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Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Prairie dogs are often pictured "kissing." They're actually touching teeth. It's how they recognize each other. These amazing animals also have a sophisticated kind of language. Unfortunately, intelligence isn't enough to save the five species of prairie dogs from extinction.
5) Wild turkeys
Author
Publisher
Thomson/Gale
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains how wild turkeys have come back from the brink of extinction.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sea otters are perhaps the cutest animals in the ocean. These friendly animals have the densest fur in the world, an adaptation that both helps them keep warm yet hurts them as fur traders overhunted them. Today, the sea otter population is fighting for its life.
7) Black rhino
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the habitat, behavior, and endangered status of black rhinos and suggests ways to help save them from extinction.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Don't get in a rhino's way. A charging rhino is one of the most dangerous animals in the world. And it may only attack because it can't see well. Rhinos are named for their horns, but tragically these horns are the reason all rhino species are threatened or endangered today. Poachers kill the huge beasts for these trophies. Only about 50 Javan rhinos are left.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A condor is an incredible bird. With a wingspan of 10 feet, it seems too large to fly. And yet, winds carry it so efficiently that it may only need to flap once an hour. Sadly, the world came very close to losing the California condor. At one point, only 30 were left. Readers of this book will find out why these birds were so close to extinction and what was done to bring them back. Beautiful photographs show these birds of prey as the majestic animals...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction picture book tracing the repercussions of what would happen if polar bears disappeared from our planet. The freezing ecosystem in the far north of the globe is home to many different kinds of animals. They can be strong like a walrus, tough like a lemming, and sometimes hard to see like the polar bear. Their habitat is melting at an alarming rate. As the Arctic ice melts, polar bears are threatened with extinction, which could affect...
Author
Language
English
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"In 1995, the gray wolf was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park after a seventy-year absence. All these years later, we can clearly see the cascading effects this has had on the park's ecosystem. This is a spectacular example of a trophic cascade, the term used when an important member of an ecosystem goes missing and many other living things are indirectly affected, causing a chain reaction of events. In the case of the reintroduced wolves...
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