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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi's first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy. When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls "an animal rights organization." Tom's team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their...
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After being sent to a school in England while her family continues their vacation, Eliza Thornberry, a young girl who formerly had the power to talk to animals, learns that a herd of elephants are in danger from a group of poachers in the Serengeti; now she must find a way back to Africa and regain her powers in order to save them.
24) Lords and lemurs: mad scientists, kings with spears, and the survival of diversity in Madagascar
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
vi, 310 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xiii, 285 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a small band of determined townspeople and how far they went to save beloved land and endangered species from the grip of a powerful corporation in the Arcadia Dunes. This is a narrative with roots as deep as the trees the community is trying to save, something set in motion before the author was even born. And yet, Shumaker gives a human face to the changing nature of land conservation in the twenty-first century. The result...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's time for a swim with the Wild Kratts! Join Chris Kratt and Martin Kratt as they take Jimmy to his own personal swimming tutor-- a sea otter named Coach! Then, catch Chris and Martin in other exciting adventures where they embark on a pirate adventure in the Indian Ocean, search the ocean to find Jimmy's lost keys, and try to find their way back together after getting separated in the ocean.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"Fran and Frederick Hamerstrom were born in New England in the early 1900s. After marrying, they moved to Wisconsin in 1935 to become students of Aldo Leopold, who assigned them a research project studying the prairie chickens of Wisconsin in order to save them from extinction. The Hamerstroms spent more than 30 years sharing the message of wildlife conservation across the state. Fran was a flamboyant and prolific writer of journal articles and popular...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xvii, 185 pages : illutrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Racoons are not the only bandits wearing masks in the wilderness. Growing up, author Kennie Prince spent most of his time in the woods and creeks near his home in Rankin County, Mississippi. A highly skilled outdoorsman, Prince began his career with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Conservation in 1983 and dedicated his life to protecting Mississippi's fish and wildlife resources in dangerous undercover work. The Poacher's Nightmare: Stories...
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 23 X 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how the wildlife detectives at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon, analyze clues to catch and convict people responsible for crimes against animals.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers. Goldfarb shares the powerful story about one of the world's most influential species. He explains how North America was colonized, how our landscapes have changed over the centuries, and how beavers can help us fight drought, flooding, wildfire, extinction, and the...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"In the rich naturalist tradition of H Is for Hawk and The Soul of an Octopus, Beaverland tells the tumultuous, eye-opening story of how beavers and the beaver fur trade shaped America's history, culture, and environment. Before the American empires of steel and coal and oil, before the railroads, there was the empire of fur. Beginning with the early trans-Atlantic trade in North America, Leila Philip traces the beaver's profound influence on our...
Author
Series
Animal Rescue Agency volume 1
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer introduces a delightful and dynamic animal duo in a race against time to save a polar bear cub in the first book of this hilarious and heartwarming middle grade series about friendship and conservation."--Amazon.com.
35) Deadfall
Author
Series
Alexandra Cooper novels volume 19
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A wild heart beats within New York City. Amid concrete and skyscrapers, the Wildlife Conservation Society works to preserve and protect the animal kingdom both within and beyond the borders of the five boroughs. But dangerous creatures don't always have claws and fangs, as Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper and NYPD detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace know all too well. Predators lurk close to home, and in the aftermath of the shocking drive-by...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Tom Klay is a celebrated investigative wildlife reporter for the esteemed magazine, The Sovereign. But Klay is not just a journalist. His reporting is cover for an even more dangerous job: CIA agent. Klay's press credentials make him a perfect spy - able to travel the globe, engage both politicians and warlords, and openly record what he sees. While on assignment in Kenya, Klay is attacked and his closest friend is murdered. Soon Klay's carefully...
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join the adventures of Martin and Chris as they meet up with cool creatures from around the world and witness many never-before-seen wildlife moments. With their creature smarts plus their newly invented Creature Power Suits, the brothers Kratt are using amazing animal abilities to rescue their animal friends when they get into trouble.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Creature teachers Chris and Martin Kratt will take families along on extraordinary animal-powered adventures. The show transforms the Kratt Brothers into animated versions of themselves, allowing the real-life zoologists to visit wild animals in their little-seen habitats and showcase key science concepts.
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