Endangered Species

Explores the issues surrounding endangered species by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format.... (more)

Explores the issues surrounding endangered species by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic. (less)

Entries on more than 200 extinct, endangered, vulnerable, and threatened animals and plants describe the individual spec... (more)

Entries on more than 200 extinct, endangered, vulnerable, and threatened animals and plants describe the individual species, its habitat and current distribution, and efforts to protect and preserve it. (less)

Discusses what has been done to protect endangered species in the United States and around the world, and examines the d... (more)

Discusses what has been done to protect endangered species in the United States and around the world, and examines the debate over what future actions are warranted. (less)

Marooned on Cumberland Island National Seashore off the coast of Georgia, Anna finds time weighing heavily as she waits ... (more)

Marooned on Cumberland Island National Seashore off the coast of Georgia, Anna finds time weighing heavily as she waits out a twenty-one day assignment on fire detail. When the sudden plane crash in the inland palmetto thickets calls her and the other members of the fire crew to action, the flames are quickly extinguished. But suspicions smolder over the cause of the accident which killed both the pilot and his passenger, Cumberland's lone law enforcement ranger. The tightly-knit island society begins to seethe with hushed accusations. As tensions escalate, Anna and crew find themselves pressed service. Though the "experts" are called in to evaluate the crash, Anna can't let the investigation rest solely in their hands. Her inquiry causes her to stumble into shady dealings that question the integrity-and honor-of her own crew. (less)

Jack Halsey takes his wife, their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in Kenya. But as they venture off alone ... (more)

Jack Halsey takes his wife, their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in Kenya. But as they venture off alone into a wilderness park, their safari van is flipped over by an angry rhino, leaving them injured and desperate. Then, as two of them go in search of rescue, a bloody, vicious encounter with a leopard and a clan of hyenas incites a desperate fight for survival. (less)

When a wealthy American family travels to Kenya for a dream safari vacation, an accident out in the bush becomes a strug... (more)

When a wealthy American family travels to Kenya for a dream safari vacation, an accident out in the bush becomes a struggle to survive. (less)