Description: "Earth is a world of land and sea, of light and dark, of life and death, with thousands of species vanishing each year. They're gone, presumed extinct, lost for good . . . Or are they? In some special cases, certain creatures, thought to have died out, have been found alive and thriving by scientists and local people. They are known as Lazarus species. From the black-footed ferret, which was thought to have died out from disease but was discovered on a porch in Wyoming, USA, to the Pinocchio lizard, a long-nosed reptile found in the cloud forests of Ecuador, examples can be found all over the globe. Comeback Creatures is packed with inspirational stories of animals that have come back from the brink"--
Review Quotes:
"Useful for personal curiosity, or for an introduction to a unit on endangered and extinct animals."
--School Library Journal