Saving the Tasmanian devil : how science is helping the world's largest marsupial carnivore survive
Title:
Saving the Tasmanian devil : how science is helping the world's largest marsupial carnivore survive
Author:
Summary:
"In this addition to the critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, Dorothy Patent follows the scientists trying to put a stop to a gruesome disease before it's too late. Tasmanian devils are dying at an alarming rate from a type of tumor that appears to be contagious. What scientists are learning while researching the Tasmanian devil has potential to affect all animals, and even humans, as they learn more about how to prevent and hopefully eradicate certain genetic diseases."-- Provided by publisher.
Audience:
Ages 10-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
Contents:
The unfolding of a disaster -- Life of the devil -- Meeting the devil -- Where devils live wild -- Tasmanian devils in action -- Into the heart of devil rescue -- Developing a vaccine -- Adventure in the wild -- Looking to the future.
Physical Description:
79 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Geographic Term:
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Publication Date:
2019
ISBN:
9780544991484
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
©2019
Award Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection.
Call Number:
J 599.2 PATENT