A powerful look at Earth's biodiversity loss, focusing on animals from the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesDiscover some of the rarest and most threatened ocean creatures on Earth, from the tiny Knysna seahorse to the immense blue whale. Find out where they are found, what they eat, their life cycle and the reasons why their survival is at risk. Most importantly, learn how conservation efforts are aiming to reverse their extinction.Earth's rich biodiversity is at risk everywhere, thanks 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.
Les mer
Find out all about some of the world's most rare and endangered creatures, and learn what is being done to help save them from extinction
1: 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 seal13: West Indian manatee14: Locator map15: Glossary and further information16: Index
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781526310002
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Vendor
Wayland
Vekt
380 gr
Høyde
270 mm
Bredde
216 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
J, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
32

Forfatter

Biographical note

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.