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Author Pobst, Sandy.

Title Animals on the edge : science races to save species threatened with extinction / by Sandra Pobst.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2008]
©2008

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 333.95 POBST    Check Shelf
Description 64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 26 cm.
Series National Geographic investigates
National Geographic investigates.
Summary 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 60) and index.
Contents 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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.4 2.0 127504.
Subject Endangered species -- Juvenile literature.
Wildlife conservation -- Juvenile literature.
Endangered species.
Wildlife conservation.
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Subject Endangered species. (OCoLC)fst00909658
Wildlife conservation. (OCoLC)fst01175253
Added Author National Geographic Society (U.S.)
ISBN 9781426303586 (hardback)
1426303580 (hardback)
9781426302657 (library binding)
1426302657 (library binding)
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