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
431 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Series
Reference shelf volume 69, no. 2
Publisher
H.W. Wilson Company
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
vi, 192 p. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
8) Zebras
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, habitats and family life of zebras and explains what is being done to save their population.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
xiii, 206 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The recent arrivals of giant pandas Tian Tian and Mei Xiang at the Smithsonian's National Zoo has created an enormous outpouring of public support for the conservation of this endangered species. The first step in ensuring a future for giant pandas is understanding both their history and their current relationship with people. Susan Lumpkin and John Seidensticker present a photographed natural history, sharing their personal experiences with giant...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"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...
16) Birds
Author
Series
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
1985, c1983
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
30 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains how various birds live, including the familiar pigeon, starling, and gull as well as the exotic parrot and trumpeter swan, and assesses their chances for survival.
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the many forms of wildlife that can be displaced if their environment is destroyed by development and discusses how communities and schools can provide spaces for them to live.
20) Seals
Author
Series
Publisher
Gloucester Press
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., map ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the different species of seals, their environments and behavior, and shows how hunting and other human activities threaten their continued existence.
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