Author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395696279
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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A fascinating, fact-filled book on endangered gray and red wolves. "Amply illustrated with handsome photographs . . . It may never be possible to reconcile human greed with a harmonious natural ecology, but the respectful account of endangered wolves suggests that the effort is eminently worthwhile".--The Horn Book. Full-color photos.
Author: Meish Goldish
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1597167428
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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True tales of wildlife survival show how the heroic efforts of people who stepped in when all seemed lost have brought these endangered animals back from the brink of extinction.
Author: Warren T. Parker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Endangered species
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Author: T. DeLene Beeland
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469602008
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Red wolves are shy, elusive, and misunderstood predators. Until the 1800s, they were common in the longleaf pine savannas and deciduous forests of the southeastern United States. However, habitat degradation, persecution, and interbreeding with the coyote nearly annihilated them. Today, reintroduced red wolves are found only in peninsular northeastern North Carolina within less than 1 percent of their former range. In The Secret World of Red Wolves, nature writer T. DeLene Beeland shadows the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's pioneering recovery program over the course of a year to craft an intimate portrait of the red wolf, its history, and its restoration. Her engaging exploration of this top-level predator traces the intense effort of conservation personnel to save a species that has slipped to the verge of extinction. Beeland weaves together the voices of scientists, conservationists, and local landowners while posing larger questions about human coexistence with red wolves, our understanding of what defines this animal as a distinct species, and how climate change may swamp its current habitat.
Author: Fred H. Harrington
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823957651
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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The red wolf once roamed freely over most of the southwest United States.
Author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606064248
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of the two species of wolves found in North America and discusses efforts to save them from extinction by reintroducing them to wilderness areas.
Author: Roland Smith
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
ISBN: 9780525651628
Category : Endangered species
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A story of the red wolf's journey from the brink of extinction to its reintroduction to the wild.
Author: Alvin Silverstein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781562944162
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Describes the red wolf and the recovery program that has helped to bring this species back from the brink of extinction.
Author: Meish Goldish
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1597169390
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Was it too late to save the red wolf? For hundreds of years, these remarkable creatures had roamed freely across North America. Yet by the 1960s, red wolves were pushed to the brink of extinction by hunting, habitat destruction, and disease. Could scientists and wildlife officials find a way to restore red wolves to the wild? In Red Wolves: And Then There Were (Almost) None, children relive the inspiring and heroic efforts of people who stepped in to save red wolves when all seemed lost. Through this true tale of wildlife survival, kids discover the bold and creative ideas that Americans and their government have used to protect and care for the country’s endangered wildlife.
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309488249
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 105
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Scientists strive to develop clear rules for naming and grouping living organisms. But taxonomy, the scientific study of biological classification and evolution, is often highly debated. Members of a species, the fundamental unit of taxonomy and evolution, share a common evolutionary history and a common evolutionary path to the future. Yet, it can be difficult to determine whether the evolutionary history or future of a population is sufficiently distinct to designate it as a unique species. A species is not a fixed entity â€" the relationship among the members of the same species is only a snapshot of a moment in time. Different populations of the same species can be in different stages in the process of species formation or dissolution. In some cases hybridization and introgression can create enormous challenges in interpreting data on genetic distinctions between groups. Hybridization is far more common in the evolutionary history of many species than previously recognized. As a result, the precise taxonomic status of an organism may be highly debated. This is the current case with the Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) and the red wolf (Canis rufus), and this report assesses the taxonomic status for each.
