<div><b>“A thoughtful examination of the machinery of extinction . . . By turns harrowing and elegiac, thrilling and informative.” —Michiko Kakutani, <i>The New York Times</i></b><br> <br>Three or four times an hour, eighty or more times a day, a unique species of plant or animal vanishes forever. And yet, every so often one of these lost species resurfaces. “Having adventures most of us can only dream about” (<i>The Times-Picayune</i>), Scott Weidensaul pursues stories of loss and recovery, of endurance against the odds, and of surprising resurrections.<br></div> <div><b>“A thoughtful examination of the machinery of extinction . . . By turns harrowing and elegiac, thrilling and informative.” —Michiko Kakutani, <i>The New York Times</i></b><br> <br>Three or four times an hour, eighty or more times a day, a unique species of plant or animal vanishes forever. And yet, every so often one of these lost species resurfaces. “Having adventures most of us can only dream about” (<i>The Times-Picayune</i>), Scott Weidensaul pursues stories of loss and recovery, of endurance against the odds, and of surprising resurrections.<br></div>