endangered species

Text and photographs examine the issue of zoos and animal rights with detailed historical background.

When her mother arranges to host one of the young people coming to Earth from Chela, Daria is both pleased and intrigued by the keen interest shown by the Chelan in her work breeding endangered species.

Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild.

Discusses why certain bird species are endangered and examines such examples as the snail kite, piping plover, and whooping crane.

Describes the efforts to save such animals as the black-footed ferret, the golden lion tamarin, and the California condor from extinction through programs designed to protect endangered species.

Photographs and text tell all about sea otters, which are mammals that belong to the weasel family. Efforts to save these otters from extinction is also discussed.

Looks at the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the panda in the wild and in captivity, and focuses on efforts to save this endangered species from extinction.

Text, photographs, and maps focus on areas of the world in which human activity is threatening to destroy endangered species of animals.

Tells the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's extinction in the United States, describing the encounters between this species and humans, and discussing what these encounters have taught us about preserving endangered creatures.