Includes bibliographic references (page 246) and index.
Summary:
"Our Earth is more beautiful and more diverse than we can possibly concieve of. Oceans, rivers, forests, caves, deserts, skies and soil are home to extraordinary species from the tiny, dragon-like olm to the colossal sequoia tree. They may have survived for hundreds of thousands of years by adapting to unique environments, but their future remains far from certain. Their story is our story too. The Book of Vanishing Species is both a love letter to life on Earth, and an urgent summons to protect all that is precious in our world."--back cover.
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