wildlife conservation

Learn about some of the most endangered species in Asia, why they are endangered, and steps that are being taken to prevent their extinction.

Discusses the effects of programs to save from extinction such endangered animals as bald eagles, whooping cranes, whales, and black-footed ferrets.

"Due to common misconceptions about their nature, mountain lions have been targeted both by farmers who consider them a threat to their livestock, and sportsmen who hunt them as a trophy kill. In truth . . . [the] cat is necessary to the survival of its entire ecosystem . . . explores key curricular science concepts including interdependence, predator-prey relationships, and the importance of conservation"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses how Bulu, a Jack Russell terrier born on a crocodile farm in Zambia, became a foster parent for orphaned baby animals after being adopted by Anna and Steve Tolan, former police officers who left England to live in the African bush.

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.

After a fire kills her parents, eleven-year-old Martine must leave England to live with her grandmother on a wildlife game reserve in South Africa, where she befriends a mythical white giraffe.

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.

"When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Paralympics sailing hopeful Felix and English school girl Kara work with veterinarians and specialists to save and reunite the dolphin with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef from the environmental effects of proposed dredging"--Provided by publisher.

The author describes her trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo with her fiance to study orphaned bonobos in an animal sanctuary. Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of bonobos, the human suffering in the region, and the bond she develops with the animals, her new husband, and the country.

As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon named 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.