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Cambridge University Press Carnivore Conservation
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Cambridge University Press Carnivore Conservation 5 Conservation Biology Series Number 5
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Cambridge University Press Australias Mammal Extinctions
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Cambridge University Press Plants and the KT Boundary
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Cambridge University Press Australias Mammal Extinctions A 50000Year History
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Cambridge University Press Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis Sakis and Uacaris 65 Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series Number 65
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Cambridge University Press Giraffe
Book SynopsisDrawing together the latest research, this is a detailed exploration of current knowledge on the biology, behaviour and conservation needs of the giraffe. Dagg highlights striking new data on a range of topics, discussing the problems and solutions associated with zoo captivity along with current conservation efforts and their outlook.Trade Review'Dagg's discoveries and observations during fieldwork as well as autobiographical details make this book an engaging, inspiring and informative read that is well worth the time to read from cover to cover.' Amanda Hardy, The BiologistTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; 1. Timeline of giraffe; 2. The giraffe's environment; 3. Feeding in the wild; 4. Social behaviour and populations; 5. Individual behaviours; 6. External features; 7. Anatomy; 8. Physiology; 9. Pregnancy, growth, reproduction and aging; 10. Giraffe in zoos; 11. Status and conservation of giraffe races; Appendix. Parasites and pathogens; References; Index.
£71.24
Cambridge University Press Giraffe
Book SynopsisDrawing together the latest research, this is a detailed exploration of current knowledge on the biology, behaviour and conservation needs of the giraffe. Dagg highlights striking new data on a range of topics, discussing the problems and solutions associated with zoo captivity along with current conservation efforts and their outlook.Trade Review'Dagg's discoveries and observations during fieldwork as well as autobiographical details make this book an engaging, inspiring and informative read that is well worth the time to read from cover to cover.' Amanda Hardy, The BiologistTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; 1. Timeline of giraffe; 2. The giraffe's environment; 3. Feeding in the wild; 4. Social behaviour and populations; 5. Individual behaviours; 6. External features; 7. Anatomy; 8. Physiology; 9. Pregnancy, growth, reproduction and aging; 10. Giraffe in zoos; 11. Status and conservation of giraffe races; Appendix. Parasites and pathogens; References; Index.
£33.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Last Stand
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MIT Press Ltd A World in a Shell Snail Stories for a Time of
Book SynopsisFollowing the trails of Hawai‘i’s snails to explore the simultaneously biological and cultural significance of extinction.In this time of extinctions, the humble snail rarely gets a mention. And yet snails are disappearing faster than any other species. In A World in a Shell, Thom van Dooren offers a collection of snail stories from Hawai‘i—once home to more than 750 species of land snails, almost two-thirds of which are now gone. Following snail trails through forests, laboratories, museums, and even a military training facility, and meeting with scientists and Native Hawaiians, van Dooren explores ongoing processes of ecological and cultural loss as they are woven through with possibilities for hope, care, mourning, and resilience. Van Dooren recounts the fascinating history of snail decline in the Hawaiian Islands: from deforestation for agriculture, timber, and more, through the nineteenth century shell collecting mania of
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Phil Kovacevich Endangered Species
Book SynopsisBarbara C. Matilsky is curator of art at the Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington. She is the author of numerous books, including Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 17752012 and Fragile Ecologies: Contemporary Artists' Interpretations and Solutions.
£23.74
Ohio State University Press The Freshwater Mussels of Ohio
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John Wiley & Sons Sandy The Sandhill Crane Who Joined Our Family
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Antelope Conservation
Book SynopsisAntelopes constitute a fundamental part of ecosystems throughout Africa and Asia where they act as habitat architects, dispersers of seeds, and prey for large carnivores. The fascication they hold in the human mind is evident from prehistoric rock paintings and ancient Egyptian art to today''s wildlife documentaries and popularity in zoos. In recent years, however, the spectacular herds of the past have been decimated or extripated over wide areas in the wilds, and urgent conservation action is needed to preserve this world heritage for generations to come.As the first book dedicated to antelope conservation, this volume sets out to diagnose the causes of the drastic declines in antelope biodiversity and on this basis identify the most effective points of action. In doing so, the book covers central issues in the current conservation debate, especially related to the management of overexploitation, habitat fragmentation, disease transmission, climate change, populations genTable of ContentsContributors vii Preface and Acknowledgements x Foreword xiiiRichard D. Estes 1 Our Antelope Heritage – Why the Fuss? 1Jakob Bro-Jørgensen 2 Conservation Challenges Facing African Savanna Ecosystems 11Adam T. Ford, John M. Fryxell, and Anthony R. E. Sinclair 3 Population Regulation and Climate Change: The Future of Africa’s Antelope 32J. Grant C. Hopcraft 4 Interspecific Resource Competition in Antelopes: Search for Evidence 51Herbert H. T. Prins 5 Importance of Antelope Bushmeat Consumption in African Wet and Moist Tropical Forests 78John E. Fa 6 Opportunities and Pitfalls in Realising the Potential Contribution of Trophy Hunting to Antelope Conservation 92Nils Bunnefeld and E. J. Milner-Gulland 7 Antelope Diseases – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly 108Richard Kock, Philippe Chardonnet, and Claire Risley 8 Hands-on Approaches to Managing Antelopes and their Ecosystems: A South African Perspective 137Michael H. Knight, Peter Novellie, Stephen Holness, Jacobus du Toit, Sam Ferreira, Markus Hofmeyr, Christina Grant, Marna Herbst, and Angela Gaylard 9 DNA in the Conservation and Management of African Antelope 162Eline D. Lorenzen 10 Biological Conservation Founded on Landscape Genetics: The Case of the Endangered Mountain Nyala in the Southern Highlands of Ethiopia 172Anagaw Atickem, Eli K. Rueness, Leif E. Loe, and Nils C. Stenseth 11 The Use of Camera-Traps to Monitor Forest Antelope Species 190Rajan Amin, Andrew E. Bowkett, and Tim Wacher 12 Reintroduction as an Antelope Conservation Solution 217Mark R. Stanley Price 13 Desert Antelopes on the Brink: How Resilient is the Sahelo-Saharan Ecosystem? 253John Newby, Tim Wacher, Sarah M. Durant, Nathalie Pettorelli, and Tania Gilbert 14 The Fall and Rise of the Scimitar-Horned Oryx: A Case Study of Ex-Situ Conservation and Reintroduction in Practice 280Tim Woodfine and Tania Gilbert 15 Two Decades of Saiga Antelope Research: What have we Learnt? 297E. J. Milner-Gulland and Navinder J. Singh 16 Synthesis: Antelope Conservation – Realising the Potential 315Jakob Bro-Jørgensen Appendix: IUCN Red List Status of Antelope Species April 2016 329 Index 332
£136.95
Picador USA From the Sea Picador Shorts
£12.75
Johns Hopkins University Press The Annihilation of Nature
Book SynopsisOnly then will we have any hope of preventing the worst-case scenario of the sixth mass extinction.Trade Review... an unabashed and heartfelt plea for going into battle on behalf of nature. No holds are barred. Los Angeles Review of Books ... an impassioned plea for conservation. Science News This powerful message of loss, in plain language with 83 color photographs, should resonate with readers interested in nature and the environment. It may stimulate support for conservation activity. Library Journal This beautifully designed book... is both a useful history of the problem and a visual reminder of what the world still stands to lose if it doesn't change course. Climatic Change Three eminent conservationists show how humans have driven thousands of animal populations into extinction and how, in turn, humanity itself is threatened. It's an important topic underreported by the media and worthy of public discussion. This book serves as a wake-up call. Chicago TribuneTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Legacy2. Natural Extinctions3. The Anthropocene4. Long-Silenced Songs5. Birds in Trouble6. Mammals Lost7. Vanishing Mammals8. Why it All Matters9. Drivers of Death10. Beyond MourningAppendix. Common and Scientific Names of Plants and Animals Mentioned in the BookRecommended Reading
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National Geographic Society Rare Portraits of Americas Endangered Species
Book SynopsisWhen a few of these photographs first appeared in the National Geographic magazine January 2009 issue, they were hailed as an arresting reminder of the hundreds of species teetering on the brink of final extinctionmore than 1,200 animals and plants in all. Now, in Rare, Joel Sartore and National Geographic present 80 iconic images, representing a lifelong commitment to the natural world and a three-year investigation into the Endangered Species Act and the creatures it exists to protect.This book will give readers not only a broader understanding of the history and purpose of the Endangered Species Act, but also an intimate look at the very species it seeks to preserve. With stunning up-close portraits on every page, this important volume evokes sympathetic wonder at the vast and amazing array of plants and animals still in need of protection.Itself a creation of particular beauty, Rare offers eloquent proof that a picture really is worth a thTrade Review“Just when we shed a tear, Sartore ends on a high with those creatures which have been brought back from the brink.” –Sunday Mail (UK) “Sartore, a Nebraska native, traveled the country to get glimpses of 69 species -- red wolves, Hawaiian orchids, hellbenders (a prehistoric-looking salamander), and sea turtles -- all now or once hanging on the verge of extinction.” –CNN.com “To help us see what we stand to lose -- just here in the United States.” –Lincoln Journal Star “An elegant depiction of some of the nation’s most imperiled organisms.” –Audubon “Joel Sartore is like the Richard Avedon for animals.” –NPR The Picture Show
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National Geographic Society Path of the Panther
Book SynopsisPath of the Panther is a story of new hope for the recovery of an iconic endangered species and its Everglades home – and a global example of how protecting wildlife corridors can sustain balance for nature and people.The panther is the state animal of Florida, the last big cat surviving east of the Mississippi River, and an emblem of the Endangered Species Act. It was driven to extinction in the eastern United States, except for a small remnant population that persisted in Florida’s Everglades. Panther numbers had dwindled to fewer than 20 individuals by the 1980s, but heroic conservation efforts have helped panthers come back to nearly 200 today. The biggest obstacle for the panther’s continued recovery is access to enough of its historic territory throughout Florida and beyond. The tale of the Florida panther has grown from the unlikely survival of a rare cat to a story of hope for all of wild Florida. Path of the Panther i
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Nextinction
Book SynopsisThe Boids are back in town ...The follow-up to the award-winning Extinct Boids, this book features more of the incredible art of cartoonist Ralph Steadman. This time the focus is not on the birds that are gone, but the ones that there''s still time to save.These are the 192 Critically Endangered birds on the IUCN Red List, species such as the Giant Ibis, the Kakapo, the Sumatran Ground-cuckoo and the iconic Spoon-billed Sandpiper these, along with a number of classic Steadman creations such as the Unsociable Lapwing, are the NEARLY-EXTINCT BOIDS. Woids are again by author, conservationist and film-maker Ceri Levy. Together, Ceri and Ralph are THE GONZOVATIONISTS.Trade ReviewSteadman's colourful, spiky illustrations of critically endangered birds ... a dazzling aviary of 'nearly extinct' boids. Save them all and make the ink-spattered Steadboid vert happy. * Saga *Hatched from the minds of gonzo cartoonist Ralph Steadman and writer-filmmaker Ceri Levy, Nextinction is a visual plea for conservation efforts, depicting nearly 200 birds facing an irrevocable fate: extinction. Levy’s humorous but educational text accompanies a spectacle of colorful plumage rendered with Steadman’s unique illustrative style, right down to those trademark ink blotches. * Boston Globe *Steadman has a talent for birds, and his scratchy, ink-splattered style works wonders with beaks and feathers. The text is informative and wildly eccentric by turns. * New Statesman *Nextinction is something of a rarity: a truly original take on popular science. Love them or hate them, Ralph Steadman's vivid cartoons bring out the character of these endangered birds in a way that photography and other illustrations can't match. * BBC Focus *Table of ContentsTheory of Nextinction Nextinction Awaits The Guano Collector The Science and How a Small Amount of Money Can Save a Species Riffling Through Ralph’s Drawers Blow Your Penny Whistle An Explorer’s Tale Spoon-billed Sandpiper Javan Green Magpie Teeny Spint Red-headed Vulture Rock Ptarmigan Big-breasted Conspicuous Tit Gregorian Thwacksplat Urban Council Skip Chick Blue-beaked Waddle Hey Look Out! Twim Wheedle-nit Brown Minor Blackbeak Spot-tailed Neck Back Maltese Mayhem Blue-beaked Splatwack Sociable Lapwing Blue-throated Macaw Titograph Edwards’s Pheasant The Extinct Birds Coffee Table Great Indian Bustard Philippine Cockatoo Bates’s Weaver Bengal Florican Lesser Florican Greater Florican’t Glowing Orange Wotalotiblot Orange-beaked Ten Percenter California Condor Chatham Shag Red-crowned Crane Akohekohe Poo-uli Mauritius Olive White-eye Negros Bleeding-heart Bogota Rail Ou Madagascar Pochard Djibouti Francolin Long-billed Tailorbird Taita Apalis Taita Thrush Elevator Whitebill Hungarian Flappabout Blue-beaked Flybynight Orange-beaked Thrust Siberian Crane Cerian Crane Yellow-Bellied Training Crane Sulu Hornbill Cerulean Paradise-flycatcher Archer’s lark Isabela Oriole Araripe Manakin Uluguru Bush-shrike Chinese Crested Tern Long-billed Tailorbird Diving Orange Spronk Javan Green Magpie Cebu Flowerpecker Banggai Crow Black-chinned Monarch White-eyed River-martin Orange Nutflap Stawking Tit Ivory-billed Woodpecker Black-fronted Tern Black Diver Red-beaked White Angel Yellow and Pink Boobies Yellow-breasted Bluewing or Bling Yellow Chairfinch Blue-beaked Blackhead Red Finch One, and Red Finch Two Yellow-beaked Blue Loomer Decorated Epaulette Swoop Owl Red-beaked Ducky Black Flutterwot Kakapo Rio Branco Antbird Rio de Janeiro Antwren Stresemann’s Bristlefront Fringe-backed Fire-eye Royal Cinclodes White-bellied Cinclodes Antioquia (or Urrao) Antpitta Brazilian Bluelid Mottled Cornford Slender-billed Curlew Crested Shelduck Jerdon’s Courser Giant Ibis Javan Lapwing Kittlitz’s Murrelet Elegant Sunbird M. Rueck Rueck’s Blue-flycatcher Cebu Flowerpecker Zapata Rail Cuban Spotted Rail Yellow-beaked Red-legged Bluet Puccini Frisk Flightless Boid Waved Albatross Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Streak-breasted Bulbul White-spectacled Bulbul (or is it?) Black-hooded Coucal Woodlark Ollieblot Tuamotu Kingfisher Marquesan Kingfisher Northern Rockhopper Penguin (Blotted) Galápagos Penguin Erect-crested Penguin Turkish Umdan-gonderildi Chick Cuban Kite Forest Owlet Grey-breasted Parakeet Green-beaked Red Spotto Fractured Dawn Turtle Dove Nightingale Ou Ua Pou Monarch Fatuhiva Monarch White-throated Flowerpecker Loose-crested Aaooha-ho-ha Black Stilt Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird Black-breasted Puffleg Turquoise-throated Puffleg Colourful Puffleg Dusky Starfrontlet/Glittering Starfrontlet Gorgeted Pufflet Piping Plover Grand Comoro Drongo Cozumel Thrasher Antioquia Brush-finch Starry Owlet-nightjar Indigo-winged Parrot Brown-backed Parrotlet Red-fronted Macaw Blue-eyed Ground-dove Let Them Eat Bird Pink-headed Duck White-headed Duck Baer’s Pochard Daft Duck Bahama Oriole Cozumel Thrasher Bachman’s Warbler Montserrat Oriole Fuerteventura Stonechat Glaucous Macaw Russet-bellied Spinetail Banggai Crow Blue-throated Macaw Blue-eyed Ground-dove Orange-beaked Spotted Bald Emulsion Cootflake Blue Orange-beak Pip Leak Ooshut Doorbang Madagascar Red Owl Nicobar Scops-owl Beck’s Petrel Magenta Petrel New Zealand Storm-petrel Fiji Petrel Galápagos Petrel Guadalupe Storm-petrel Jamaica Petrel Mascarene Petrel Laysan Duck Balearic Shearwater Basket Case Unsociable Leftwing Hooded Grebe Pernambuco Pygmy-owl Eskimo Curlew Exploded Red-headed Vulture Medium Tree-finch Mangrove Finch Tired Splatter Finch Rougie Baby Spix’s Macaw All for the Glorious Twelfth House Sparrow Bali Starling Black-winged Starling Philippine Eagle Christmas Island Frigatebird Dwarf Olive Ibis Indian Vulture Liben Lark Raso Lark Tweeter Speckled Black Rainbow Lorikeet
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Royal Collins Publishing Company An Encounter with the WhiteHeaded Langurs
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. Saving the White Lions: One Woman's Battle for
Book SynopsisIn this captivating, suspenseful memoir, white lion conservationist Linda Tucker describes her perilous struggle to protect the sacred white lion from the merciless and mafia-like trophy-hunting industry, armed only with her indomitable spirit and total devotion. Her story begins in 1991 with a heart-stopping misadventure in the Timbavati Reserve of South Africa. Tucker—then a successful advertising executive—and a group of fellow travelers found themselves surrounded by a pride of angry lions. There was no way out, night had fallen, and the battery in their only flashlight was beginning to flicker. Miraculously, a local medicine woman, with two youngsters in tow, passed, trancelike and fearless, through the lions and escorted them all to safety. For Tucker, that life-threatening experience became a life-changing one. She abandoned her career, left Europe, and returned to Timbavati to track down the medicine woman who had saved her: Maria Khosa. Upon seeing Tucker again, Khosa only smiled and said, “What took you so long?” She had been expecting her, and there was so much to do. Under Khosa’s shamanic tutelage, Tucker learned of her sacred destiny: to be the “keeper of the white lions,” believed to be angelic beings sent to Earth to save humanity at a time of crisis. Khosa also prophesized that the queen of the white lions—the embodiment of the mother of Ra, the sun god—would soon be born, on a day and in a place considered holy by Westerners. On December 25, 2000, in the little South Africa town of Bethlehem, a snowy white lion cub, Marah, was born. From the moment of her first meeting with Marah, Tucker’s story immediately takes off into battle, as she dedicates her every waking moment to prying Marah and her siblings from the grips of the trophy-hunting industry. Compellingly written in the intimate style of a journal, Tucker describes with unflinching honesty her fears, doubts, hopes, and dreams, all the while unfolding for us an unforgettable tale of adventure, romance, spirituality, and most of all, justice.
£17.09
University Press of New England Golden Wings Hairy Toes
Book SynopsisA lively and often surprising look at fourteen of New England's most endangered species
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University Press of New England Golden Wings Hairy Toes
Book SynopsisA lively and often surprising look at fourteen of New England's most endangered species
£17.10
Smithsonian Books Lost Animals: Extinct, Endangered, and
Book SynopsisMeet the incredible animals that have disappeared due to competition, mass extinctions, hunting, and human activity.Lost Animals brings back to life some of the most charismatic creatures to inhabit the planet. It captures the imagination with more than 200 incredible photographs, artworks of fossils, and scientific drawings of charming creatures like dodos, paraceratherium (the largest land mammal), spinosaurus (the biggest carnivorous dinosaur), placeoderm fishes (the sharks of their day), and more! Lost Animals is a captivating documentation of evolution and extinction. Each chapter focuses on a specific time in Earth's history, from the Cambrian explosion (the most intense surge of evolution the world has ever experienced) to present times, with profiles of the key species that lived then. From long extinct animals to Lazarus species--animals that were thought to be extinct before being rediscovered--this book takes readers on a journey through Earth's natural history, highlighting the world's biggest animal losses and its moments of conservational hope.
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Sasquatch Books Return of the Sea Otter: The Story of the Animal
Book Synopsis"Captivating. . . . a full portrait of this adorable and ecologically important animal." —Publishers WeeklyA science journalist travels the Pacific Coast in search of sea otters in this entertaining and inspiring book on the importance and history of this charismatic endangered species Sea otters—the adorable, furry marine mammals often seen floating on their backs holding hands—reveal the health of the coastal ecosystem along the Pacific Ocean. Once hunted for their prized fur in the 18th and 19th centuries, these animals nearly went extinct. Only now, nearly a century after hunting ceased, are populations showing stable growth in some places. Sea otters are a keystone species in coastal areas, feeding on sea urchins, clams, crab, and other crustaceans. When they are present, kelp beds are thick and healthy, providing homes for an array of sea life. When otters disappear, sea urchins take over, and the kelp disappears along with all the creatures that live in the beds. Now, thanks to their protected status, sea otters are making a comeback in California, Washington, and Alaska. In this hopeful book, science writer Todd McLeish embarks on an epic journey along the Pacific Coast—traveling from California to Alaska—to track the status, health, habits, personality, and viability of sea otters, and reveals how conservationists brought them back from the brink of extinction.Trade Review"This hopeful book, written by a science journalist who traveled North America’s west coast from California to Alaska, details the sea otter’s remarkable comeback story from the brink of extinction, the conservation efforts that helped it, and the challenges to so-called 'sustainable fisheries' that this comeback presents. Entertaining and yet still scientifically accurate, this inspiring book will be enjoyed by conservation biologists as well as by citizen scientists, students of the sciences, and by nonspecialists."—Forbes.com“Todd McLeish does a masterful job of weaving together conservation politics with intriguing details of the sea otter's irreplaceable role in the nearshore ecosystem. At once heartbreaking and hopeful, I was captivated by this story!”—Leigh Calvez, author of The Hidden Lives of Owls“Whether you are in the camp that defines sea otters as the epitome of cute or with the abalone, sea cucumber, or urchin fishermen that see them as their nemesis, there is no debating that sea otters play a key role in shaping healthy nearshore ocean ecosystems. From Alaska to California, these fascinating and complex animals have survived centuries of harvest and persecution and, in at least one location, even targeting as prey by killer whales. In his book Return of the Sea Otter, Todd McLeish tells this story. But he also tells the other side of the story: the one of multiple translocation efforts, research, and rehabilitation--the story of people committed to making the world a better place, once species at a time. Beautifully written, entertaining, and engaging, McLeish’s tale of the sea otter will make you love this incredible animal and the ocean even more, and will leave you with hope that our efforts to heal our stressed ocean can and will make a difference.”—Joseph K. Gaydos, coauthor of The Salish Sea"Captivating. McLeish does well to provide a full portrait of this adorable and ecologically important animal."—Publishers Weekly"A cautiously hopeful and well-researched tribute."—Kirkus Reviews"An excellent introduction to marine biology and to a charismatic species and...a welcome addition to any natural history library."—Foreword Reviews"Highly entertaining....A healthy sea-otter population is crucial for a healthy Pacific-coast ecosystem, and the author’s enthusiasm for the world’s cutest keystone species makes believers of all of us." —Booklist, starred review"Delightful...will have any reader spouting off charming otter facts for days. Recommended for anyone interested in natural history, environmental writing, or adorable animals." —Library Journal“Todd McLeish has a knack for writing accessible, easy-to-grasp books about wildlife and nature.”—The Rhode Island Independent
£16.96
Nimbus Publishing (CN) The North Atlantic Right Whale: Past, Present,
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£15.59
ATF Press Spyridium in the Wilderness: Custodians of
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