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Animals at the EDGE

Animals at the EDGE

Saving the World’s Rarest Creatures

By Marilyn Baillie & Jonathan Baillie.
Maple Tree Press, ©2008.
ISBN 9781897349335 (pbk) ISBN 9781897349328 (hc)
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The Yangtze River Dolphin and the Long-eared Jerboa are just two of the extraordinary animals living on the edge of extinction.  Meet nine other animals and read about the scientists and researchers who are working hard to ensure a safe future for them all.

About the Authors

Marilyn Baillie

Marilyn Baillie

Marilyn Baillie is an award winning children’s book author with over a dozen published Science and Nature books to her credit. The Animal Behavior Society chose one of Marilyn’s books, Amazing Things Animals Do as their Outstanding Children’s Book of the year. Before writing children’s books, Marilyn was editor of ChickaDEE magazine, an interactive, natural science publication for young children. During Marilyn’s time there, ChickaDEE won several awards for distinguished achievement from the prestigious Educational Press Association of America.

As an Early Learning specialist, Marilyn taught nursery school and initiated and developed various educational programs for young children. Marilyn’s book, Nose to Toes is currently being used in a nation-wide “Welcome to Kindergarten” program that prepares preschoolers for school. As a lecturer at the Royal Ontario Museum, Marilyn taught school children in the Zoology and Paleontology galleries. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters degree in Museum Education. Marilyn’s eclectic travels with her husband and four children have taken them from Patagonia to Papua New Guinea. Another adventure is always just around the corner…and perhaps another book!

Jonathan Baillie

Jonathan Baillie

Contact Jonathan Baillie

Dr. Jonathan Baillie is Head of Field Conservation at the Zoological Society of London, where he is responsible for conservation projects focusing on threatened species in more than 30 countries. In January of 2006 he founded the EDGE of Existence program (http://www.edgeofexistence.org/index.php) with a team from ZSL which focuses on Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species. The EDGE website has had millions of visitors since its launch, and Dr. Baillie has been a frequent guest on BBC and CNN reporting the latest developments.

He studied as an undergraduate at Queen’s University in Canada followed by a Masters in conservation biology at Yale University, and a PhD in biology at Imperial College, University of London.  He conducted his PhD research in the Gulf of Guinea focusing on island birds, then spent two years researching gorillas in the rainforest of Gabon with a team of Pigmy trackers.  He has also conducted fieldwork in countries such as Tanzania, Namibia, Papua, and Mongolia.

Dr. Baillie has played a significant role in some of the most influential documents on the status of the world’s species, including the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and The WWF Living Planet Report.

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Suggested Activities

Read about scientists who are working to save endangered species, by going to Edge Community at http://www.edgeofexistence.org/index.php Learn more about an endangered animal that interests you.