Alamosa Public Library

Emmanuel, an employee of the Rwandan National Park, saves several gorillas from poachers and sets out on a tracking expedition to count gorillas for an upcoming census.

Describes the endangered black rhinoceros and what is being done to protect it.

Paul and Helen observe the habits and habitat of the African elephant. Similar fictional vignettes combined with factual information focus on the behavior and endangered situation of several species of elephants.

Walter Coleman takes six tourists on his boat to observe the gray whales giving birth in a protected lagoon. Similar fictional vignettes combined with factual information focus on the behavior and endangered situation of several species of whales.

Villagers track a snow leopard in the Himalayas of western Nepal. Similar fictional vignettes combined with factual information focus on the behavior and endangered situation of several species of leopards.

Fictional vignettes provide facts about three species of otters, which live in rivers, lakes, or along the coast, and which are declining in number.