Focusing on conservation efforts, the narrative follows Mary Ellen Hannibal's journey across North America to explore the creation of a wildlife corridor spanning Canada, the United States, and Mexico. This initiative aims to safeguard natural landscapes, ensuring that both animals and plants have the necessary space to thrive and migrate. The book highlights the importance of ecological connectivity and the collaborative efforts involved in preserving biodiversity across borders.
Exquisite photographs by Susan Middleton showcase rare specimens from the California Academy of Sciences, highlighting the beauty and complexity of evolutionary development in plants and animals. Accompanying these images, science writer Mary Ellen Hannibal provides a clear overview of essential evolutionary concepts, making the intricate processes of life on Earth accessible to readers. This work celebrates the 150th anniversary of Darwin's landmark publication, blending stunning visuals with informative text.
Divorce has become a way of life. One million couples dissolve their unions every year, profoundly affecting millions of children. While divorce can have many negative consequences, it need not be a disaster for children. For nearly twenty years, the Kids' Turn workshop program has been helping parents and children identify and cope with separation and divorce issues. Good Parenting Through Your Divorce distills Kids' Turn wisdom for individual readers, presenting key topics that concern all parents and their children throughout the divorce and beyond, including: How to recognize, cultivate, and respond to your child's feelings How divorce affects your child's development How to support your child's expressive self The challenge of behavior and discipline The dos and don'ts of shared parenting Understanding and managing negative reactions Guidelines for developing positive emotional habits How to manage communication with your co-parent An essential, comprehensive guide for parents, Good Parenting Through Your Divorce helps you help your children adjust to a new family arrangement. Chapters on childhood development, discipline, healthy communication, and how to move forward make this a user-friendly, complete treatment of a common but challenging experience.
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2016: “Intelligent and impassioned, Citizen Scientist is essential reading for anyone interested in the natural world.” Award-winning writer Mary Ellen Hannibal has long reported on scientists’ efforts to protect vanishing species, but it was only through citizen science that she found she could take action herself. As she wades into tide pools, spots hawks, and scours mountains, she discovers the power of the heroic volunteers who are helping scientists measure—and even slow—today’s unprecedented mass extinction. Citizen science may be the future of large-scale field research—and our planet’s last, best hope.
