The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species

By Scott Weidensaul

Approximately 30,000 species of animals and plants go extinct every year. Follow Weidensaul around the globe to places such as Madagascar, Indonesia, and Peru, as he pursues stories of extinction and, surprisingly, resurrection.


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