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Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

byGloria Dickie

Environmental journalist Gloria Dickie travels in search of the world's eight remaining bear species, from polar bears and giant pandas to spectacled, sloth, sun, moon, brown, and black bears. She combines ecology, conservation, mythology, and encounters with communities living beside these powerful animals. Each species faces a different mix of habitat loss, climate change, trade, development, and human conflict. The book explores why bears occupy such a large place in human imagination while their real futures grow precarious, and what coexistence requires as wild spaces continue to shrink.

Publisher

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

272

ISBN

9781324005087