extinct animals

Learn why some species have become extinct or are about to, and how to make a difference by respecting animal habitats. Hands-on experiment.

Learn about the needs of animals, and how, if these needs are not met, a species can become endangered or extinct. Hands-on experiment.

This book describes the Tasmanian tiger, including how it got its name, and how it lived.

As a ten-year-old boy, Artemis Fowl made an unfortunate bargain that caused the extinction of the silky sifaka lemur. Now his mother is dying from an illness that can only be cured by the brain fluid of the extinct lemur. Artemis again travels back in time to try to outwit his ten-year-old self and save the lemur and his mother.

Illustrations and text answer questions about extinct and endangered animals.

Lists facts about the prehistoric world in chronological order from the earliest forms of life to the invention of writing.

An account of the extinction of a bird called the giant grebe. Follows his decline from the 1960s to the late 1980s in Guatemala.

Discusses the process of extinction, mass extinctions, numerous species that have become extinct over the millennia, and species that have come back from near extinction.

Describes the large sea mammal which lived in the cold Arctic waters for centuries until becoming extinct twenty-seven years after its discovery by a German naturalist.

Introduces early animals of the land and the sea.