Scientists in the field (Houghton Mifflin)
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Once a wolf: how wildlife biologists fought to bring back the gray wolf
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The wildlife detectives: how forensic scientists fight crimes against nature
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Anthropologist: scientist of the people
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2001.
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English
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Through the lenses of powerful microscopes, Dennis Kunkel has examined objects most people have never even thought about: a mosquito"s foot, a crystal of sugar, a grain of pollen, the delicate hairs on a blade of grass. Hidden Worlds takes you behind the scenes of Dennis"s work and explains how he captures his remarkable images of microscopic life and objects.
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Swimming with hammerhead sharks
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The bug scientists
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Looking for life in the universe: the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
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Project UltraSwan
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The woods scientist
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Gorilla doctors: saving endangered great apes
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The prairie builders: reconstructing America's lost grasslands
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Diving to a deep-sea volcano
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Quest for the tree kangaroo: an expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
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Emi and the rhino scientist: saving species from extinction
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Tracking trash: flotsam, jetsam, and the science of ocean motion
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The whale scientists: solving the mystery of whale strandings
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The mysterious universe: supernovae, dark energy, and black holes
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Science warriors: the battle against invasive species
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The frog scientist
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Saving the ghost of the mountain: an expedition among snow leopards in Mongolia
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Whaling season: a year in the life of an arctic whale scientist
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The hive detectives: chronicle of a honey bee catastrophe
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Kakapo rescue: saving the world's strangest parrot
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Project seahorse
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The polar bear scientists
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[2013]
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English
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A scientific journey to study the dolphins of coastal Australia considers the many potential sources of dolphin intelligence and what dolphin behavior can inform the scientific community about human intelligence, captive animals and the future of the oceans.
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2013.
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"In The Spider Silk Scientists, readers enter Randy Lewis' lab where they come face to face with golden orb weaver spiders and genetically engineered goats, whose milk contains the proteins to spin spider silk--and to weave a nearly indestructible fiber. Learn how this amazing material might someday be used to repair or replace human ligaments and bones, improve body armor, strenghten parachute rope, and even tether an airplane to an aircraft carrier!...
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The tapir scientist: saving South America's largest mammal
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Beetle busters: a rogue insect and the people who track it
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Chasing cheetahs: the race to save Africa's fastest cats
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The park scientists: Gila Monsters, Geysers, and Grizzly Bears in America's Own Backyard
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The call of the osprey
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[2015]
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English
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"In the 1990s, scientists lived inside Biosphere 2 (Biosphere 1 is the Earth itself) for two years, trying to figure out if colonizing Mars would ever be possible. Now scientists don't live there but instead conduct all sorts of studies and experiments aimed to help us better understand our environment and especially understand what sort of things are happening to it due to climate change and other man-made problems. It's a unique take on the Scientists...
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Crow smarts: inside the brain of the world's brightest bird
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[2016]
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English
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"The Great White Shark Scientist is the latest ocean adventure from the venerable team of Sy Montgomery and Keith Ellenbogen. In it, they follow Dr. Greg Skomal, biologist and head of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program, as he strives to better understand the habits and habitats of Great Whites in order to save this amazing, if maligned, creature of the deep."
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[2017]
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Join the award-winning author Sy Montgomery and the photographer Keith Ellenbogen as they traverse the river and rainforest to discover how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve the Amazon, its animals, and the rich legacy of its people. Amazon Adventure is an eye-opening exploration of how humanity's practices are affecting and shaping not only the Amazon, but our entire environment.
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[2017]
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"In the United States alone, ten million Americans live in hurricane danger zones. But how do hurricanes work? And how can we predict their strength? A daring team of NASA scientists want to find out--and are using a repurposed Global Hawk drone to conduct hurricane science like never before."--Provided by publisher.
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Impact!: asteroids and the science of saving the world
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Life on Surtsey, Iceland's upstart island
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Backyard bears: conservation, habitat changes, and the rise of urban wildlife
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The hyena scientist
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The orca scientists
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Saving the Tasmanian devil: how science is helping the world's largest marsupial carnivore survive
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[2019]
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English
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"What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's heartland."--
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Condor comeback
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