The best books about wildlife conservation

Writing this book introduced me to the plight of pangolins, the elegant beauty of lumpy nosed gharials, and the dazzling colours of the peacock tarantula. With the generous help of Head of IUCN RedList Craig Hilton-Tailor, I narrowed 100,000 species on the Red List of threatened species down to just 15.

In school visits, the stories of this diverse group of endangered creatures have gripped the imagination of hundreds of school children. Researching the book has ignited my friendship with scientists and inspiring conservations around the world. I am grateful to Anne Wilson for her vibrant illustrations and pangolin drawing tutorials that have transfixed so many hushed school halls, with children’s pencils poised.

The Mystery of the Missing Fur is the first book in The Missing Fur series and follows Bernard's adventures after he saves three rare Amazonian monkeys and a zoo full of animals from a vain celebrity, a short-sighted trophy hunter, and an endangered species trafficker. Along the way, he makes friends with a giant anteater called Armando, an over-furred cat named Loki, and a human child with an unfortunate name. Together, they solve the not-so-mysterious mystery of the missing fur and, most importantly, what happened to Bernard's parents, famous conservationists.

The heart-warming comedy mystery is set in England with flashbacks to the Amazon and touches on friendship, love, and loss. The Macaw of Doom is the second book in the series. Both can be read as standalone books.

The Mystery of the Missing Fur is the first book in The Missing Fur series and follows Bernard's adventures after he saves three rare Amazonian monkeys and a zoo full of animals from a vain celebrity, a short-sighted trophy hunter, and an endangered species trafficker. Along the way, he makes friends with a giant anteater called Armando, an over-furred cat named Loki, and a human child with an unfortunate name. Together, they solve the not-so-mysterious mystery of the missing fur and, most importantly, what happened to Bernard's parents, famous conservationists.

The heart-warming comedy mystery is set in England with flashbacks to the Amazon and touches on friendship, love, and loss. The Macaw of Doom is the second book in the series. Both can be read as standalone books.

Apples, blueberries, peppers, cucumbers, coffee, and vanilla. Do you like to eat and drink? Then you might want to thank a bee. Bees pollinate 75 percent of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in the United States. Around the world, bees pollinate $24 billion worth of crops each year. Without bees, humans would face a drastically reduced diet. But numbers of bees are falling, and some bee species are teetering on the brink of extinction. What's behind the decline?

This book teaches you about the many bee species on Earth -- their nests, their colonies, their life cycles, and their vital connection to flowering plants. You'll learn how diseases, pesticides, climate change, and loss of habitat are all threatening bee populations. Most importantly, you'll discover what you can do to help.

It’s 1945, and brutally cold in northern Europe. Young teen Eva and her purebred horse are fleeing hundreds of miles for their lives. Red Army planes bomb them and other refugees as they head onto the ice of the Baltic Sea. What will it take to survive? Eva’s little brother and sister grow weaker as grueling weeks pass. Their horses’ shoes are falling off, their legs are injured, their bellies empty. Yet Eva has promised her beautiful mare that one day she’ll canter in green fields. This dream is almost all that helps Eva face hunger, typhoid, and exhaustion.

Based on true events, this novel traces the history of Trakehner horses, which walked out of Prussia during WWII in an incredible feat of endurance.

The Mystery of the Missing Fur is the first book in The Missing Fur series and follows Bernard's adventures after he saves three rare Amazonian monkeys and a zoo full of animals from a vain celebrity, a short-sighted trophy hunter, and an endangered species trafficker. Along the way, he makes friends with a giant anteater called Armando, an over-furred cat named Loki, and a human child with an unfortunate name. Together, they solve the not-so-mysterious mystery of the missing fur and, most importantly, what happened to Bernard's parents, famous conservationists.

The heart-warming comedy mystery is set in England with flashbacks to the Amazon and touches on friendship, love, and loss. The Macaw of Doom is the second book in the series. Both can be read as standalone books.

Do you hate rats? Pigeons? What about cats? Or elephants? Why do we love some animals, and hate others so very, very much? In Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains, Bethany Brookshire shows that calling an animal a pest says far more about who we are and what we want out of our environments than it does about any animals we disdain. Filled with science, history, philosophy, and humor, Pests will show readers what there is to venerate in vermin, and how we could see our environments—and the animals that live in them—a little differently.

The Mystery of the Missing Fur is the first book in The Missing Fur series and follows Bernard's adventures after he saves three rare Amazonian monkeys and a zoo full of animals from a vain celebrity, a short-sighted trophy hunter, and an endangered species trafficker. Along the way, he makes friends with a giant anteater called Armando, an over-furred cat named Loki, and a human child with an unfortunate name. Together, they solve the not-so-mysterious mystery of the missing fur and, most importantly, what happened to Bernard's parents, famous conservationists.

The heart-warming comedy mystery is set in England with flashbacks to the Amazon and touches on friendship, love, and loss. The Macaw of Doom is the second book in the series. Both can be read as standalone books.

Over a century ago, treachery in Alaska's Bering Sea twice brought the world to the brink of war. The US seized Canadian vessels, Great Britain positioned warships to strike the US, and Americans killed Japanese pirates on US soil, all because of the fur seals that crowded onto the tiny Pribilof Islands.

The herd's population plummeted while notorious seafarers like Alex MacLean poached indiscriminately. Enter an unlikely crusader to defend the seals: self-taught artist and naturalist Henry Wood Elliott, whose zeal and love for the sea creatures urged him to go against all odds and take on giants of the sea. Impossible as it seemed for him to win, Elliott exposed corruption while setting the course for the modern wildlife protections.

K. Ullas Karanth has been engaged in the struggle to save wild tigers in India for over five decades. He tells the story of the tiger itself – its incredible biology and the unique place it holds in our imagination. By bringing the world's largest and most beloved cat back from the brink, how we also protect countless other species, from the freezing forests of Siberia to the steamy tropics of India. Karanth shares his life story packed with thrills and heartbreaks, culminating in the hopeful realization that tiger conservation battle can still be won.

Among Tigers shows us not only how the greatest of great cats can be saved, but also how we can bring It roaring back in numbers never-before seen in our lifetimes.