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DK Publishing
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[2023]
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Journey into the bamboo forest to meet the Pandas! Make reading your superpower with DK's beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about pandas, everyone's favorite black-and-white bears - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully leveled to help children progress. Save the Pandas is a beautifully designed reader all about these amazing bears - where they live, what they eat, how they grow - and how we can...
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"When Destiny was found by the Sloth Institute in Costa Rica, she was sick, thin, and one of her eyes was closed and not working. The Sloth Institute took her in and introduced her to other sloths as she started to recover. She never regained the use of her one eye, but that didn't stop Destiny from hanging out with her new buddies, or getting healthier and stronger. Last August, Destiny was fitted for her tracking collar and released back into the...
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Wildlife conservation has both monetary and non-monetary benefits, and the success of conservation projects depends on a mix of economic and biological factors. In Tanzania, the economic benefits of conservation projects have positively impacted the conservation attitudes of local people around the Selous Game Reserve. Option value is a useful tool to measure the potential benefits of wildlife conservation, and expressed preference or contingent valuation...
5) Frogs
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National Geographic Partners, LLC
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[2023]
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English
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"Preschool book that teaches kids all about frogs, including why they're endangered and what kids can do to help save them"--
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In 2007, the author took over the complete care and feeding of the birds, squirrels, and chipmunks. In about 2004, she had inherited the care and feeding from her mother who had broken her hip and then became sick with heart problems. When her mother passed away in 2007, there was not much there in the way of backyard pets, but over the years, it became built up and quite nice.
The author bought a digital camera in 2010, which made the possibility...
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When do you watch a wild animal suffer and let nature take its course, and when do you intervene? In his more than twenty-five years as an African vet, Roy Aronson has tended to a two-ton rhino that lost its horn after colliding with a concrete wall, facilitated the miraculous recovery of a squirrel monkey, performed eye surgery on a lion out in the bush, and treated a hedgehog that had been mauled by a dog. He has also worked with some of Africa's...
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Henry VIII's Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, is credited with a pivotal role in the English Reformation. As well as, playing a leading part, together with Henry's Chancellor, Thomas Cromwell, in securing the separation of the Church in England from the authority of the Roman Church and the Pope, enabling Henry both to marry his mistress, Anne Boleyn, and to become Supreme Head of the Church of England, he also began, prior to Henry's death...
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Sharon Chester is a naturalist, wildlife photographer, illustrator, and author of several natural history guides, including Birds of Chile/Aves de Chile, Antarctic Birds and Seals, and South to Antarctica.
This is the first comprehensive English-language field guide to the wildlife of Chile and its territories--Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernández, and San Félix y San Ambrosio. From bats to butterflies, lizards to llamas, and ferns...
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From leaping dolphins to boxing hares, soaring eagles to the beat of a million wings — the British Isles offer some of the richest and most varied wildlife encounters in Europe. But how do you pick the must-see events? Britain is one of the best wildlife spots in Europe and this is the best of the best — as voted for by a panel of naturalists from suggestions from the public via BBC TV, BBC local radio and the web. Nature's Top 40: Britain's Best...
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Think of Ireland and what comes to mind. Forty shades of green? This ancient mystic land is much more colourful than that-with a stunning variety of flora and fauna waiting to be enjoyed. And Co. Wexford, located in the southeast corner of the island, is particularly rich in its diversity of wildlife and habitats. Bordered by a mountain range on its western flank and by seas to the east and south, Co Wexford is a feast for the senses-with spectacular...
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“The Complete Tracker” is a concise, thorough guide to the tracks, signs, and habits of North America's most popular species of wildlife. Readers learn the secrets of a master tracker, assembling a clear picture from tracks, scat, and other signs. Was it a dog or a wolf? Fox or coyote? Did it pass by yesterday or an hour ago? “The Complete Tracker” also teaches how to get close to animals-everything from bobcats to beavers, marmots to moose-by...
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In Man-Eaters, a horrifying study of the world's most dangerous predatory animals and their human trophies, author Michael Bright unleashed hundreds of gruesome true stories about savage, flesh-eating predators and their human prey to shock the unshockable. If you think we're at the top of the food chain, think again. And, watch your back!
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There's more than one kind of Texas native-we share our magnificent state with numerous other species some with four legs or more and some with no legs at all. Naturalist Jim Harris has studied most of them, and in Lone Star Menagerie he shares some little-known facts, fascinating tales, and amusing personal experiences with these creatures that we live alongside.
17) Bison
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Bison: A Falcon Field Guide presents readers with substantive yet easily digestible information on this majestic symbol of the American West. Where do bison live? What enemies do they have? How do they communicate? What issues exist in the sometimes controversial relationship between bison and humans? This book contains all the information you need to know to become familiar with these fascinating animals. Accompanied by numerous full-color photos...
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This is the story of how a nation reversed a "silent spring" and saved the bald eagle from extinction. This bird of prey was declared the national symbol in 1782 but, by the 1960s, pollution and development had wiped out all but a few dozen. Grassroots movements started, the American consciousness was raised to all environmental threats, and federal laws were passed to keep the eagle population alive. This stunning book of full-color photographs and...
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Which birds have the most air miles? Are adders born venomous?
Spring watch Unsprung brings together all the most-asked questions from the surprise hit BBC 2 TV spin-off of the same name. The heart of the book is what has become the star of the TV programme - the viewers' anecdotes and questions.
Many seemingly simple questions turn out to have complex answers, and some that seem difficult have a very simple explanation. All wildlife questions -...
20) Nature's Babies
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There are few things more endearing than baby animals, but their charm belies their struggle for survival. From frolicking foxes to boisterous bears, lounging lions to zealous zebras, Nature's Babies explores the lives of some of Nature's most engaging offspring and reveals the ingenious ways they cope with growing up. When it comes to 'bringing up baby', Nature has an infinite variety of approaches, from parents who lovingly tend to their young for...
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