endangered species

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and endangered status of tigers.

Explains what it means when an animal is classified as endangered, provides an introduction to Komodo dragons, looks at their bodies, life cycles, and eating habits, and discusses the reasons why Komodo dragons have become endangered and what is being done to save them.

Text and color photos describe the world of mountain gorillas, covering their physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, families, dangers, and other topics; also includes a glossary.

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.

Examines some of the unusual animals native to Hawaii such as the pig-nosed trigger fish, humpback whales, green sea turtles, and monk seals and describes their habitat and individual characteristics, what they eat, how they care for their young, and the dangers they face from humans.

Examines the life cycle of several species of endangered butterflies, their habitat loss, chemical dangers, and efforts to protect them.

Describes the bodies, habitat, diet, communities, behavior, and life cycle of chimpanzees, and discusses their endangerment and how they are being helped.

Pictures identify endangered animal species as text explains what people did to cause some animals to be headed for extinction and what can be done about it.

Describes the physical traits, habitat, food, life cycle, and possible future of Malayan sun bears, and provides color photos, a glossary, and a further reading list.

An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, and habitat of tortoises, types of turtles that are among the oldest reptiles on earth.