An Anthology of readings from 50 leading conservationists discussing "what motivates them" to keep working at saving some of the most endangered species and thr

The American South is famous for its astonishingly rich biodiversity. In this book, Georgann Eubanks takes a wondrous trek from Alabama to North Carolina to sea

"Some of the material in this book appeared previously, in a different form, in the journal Nature"--T.p. verso.

Today we are faced with the alarming possibility that as many as 50 percent of species alive will become extinct within this century. This statistic is so stagg

“This is a gorgeous, lyrical, hilarious, important book. . . . Read this and you may find yourself instinctively beginning to heal old wounds: in yourself, in