National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Author
Series
Mysteries in our national parks volume 9
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
While at St. John National Park in the Virgin Islands for a seminar on coral reefs, the Landons help a wealthy thirteen-year-old to find his birth mother, who he believes is in danger.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002, c1991]
Language
English
Description
This film provides an amazing encounter with the mountain gorilla in Rwanda, a highly social species and one of the world's largest primates. Eat, nap, travel, eat is the routine for adult gorillas, but the young members of the troop see everything as play, play, play! Watch a young silverback challenge the leader for dominance of the troop.
9) The hot zone
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story about the origins of Ebola, a highly infectious and deadly virus from the central African rainforest and its arrival on U.S. soil in 1989. When this killer suddenly appeared in monkeys in a scientific research lab in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., there was no known cure.
10) Lion kingdom
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A powerful story emerges from within one of the largest and most remote national parks in Africa. In an environment where predator and prey live together, sometimes fighting, sometimes cooperating, the lion tribes reign supreme.