Resurrection Science
Conservation, De-extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 266 pages ; 25 cm
"A tour of current advances in biology and ethics demonstrates how humans are increasingly in control of evolution, exploring how as the scientific community endeavors to save near-extinct species, the creatures being saved become less wild and more dependent,"--Novelist.
Contents:
An ark of toads: Nectophrynoides asperginis -- Tracking chimeras in the Fakahatchee Strand: Puma concolor coryi -- Exuberant evolution in a desert fish: Cyprindon tularoa -- Mysteries of the whale called 1334: Eubalaena glacialis -- Freezing crows: Corvus hawaiiensis -- Metaphysical rhinos: Ceratotherium simum cottoni -- Regenesis of the passenger pigeon: Neo-Ectopistes migratorius -- Nice to meet you, Neanderthal: Homo neanderthalensis -- Coda. Ultima Thule: ends of the earth.
Subjects:
Animal diversity conservation -- Anecdotes.
Animal diversity conservation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Endangered species -- Anecdotes.
Wildlife conservationists -- Anecdotes.
Animal diversity conservation -- Anecdotes.
Animal diversity conservation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Endangered species -- Anecdotes.
Wildlife conservationists -- Anecdotes.
ISBN:
9781137279293
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ANIMALS Conserve O'C | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.