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Author : David Barnaby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780946873920
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (739 download)
Download or read book Quaggas and Other Zebras written by David Barnaby and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Heywood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108923569
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Life, Extinction, and Rebreeding of Quagga Zebras written by Peter Heywood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quaggas were beautiful pony-sized zebras in southern Africa that had fewer stripes on their bodies and legs, and a browner body coloration than other zebras. Indigenous people hunted quaggas, portrayed them in rock art, and told stories about them. Settlers used quaggas to pull wagons and to protect livestock against predators. Taken to Europe, they were admired, exhibited, harnessed to carriages, illustrated by famous artists and written about by scientists. Excessive hunting led to quaggas' extinction in the 1880s but DNA from museum specimens showed rebreeding was feasible and now zebras resembling quaggas live in their former habitats. This rebreeding is compared with other de-extinction and rewilding ventures and its appropriateness discussed against the backdrop of conservation challenges—including those facing other zebras. In an Anthropocene of species extinction, climate change and habitat loss which organisms and habitats should be saved, and should attempts be made to restore extinct species?
Author : Peter Heywood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108831605
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)
Download or read book The Life, Extinction, and Rebreeding of Quagga Zebras written by Peter Heywood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extinction of quagga zebras left behind historical records, art, literature, and DNA whose information led to their rebreeding.
Author : Shona Grimbly
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780761403203
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Zebras written by Shona Grimbly and published by Cavendish Square Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the last three species of zebras left in the world--the plains zebra, the mountain zebra, and Grevy's zebra. Also discusses what is being done to protect these animals from complete extinction.
Author : Christina Wilsdon
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 9780836891133
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Zebras written by Christina Wilsdon and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an introduction to zebras, discussing their physical characteristics, different types, herding behavior, life cycle, and future threats to the Grevy and mountain zebras.
Author : Tamara Green
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780836815955
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (159 download)
Download or read book The Quagga written by Tamara Green and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the physical characteristics and habitat of the quagga, a zebra-like animal that lived in southern Africa and became extinct by the end of the nineteenth century.
Author : Dorcas MacClintock
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book A Natural History of Zebras written by Dorcas MacClintock and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1976 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the evolution, relatives, habits, behavior, habitats, and enemies of zebras.
Author : Katherine Noble-Goodman
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9780761418719
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (187 download)
Download or read book Zebras written by Katherine Noble-Goodman and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2006 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of zebras.
Author : Linda C. Wood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Zebras written by Linda C. Wood and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes, through pictures and text, zebras and their habitats.
Author : Christopher Plumb
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780239718
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Zebra written by Christopher Plumb and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Common and exotic, glamorous and ferocious, sociable and sullen: zebras mean many things to many people. But one facet of zebras universally fascinates: their stripes. The extraordinary beauty of zebras’ striped coats has ensured their status as one of the world’s most recognizable and popular animals. Zebra print is everywhere in contemporary society—on beanbags and bikinis, car seats and pencil cases. Many zoos house a zebra or two, and they are a common feature of children’s books and films. Zebras have been immortalized in paint by artists, including George Stubbs and Lucian Freud, and they even have a road crossing named after them. But despite their ubiquity, the natural and cultural history of zebras remain a mystery to most. Zebra is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging survey ever published of the natural and cultural history of this cherished animal, exploring its biology and cultural relevance in Africa and beyond. Few know that there are three species of zebra (plains, mountain, and Grévy's), that one of these is currently endangered, or that among the many subspecies was once found the quagga, an animal that once roamed southern Africa in large numbers before dying out in the 1880s. Drawing on a range of examples as dizzying as the zebra’s stripes, this book shows how the zebra’s history engages and intersects with subjects as diverse and rich as eighteenth-century humor, imperialism, and technologies of concealment. Including more than one hundred illustrations, many previously unpublished, Zebra offers a new perspective on this much-loved, much-depicted, but frequently misunderstood animal.
Author : Rachel Smith
Publisher : Mendon Cottage Books
ISBN 13 : 1311131019
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (111 download)
Download or read book Zebras For Kids written by Rachel Smith and published by Mendon Cottage Books. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents Introduction What are zebras? How do zebras act? Zebras and humans What kinds of zebras are there? Plains zebra Mountain zebra Grévy's zebra Quagga Zebroids Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction The zebra is one crazy-looking animal; it’s covered in stripes, and that’s not something you see in a lot of animals. Tigers, okapis, tabby cats... the list is not incredibly long. Since the beginning, zebras have fascinated Westerners. Africans lived with them for a long time, so they were not a surprise to them, but to the Westerner, a striped animal was an oddity to be marveled at and taken home for other people to gawk at. In some ways, it’s still this way. The zebra, a relative of the horse and donkey, has never been domesticated. It probably never will be
Author : Scott Weidensaul
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780865476684
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The Ghost with Trembling Wings written by Scott Weidensaul and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-06-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scott Weidensaul chronicles scientists' search for extinct species, discussing how some plants and animals have reappeared after being lost for hundreds of years.
Author : R. E.. Rau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780908407576
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Additions to the Revised List of Preserved Material of the Extinct Cape Colony Quagga and Notes on the Relationship and Distribution of Southern Plains Zebras written by R. E.. Rau and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Valérie Bienvenue
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1800734263
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Animals, Plants and Afterimages written by Valérie Bienvenue and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2022-03-11 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixth mass extinction or Anthropocene extinction is one of the most pervasive issues of our time. Animals, Plants and Afterimages brings together leading scholars in the humanities and life sciences to explore how extinct species are represented in art and visual culture, with a special emphasis on museums. Engaging with celebrated cases of vanished species such as the quagga and the thylacine as well as less well-known examples of animals and plants, these essays explore how representations of recent and ancient extinctions help advance scientific understanding and speak to contemporary ecological and environmental concerns.
Author : Thomas F. Nalepa
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439854378
Total Pages : 815 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)
Download or read book Quagga and Zebra Mussels written by Thomas F. Nalepa and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 815 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The introduction and rapid spread of two Eurasian mussel species, Dreissena polymorpha (zebra mussel) and Dreissena rostriformis bugensis (quagga mussel), in waters of North America has caused great concern among industrial and recreational water users. These invasive species can create substantial problems for raw water users such as water treatment facilities and power plants, and they can have other negative impacts by altering aquatic environments. In the 20 years since the first edition of this book was published, zebra mussels have continued to spread, and quagga mussels have become the greater threat in the Great Lakes, in deep regions of large lakes, and in the southwestern Unites States. Quagga mussels have also expanded greatly in eastern and western Europe since the first book edition was published. Quagga and Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts, and Control, Second Edition provides a broad view of the zebra/quagga mussel issue, offering a historic perspective and up-to-date information on mussel research. Comprising 48 chapters, this second edition includes reviews of mussel morphology, physiology, and behavior. It details mussel distribution and spread in Europe and across North America, and examines policy and regulatory responses, management strategies, and mitigation efforts. In addition, this book provides extensive coverage of the impact of invasive mussel species on freshwater ecosystems, including effects on water clarity, phytoplankton, water quality, food web changes, and consequences to other aquatic fauna. It also reviews and offers new insights on how zebra and quagga mussels respond and adapt to varying environmental conditions. This new edition includes seven video clips that complement chapter text and, through visual documentation, provide a greater understanding of mussel behavior and distribution.
Author : Britt Wray
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1771641630
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)
Download or read book Rise of the Necrofauna written by Britt Wray and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-30 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jurassic Park meets The Sixth Extinction in Rise of the Necrofauna, a provocative look at de-extinction from acclaimed documentarist and science writer Britt Wray. A New Yorker “The Books We Loved in 2017” Selection A Science News Favorite Book of 2017 A Sunday Times "Must Read" What happens when you try to recreate a woolly mammoth—fascinating science, or conservation catastrophe? In Rise of the Necrofauna, Wray takes us deep into the minds and labs of some of the world's most progressive thinkers to find out. She introduces us to renowned futurists like Stewart Brand and scientists like George Church, who are harnessing the powers of CRISPR gene editing in the hopes of "reviving" extinct passenger pigeons, woolly mammoths, and heath hens. She speaks with Nikita Zimov, who together with his eclectic father Sergey, is creating Siberia's Pleistocene Park—a daring attempt to rebuild the mammoth's ancient ecosystem in order to save earth from climate disaster. Through interviews with these and other thought leaders, Wray reveals the many incredible opportunities for research and conservation made possible by this emerging new field. But we also hear from more cautionary voices, like those of researcher and award-winning author Beth Shapiro (How to Clone a Woolly Mammoth) and environmental philosopher Thomas van Dooren. Writing with passion and perspective, Wray delves into the larger questions that come with this incredible new science, reminding us that de-extinction could bring just as many dangers as it does possibilities. What happens, for example, when we bring an "unextinct" creature back into the wild? How can we care for these strange animals and ensure their comfort and safety—not to mention our own? And what does de-extinction mean for those species that are currently endangered? Is it really ethical to bring back an extinct passenger pigeon, for example, when countless other birds today will face the same fate? By unpacking the many biological, technological, ethical, environmental, and legal questions raised by this fascinating new field, Wray offers a captivating look at the best and worst of resurrection science. A captivating whirlwind tour through the birth and early life of the scientific idea known as “de-extinction.”—Beth Shapiro, author of How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.
Author : Ross Piper
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313349886
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book Extinct Animals written by Ross Piper and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-03-20 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone is familiar with the dodo and the wooly mammoth, but how many people have heard of the scimitar cat and the Falkland Island fox? Extinct Animals portrays over 60 remarkable animals that have been lost forever during the relatively recent geological past. Each entry provides a concise discussion of the history of the animal—how and where it lived, and how it became extinct—as well as the scientific discovery and analysis of the creature. In addition, this work examines what led to extinction—from the role of cyclical swings in the Earth's climate to the spread of humans and their activities. Many scientists believe that we are in the middle of a mass extinction right now, caused by the human undermining of the earth's complex systems that support life. Understanding what caused the extinction of animals in the past may help us understand and prevent the extinction of species in the future. Extinct Animals examines the biology and history of some of the most interesting creatures that have ever lived, including: The American Terror Bird, which probably became extinct over 1 million years ago, who were massive predators, some of which were almost 10 feet tall; the Rocky Mountain Locust, last seen in 1902, formed the most immense animal aggregations ever known, with swarms estimated to include over 10 trillion insects; the Giant Ground Sloth, which was as large as an elephant; and the Neandertals, the first Europeans, which co-existed with prehistoric Homo sapiens. Extinct Animals includes illustrations—many created for the work—that help the reader visualize the extinct creature, and each entry concludes with a list of resources for those who wish to do further research.
