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1) Rainbow Mars
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English
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In an effort to repopulate the Earth after almost all life has been destroyed, Hanville Svetz travels to Mars, in hopes of retrieving some of Earth's now extinct animal life.
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"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.
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"This STEM-based nonfiction illustrated picture book introduces readers to several well-known animal and insect endlings, the last known survivors of a species, while discussing the mass extinction crisis facing our planet and what kids can do to make a difference."--
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"Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes--and hit our planet in them, too. But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters and present-day falls, and up into space for the big ones yet to come, a wide variety of scientists are trying to figure out how to track asteroids--and how to avoid devastating impacts in the future."--
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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...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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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.
10) Asteroid impact
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2000
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English
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Text and illustrations explore the theory that the collision of an asteroid with the Earth ended the Cretaceous Period and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
14) Under their skin
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Under their skin volume 1
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
�2016.
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English
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Twelve-year-old twins Nick and Eryn investigate why their mother and new stepfather are keeping secrets, why they are forbidden to meet their stepsiblings, and, most important, why their lives are in danger.
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PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Thousands of prehistoric footprints left by Ice Age humans and animals stretch for miles across the blinding white surfaces of New Mexico's White Sands National Park. The phenomenal collection of prints preserves a unique series of snapshots of life and behavior, capturing moments when humans crossed paths with extinct Ice Age beasts, including enormous ground sloths and mammoths.
20) Rhino rescue
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2009
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English
Description
From award-winning filmmakers Beverly and Dereck Joubert, comes the remarkable story of the black rhino and those who are fighting to save the last of these amazing creatures.
