Yet an extinction always represents an irretrievable loss of evolutionary potential and a diminishing of the beauty, diversity, and value in our own lives. The dramatic lessons of this book shed new light on the problems of endangered species and offer hope that we may yet change the fate of those species that totter on the edge of extinction. Stephen C. Stearns is professor of zoology at the University of Basel in Switzerland. The dramatic lessons of this book shed new light on the problems of declining species and offer hope that we may yet change their fate. This book is the perfect companion for a conservation biology course.
Students can see the commitment, excitement and frustration of trying to save species.
A perfect course companion. The Stearns' book is unusual in its ambitious, but successful, aim of weaving together the underlying ecological science with an engaging richness of anecdotal detail. From the Edge of Extinction by Beverly Peterson Stearns and Stephen C. Stearns in an absorbing book in the honorable tradition of Douglas Adams' Last Chance to See. You will after reading their story here. This book is essential reading for ecologists, conservation biologists, and wildlife biologists. . . .