World Wildlife Conservation Day

Updated August 9, 2024
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Wild things, wild places : adventurous tales of wildlife and conservation on planet Earth
Alexander, Jane
Paper Book
A moving, inspiring, personal look at the vastly changing world of wildlife on planet earth as a result of human incursion, and the crucial work of animal and bird preservation across the globe being done by scientists, field biologists, zoologists, environmentalists, and conservationists. From a...
Cathedral of the wild : an African journey home
Varty, Boyd.
Paper Book
"This is a gorgeous, lyrical, hilarious, important book. . . . Read this and you may find yourself instinctively beginning to heal old wounds: in yourself, in others, and just maybe in the cathedral of the wild that is our true home."--Martha Beck, author of Finding Your Own North Star<...
The last rhinos : my battle to save one of the world's greatest creatures
Anthony, Lawrence.
Audiobook
When Lawrence Anthony learned that the northern white rhino, living in the war-ravaged Congo, was on the very brink of extinction, he knew he had to act. If the world lost the sub-species, it would be the largest land mammal since the woolly mammoth to go extinct. In The Last Rhinos, Anthony...
Eager : the surprising, secret life of beavers and why they matter
Goldfarb, Ben (Environmental journalist)
Paper Book
WINNER of the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Washington Post "50 Notable Works of Nonfiction" Science News "Favorite Science Books of 2018" Booklist "Top Ten Science/Technology Book of 2018" "A marvelously humor-laced page-turner about the...
The black rhinos of Namibia : searching for survivors in the African desert
Bass, Rick
Paper Book
From one of our most gifted writers on the natural world comes a stunning exploration of a unique landscape and the improbable and endangered animal that makes its home there. Rick Bass first made a name for himself as a writer and seeker of rare, iconic animals, including the...
An elephant in my kitchen : what the herd taught me about love, courage and survival
Malby-Anthony, Françoise
Paper Book
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Malby-Anthony offers a book of great inspiration and wide appeal to nature-loving readers." --Publishers Weekly A heart-warming sequel to the international bestseller The Elephant Whisperer...
Hope for animals and their world : how endangered species are being rescued from the brink
Goodall, Jane
Audiobook
From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes an inspiring message about the future of the animal kingdom. With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a...

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