Saving the Tasmanian Devil: How Science Is Helping the World's Largest Marsupial Carnivore Survive

by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

Book Overview

In this addition to the critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, Dorothy Patent follows the scientists trying to put a stop to a gruesome disease before it's too late. Tasmanian devils are dying at an alarming rate from a type of tumor that appears to be contagious. What scientists are learning while researching the Tasmanian devil has potential to affect all animals, and even humans, as they learn more about how to prevent and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544991486
• ISBN13: 9780544991484
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7