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(0)Sy Montgomery
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Part science, part carnival--this winding adventure down the Amazon River with award-winning author Sy Montgomery and photographer Keith Ellenbogen explores how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve not only the rainforest and it's often misunderstood inhabitants, but the fate of our entire environment."--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the cheetah's essential role in the ecosystem and the ways in which Namibia's Cheetah Conservation Fund is promoting cohabitation between cheetahs and farmers.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
71 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Travel to the African bush with Sibert medal winning team Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop in this myth-busting new addition to the Scientists in the Field series, as they join the internationally acclaimed woman researcher conducting one of the longest and most important studies of African mammals." --
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
74 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Originally this bird numbered in the millions before humans brought predators to the islands. Now on the isolated island refuge, a team of scientists is trying to restore the kakapo population.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
70 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The Great White Shark Scientist is the latest ocean adventure from the venerable team of Sy Montgomery and Keith Ellenbogen. In it, they follow Dr. Greg Skomal, biologist and head of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program, as he strives to better understand the habits and habitats of Great Whites in order to save this amazing, if maligned, creature of the deep." --
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
71 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the work of renowned octopus scientist Jennifer Mather and a team of researchers on the island of Moorea, near Tahiti in the South Pacific, where they work to learn more about octopuses and their behavior.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
74 pages : color illustrations, maps, photographs ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A pale, spotted, almost cloud-like coat makes the snow leopard uncannily invisible in its rocky mountain habitat. Author Sy Montgomery and photographer Nic Bishop accompany conservationist Tom McCarthy and his team as they travel to Mongolia's Altai Mountains to gather data about snow leopard populations in an attempt to save this endangered species.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
148 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
An authorized portrait about Grandin's life with autism and her groundbreaking work as a scientist and designer of cruelty-free livestock facilities describes how she overcame key disabilities through education and the support of her mother.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the research that Samuel Marshall and his students are doing on tarantulas, including the largest spider on earth, the Goliath birdeating tarantula.
14) Condor comeback
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
89 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of California condors and the scientists who have fought against their extinction.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
73 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces the world of the freshwater dolphins called Encantados, or Enchanted, by the people who live near them in the region of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers in South America.