The Secret World of Red Wolves
Title | The Secret World of Red Wolves PDF eBook |
Author | T. DeLene Beeland |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2013-06-10 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1469602008 |
Red wolves are shy, elusive, and misunderstood predators. Until the 1800s, they were common in the longleaf pine savannas and deciduous forests of the southeastern United States. However, habitat degradation, persecution, and interbreeding with the coyote nearly annihilated them. Today, reintroduced red wolves are found only in peninsular northeastern North Carolina within less than 1 percent of their former range. In The Secret World of Red Wolves, nature writer T. DeLene Beeland shadows the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's pioneering recovery program over the course of a year to craft an intimate portrait of the red wolf, its history, and its restoration. Her engaging exploration of this top-level predator traces the intense effort of conservation personnel to save a species that has slipped to the verge of extinction. Beeland weaves together the voices of scientists, conservationists, and local landowners while posing larger questions about human coexistence with red wolves, our understanding of what defines this animal as a distinct species, and how climate change may swamp its current habitat.
Journey of the Red Wolf
Title | Journey of the Red Wolf PDF eBook |
Author | Roland Smith |
Publisher | Dutton Juvenile |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Endangered species |
ISBN | 9780525651628 |
A story of the red wolf's journey from the brink of extinction to its reintroduction to the wild.
The Hidden Life of Wolves
Title | The Hidden Life of Wolves PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Dutcher |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1426210124 |
A photographic tribute to the authors' work as wolf caregivers and advocates documents their efforts with the Sawtooth Pack in Idaho and features a passionate argument for reintroducing and protecting wild wolves.
Secret World of Red Wolves
Title | Secret World of Red Wolves PDF eBook |
Author | T. DeLene Beeland |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2013-06-10 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1469601990 |
Red wolves are shy, elusive, and misunderstood predators. Until the 1800s, they were common in the longleaf pine savannas and deciduous forests of the southeastern United States. However, habitat degradation, persecution, and interbreeding with the coyote
Secret Diary of a Wolf
Title | Secret Diary of a Wolf PDF eBook |
Author | Felicia Law |
Publisher | Bramblekids Limited |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2016-06-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1909711608 |
4 storybooks begin this collection of themed tales, based on the diaries written by a collection of animals.Humour and comic characters aim to encourage children to write and illustrate their own diaries.
Red Wolf
Title | Red Wolf PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel Vincent |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2021-07-27 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0062411640 |
Powerful and compelling, this high-stakes, feminist reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood is perfect for fans of Stephanie Garber and Meagan Spooner. For as long as sixteen-year-old Adele can remember, the village of Oakvale has been surrounded by the dark wood—a forest filled with terrible monsters. A forest that light itself cannot penetrate. Unlike her fellow villagers, Adele cannot avoid the dark wood. Adele is one of a long line of guardians: women who secretly take on the form of a wolf, in order to protect their village. But when accepting her fate means giving up the boy she loves, abandoning the future she imagined for herself, and breaking her own moral code, she must decide how far she is willing to go to keep her neighbors safe.
Wolf Island
Title | Wolf Island PDF eBook |
Author | L. David Mech |
Publisher | U of Minnesota Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2020-10-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 145296209X |
The world’s leading wolf expert describes the first years of a major study that transformed our understanding of one of nature’s most iconic creatures In the late 1940s, a small pack of wolves crossed the ice of Lake Superior to the island wilderness of Isle Royale, creating a perfect “laboratory” for a long-term study of predators and prey. As the wolves hunted and killed the island’s moose, a young graduate student named Dave Mech began research that would unlock the mystery of one of nature’s most revered (and reviled) animals—and eventually became an internationally renowned and respected wolf expert. This is the story of those early years. Wolf Island recounts three extraordinary summers and winters Mech spent on the isolated outpost of Isle Royale National Park, tracking and observing wolves and moose on foot and by airplane—and upending the common misperception of wolves as destructive killers of insatiable appetite. Mech sets the scene with one of his most thrilling encounters: witnessing an aerial view of a spectacular hunt, then venturing by snowshoe (against the pilot’s warning) to photograph the pack of hungry wolves at their kill. Wolf Island owes as much to the spirit of adventure as to the impetus of scientific curiosity. Written with science and outdoor writer Greg Breining, who recorded hours of interviews with Mech and had access to his journals and field notes from those years, the book captures the immediacy of scientific fieldwork in all its triumphs and frustrations. It takes us back to the beginning of a classic environmental study that continues today, spanning nearly sixty years—research and experiences that would transform one of the most despised creatures on Earth into an icon of wilderness and ecological health.