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| Foreword | p. 24 |
| Preface | p. 38 |
| "A Great Campaign of Conservation" | p. 42 |
| The Race to Save the Bison | p. 47 |
| from "Our Last Buffalo Hunt - Part II," A Wild Animal Round-up, 1925 | |
| from "The Passing of the Buffalo - I," The Cosmopolitan, October 1887 | |
| from a letter to Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., March 25, 1905 | |
| from "The National Bison Herd - An Account of the Transportation of the Bison from the Zoological Park to the Wichita Range," New York Zoological Society Bulletin, January 1908 | |
| Portfolio: Early Years at the Bronx Zoo | p. 57 |
| Troubled Waters | p. 68 |
| from "Pollution of Streams - an Appeal to Anglers," The Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society, 1907 | |
| Fur Seals: Enlisting the President | p. 70 |
| from a letter to Henry W. Elliot, Lakewood, Ohio, March 4, 1908 | |
| The Last of Its Kind | p. 71 |
| letter to Mr. S. A. Stephen, Superintendent, Cincinnati Zoological Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 1, 1907 | |
| letter to Joseph Voorde, South Bend, Indiana, June 12, 1911 | |
| Protecting Wild Game: "Extreme Measures are Necessary" | p. 72 |
| from "Bayne-Blauvelt Bill," Zoological Society Bulletin, July 1911 | |
| from "The Former Abundance of Wildlife," Our Vanishing Wildlife, 1912 | |
| from "The Savage View-Point of the Gunner," Our Vanishing Wildlife, 1912 | |
| Portfolio: Manhattan's Aquarium | p. 77 |
| Battling for the Bird Bill | p. 80 |
| letter to Henry Ford, March 14, 1913 | |
| night letter, June 18, 1913 | |
| from "Wild Life Protection," Eighteenth Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society, 1913 | |
| A National Task | p. 82 |
| from "Duty and Power of the Citizen," Wildlife Conservation, 1914 | |
| The Naturalist Tradition | p. 84 |
| A Masterpiece of Evolution | p. 87 |
| from "Ancestors," The Bird, 1906 | |
| Migration Night - 1904 | p. 90 |
| from "Migration Night - 1904," Animal Kingdom, Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society, April 1954 | |
| Portfolio: The Pheasant Expedition | p. 93 |
| An Encounter with Anadenus Beebei | p. 96 |
| from "The Hills of Hills," Pheasant Jungles, 1927 | |
| Opalina's Story | p. 97 |
| "A Chain of Jungle Life," Jungle Days, 1925 | |
| Trials of a Herpetologist | p. 107 |
| from "A Night Job in Rio," Thrills of a Naturalist's Quest, 1932 | |
| Portfolio: Arcturus Adventure | p. 110 |
| Glimpses of a New World | p. 115 |
| from "Unedited Telephone Observations on Dive Number Thirty-two," Half Mile Down, 1934 | |
| from "Appendix H: Summary and Conclusions," Half Mile Down, 1934 | |
| The Last Days of Eden | p. 123 |
| from "Golfito: Bay of Jungles," Book of Bays, 1942 | |
| A New Global Vision | p. 124 |
| The "Big Tent" | p. 130 |
| from "We Must Reverse the Tide," Animal Kingdom, Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society, December 6, 1945 | |
| Osborn's Plundered Planet | p. 131 |
| from "The Dim Yet Potent Years," Our Plundered Planet, 1948 | |
| from "Life Begets Life," Our Plundered Planet, 1948 | |
| Land and Population | p. 135 |
| from "Mediterranean Lands and Africa," Our Plundered Planet, 1948 | |
| Huxley's Response | p. 138 |
| letter to Fairfield Osborn, Animal Kingdom, Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society, April 1, 1948 | |
| Portfolio: The Zoogeographic Idea | p. 140 |
| Keeping a Platypusary | p. 145 |
| from "The Platypus, or Duckbill," A Zoo Man's Notebook, 1966 | |
| A Paradox of Survival | p. 149 |
| "The Subtlety of Leucochloridium paradoxum," Animal Kingdom, Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society, June 4, 1945 | |
| Exploring Marine Drugs | p. 150 |
| "Beneficent Poison from the Sea?," Animal Kingdom, Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society, December 1952 | |
| Portfolio: Brooklyn's Aquarium | p. 153 |
| The Decline of Empires | p. 156 |
| from an address before the 67th Annual Convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Detroit, Michigan, June 3, 1958 | |
| Field Science Comes of Age | p. 158 |
| The Serengeti Plains | p. 164 |
| from "Introduction," Serengeti: A Kingdom of Predators, 1975 | |
| from "Lion," Serengeti: A Kingdom of Predators, 1975 | |
| Portfolio: Africa's Savannas | p. 170 |
| Mountain Gorillas of the Virungas | p. 174 |
| from "Among Gorillas," The Year of the Gorilla, 1964 | |
| Portfolio: Gorillas in the Midst | p. 178 |
| Giant Pandas of Sichuan | p. 180 |
| from "Preface," The Last Panda, 1993 | |
| from "A Mountain of Treasure," The Last Panda, 1993 | |
| from "Wei-Wei's World," The Last Panda, 1993 | |
| Stones of Silence | p. 189 |
| from "Mountains in the Desert," Stones of Silence, 1979 | |
| Portfolio: Asia's Great Island Forests | p. 195 |
| Forest Elephants in Equatorial Africa | p. 198 |
| from "Pygmies and Pygmy Elephants: The Congo Basin (1986)," African Silences, 1991 | |
| from "Epilogue," African Silences, 1991 | |
| Politics and Conservation | p. 205 |
| field report: "Ituri Forest Project - July through December, 1991" | |
| Creating the First Jaguar Preserve | p. 210 |
| from "In the Realm of the Master Jaguar," Animal Kingdom, March/April 1986 | |
| Portfolio: Paseo Pantera (Path of the Panther) | p. 217 |
| Music of the Aquatic Sphere | p. 222 |
| from "The Songs of Whales," Project Interspeak, 1979 | |
| What is a Field Biologist? | p. 225 |
| from "Field of Dreams," Wildlife Conservation, September/October 1992 | |
| The Future of the Wild | p. 228 |
| Zoo Into Conservation Park | p. 232 |
| from "The Conservation Park: A New Zoo Synthesis for a Changed World," address at "The Role of Zoos and Aquariums in Biological Conservation: Past, Present, and Future," AAZPA Annual Conference, September 17, 1992 | |
| Portfolio: The Society's Conservation Parks | p. 241 |
| "Education is the Key" | p. 248 |
| from "Zoos: Urban Centers for Conservation Education," paper presented at the Royal Ontario Museum Rainforest Conference, October 1990 | |
| Fallacy of the Wool Wearer | p. 251 |
| from "Down with Mary's Little Lamb!," Wildlife Conservation, January/February 1992 | |
| Portfolio: On Patagonia's Shores | p. 254 |
| Conservation vs. Development | p. 256 |
| from "The Limits to Caring: Sustainable Living and the Loss of Biodiversity," Conservation Biology, March 1993 | |
| Portfolio: Wildlife Health: Saving Lives and Species | p. 262 |
| What We Stand to Lose | p. 264 |
| from "William Conway: Zoo Director, Conservationist, Wildlife Ambassador," interview in GEO, August 1982 | |
| Portfolio: Amazonia: Heart of Hope | p. 273 |
| Epilogue | p. 278 |
| Picture Credits | p. 280 |
| Text Credits | p. 281 |
| Index | p. 282 |
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