Richly illustrated with lifelike full-color paintings, a journey into the heart of the animal kingdom introduces ninety of the world's most unusual and amazing creatures--including the Hairy Seadevil, the Sulawesi Naked Bat, the Olm, the Indus River Dolphin, the Satyr Tragopan, and the Aye-Aye--and their behavior, evolutionary history, unique characteristics, and survival in the modern world.

An illustrated journey through a lost world introduces readers to the many species of animals that have become extinct over the past five centuries as the result of European expansion into various regions of the world, including the great auk, Carolina parakeet, thylacine, passenger pigeon, Tasmanian wolf, and others.