Catalog Search Results
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Academy Award-winning filmmakers expose the forces that are leading our planet to its next mass extinction, potentially resulting in the loss of half of all species. A never-before-seen view of an international wildlife trade, operating in the shadows, reveals how creatures that have survived for millions of years may be wiped from Earth in our lifetime.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Academy Award-winning filmmakers expose the forces that are leading our planet to its next mass extinction, potentially resulting in the loss of half of all species. A never-before-seen view of an international wildlife trade, operating in the shadows, reveals how creatures that have survived for millions of years may be wiped from Earth in our lifetime.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Formats
Description
"In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this dazzling and ambitious literary debut follows three generations of beekeepers from the past, present, and future, weaving a spellbinding story of their relationship to the bees--and to their children and one another--against the backdrop of an urgent, global crisis. England, 1852. William is a biologist and seed merchant, who sets out to build a new type of beehive--one that will give both...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"The fascinating lives and puzzling demise of some of the largest animals on earth. Until a few thousand years ago, creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thriller--including gorilla-sized lemurs, 800-pound birds, crocodiles that weighed a ton or more--roamed the earth. These great beasts, or "megafauna, " lived on every habitable continent and on many islands. With a handful of exceptions, all are now gone. What caused the disappearance of...
Author
Formats
Description
Over the last half billion years, there have been five major mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around the cataclysm is us. In this book the author tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species...
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022
Description
"Insects play a critical role on our planet, from sustenance to pollination to medicines and more. [The author] . . . tackles both the wacky and weird, as well as threats to insects and their habitats, their possible extinction, and ways that everyday people, like you, can prevent their decline"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Glasgow, 2025. Dr Amanda Maclean is called to treat a young man with a mild fever. Within three hours he dies. The mysterious illness sweeps through the hospital with deadly speed. This is how it begins. The victims are all men. Dr Maclean raises the alarm, but the sickness spreads to every corner of the globe. Threatening families. Governments. Countries. Can they find a cure before it's too late? Will this be the story of the end of the world...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The tiger is just one of thousands of animals -- including the ground iguana, the white-rumped vulture, and the partula snail -- currently in danger of becoming extinct, joining the dodo, the marsupial wolf, the great auk, and countless others we will never see again.
11) Extinctopedia
Author
Publisher
Red Comet Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Every living creature contributes towards the richness and beauty of our planet. Each one has a reason to exist, from the giant panda to the pygmy possum, and if we lose them, it will be forever. Extinctopedia tells a complex story, not just of those who are extinct, but also of those in greatest peril, with explanations of what threatens their survival. It is also a story of hope-hope for animals who have been rediscovered, hope in the form of newly-discovered...
12) Atlas of extinct animals: stories of creatures eradicated by humankind and the people responsible
Author
Publisher
Albatros
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Covers species of mammals and birds that are now extinct, and their endangered relatives.
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes giant bugs, birds, and mammals that lived long ago and became extinct during the last Ice Age, discusses the extinction of more recent animals, and examines efforts to protect endangered species.
Author
Publisher
Weldon Owen Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Animals of every size and variety have disappeared from our planet for eons -- most recently due to humans -- but they can still be seen and known. Each entry includes full color illustration, Latin name, statistics, reasons they died out and interesting facts about these animals which used to roam the Earth.
16) Extinct wildlife
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Deals with the reasons for the number of animal species that have become extinct throughout the world.
17) 9
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
When rag doll 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone. It is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the newest member of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive and they will need to discover...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harpervia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Mikhail lives in Russia in 1881. When a skeleton of a rare wild horse is brought to him, the zoologist plans an expedition to Mongolia to find the fabled Przewalski horse...In 1992, Karin, alongside her troubled son Mathias and several Przewalski horses, travels to Mongolia to re-introduce the magnificent horses to their native land...Europe's future is uncertain in 2064, but Eva is willing to sacrifice nearly everything to hold onto her family's...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Years after the Raccoon City disaster, Alice is on her own. She is aware that she has become a liability and could endanger those around her and she struggles to survive and bring down the Umbrella Corporation led by the sinister Albert Wesker and head researcher Dr. Isaacs. Meanwhile, traveling through the Nevada Desert and the ruins of Las Vegas, Carlos Olivera, L.J., and new survivors K-Mart, Claire Redfield, and Nurse Betty must fight to survive...
Didn't Find It?
If we don't have what you're looking for, you have 3 options: ask us to bring it in from another library (interlibrary loan), suggest the library purchase it, or call us for assistance.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? You can suggest the library purchase it by submitting a request, or you might find it through our interlibrary loan service. See your options at https://readokaloosa.org/requests. Purchase Suggestion