Download or read book Kakapo and the Rimu Tree written by Leslie Brazier Smit and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EVOLUTION is a BIG word Deep in the forests of New Zealand there lives a little bird. Well, maybe not so little. Kakapo is a bit chubby for a parrot. He’s different in other surprising ways, too. Why is this silly parrot so different from all other parrots? This is a story of how a lovable little bird changed his habits in order to survive. This entertaining chapter book for children aged 7-11 introduces readers to this unique bird, and the ways our circumstances can push us to change for the better. With charming characters and exciting new vocabulary, Kakapo encourages curiosity about the wider world and its astonishing creatures. The Kākāpō are a critically endangered New Zealand parrot. All royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to the New Zealand Department of Conservation, Kākāpō Recovery.
Download or read book Kakapo and the Rimu Tree written by Leslie Brazier Smit and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2023-06-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EVOLUTION is a BIG word Deep in the forests of New Zealand there lives a little bird. Well, maybe not so little. Kakapo is a bit chubby for a parrot. He’s different in other surprising ways, too. Why is this silly parrot so different from all other parrots? This is a story of how a lovable little bird changed his habits in order to survive. This entertaining chapter book for children aged 7-11 introduces readers to this unique bird, and the ways our circumstances can push us to change for the better. With charming characters and exciting new vocabulary, Kakapo encourages curiosity about the wider world and its astonishing creatures. The Kākāpō are a critically endangered New Zealand parrot. All royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to the New Zealand Department of Conservation, Kākāpō Recovery.
Download or read book The Book of Vanishing Species written by Beatrice Forshall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: __________________ Our Earth is more beautiful and more diverse than we can possibly conceive of. The Book of Vanishing Species is a stunning homage to the planet's most mysterious, bizarre and wondrous creatures and plants. Their stories are captivating, from the eyeless and tiny dragonlike olm to the hawksbill turtle, whose gender will be determined by the temperature of the sand it is born in. These species may have survived for hundreds of thousands of years by cleverly adapting to their environments, but their future remains far from certain. The book brings to life red cranes as they dance and bow for the sheer joy of movement, trees that breathe out a haze of misty atmosphere for insects that only feast on one kind of flower, a deep-ocean snail quietly building its shell from iron... and each one of them is illuminated with an exquisite illustration. As you turn the pages, there emerges a network of life that stretches across and around the planet in a dazzling web of existence. This is both a love letter to life on Earth, and an urgent summons to protect what is precious and lovely in this world.
Download or read book Environment Most Important Current Affairs With PYQs For UPSC CSE Prelims 2024 written by MYUPSC and published by R P Meena. This book was released on with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Environment] Most Important Current Affairs With PYQs For UPSC CSE Prelims 2024. Total Page - 205 Language - English What you will get? - Environment Current Affairs with Previous Year Prelims Questions with detailed solution and Practice MCQs for UPSC IAS Prelims 2024 Examination GS Paper -1.
Download or read book Animals and Us written by David G Shaw and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals and Us is a collection of short stories written from the point of view of endangered species about how they encounter their changing environment. As readers, we learn about the sometimes life-and-death struggle each creature faces. We also witness the resourcefulness of animals and people as they compete and share the same habitat. We encounter unusual birds like the New Zealand kiwi, beasts of Africa migrating across rivers and plains, the common toad, woodland bats, prize British livestock, ocean creatures and a very ingenious butterfly. Written for children of all ages, Animals and Us is a thought-provoking, imaginative and uncompromising voyage into the animal’s mind’s eye, and the effect we are all having on their precious world. The author David G Shaw, who has won acclaim from family and friends for these charming and original stories, has lovingly illustrated each chapter.
Download or read book Apocalypse TV written by Michael G. Cornelius and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The end of the world may be upon us, but it certainly is taking its sweet time playing out. The walkers on The Walking Dead have been "walking" for nearly a decade. There are now dozens of apocalyptic television shows and we use the "end times" to describe everything from domestic politics and international conflict, to the weather and our views of the future. This collection of new essays asks what it means to live in a world inundated with representations of the apocalypse. Focusing on such series as The Walking Dead, The Strain, Battlestar Galactica, Doomsday Preppers, Westworld, The Handmaid's Tale, they explore how the serialization of the end of the world allows for a closer examination of the disintegration of humanity--while it happens. Do these shows prepare us for what is to come? Do they spur us to action? Might they even be causing the apocalypse?
Download or read book Facing Extinction written by Paul Donald and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines extinction in birds, with case studies of critically endangered species and the research initiatives designed to save them.
Download or read book Don t Come Back written by Adam Fletcher and published by Adam Fletcher. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Writer's Digest Memoir of the Year Award Adam Fletcher’s life hates him… That’s how it feels since he lost his girlfriend of nine years, his confidence, hair, and home. But then he receives an email from a mysterious stranger offering him a free holiday of a lifetime. It’s too good to be true. But then what does he have to lose? So he says yes. And then things gets strange... Catapulted through the wilds of South Africa, Cuba and Indonesia, he must fight an angry baboon armed with just a sock; hike into an active volcano to meet people with the worst job in the world; have coffee and biscuits with a stranger’s dead grandma; go on a double-date with a very flirtatious princess; stare down hungry Komodo dragons; be rushed to hospital by emergency speedboat; and discover why it’s a really bad idea to become a gold digger in Papua New Guinea. A lot of strange things are about to happen to him. He's not ready for any of them... The books in this series can be read in any order.
Download or read book Wildlife Management and Conservation written by Paul R. Krausman and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book contains the essential information that wildlife biologists and managers use to manage wildlife populations today, and it gives students the information they need to pursue a profession in wildlife management and conservation"--
Download or read book The Mermelf written by Deirdre Hines and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-04-26 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once Upon a Truth.... Cygnus catches dreamers with her daughters. A lost Mermelf from the stars arrives in Storyhenge. An imprisoned girl with a blue birthmark. An 1803 edition of 'The Birdspotter's Guide' with a mysterious dedication. A rediscovered invention. A dying Earth where books are banned. And all anomalies are outlaw. What if our dreams are always caught? What if your dreams are always heard? What if dreams are Imagination's stars? ..” I am 25-03 A and I am anomaly and I am Griffin and I am freer and wilder than those Nomenclature can ever ever be...” Imprisoned with others of her kind in the icy wastes of The Outerskirts, 25-03 A escapes into the primeval forest, where she meets up with the last bastions of the Resistance. And so begins The Flights of Prophecy. A timely tale told in verse of Earth betrayed and the rescuers who answered her call.
Download or read book The Fox the Owl and the Mouse written by Leslie Brazier Smit and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of a Fox, an Owl, and a Mouse. One starlit, snowy night these three come together in an open field. Now foxes are known to be quick and clever, while owls are thought to be powerful and wise. And mice-well... a mouse would be smart to avoid both of these dangerous critters. but Things are not always as they seem...
Download or read book On the Nature of Ecological Paradox written by Michael Charles Tobias and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a large, powerfully illustrated interdisciplinary natural sciences volume, the first of its kind to examine the critically important nature of ecological paradox, through an abundance of lenses: the biological sciences, taxonomy, archaeology, geopolitical history, comparative ethics, literature, philosophy, the history of science, human geography, population ecology, epistemology, anthropology, demographics, and futurism. The ecological paradox suggests that the human biological–and from an insular perspective, successful–struggle to exist has come at the price of isolating H. sapiens from life-sustaining ecosystem services, and far too much of the biodiversity with which we find ourselves at crisis-level odds. It is a paradox dating back thousands of years, implicating millennia of human machinations that have been utterly ruinous to biological baselines. Those metrics are examined from numerous multidisciplinary approaches in this thoroughly original work, which aids readers, particularly natural history students, who aspire to grasp the far-reaching dimensions of the Anthropocene, as it affects every facet of human experience, past, present and future, and the rest of planetary sentience. With a Preface by Dr. Gerald Wayne Clough, former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and President Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Foreword by Robert Gillespie, President of the non-profit, Population Communication.
Download or read book Wildlife Research written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Children s Picturebooks Second Edition written by Martin Salisbury and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children’s picturebooks are the very first books we encounter and play a major role in introducing us to both art and language. But what does it take to create a successful picturebook for children? This revised edition of a bestselling title carries invaluable insight into a highly productive, dynamic sector of the publishing world. Featuring interviews with leading illustrators and publishers from across the world, it remains essential reading for students and aspiring children’s book illustrators and writers.
Download or read book Redwoods Hemlocks Other Cone Bearing Plants written by Steve Parker and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces you to an interesting group of plants, from the mighty redwoods to the sharp needled spruces. It examines the various types of conifers, their reproductive methods, and how they get their energy. It also looks at the ecological importance of these woody plants and how they are used in industry. Did You Know? &&/UL&& The tallest living thing on Earth is a coast redwood, measuring a height of about 380 feet (115 meters). Most conifers keep their leaves throughout the year. The cones of some pine trees can reach 5 feet (1.5 m) long.
Download or read book In Defense of Plants written by Matt Candeias and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Study of Plants in a Whole New Light “Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ―James T. Costa, PhD, executive director, Highlands Biological Station and author of Darwin's Backyard #1 New Release in Nature & Ecology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Trees, Biological Sciences, and Nature Writing & Essays In his debut book, internationally-recognized blogger and podcaster Matt Candeias celebrates the nature of plants and the extraordinary world of plant organisms. A botanist’s defense. Since his early days of plant restoration, this amateur plant scientist has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection. Using gardening, houseplants, and examples of plants around you, In Defense of Plants changes your relationship with the world from the comfort of your windowsill. The ruthless, horny, and wonderful nature of plants. Understand how plants evolve and live on Earth with a never-before-seen look into their daily drama. Inside, Candeias explores the incredible ways plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Whether a blossoming botanist or a professional plant scientist, In Defense of Plants is for anyone who sees plants as more than just static backdrops to more charismatic life forms. In this easily accessible introduction to the incredible world of plants, you’ll find: • Fantastic botanical histories and plant symbolism • Passionate stories of flora diversity and scientific names of plant organisms • Personal tales of plantsman discovery through the study of plants If you enjoyed books like The Botany of Desire, What a Plant Knows, or The Soul of an Octopus, then you’ll love In Defense of Plants.
Download or read book The Economy of Nature Data Analysis Update written by Robert E. Ricklefs and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory text that offers a survey of ecology, this work presents examples from natural history, coverage of evolution, and quantitative approach. It includes 20 data analysis modules that introduce students to ecological data and quantitative methods used by ecologists.
