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A companion volume to The Endangered Species Act at Thirty: Renewing the Conservation Promise, published by Island Press in fall 2005, this new book examines the key policy tools available for protecting biodiversity in the United States by revisiting some... [ More...]
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Protecting Endangered Species in the United States is a collection of original papers by economists, biologists and political scientists with a common theme—protecting species at risk while safeguarding social order is a policy challenge that... [ More...]
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By the Author of Death in the Grizzly Maze: The Timothy Treadwell Story The grizzly's very existence was beginning to look grim in the early 1900s. Once numbering approximately 100,000 in the West, only a handful of bears remained in the remote... [ More...]
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The woolly spider monkey, or muriqui, is one of the most threatened primate species in the world today. Because of deforestation in its natural habitat - the Atlantic coastal forests of southeastern Brazil - the muriquis are confined to less than three... [ More...]
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Packed with information that has only been published in scientific journals, if ever at all, this collection of biological facts challenges the misconceptions associated with Australia's most famous marsupial. Far from being a scavenging, ferocious oddity,... [ More...]
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For thousands of years, the majestic elephant has roamed the African continent, as beloved by man as it has been preyed upon. But centuries of exploitation and ivory hunting have taken their toll: now, as wars and poachers continue to ravage its habitat, as... [ More...]
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"In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker" is a complete natural history of one of the most exciting and rare birds in the world. Noted ornithologist Jerome A. Jackson takes the reader on his fantastic and personal quest, providing detailed insights into... [ More...]
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