Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.

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.

Describes the life cycle and characteristics of Galapagos penguins, including physical and environmental threats to the species.

Describes the life cycle and characteristics of orangutans, including physical and environmental threats to the species.

When his ambition to become a great hunter like his father is crushed by a lion attack that causes him to lose an arm, young Pedru is overcome by a desire to kill the lion that mauled him but questions his resolve when an opportunity arises.

After a fire kills her parents, eleven-year-old Martine must leave England to live with her grandmother on a wildlife game reserve in South Africa, where she befriends a mythical white giraffe.

An illustrated introduction to the world's animals--from butterflies and koalas to frogs, snakes, dolphins, and falcons--and offers young readers ideas on how they can become environmental and wildlife protectors. Includes brief profiles of important environmentalists, artists, world explorers, and scientists in the past who have helped raise awareness and been advocates for the world's animals.

"From the New York Times best-selling author Sy Montgomery and expert underwater photographer Keith Ellenbogen comes a new installment in the award-winning nonfiction series Scientists in the Field. Together they . . . investigate one of the ocean's . . . enigmas and world's deadliest predators: the great white shark. Dr. Greg Skomal, biologist and head of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program, is investigating a controversial possibility: Might...