Product Description
by Re Wild (Author), Syd Robinson (Author)
Celebrate our amazing world with this fascinating and entertaining book featuring wow-worthy animal facts and beautiful photos that will remind you of what we risk losing if we don't make changes to our environment.
Ever hear of the Pink-headed Duck? What about Romeo the Frog, a type of rare water frog who found his mate with the help of an online dating photo? Our world is full of quirky, interesting wild animals that roam the treetops and plains and who make our planet a vibrant, diverse place to live. Wild Life! celebrates them by providing you with inspiring facts, conservation success stories, and profiles of people working hard to find and protect the rarest of these species. Along with remarkable, full-color photos, this book will both entertain and inform you about the rare and endangered animals that may soon disappear if we don't make the necessary steps towards conserving our environment.Author Biography
Re: wild protects and restores the diversity of life on Earth. They aim to achieve a world where thriving wildlife and ecosystems underpin our own well-being and prosperity. They believe protecting and restoring biodiversity, the immune system of our planet, is the primary solution for a healthier planet and a more stable climate. Re: wild has developed a collaborative model that works directly with hundreds of local partners, including Indigenous peoples and communities, in nearly 100 countries around the world to protect wildlife and wild places. They are focused on often-overlooked but highly threatened species and ecosystems integral to the health of our planet. Their award-winning work has protected more than 150 threatened species and 20,000 other species in fifteen of the world's biodiversity hotspots, and has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, BBC, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and more. Re: wild is formerly Global Wildlife Conservation. Learn more at ReWild.org.
Syd Robinson is a senior staff writer at BuzzFeed, where she writes everything from animals to pop culture and has rapidly become one of the media company's most prominent voices. She is the author of Who Do the Stars Say You Are?, a contributor to The Buzzfeed Ultimate Book of Quizzes, and collaborated with conservation organization Re: wild to write Wild Life. When she's not busy writing, Syd can be found singing to herself, drawing, or running around Manhattan with her little black pug, Phoebe.
