A powerful look at Earth's biodiversity loss, focusing on animals from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.Discover some of the rarest and most threatened creatures on Earth. Find out where they are found, what they eat, their life cycle and the reasons their survival is at risk. Most importantly, learn how conservation efforts are aiming to prevent their extinction.Earth's rich biodiversity is at risk everywhere, due to devastating habitat loss, pollution, poaching and disease. Endangered Wildlife examines some of the world's most threatened species and explores what is being done to bring them back from the brink.Aimed at readers aged 8 and up. This bumper book is your one-stop shop and includes a look at the following areas:BirdsMammalsAmphibiansReptilesInsects and invertebratesOcean life
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Discover some of the rarest and most threatened creatures on Earth, and learn what is being done to help save them from extinction
1: Wildlife in Danger2: Mammals1: Mammals in danger2: Tiger3: Giant panda4: Wild Bactrian camel5: Black rhinoceros6: Northern hairy-nosed wombat7: Aye-aye8: Orang-utan9: Polar bear10: Iberian lynx11: Amur leopard12: Western lowland gorilla13: Baird's tapir3: Amphibians1: Amphibians in danger2: Chinese giant salamander3: Mountain chicken4: Mexican axolotl5: Mallorcan midwife toad6: Montseny brook newt7: Southern Corroboree frog8: Western leopard toad9: Lemur leaf frog10: Sagalla caecilian11: Malagasy rainbow frog12: Kihansi spray toad13: Quito rocket frog4: Birds1: Birds in danger2: Giant ibis3: California condor4: Kakapo5: Hyacinth macaw6: Philippine eagle7: Siberian crane8: Waved albatross9: Christmas Island frigatebird10: Shoebill11: Kagu12: Yellow-breasted bunting13: Forest owlet5: Insects and invertebrates1: Insects and invertebrates in danger2: Lord Howe Island stick insect3: Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly4: Ladybird spider5: Dracula ant6: Seychelles giant millipede7: Franklin's bumblebee8: Basking malachite9: Peacock tarantula10: Epirus dancing grasshopper11: Cederberg cave katydid12: Sinai baton blue13: American burying beetle6: Ocean life1: Ocean life in danger2: Vaquita3: Commercial top shell4: Blue whale5: Leatherback turtle6: Southern bluefin tuna7: Great hammerhead shark8: Mediterranean monk seal9: Knysna seahorse10: Largetooth sawfish11: Sea otter12: European eel13: West Indian manatee7: Reptiles1: Reptiles in danger2: Green turtle3: Saint Lucia racer4: Gharial5: Round Island keel-scaled boa6: Galápagos giant tortoise7: Fiji crested iguana8: Komodo dragon9: Orinoco crocodile10: Minute leaf chameleon11: Sand lizard12: Painted terrapin13: Galápagos pink land iguana8: Glossary9: Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781526317322
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Vendor
Wayland
Vekt
857 gr
Høyde
268 mm
Bredde
212 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
J, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
176

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Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of children's information books. She has been a writer for 20 years, after working in-house for Usborne Publishing and Walker Books. She specialises in the natural world, religion and mythology but is always looking for new challenges. Among her many titles are the best-selling 'Horrible Geography' series for Scholastic Children's Books which won the Blue Peter Book Award for the Best Book with Facts in 2009 and the Tivy Education Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for an outstanding contribution to geographical education. Anita lives in northern England with her husband, children, dogs and cat. She enjoys reading, walking the Moors, playing tennis and dreaming of winning Wimbledon.