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Concise detailed review — amply illustrated — of the astonishing creatures that ruled the earth for some 180 million years, with particular emphasis on the tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates that lived during the years of reptilian dominance). Also examines interrelationships between amphibians and reptiles, birds and mammals, and between these creatures and their environments.Very nice copy with DJ in mylar sleeve. This book may have price markings/sticker.

This 65 page book is a comprehensive guide to Attwater's Prairie Chickens, its life history and management. Contains several black and white photos, graphs, and fold-out charts.

Organized in alternating biographical and scientific chapters, a clear and highly readable account explains the influences that shaped Charles Darwin's life and examines his legacy to science and culture.

Softcover Wraps - 48 pages. v24 #4

A very nice clean copy. An exploration of Hai-Bar, a beautiful animal preserve in Israel's Negev Desert. In it are some of the world's most fascinating and rare animals and Bill Clark and his helpers contrive to help these creatures become wild once again.

Quarto, , PP.183, Observations of a Sandstone Ridge IN East Central Ohio

The salmon that symbolize the Pacific Northwest's natural splendor are now threatened with extinction across much of their ancestral range. In studying the natural and human forces that shape the rivers and mountains of that region, geologist David Montgomery has learned to see the evolution and near-extinction of the salmon as a story of changing landscapes. Montgomery shows how a succession of historical experiences -first in the United Kingdom, then in New England, and now in the Pacific Northwest -repeat a disheartening story in which overfishing and sweeping changes to rivers and seas render the world inhospitable to salmon. In King of Fish, Montgomery traces the human impacts on salmon over the last thousand years and examines the implications both for salmon recovery efforts and for the more general problem of human impacts on the natural world. What does it say for the long-term prospects of the world's many endangered species if one of the most prosperous regions of the richest country on… Read More

Very nice clean copy. Price sticker inside cover.

Good clean copy of the original 1922 edition, bound in green cloth. 486 pp. 103 b&w plates.

Very clean copy with dustjacket. First Edition. Book has price sticker.

Describes those wildlife species which are or have been threatened with extinction and the ways in which people are trying to save them.

Smithsonian Institution Press, 1967. Very Good. Paperback

As new copy, may have minor shelfwear/price tag. "Whether the panther survives or perishes, Fergus has written a book that does it full justice. His narrative is lively and full of anecdotes, some of them eye-openers."--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post"As good as, or better than, any book I've read in years about the awful and willful ignorance of homo sapiens about the living world."--Farley Mowat, author of Never Cry Wolf
"Charles Fergus [is] a diligent reporter and straightforward writer. . . . You will enjoy [his] descriptions of forays into panther territory."--Kathleen Krog, Miami Herald
The Florida panther is an endangered species, its way of life altered by the spread of suburban culture across the state. In Swamp Screamer, Charles Fergus tracks the fifty or so panthers that survive in Florida, vividly describing the people trying to save these remarkable creatures--including wildlife biologists trying to preserve panther habitat and radical animal lovers who regard the panther as a symbol of… Read More