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3) Jane
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Looks back at Jane Goodall's career as a primatologist, animal rights advocate, and environmental activist. Comprised of present-day interview segments with Goodall and archival footage of her work studying chimpanzees at Tanzania's Gombe National Park shot by Hugo van Lawick in the 1960s for National Geographic.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
This dramatic conclusion to Leakey's "Trimates" will inspire the next generation of scientists and conservationists as they meet Dian Fossey, who studied and protected her beloved gorillas from poachers and other threats until her murder in 1985.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Come along with Dr. Jill Pruetz as she heads to the wilds of Africa to study chimpanzees and other primates. Through simple, accessible text in question-and-answer format and bright, friendly photography, young scientists will learn all about this exciting science career. Do all primates live in the jungle? Do primatologists live there with them? What's a primatologist's day like? Explore these questions and more!"--
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"This biography for children will trace Goodall's life, but each chapter will also focus on two or more the chimpanzees that she observed, with information in sidebars about these particular animals. Along with biographical details, the book will explore the ethical issues that surround Goodall's work and show what has changed in our understanding of Great Apes. What do we know today about these animals in terms of language, speech, tool use, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Scientist, environmentalist, and activist Jane Goodall is an inspiration. But before she became the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Jane was just a little girl in England who dreamed of making important discoveries."--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A zookeeper always on the fringe learns to go after her wildest dreams--including a certain television star--in this charming and laugh-out-loud romantic comedy by Kerry Rea, author of The Wedding Ringer. Lucy Rourke has two great loves in her life: the gorilla troop she cares for as a primatologist and the laundry list of reality TV shows she watches to escape the fact that her actual love life doesn't exist. And like a reality contestant gunning...
17) Lucy: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jenny Lowe, a primatologist studying chimpanzees, is running for her life with the child of a murdered fellow scientist after a civil war explodes. Jenny grabbing the notebooks of the primatologist who's been killed. She brings the girl to Chicago to await the discovery of her relatives. The girl is fifteen and lovely, her name is Lucy. Realizing that the child has no living relatives, Jenny begins to care for her as her own. When she reads the notebooks...
18) Among the wild chimpanzees: [join Jane Goodall in her pioneering study of chimpanzees in Africa]
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This program looks at two landmark decades of Jane Goodall's work, including her dramatic discovery of chimpanzees making and using tools.
19) Rampage
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Details Dian Fossey's life, with chapters devoted to her early years, life, work, writings, and legacy, as well as how children can follow in her footsteps"--Provided by publisher.
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