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Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the mysterious world of alligator poaching and its larger than life Floridian characters To catch a Florida Man, you have to become one, and that's what Officer Jeff Babauta did. As his ponytailed, whiskey-soaked alter ego, he established Sunshine Alligator Farm. His goal? Infiltrate the shady world of illegal poachers in the Florida Everglades in order...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 37
Language
English
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Description
"The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to Africa where they must use magic to save a rhino and her baby from poachers"--
3) Bearskin
Author
Language
English
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Description
Rice Moore is just beginning to think his troubles are behind him. He's found a job protecting a remote forest preserve in Virginian Appalachia where his main responsibilities include tracking wildlife and refurbishing cabins. It's hard work, and totally solitary--perfect to hide away from the Mexican drug cartels he betrayed back in Arizona. But when Rice finds the carcass of a bear killed on the grounds, the quiet solitude he's so desperately sought...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Officer Ren Hopper is an enforcement ranger with the National Park Service, tasked with duties both mundane and thrilling: Breaking up fights at campgrounds, saving clueless tourists from moose attacks, and attempting to broker an uneasy peace between the wealthy vacationers who tromp through the park with cameras, and the residents of hardscrabble Cooke City who want to carve out a meaningful living. When Ren, hiking through the backcountry on...
5) Fins
Author
Series
Sharks Incorporated volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marine biologist Doc Ford enlists the help of three kids--Luke, Maribel, and Sabina--to tag sharks for his research and help take down poachers targeting Florida's biannual migration of blacktip sharks.
Author
Series
Akimbo series volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the African game preserve where his father works, Akimbo devises a dangerous plan to capture a ring of elephant poachers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In 14-year-old Aaron's village in Zambia, poaching for ivory is common practice, and elephants are feared because of the danger they pose to humans and the damage they often cause to crops so important to the villagers' livelihoods. But when Aaron encounters a newborn elephant in distress, his instinct is not to run away, but to jump to its rescue. This is the beginning of a beautiful bond of friendship and a meaningful vocation. This moving story,...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"The remarkable story of Grant Fowlds, who has dedicated his life to saving the imperiled rhinos, vividly told with Graham Spence, co- author of the bestselling The Elephant Whisperer. Growing up on a farm in the eastern Cape of South Africa, Grant developed a deep love of nature, turning his back on the hunting to focus on saving wildlife of all kinds and the environment that sustains both of them and us. He is a passionate conservationist who puts...
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Language
English
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Description
"No stranger to wildlife, Nick Jans had lived in Alaska for nearly thirty years. But when one evening at twilight a lone black wolf ambled into view not far from his doorstep, Nick would finally come to know this mystical species--up close as never before. A Wolf Called Romeo is the remarkable story of a wolf who returned again and again to interact with the people and dogs of Juneau, living on the edges of their community, engaging in an improbable,...
Author
Series
Secret explorers volume 8
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First American Edition.
Language
English
Description
"A research ship has become stuck in the Arctic Sea ice. To make things worse, one of the scientists who went to seek help hasn't returned. It's up to the Secret Explorers to find the scientist, free the ship, and save the day..."--Back cover.
Publisher
EOne Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
The elephant, Earth's most charismatic and majestic land animal, today faces market forces driving the value of its tusks to levels once reserved for gold. This National Geographic special goes undercover to expose the criminal network behind ivory's supply and demand. It also demonstrates how the elephant, with its highly evolved society, keen intelligence, ability to communicate across vast distances and to love, remember and even to mourn, is far...
14) La selva
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Primera edicion, edición en rústica de Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Language
Español
Description
A Edver no le hace ninguna gracia que lo envíen a Cuba a ver al padre que apenas conoce. Sin embargo, ahora que las leyes de viaje han cambiado y es mucho más fácil reunir a las familias divididas, su mamá piensa que es hora de que padre e hijo pasen tiempo juntos. Edver no se imagina lo que le depara el verano, ¡pero definitivamente no espera conocer a la hermana que ni siquiera sabía que existía! Luza es un año mayor y está muy entusiasmada...
Author
Publisher
Panamericana Editorial
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Primera edición en Panamericana Editorial.
Language
Español
Description
An experienced conservationist, his daughter, a young oceanography student, and a brave fisherman team up to take down a band of poachers threatening hundreds of sea turtles who have come to a Brazilian beach to lay their eggs.
Author
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Language
Swahili
Formats
Description
In the Kenyan bush, a small-time ivory dealer fights to stay on top while forces mobilize to destroy his trade. When he turns to his younger cousin, a conflicted wildlife ranger who hasn’t been paid in months, they both see a possible lifeline. The plummeting elephant population in Africa has captured the attention of the world, and as the government cracks down, both poachers and rangers face their own existential crises—what is the value of...
17) Forest world
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Sent to Cuba to visit the father he barely knows, Edver is surprised to meet a half-sister, Luza, whose plan to lure their cryptozoologist mother into coming there, too, turns dangerous.
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