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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
47 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 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
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of large trumpeter swans, how they nearly became extinct, and efforts to reintroduce them to the Northeastern United States and to help them relearn migration routes.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mountain gorillas are one of the most endangered species in the world. Now they are facing a new threat, from the very tourism that is helping to protect them: exposure to human disease. This is the story of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project and its work to provide medical care to the gorillas.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
66, [6] p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Join the scientists working in the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge as they work to rebuild the tallgrass prairie that once covered much of the Midwest and restore the native plants and animals to the region.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
57 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Story of how the endangered species breeding expert Terri Roth struggled for years to help a rare Sumatran rhino named Emi become a mother. ... Follow the roller-coaster ride of disappointment, scientific discovery, and success that led to the first Sumatran rhino calf born in captivity in more than a century."--Inside front dust jacket.
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Language
English
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Description
The universe is rapidly expanding. Of that much scientists are certain. But how fast? And with what implications regarding the fate of the universe? Ellen Jackson and Nic Bishop follow Dr. Alex Fillippenko and his High-Z Supernova Search Team to Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii, where they will study space phenomena and look for supernovae, dying stars that explode with the power of billions of hydrogen bombs. Dr. Fillippenko looks for black holes--areas...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book explains what invasive species are and the damage they cause to local ecosystems and economies and discusses how scientists are working to combat these encroaching organisms.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
63, [17] p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Extreme scientists battle some of the Earth's most intense conditions, from hurricanes to caves to the crowns of towering redwoods, in order to save lives, preserve species, and help us to better understand the way our planet works.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
74 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A pale, spotted, almost cloud-like coat makes the snow leopard uncannily invisible in its rocky mountain habitat. Author Sy Montgomery and photographer Nic Bishop accompany conservationist Tom McCarthy and his team as they travel to Mongolia's Altai Mountains to gather data about snow leopard populations in an attempt to save this endangered species.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
80 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
John Craighead George is an Arctic whale scientist studying bowhead whales in Barrow, Alaska. He conducts his research in harmony with the cultural traditions of the Iñupiaq Eskimos, natives to the area, who have been hunting these whales for more than two thousand years.
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