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Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
At a time when we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, renowned scientist Jane Goodall brings us inspiring news 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 ferret...
Author
Series
Animal helpers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The book takes readers "behind the scenes" at four different wildlife rehabilitation centers, where animals are nursed back to health and released back into the wild when possible. Includes "For Creative Minds" educational section.
4) Nature girl
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Passionate and willful Honey Santana is taking rude, gullible telemarketer Boyd Shreave and his less than enthusiastic mistress, Eugenie Fonda, into the mangroves of Florida’s Ten Thousand Islands for a gentle lesson in humility. What Honey doesn’t know is that she’s being followed by her obsessed former employer, Piejack, and her still-smitten ex-husband, Perry, with their protective and wise-beyond-his-years twelve-year-old son,...
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer and his wife, Leanne, follow the five-month migration of 123,000 caribou over mountain ranges and icy rivers to their calving grounds in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, becoming the first humans to ever join a herd on the trek.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A behind-the-scenes account of the celebrated yet troubled Gorongosa wildlife preserve, where Western conservation efforts are colliding with African culture. The stunningly beautiful Gorongosa National Park, once the crown jewel of Mozambique, was nearly destroyed by decades of civil war. For American multimillionaire Greg Carr, a tech mogul seeking new challenges, it looked like a perfect place for Western philanthropy: under his guidance, he promised,...
Author
Publisher
South Africa
Pub. Date
1989
Physical Desc
10" X 14" (Hardback) 152 pgs.
Language
English
Description
Stunningly illustrated with photographs contributed by many of South Africa's most skilled wildlife photographers, Wildlife of South Africa takes a fresh look at a popular subject. It explores southern Africa's most beautiful wilderness regions, many of them now fiercely protected as wildlife reserves, providing a vivid and comprehensive picture of the animals to be found there. The beauty and fascination that these animals and their settings hold...
Author
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls 'an animal rights organization.' Tom's team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on. What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on...
11) Scat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Nick and Marta are both suspicious when their biology teacher, the feared Mrs. Bunny Starch, disappears, and try to uncover the truth despite the police and headmaster's insistence that nothing is wrong.
Author
Language
English
Description
Wildlife conservation has both monetary and non-monetary benefits, and the success of conservation projects depends on a mix of economic and biological factors. In Tanzania, the economic benefits of conservation projects have positively impacted the conservation attitudes of local people around the Selous Game Reserve. Option value is a useful tool to measure the potential benefits of wildlife conservation, and expressed preference or contingent valuation...
14) Never cry wolf
Author
Language
English
Description
A report of the author's observations in the Keewatin Lands northwest of the Hudson Bay, on the caribou and wolf populations living there.
16) Lifelike animals
Author
Series
Publisher
Walter Foster Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st library ed.
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
17) Big miracle
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the true story, tells the amazing tale of a small town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Wild animal rehabilitation is providing care to sick, injured, or orphaned wildlife and returning them to the wild once they are healthy. A timeline, glossary, index, and historic and color photos supplement easy-to-read text. An infographic shows how the reader can learn more and get involved"--Adapted from publisher summary.
Author
Publisher
Walter Foster
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st library ed.
Physical Desc
40 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Contains step-by-step instructions for using basic shapes to draw twenty-six different animals, including a tiger, toucan, and spider monkey, and provides coloring tips.
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