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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Rainbow Mars	Larry Niven	From back cover Tor paperback May 2000: Hanville Svetz was born into a future Earth that matches the sorriest predictions of Greenpeace. With most of Earth's original species extinct, Svetz trave…	OL10587696W
The moas	Katie Beck	Moki, one of the moa birds being hunted into extinction by the Maoris on New Zealand, tries to regain the lost ability to fly so that he can escape death. Includes facts about New Zealand, the Maoris…	OL14863755W
Extinction	Rebecca Stefoff	Examines the extinction of various plants and animals, mankind's effect on the biosphere and species loss, and the preservation and protection of life forms.	OL15036158W
The dinosaurs and the dark star	Robin Bates	Discusses the methods used by scientists of the last two centuries to interpret the fossil evidence of dinosaurs, and explores theories as to why they became extinct.	OL15825950W
Driven to extinction	Richard G. Pearson	Explores the possible effects of global warming and climate change on more than a million species around the globe.	OL16240492W
Endangered animal[s]	Malcolm Penny	Discusses the reasons some animals have become extinct, the current factors which may lead to extinction of more species, and possible solutions.	OL17016158W
Bienes historie	Maja Lunde	573 pages (large print) ; 23 cm	OL17846277W
On extinction	Melanie Challenger	How do we think about the things we have lost? How can we use what we know about extinctions - cultural, biological and industrial - to reconnect with nature? When the gigantic bones of mammoths were…	OL17916559W
Why did the dinosaurs become extinct?	Marian B. Jacobs	Discusses scientific theories regarding the disappearance of the dinosaurs including disease, climate changes, starvation, and a meteor collision.	OL1835783W
The call of distant mammoths	Peter Douglas Ward	Discusses the impact of humans on the extinction of animals, focusing particulary on mammoths in the Ice Age, but also including mass extinctions throughout history, such as marsupial lions and giant…	OL1876772W
The medea hypothesis	Peter Douglas Ward	In The Medea Hypothesis, renowned paleontologist Peter Ward proposes a revolutionary and provocative vision of life's relationship with the Earth's biosphere - one that has frightening implications f…	OL1876775W
How to clone a mammoth	Beth Alison Shapiro	"Could extinct species like mammoths and passenger pigeons be brought back to life? The science says yes. In [this book], Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in 'ancient DNA' research, w…	OL19663812W
On the destiny of species by means of natural selection, or, The elimination of unfavoured races in…	Matthew Watkinson	"For those who believe in conservation, this book will not make comfortable reading. It may challenge the reader throughout because it argues life just isn't as fragile as has been led to be believed…	OL19892168W
When life nearly died	M. J. Benton	"Today it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. It is far less widely understood that a much gr…	OL20023975W
Last of the giants	Jeff Campbell	Today, an ancient world is vanishing right before our eyes: the age of giant animals. Over 40,000 years ago, the earth was ruled by megafauna: mammoths and mastodons, saber-toothed tigers and giant s…	OL20029184W
Extinct animals	Keiko Hirami	"Why do animals become extinct?"--	OL22059662W
The edge of extinction	Sharon Dalgleish,Ian Rohr,Claire Craig	How do species of animals disappear from the face of the Earth? Find out about those already gone, those in danger now, and some that have been saved from extinction.	OL24175441W
In the beginning	James Dowling,Michael Broderick Ileana	A dinosaur from the past reaches out to Oliver Owl and warns him about human indifference and the need to help other animals before it is too late.	OL24418724W
Close to extinction	John A. Burton	Examines the process of extinction and humans' responsibility for the disappearance of many species and the destruction of their habitats.	OL668100W
The dinosaurs' last days	Alvin Granowsky	Examines various scientific theories about the extinction of the dinosaurs, involving floods, giant meteorites, cold weather, disease, and simultaneous volcanic eruptions.	OL855676W