biodiversity conservation

Text and accompanying photographs explain why we should be concerned with the loss of diversity among plants and animals. Explores what biodiversity does for us, how it is threatened, and, most important, how we can preserve it.

Presents approximately two hundred alphabetized entries on topics related to biodiversity, including life-forms, habitats, and threats to their survival, and includes four introductory essays on what biodiversity is and why it is important.

Collects essays from researchers and scientists studying evolutionary processes on the Galapagos Islands in which they describe their discoveries, and features six hundred captioned photographs.

Presents a narrative that examines a world that is losing many of its cultures, languages, and local traditions along with its wildlife.

Investigates the interrelationship of the ecological processes that accommodate diversity and the evolutionary processes that generate it.

Discusses the problem of the extinction of many of the earth's species, looking at what scientists are doing to manage endangered species, and the role of zoos, natural reserves, and other conservation tools.

A collection of two hundred color photographs profiling the beauty of the landscapes and wildlife of the Northern Rocky Mountains.

Discusses the origin and evolution of life on Earth, the effects of pollution and its relation to climate change, the importance of biodiversity, and the need to save endangered and threatened species.

Examines the large scope of habitat destruction around the world including deforestation and the depletion of endangered species, and describes ways in which science is helping to halt this destruction.