Contents

Front Cover Image

Welcome

Dedication

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWORD JANE’S FEATHER by Thane Maynard

INTRODUCTION by Jane Goodall

PART 1 Lost in the Wild

Introduction

Black-Footed Ferret, USA

Mala or Rufous Hare-Wallaby, Australia

California Condor, USA

Milu or Père David’s Deer, China

Red Wolf, USA

THANE’S FIELD NOTES: Tahki or Przewalski’s Horse, Mongolia

PART 2: Saved at the Eleventh Hour

Introduction

Golden Lion Tamarin, Brazil

American Crocodile, USA

Peregrine Falcon, USA and Europe

American Burying Beetle, USA

Crested Ibis, China

Whooping Crane, USA and Canada

Angonoka or Ploughshare Tortoise, Madagascar

Formosan Landlocked Salmon, Taiwan

Vancouver Island Marmot, Canada

THANE’S FIELD NOTES: Sumatran Rhino, Indonesia

• Gray Wolf, USA

PART 3: Never Giving Up

Introduction

Iberian Lynx, Spain

Bactrian Camel, China and Mongolia

Giant Panda, China

Pygmy Hog, India

Northern Bald Ibis or Waldrapp, Europe

Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit, USA

Attwater’s Prairie Chicken, USA

Asian Vultures, India, Nepal, and Pakistan

Hawaiian Goose or Nene, USA

THANE’S FIELD NOTES: Cotton-Top Tamarin, Colombia

• Panamanian Golden Frog, Panama

PART 4: The Heroic Struggle to Save Our Island Birds

Introduction

Black Robin or Chatham Island Robin, New Zealand

Abbott’s Booby, Christmas Island, Australia

Bermuda Petrel or Cahow, Bermuda

The Birds of Mauritius, Mauritius

Short-Tailed Albatross or Steller’s Albatross, Japan

THANE’S FIELD NOTES: Blue-and-Gold Macaw, Trinidad

PART 5: The Thrill of Discovery

Introduction

New Discoveries: Species Still Being Discovered

The Lazarus Syndrome: Species Believed Extinct and Recently Found

Living Fossils: Ancient Species Recently Discovered

PART 6: The Nature of Hope

Healing Earth’s Scars: It’s Never Too Late

Why Save Endangered Species?

EPILOGUE

APPENDIX: WHAT YOU CAN DO

READING GROUP GUIDE

Photo Insert

Praise

Copyright