Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of the California condor, its decline in numbers due to human population growth and activities, and the efforts being made to maintain its population.

Learn about the last male white rhino named Sudan and how he was the last of his kind.

Independent film about the wolf reintroduction program in Yellowstone National Park from the perspective of some local residents and ranchers.

Journalist Jon Mooallem has watched his little daughter's world overflow with animals butterfly pajamas, appliquéd owls--while the actual world she's inheriting slides into a great storm of extinction. Half of all species could disappear by the end of the century, and scientists now concede that most of America's endangered animals will survive only if conservationists keep rigging the world around them in their favor. So Mooallem ventures into the...

"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"--

"Great polar bear... how do you survive on the thick ice covering the deep Arctic Sea?" ? Journey into the magnificent and mysterious world of the far north in Great Polar Bear, Carolyn Lesser's poetic and scientifically accurate story about a year in the life of a polar bear. Learn how this impressive animal thrives in one of the harshest--and imperiled--environments in the world. Carolyn Lesser also makes her illustrative debut in Great Polar Bear,...

" Dramatic, moving, and packed with fascinating elephant facts, young readers will find inspiration and excitement on every page." -Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus and Kakapo Rescue  The true story of the last viable Asian elephant population and the man dedicated to saving them  Early on a January morning in 2015, a young bull elephant touched on a sagging electric line in the Paneri Tea Plantation in the Udalgari District...

Discover elephants' awesome body parts, what these amazing animals eat, and how big they grow. Young readers will also find out why elephants need our help and what people around the world are doing to protect them. Filled with fun facts, awesome photos, games, and activities that will inspire kids to care about these amazing animals.

"Although hunting and conservation may appear to be at odds, the truth is that many great conservation efforts have been propelled by hunters. For example, the US National Park System was created in large part to the efforts of hunters. But does hunting benefit conservation today? Critics argue that hunting encourages poaching and animal cruelty and can lead to extinction. Proponents counter that hunting encourages sustainability and controls animal...

"Explores the roles of prairie dogs in grassland ecosystems, including prairie dogs' importance to ecosystems, threats to prairie dog populations, and conservation efforts. Features sidebars, two infographics, and a "That's Amazing!" special feature"--