Animals on the edge [electronic resource] : science races to save species threatened with extinction /
Pobst, Sandy.
Animals on the edge science races to save species threatened with extinction / [electronic resource] : by Sandra Pobst. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008. - 1 online resource (64 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map. - National Geographic investigates . - National Geographic investigates. .
OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 60) and index.
Animals in danger : Nowhere to hide -- Protecting animals -- Global warming -- Why worry about animals? Counting heads (and tails) : Canines for conservation -- The census counts -- Barcode of life -- Tracking them down -- Sea survey -- Smile! -- If you cannot look, listen. The law is on their side : DNA detectives -- Looking out for bears -- Meet a conservation biologist. Helping Mother Nature : Captive breeding programs -- Survival school -- Improving the gene pool -- Seeing double -- A zoo without elephants? -- Copy cats. Determined detectives : Calling all amphibians! -- Fungus fighters -- Clues to the cause -- Looking for a cure -- Unbalanced habitats. A view from above : Rain forests of the sea -- Biodiversity -- Eye in the sky -- Coral reef fast facts -- Truth on the ground.
Stresses the importance of saving endangered species and discusses how scientists are using the latest technology to survey animal populations, to track down and arrest those who prey on endangered wildlife, and to breed animals in captivity.
9781426303586 (hbk.) 1426303580 (hbk.) 9781426302657 (lib. bdg.) 1426302657 (lib. bdg.)
Endangered species--Juvenile literature.
Wildlife conservation--Juvenile literature.
Endangered species.
Wildlife conservation.
Electronic books- OSLIS.
Electronic books.
QL83 / .P63 2008
333.95/42 591.68
Animals on the edge science races to save species threatened with extinction / [electronic resource] : by Sandra Pobst. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2008. - 1 online resource (64 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map. - National Geographic investigates . - National Geographic investigates. .
OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 60) and index.
Animals in danger : Nowhere to hide -- Protecting animals -- Global warming -- Why worry about animals? Counting heads (and tails) : Canines for conservation -- The census counts -- Barcode of life -- Tracking them down -- Sea survey -- Smile! -- If you cannot look, listen. The law is on their side : DNA detectives -- Looking out for bears -- Meet a conservation biologist. Helping Mother Nature : Captive breeding programs -- Survival school -- Improving the gene pool -- Seeing double -- A zoo without elephants? -- Copy cats. Determined detectives : Calling all amphibians! -- Fungus fighters -- Clues to the cause -- Looking for a cure -- Unbalanced habitats. A view from above : Rain forests of the sea -- Biodiversity -- Eye in the sky -- Coral reef fast facts -- Truth on the ground.
Stresses the importance of saving endangered species and discusses how scientists are using the latest technology to survey animal populations, to track down and arrest those who prey on endangered wildlife, and to breed animals in captivity.
9781426303586 (hbk.) 1426303580 (hbk.) 9781426302657 (lib. bdg.) 1426302657 (lib. bdg.)
Endangered species--Juvenile literature.
Wildlife conservation--Juvenile literature.
Endangered species.
Wildlife conservation.
Electronic books- OSLIS.
Electronic books.
QL83 / .P63 2008
333.95/42 591.68