Scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused threats, from habitat destruction and fragmentation to rapid climate change. But there is hope, and it, too, comes in a most human form: zoos and aquariums. Gathering a diverse, multi-institutional collection of leading zoo and aquarium scientists as well as historians, philosophers, biologists, and social scientists, The Ark and Beyond traces the history and underscores the present role of these organizations as essential conservation actors. It also offers a framework for their future course, reaffirming that if zoos and aquariums make biodiversity conservation a top priority, these institutions can play a vital role in tackling conservation challenges of global magnitude. 471 p.

Series: Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Laboratory
 

• Ben A. Minteer, Editor. Arizona Zoological Society Endowed Chair, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, AS (USA).
• Jane Maienschein, Editor. University Professor, Regents Professor, and President's Professor.; Head of the Center for Biology and Society, Arizona State University, AZ (USA); Fellow and Director of the History and Philosophy of Science Project, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (USA).
  
   
• Publication date (print & electronic format): 2018-02 - University of Chicago Press.