extinction (biology)

Presents illustrated profiles of several extinct plants and invertebrates, including early trees, ancient dragonflies, lost butterflies, St. Helena earwigs, and others, and also discusses insects preserved in amber and plant and bug species that have gone extinct and reappeared.

Presents illustrated profiles of several extinct reptiles and amphibians, including flying reptiles, gliding lizards, pelycosaurs, rhynchosaurs, lost snakes, tortoises, and frogs, and others.

Presents illustrated profiles of several extinct underwater creatures, including trilobites, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, ammonites, sea cows, and others, as well as a fish thought to be extinct but rediscovered off the coast of South Africa, and also discusses the world's threatened coral reefs.

Presents illustrated profiles of several extinct birds, including dodos, piopios, great auks, laughing owls, giant woodpeckers, and others.

Presents illustrated profiles of several extinct mammals, including aurochs, dwarf elephants, cave goats, thylacines, Barbary lions, giant beavers, and others.

An overview of fossil hunting and research that covers such topics as different kinds of sites, the process of excavation, fossil dating, paleobotany, reconstructions, and famous mistakes.

Presents illustrated information on animals that lived in prehistoric times, including carnivorous and herbivorous dinosaurs, mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, cave bears, early apes, giant ground sloths, giant marsupials, and several others.

Presents illustrated examinations of several causes of extinction, prehistoric and modern, including ice ages, drought, disease, fires, hunting, destruction of habitat, pollution, and others.

Explains the difference between endangered and threatened animal species, why animals become extinct, and efforts to protect wildlife.

Uses timelines and detailed case studies to explore how various species have become extinct throughout history and how those extinctions have impacted life on Earth.