Follow those zebras! : solving a migration mystery [Sandra Markle's science discoveries]by Markle, Sandra 

BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 603837 Available

Dewey: 599.665/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 6.2 MG Lexile: 1050

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Subjects: Zebras - Migration - Namibia

Summary: Every year in Namibia, about two thousand zebras suddenly disappear from their grazing area along the Chobe River. Months later, the herds return. Where do they go? And why? Thanks to satellite-tracking collars, scientists were able to solve the mystery and reveal the process they used to study the zebras.

Great bear rescue : saving the Gobi bears [Sandra Markle's science discoveries]by Markle, Sandra 

BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 603733 Available

Dewey: 333.95/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 7 MG F&P: T

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Subjects: Brown bears - Conservation - Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) Wildlife conservation Endangered species Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China)

Summary: This fascinating look at Gobi bears-the rarest bears on the planet-includes the story of why so few of these bears remain and what scientists are doing to help this critically endangered species.

Great leopard rescue : saving the Amur leopards [Sandra Markle's science discoveries]by Markle, Sandra 

BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 603832 Available

Dewey: 599.75/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 6.5 MG RC: 7.5 3-5 Lexile: 1110

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Subjects: Leopard - Amur River Valley (China and Russia) Wildlife rescue - Amur River Valley (China and Russia) Wildlife conservation - Amur River Valley (China and Russia)

Summary: Amur leopards are the rarest big cats in the world. But thanks to scientists' new, innovative efforts to study them and breed a reserve population, these majestic cats have a chance to come back.

Great penguin rescue : saving the African penguins [Sandra Markle's science discoveries]by Markle, Sandra 

BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 603741 Available

Dewey: 598.47/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 6.5 MG RC: 9.6 3-5 Lexile: 1070 F&P: V

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Subjects: African penguins - Conservation - South Africa Animal rescue - South Africa Oil spills and wildlife - South Africa Sea birds - Conservation - South Africa

Summary: The African penguin population is critically low, due to various factors including climate change. Scientists and volunteers with a South African organization are helping to rescue these endangered birds by rearing abandoned chicks.

Great shark rescue : saving the whale sharks [Sandra Markle's science discoveries]by Markle, Sandra 

BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 603734 Available

Dewey: 597.3/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 6.7 MG Lexile: 1120

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Subjects: Whale sharks Endangered species - Conservation

Summary: Facing threats from commercial fishing as well as climate change, whale sharks--the largest fish on the planet--were categorized as endangered in 2016. Find out how scientists are working to study and protect these gentle giants of the ocean.

Search for Olinguito : discovering a new species [Sandra Markle's science discoveries]by Markle, Sandra 

BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 603834 Available

Dewey: 599.76/NAges: 6-9   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 6.3 3-5 Lexile: 910 F&P: U

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Subjects: Olinguitos Rare mammals - South America Cloud forest animals

Summary: Learn about the olinguito, one of the most recently discovered mammal species, the discovery thereof, and the "cloud forests" in which they live.

Snowy owl invasion! : tracking an unusual migration [Sandra Markle's science discoveries]by Markle, Sandra 

BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 603927 Available

Dewey: 598.9/NAges: 9-13   
AR: 6.6 MG RC: 10.2 6-8 Lexile: 1080 F&P: W

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Subjects: Snowy owl - Behavior Snowy owl - Migration Animal migration

Summary: Recently, snowy owls started showing up in places no one expected to find them. Explains the story behind this unusual behavior by snowy owls and presents the science behind this irruption of owls.

Woolly monkey mysteries : the quest to save a rain forest species [Sandra Markle's science discoveries]by Markle, Sandra 

BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 603954 Available

Dewey: 599.8/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.5 MG RC: 11.6 3-5 Lexile: 1160

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Subjects: Woolly monkeys Wildlife conservation

Summary: Learn about how scientists use different methods of observation and incorporate technology to learn how to save this keystone species and protect the rain forests.