This book explores sustainable wildlife habitats representing the physical environment where animals live and can to find the necessities of life, such as food, water, shelter, and space to raise their young. These habitats are found all over the world, from lush tropical rainforests to oceans, freshwater lakes, wetlands, grasslands, mountains, and polar regions. Wherever they are located, scientists are dedicated to preserving and protecting them.

chapter one. Science to the rescue -- chapter two. Feeding the world, conserving the wild -- chapter three. Conservation-minded development -- chapter four. How climate change threatens habitats.