Название: Saving the Tasmanian Devil: How Science Is Helping the World's Largest Marsupial Carnivore Survive
Автор: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Издательство: Clarion Books
ISBN: 0544991486
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 80
Размер: 185,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

In this addition to the critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, Dorothy Patent follows the scientists trying to put a stop to a gruesome disease before it’s too late. Tasmanian devils are dying at an alarming rate from a type of tumor that appears to be contagious. What scientists are learning while researching the Tasmanian devil has potential to affect all animals, and even humans, as they learn more about how to prevent and hopefully eradicate certain genetic diseases.