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Secrets of the Lost City: A Scientific Adventure in the Honduran Rain Forest
From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries
Join a real-life adventure—a scientific expedition to a remote area of the Honduran rainforest, suspected to be the ruins of the Lost City of the Monkey God. In the dense rain forest of… Read More →
Sharks in Danger
From the Series Wild World of Sharks
Sharks—sleek, fast-moving predators with powerful jaws—can take care of themselves, right? Wrong! Thanks to humans, many shark species are officially endangered and some iconic sharks even… Read More →
Spring 2020 Grades 4–12 Multi-User Collection — Audisee®—Fluent Set
Titles in this collection use sentence highlighting and fluent, professional narration. Read More →
Tasmanian Devils: Nature's Cleanup Crew
From the Series Animal Scavengers in Action
Having strong jaws and teeth is a key reason that Tasmanian devils are some of the world's most successful scavengers. Tasmanian devils can crack and crunch bones with their bite force and… Read More →
The Climate Crisis — Hardcover Set
From the Series The Climate Crisis
The impacts of climate change are becoming more and more visible, transforming people's lives and the environments around them. The Climate Crisis series explores the causes and effects of… Read More →
The Dodo and the Kiwi
From the Series Endangered: Lessons from the Past
The Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In that time, animals have come and gone. That's nature. But sometimes, people have played a role in an animal's early disappearance. Deforestation,… Read More →
The Great Bear Rescue: Saving the Gobi Bears
From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries
Acclaimed science author Sandra Markle offers a fascinating look at Gobi bears—the rarest bears on the planet. These adorable animals face threats ranging from illegal gold miners to climate… Read More →
The Great Giraffe Rescue: Saving the Nubian Giraffes
From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries
Giraffes are some of the most fascinating animals on the African savanna. Yet they're facing threats from climate change and competition from humans for natural resources. Long ago, Nubian… Read More →
The Great Leopard Rescue: Saving the Amur Leopards
From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries
In 2007 only thirty Amur leopards remained in the wild. Scientists knew they needed to do more to help these big cats. However, details of the leopards' wild lives in their high-altitude… Read More →
The Great Rhino Rescue: Saving the Southern White Rhinos
From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries
Southern white rhinos are in trouble. For years, a rumor has been spreading that their horns can be used to cure cancer, and poachers have been targeting these gentle creatures. Sandra Markle Read More →
The Great Shark Rescue: Saving the Whale Sharks
From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries
Top-selling science author Sandra Markle presents the story of whale sharks—the largest fish on the planet. Facing threats from commercial fishing as well as climate change, they were… Read More →
The Great Wolf Rescue: Saving the Red Wolves
From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries
North America’s rarest wolf species, the red wolf, was on the brink of extinction. At one time, red wolves roamed the US from southern New York to as far south as Florida and as far west as Read More →
The Last Rhinos
From the Series Red Rocket ™ Readers Fluency Level 4
There are five species of rhinoceros in the world. The Northern White rhinos are almost extinct and all rhinoceros are endangered. Some people believe the powdered rhino horn is a cure for… Read More →
The Megalodon and the Great White Shark
From the Series Endangered: Lessons from the Past
The oceans were once full of enormous, sharp-toothed carnivores. Megalodon was the king of the sea. Even the biggest dinosaurs fled when they saw its fin break the surface. But megalodon is… Read More →
The Saber-Toothed Tiger and the Siberian Tiger
From the Series Endangered: Lessons from the Past
History has a way of repeating itself. We can watch mistakes happen again, or we can make moves to stop them. Scientists know how amazing animals like the saber-toothed tiger lived and then… Read More →
The Woolly Mammoth and the Asian Elephant
From the Series Endangered: Lessons from the Past
The woolly mammoth once roamed across the frozen tundra. It was perfectly adapted to its environment. But then, the earth began warming, and the mammoth couldn't adapt. It went extinct. Its… Read More →
The Woolly Monkey Mysteries: The Quest to Save a Rain Forest Species
From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries
In the cloud forests of the Amazon Basin, scientists are installing extraordinary numbers of camera traps in the hopes of learning more about an elusive species—woolly monkeys. High above in… Read More →
Tracking Pythons: The Quest to Catch an Invasive Predator and Save an Ecosystem
Burmese pythons are invading Florida. These enormous snakes are native to Southeast Asia, so when one showed up dead along the side of a Florida highway in 1979, scientists wondered where it Read More →
Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant
Galápagos giant tortoises are fascinating—and endangered. They live only on the Galápagos Islands, a chain of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ecuador. These tortoises… Read More →
Waterways
From the Series Vanishing from
Chinese egrets, humpback whales, Chinook salmon, and manatees might seem to have little in common, but they do--they are all close to extinction. They, and several other animals, have… Read More →
Wildlife Conservation Technology
From the Series Searchlight Books ™ — Saving Animals with Science
How can people help when wildlife is in danger? With science! Researchers have created devices such as GPS collars and thermal sensors to monitor animals. From camera traps to acoustic… Read More →
Wild World of Sharks — Hardcover Set
From the Series Wild World of Sharks
Sharks leap off the page in this high-energy series dedicated to the ultimate predators. Full-spread photos and browseable text highlight the most high-interest facts about these marine… Read More →