extinct animals

Profiles threatened animals around the world and discusses why they are in danger and what is being done to save them.

Describes how we would miss endangered species if they were to become extinct, how we benefit from them, and what we can do to protect them.

Examines the extinction of various plants and animals, mankind's effect on the biosphere and species loss, and the preservation and protection of life forms.

A survey of the past and present wildlife of Europe, Asia, Africa, Madagascar and the Islands of the Indian Ocean, the Malay Archipelago, Australia, and New Zealand. Includes a discussion on the future of wildlife.

Predicting the imminent extinction of the world's great apes, a leading primatologist explains the loss of evolutionary knowledge that would result from losing the world's animal species that most closely resemble humans.

An encyclopedia of more than sixty extinct animals that provides information on each species' history, including how and where it lived and why it became extinct, physical characteristics, and the impact its extinction had on the natural world.

Scott Weidensaul chronicles scientists' search for extinct species, discussing how some plants and animals have reappeared after being lost for hundreds of years.

Examines factors that contributed to the five major mass extinctions that have occurred throughout the history of Earth, and uses that information to assess whether a sixth mass extinction is imminent or even underway, and what, if anything, can be done to stop it from happening.

When his fairy friends help him travel back in time to save the African lemur from extinction, teenaged Artemis Fowl must face his deadliest foe yet--his younger self.

Describes the dodo, who once flourished on the island of Mauritius, and the reasons for this large bird's extinction.