extinct animals

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.

Presents a children's illustrated rhyming book that describes some of the world's extinct animals such as the Dodo bird, wholly mammoth, and saber-tooth tiger, and describes why certain species of animals no longer exist.

Passenger pigeon hatchlings, thought to be extinct, are discovered in Grandmother's room after she departs on a voyage to Greenland.

An ABC book featuring illustrations of endangered and extinct animals from around the world.