• Real-life scientific adventure
• A thought-provoking exploration of how the Endangered Species Act works--and how it fails
Thirty years ago, researchers discovered a previously unknown species of bird in the rain-soaked and remote mountains of Hawaii. As they studied the creature--which sported a black mask and was called the po'ouli--they soon learned that its population was shrinking quickly, and they worked frantically to find out what was killing the species and how they might prevent its extinction. This fast-paced account of their work, done in one of the world's most inhospitable environments, describes a stirring fight for survival. It also illustrates the challenge of protecting endangered species in a rapidly changing world.
- 280 pages
- English
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Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Map of Maui
- INTRODUCTION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 1. ELEVEN WEEKS
- 2. NO MORE MIRACLES
- 3. THE HANA RAINFOREST PROJECT
- 4. THE MYSTERY BIRD
- 5. HAWAII
- 6. THE HONEYCREEPERS
- 7. THE PO‘OULI’S DECLINE
- 8. RATS, EXTINCTION, AND THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
- 9. THE HAWAIIAN FOREST BIRD SURVEY
- 10. PRELUDE TO A FENCE
- 11. A FENCE IN THE FOREST
- 12. BACK FROM THE DEAD
- 13. FUNERALS AND FRUSTRATION
- 14. BREEDING IN CAGES
- 15. SAVING THE LEGACY
- 16. AFTER ELEVEN WEEKS
- 17. KNOWLEDGE AND HOPE
- 18. A FOREST BIRD’S ECHO
- ENDNOTES
- INDEX
- Back Cover
- Discover More
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