Description
Book SynopsisA powerful look at Earth's biodiversity loss, focusing on animals from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Discover some of the rarest and most threatened ocean creatures on Earth, from the tiny Knysna seahorse to the immense blue whale. Find out where they are found, what they eat, their life cycle and the reasons why their survival is at risk. Most importantly, learn how conservation efforts are aiming to reverse their extinction.
Earth's rich biodiversity is at risk everywhere, thanks to devastating habitat loss, pollution, poaching and disease. Endangered Wildlife examines some of the world's most threatened species and explores what is being done to bring them back from the brink.
Aimed at readers aged 8 and up.
Table of Contents
- 1: Ocean life in danger
- 2: Vaquita
- 3: Commercial top shell
- 4: Blue whale
- 5: Leatherback turtle
- 6: Southern bluefin tuna
- 7: Great hammerhead shark
- 8: Mediterranean monk seal
- 9: Knysna seahorse
- 10: Largetooth sawfish
- 11: Sea otter
- 12: European seal
- 13: West Indian manatee
- 14: Locator map
- 15: Glossary and further information
- 16: Index
