endangered species

Includes information about the whooping crane's physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle. Focuses on the whooping crane's loss of habitat and endangered status, and discusses the successful efforts to save it.

Read how the spotted owl lives, what threats it faces, and what scientists and conservationists are doing to help this endangered species.

This book describes animals that are endangered species, including mountain gorillas, cheetahs, African elephants, blue whales, leatherback turtles, and whooping cranes.

Grades K-4, 28 mins. A journey to the habitat of the endangered whale. Scientists and conservationists are trying to save the whale and to learn as much as possible about these marine mammals and their behavior.

Describes over five hundred animals and plants around the world that are threatened with extinction; arranged taxonomically by family and genus within the categories of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, molluscs, annelids, coelenterates, arachnids, crustaceans, insects, and plants.

Focuses on the osprey, capturing their magnificent beauty while chronicling their return on the East Coast after two decades of absence.

Contains descriptions of over 1,200 animals and plants in North America that have been identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as endangered or threatened; covering physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, distribution, threats, and conservation efforts. Arranged taxonomically, with references, appendices, and indexes.