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From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes an inspiring message 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...
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...
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When Jenny Wren learns that Peter Rabbit would like to know more about the four-footed friends who share the Green Meadows and Green Forest with him, she encourages him to speak with Old Mother Nature who is only too happy to help. During their "classroom" chats, she not only teaches Peter about Arctic Hare and Antelope Jack but also tells him about such creatures as Flying Squirrel, Mountain Beaver, Pocket Gopher, Grasshopper Mouse, Silvery Bat,...
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2016.
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English
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In Wild Things, Wild Places actress, author, and conservationist Jane Alexander offers a moving first-hand assessment of what is being done to help the planet’s most at risk animals. In short reflections on her travels to some of the most remote and forbidding areas, she describes the ways in which human incursions into the natural world are destroying wildlife around the globe. With a clear eye and a keen grasp of the issues, Alexander...
9) Leopards
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Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Discusses how these magnificent cats live and what is being done to keep them from disappearing in the wild.
10) Zebras
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Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the last three species of zebras left in the world--the plains zebra, the mountain zebra, and Grevy's zebra. Also discusses what is being done to protect these animals from complete extinction.
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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
...15) Lions
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Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and endangered status of lions.
16) Cheetahs
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Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and endangered status of cheetahs.
18) Vultures
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Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Describes the life cycle, behavior, eating habits, and endangered status of vultures.
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