DeBuys, William
Summary: "In 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the remains of an unusual animal with beautiful long horns. It turned out to be a living species new to western science -- a saola, the first large land mammal discovered in 50 years. Rare then and rarer now, no westerner had glimpsed a live saola before Pulitzer Prize finalist and nature writer William deBuys and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590 DEBPerdew, Laura
Summary: Biodiversity: Explore the Diversity of Life on Earth with Science Activities for Kids introduces middle schoolers to the evolution of life on Earth, beginning with the first single-celled organisms that emerged 3.8 billion years ago to the complex, multi-celled organisms that exist today and make up the tree of life. Biodiversity is found everywhere on the planet--on land, in the water, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 577 PERSummary: The inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution, the Galápagos Islands are a living laboratory, a geological conveyor belt that has given birth to and seen the death of many species of plants and animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GALAshman, Linda
Summary: "Step right up, animal lovers! It's your turn to judge in this poetic competition of superlative animal abilities. Structured as a guessing game competition, and told through deftly crafted persona poems, the book celebrates animals' standout qualities, from the biggest (blue whale) to the smallest (shrew), with all the favorite creatures (speedy cheetahs, long-necked giraffes) plus some less...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2023
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Summary: The more we study the world around us, the more living things we discover every day. The planet is full of millions of species of plants, birds, animals, and microbes, and every single one including us is part of a big, beautiful, complicated pattern. When humans interfere with parts of the pattern, by polluting the air and oceans, taking too much from the sea, and cutting down too many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAVSummary: Addressing climate change is the existential question of the time, but climate change and biodiversity loss are two sides to the same coin. The Land of Azaba is the first feature documentary on the subject of ecological restoration, and it is set in one of the world's first hot spots for increasing and maintaining bio-diversity, Campanarios de Azaba Nature Reserve in Western Spain. It immerses...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LANWilson, Edward O.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.95 WILMattern, Joanne
Summary: "Swamps, marshes, and wetlands are humid, wet, and full of surprising danger. However, people have lived and thrived in these places for centuries. This book presents to young readers the challenges and rewards of living in a wet environment and focuses on how residents have adapted technology so they can live and work in these unusual habitats. The text also explores the importance of wetlands...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.68 MATPearce, Fred
Summary: In an era of climate change and widespread ecological damage, it is absolutely crucial that we find ways to help nature regenerate. Embracing the new ecology, Pearce shows us, is our best chance. To be an environmentalist in the twenty-first century means celebrating nature's wildness and capacity for change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577 PEAThomas, C. D.
Summary: It is accepted wisdom today that human beings have irrevocably damaged the natural world. Yet what if this narrative obscures a more hopeful truth? In "Inheritors of the Earth", renowned ecologist and environmentalist Chris D. Thomas overturns the accepted story, revealing how nature is fighting back. Many animals and plants actually benefit from our presence, raising biological diversity in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576 THOSummary: The show offers a blue chip, continent-wide series ranging from the land's highest snow peaks to the depths of the frigid and wild southern seas; from its last populations of wild numbats to its largest diorama of giant cuttlefish. It's a land of diverse beauty, that delights, and surprises. The series both entertains and deepens our understanding of how the natural world is made up of not just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAGHuntington, Amy
Summary: "Geology and earth science made easy (to learn) and super-quick (to read about). You, too, can make a mountain--start today! (Some restrictions apply.)"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.8 HUNBallesta, Laurent
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 577.7 BALStewart, Paul D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.866 STEWard, Peter Douglas
Summary: Presents the results of his investigations into the history of life and death on earth, describing three previous mass extinctions and evaluating the present devastation in which countless species are coming to the end of their evolution due to human action. --Book News, Inc.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.84 WARSummary: "One of the world's most precious resources is at risk. This timely and emotionally moving film illuminates what is at stake and what can be done to protect the source of nearly all of our food: seeds. Seeds provide the basis for everything from fabric, to food to fuels. Seeds are as essential to life as the air we breathe or water we drink, but given far less attention."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: True Mind 2015
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Summary: "For evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, the cause of many modern woes is clear: the world is out of sync with humans' ancient brains and bodies. The authors cut through the disputes surrounding issues like sex, gender, diet, parenting, sleep, education, and more to outline a science-based worldview that will empower the reader to live a better, wiser life. They distill...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 HEYHiss, Tony
Summary: "From the veteran New Yorker staff writer and award-winning author of The Experience of Place: an urgent, resounding call to protect half the earth's land--and thereby millions of its species--by 2050, that gives us the tools to think big about the planetand our role in conserving it. Beginning in the North American Boreal Forest that stretches through Canada, and roving across the continent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.75 HISWilson, Edward O.
Summary: In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson in his most impassioned book to date. He argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude of the problem: dedicate fully half the surface of the Earth to nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 500 WILSummary: Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Earth 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LIFBrunetti, Jerry.
Summary: Natural product formulator and farm consultant Jerry Brunetti wraps together a lifetime of learning and his uncanny observations in this fascinating volume on the interconnected dynamics in place on a farm -- the farm's geology, biology, and diversity of life forms. Learn to look at -- and manage -- your farm very differently through gaining a deeper understanding of the complementary roles of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acres U.S.A. 2014
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Summary: Where do camels belong? In the Arab world may seem the obvious answer, but they are relative newcomers there. They evolved in North America, retain their greatest diversity in South America, and the only remaining wild dromedaries are in Australia. This instructive and controversial book delivers unexpected answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Profile Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 THOTudge, Colin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 578.012 TUDSummary: Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Earth 2010