Turtle Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife

by Pamela Hickman

Book Overview

Turtles are facing the greatest challenge in their evolutionary history, and there are too few people out there who are fighting hard to save them.

Turtles evolved about 200 million years ago, even before dinosaurs. Today they are found everywhere, from tropical rainforests to deserts, in freshwater, in saltwater and on land. But turtles are under attack, and populations are in decline. Areas of southeast Asia have lost up to 80 percent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552979156
• ISBN13: 9781552979150
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8