{"product_id":"the-vanishing-wild","title":"The Vanishing Wild","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781761170393\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: NewSouth Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I'm listening for a ghost. Bright green and yellow, with a tail striped like a bumble-bee, it crouches in wait as the sun sinks below the escarpment...'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralia is a country celebrated for its wildlife, yet native species are in crisis. In the last 200 years, Australia has lost more biodiversity than any other developed nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, award-winning science writer Justine E. Hausheer encounters pygmy possums that live high in the Snowy Mountains, hears the booming calls of bitterns from their adopted home in the Riverina's rice fields, crouches after dark in the spinifex grasslands listening for the elusive night parrot and meets adorable fat-tailed dunnarts who might hold the answers to reviving the Tasmanian tiger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing Wild\u003c\/i\u003e immerses us in the harsh reality of the extinction crisis and shows us the future of conservation and what can be done to save Australia's native species.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Australia's wildlife is iconic, but its list of threatened species has only ever got longer. With her engaging and impassioned accounts, Justine Hausheer takes readers with her as she visits conservationists in the field and lab working tirelessly to save a series of incredible animals from extinction, while the world waits for politicians to take the environment seriously.' Jack Ashby, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlatypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A lively and engaging account of Australia's most compelling wildlife conservation challenges. Justine Hausheer shares stories of lost and vanishing birds, mammals and reptiles along with the desperate hope and determ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859892019333,"sku":"PR434004","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG8RMD3QCR4.jpg?v=1789110906","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/the-vanishing-wild","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}