Describes animal mummies, some of the most famous animal mummies and where they have been found, how animals are mummified, how scientists study them, and what they can teach us about the past.
Examines waste management, and focuses on environmentally friendly ways to eliminate waste, which includes reusing and recycling, and discusses why trash has become a problem, where it goes, how it can be sorted, and other related topics.
Describes the wide variety of human remains, the use and abuse of them, what they reveal about life in the past, and contemporary attitudes toward the dead.
Discusses the last truly wild equine species, which has been extinct in the wild since the 1960s but was recently reintroduced into its native habitat in Mongolia.