Strange Animals, New to Science

By Laurence Pringle

Confronting an alarming rate of manmade destruction of wildlife habitats, scientists are rushing to discover new animal and plant species. Before it is too late, they are determined to record on paper... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761450831
• ISBN13: 9780761450832
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A genuinely fascinating book of wondrous creatures

Strange Animals, New To Science by wildlife expert Laurence Pringle is a truly informative and beautiful book highlighting new mammal, bird, and fish species discovered by the scientific community in the last decade. Ranging from the Jacotoco Antpitta of Ecuador to the Marmosets of Brazil, gorgeous, full-color photographs bring these exotic animals to life, and the text is easily accessible to lay readers. Enhanced with an enlightening introduction to the subject of strange animals that are new to science, chapters on "Undiscovered Treasures" and "Protecting Earth's Biodiversity, Strange Animals, New To Science is a genuinely fascinating book of wondrous creatures, and very highly recommended for school and community library "Pets/Wildlife" reading lists and reference collections.