Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: From the End of Nature to the Beginning of the Anthropocene 1
6. 1. Lost Dogs, Last Birds, and Listed Species: Elegy and Comedy in Conservation Stories 19
7. 2. From Arks to ARKive.org: Database, Epic, and Biodiversity 55
8. 3. The Legal Lives of Endangered Species: Biodiversity Laws and Culture 87
9. 4. Mass Extinction and Mass Slaughter: Biodiversity, Violence, and the Dangers of Domestication 127
10. 5. Biodiversity, Environmental Justice, and Multispecies Communities 162
11. 6. Multispecies Fictions for the Anthropocene 202
12. Coda: The Hug of the Polar Bear 238
13. Works Cited 245
14. Index 267