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“The greatest lie that humans ever told is that the earth is ours, and at our disposal.”

Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures by Katherine Rundell

February 6, 2026 by stegolily 2 Comments

“We live in a world of such marvels. We should wake up in the morning and as we put on our trousers, we should remember the seahorse, and we should scream with awe and not stop screaming until we fall asleep, and the same the next day and the next. Each single seahorse contains enough wonder to knock the whole of humanity off its feet, if we would but pay attention.” Did you know that Greenland sharks can live for five hundred years? Or that […]

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stegolily's CBR18 Review No:6 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Katherine Rundell ·
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“The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.”

Vanishing Treasures by Katherine Rundell

February 7, 2025 by Sophia Leave a Comment

I found Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures (2024) by Katherine Rundell because it was available as an audiobook from my library. Environmentalism and animals are two themes that are right up my alley, so it was no surprise that I downloaded it as soon as it was available. Vanishing Treasures is a short collection of essays on endangered animals (or animals that have a subspecies that is endangered). The animals vary widely from the very common raccoon and bear to the rarely seen or studied […]

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Sophia's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Audiobooks, Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: Katherine Rundell ·
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The Strange, Fragile, Beautiful World

Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures by Katherine Rundell

October 4, 2024 by Pooja 2 Comments

It’s estimated that there are around 7.8 millions animal species on the planet, many of which we know little about. Unfortunately, some may vanish before we can learn much more – which is a pity, because the variety of life on this planet is far more wondrous and strange than anything our imaginations could conjure up. This is a quiet and contemplative peek at the natural world in easy bite-sized installments. Each essay discusses an animal species which threatened in one way or another, covering […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, animals, ARC, essays, Katherine Rundell, nature, NetGalley, non fiction, science

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:96 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, animals, ARC, essays, Katherine Rundell, nature, NetGalley, non fiction, science ·
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