Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Agt of Extinction

摘要

It's tempting to think that humans have always cared about the survival of our fellow beasts and birds. But science writer Nijhuis argues that's not the case - it's only in the past 150 years or so that we've realized our ability to push other species to extinction and worked to counter that. In a far-ranging, powerfully written history of the conservation movement, Nijhuis chronicles figures from taxidermist William Temple Hornaday, who fought to preserve the country's last free-roaming bison, to environmental writer Rachel Carson, who railed against the use of synthetic pesticides.