{"product_id":"lost-animals-isbn-9781588346988","title":"Lost Animals","description":"\u003cb\u003eMeet the incredible animals that have disappeared due to competition, mass extinctions, hunting, and human activity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost Animals\u003c\/i\u003e brings back to life some of the most charismatic creatures to inhabit the planet. It captures the imagination with more than 200 incredible photographs, artworks of fossils, and scientific drawings of charming creatures like dodos, paraceratherium (the largest land mammal), spinosaurus (the biggest carnivorous dinosaur), placeoderm fishes (the sharks of their day), and more! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost Animals\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating documentation of evolution and extinction. Each chapter focuses on a specific time in Earth's history, from the Cambrian explosion (the most intense surge of evolution the world has ever experienced) to present times, with profiles of the key species that lived then. From long extinct animals to Lazarus species--animals that were thought to be extinct before being rediscovered--this book takes readers on a journey through Earth's natural history, highlighting the world's biggest animal losses and its moments of conservational hope.\u003cb\u003eBOOKLIST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"When life on Earth seems caught in turmoil and uncertainty, a look to the past can help gain\u003cbr\u003eperspective. Writer, zoologist, and scientific journalist Whitfield takes readers on a millennia-long\u003cbr\u003eexploration of the planet. Beginning with the earliest animals found in the sea to their emergence\u003cbr\u003eon land and to the sky, he highlights some of Earth’s most resilient, bizarre, and unknown\u003cbr\u003ecreatures. Readers will discover the Dickinsonia, a segmented worm-like animal that lived in the\u003cbr\u003esea about 560 million years ago and is possibly the oldest animal discovered; the Maganuera, a\u003cbr\u003edragonfly-like insect that had a wingspan over two feet long; and the saber-toothed marsupial\u003cbr\u003eThylacosmilus. Whitfield organizes the over 500 million years covered here into five periods of\u003cbr\u003edevastating extinction, explaining how \"one species’ catastrophe is another’s opportunity. Each\u003cbr\u003ecreates space for something new.” He concludes with a look at how humans may be causing a\u003cbr\u003esixth mass extinction today. This incredibly interesting scientific journey takes a critical look at\u003cbr\u003ethe effects of human behavior and what must be done now to change course.\" — Melissa NorstedtJOHN WHITFIELD, a PhD in zoology from the University of Cambridge, has written articles for \u003ci\u003eScience, Scientific American, New Scientist, Slate \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e in his 20-year career as a science journalist. At the journal \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, he has covered topics on evolution, ecology, and conservation. John is the author of two popular science books, \u003ci\u003ePeople Will Talk: The Surprising Science of Reputation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Beat of a Heart: Life, Energy and the Unity of Nature.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Smithsonian Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299938717925,"sku":"NP9781588346988","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781588346988.jpg?v=1767731821","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/lost-animals-isbn-9781588346988","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}