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Only One Earth

Back from the Brink: The Animals We Almost Lost

Course Beginner About 3 hours

Only One Earth

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Back from the Brink: The Animals We Almost Lost

Name: Back from the Brink: The Animals We Almost Lost
Price: 2.99 GBP
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Beginner About 3 hours

Standard

£2.99

The full course, yours to keep.

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Voice Mentor Upgrade

£19.99

The course, plus four mentoring calls.

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The true stories of species that nearly vanished and the people who refused to let them go: bison, condors, humpback whales, sea otters, the Arabian oryx and more. How each rescue worked, why it mattered, and what these comebacks teach us about what is still possible.

Topics Endangered Species Wildlife Conservation Species Recovery Success Stories Ecology

What you will learn

Analyse how railways and policy drove bison decline to understand human impact on megafauna
Explain why fenced enclosures were key to Yellowstone bison survival and what true restoration requires
Describe how tribal-led bison programmes rebuild prairie food webs and cultural connections
Assess how captive-breeding decisions saved California condors and why lead contamination still shapes their fate
Interpret humpback whale fluke and song data to gauge population recovery and map future conservation
Evaluate how sea otter resurgence protects kelp forests and illustrates the ripple effect of a single predator

4 modules · 16 lessons · first lesson free to preview

When the Plains Fell Silent See how railways, markets and policy drove American bison from continental abundance to 541 survivors, and grasp the scale of what vanished.

The Herd Kept Behind a Fence See how fences, winter feed and difficult choices kept Yellowstone’s bison alive, then ask what real restoration demands. Unlocks on purchase

More Than a Head Count: Restoring Bison Country See how tribal-led bison restoration rebuilds prairie food webs, cultural ties and the space a living herd needs to thrive. Unlocks on purchase

Recap Quiz: The Prairie’s Missing Thunder: American Bison Apply what you just practised in The Prairie’s Missing Thunder: American Bison. Short situations, not a definition recap. Unlocks on purchase

Twenty-Seven Birds, One Last Decision Enter the tense 1987 decision that took the last 27 California condors into captivity to keep the species alive. Unlocks on purchase

How to Raise a Bird That Must Fear People See how condor keepers turn eggs, puppets and patient care into wild-ready birds that know humans are not their flock. Unlocks on purchase

The Lead Still in the Landscape See how California condors returned to the wild, and why one hidden ammunition fragment can still shape their fate. Unlocks on purchase

Recap Quiz: Wings Over the Canyon: California Condors Apply what you just practised in Wings Over the Canyon: California Condors. Short situations, not a definition recap. Unlocks on purchase

After the Harpoons: The Humpback Whale’s Slow Return Trace the humpback whale’s return from industrial whaling, and learn why every recovery number needs an ocean map behind it. Unlocks on purchase

A Song Recorded Across an Ocean Step aboard a humpback research vessel and learn to read flukes, tags, songs and population estimates with clear-eyed care. Unlocks on purchase

The Otter and the Forest Beneath the Waves See how the southern sea otter’s return helped defend California’s kelp forests, and why one predator can shape an entire coast. Unlocks on purchase

Recap Quiz: The Returning Ocean: Humpback Whales and Sea Otters Apply what you just practised in The Returning Ocean: Humpback Whales and Sea Otters. Short situations, not a definition recap. Unlocks on purchase

The Arabian Oryx Comes Home to Oman Follow the Arabian oryx from extinction in the wild to Oman’s desert, and see why a comeback still needs defending. Unlocks on purchase

Seven Ferrets and a Colony of Prairie Dogs Follow the black-footed ferret’s return from seven breeding founders to a prairie-wide fight for prey, burrows and survival. Unlocks on purchase

A Crane’s Route Written in Memory Follow the whooping crane’s taught migration and see how patient breeding, wetland care and shared knowledge brought a vanished route back. Unlocks on purchase

Recap Quiz: Desert Tracks and Prairie Burrows: Building a Future from Few Survivors Apply what you just practised in Desert Tracks and Prairie Burrows: Building a Future from Few Survivors. Short situations, not a definition recap. Unlocks on purchase

How it works

Two ways to take the course

Both include every lesson. Standard stops there. Voice Mentor adds four phone calls, on days you choose.

Standard

£2.99

The full course, yours to keep. Lessons built from a mix of interactive sections.

Flash cards
Visuals & Imagery
Written prompts
Quizzes
A certificate at the end

Voice Mentor

£19.99

Everything in Standard, plus four mentoring calls on days you choose.

Every lesson, flash card, table, prompt, and quiz
The certificate at the end
Four phone calls
You pick the days
A chance to practice out loud

Why it works

A mentor, just for you

Every call starts from where you are. No recapping, no repeating yourself, no starting over.

It picks up where you left off

Nothing you say gets lost. Each call builds on every one before it, so you keep moving forward instead of going over old ground.

Time goes on your weak spots

It knows the questions you skipped and the quiz answers you missed, so the call is spent where it helps most.

It meets you at your level

Flying through? It pushes you further. Finding it tough? It slows down and tries another way in.

It keeps you on track

Every call is about the part of the course you are on now, not wherever a chat happens to wander.

It makes it stick

Putting an idea into your own words, out loud, turns "I read that" into "I know that".

How it works

From checkout to your first call

No app to install and no link to click. It is a normal call to your phone.

Step 1

Buy the upgrade

Voice Mentor includes the whole course, so there is nothing else to buy.
Step 2

Pick your time

Add your number and choose when the first call rings. The rest follow a week apart.
Step 3

Answer and talk

It quizzes you on that part of the course and gets you explaining it in your own words.
Step 4

Each call builds

The next call is briefed with everything from the calls before it.

Side by side

Our AI Voice Mentor Vs. ChatGPT

ChatGPT is there when you open it and type. Voice Mentor rings you, and it already has this course.

ChatGPT Voice Mentor

Who starts it ✗You open it and type ✓It calls you, when you chose

What it knows ✗Only what you paste in ✓This course and all your work

Memory ✗Each new chat starts at zero ✓Every earlier call, in full

Structure ✗No plan unless you make one ✓A quarter of the course per call

How you learn ✗Easy to skim and feel done ✓You explain it out loud

Cost ✗A monthly subscription ✓£19.99 once, course included

FAQs

A few straight answers

Anything else? Read more about voice mentoring.

Yes. A normal call to your phone number. There is no app to install and no link to click. You just answer.

No. The lessons are yours to read. The call is you explaining the ideas in your own words, while it asks questions and builds on what you say.

Not on its own. Before each call it is sent the summary and full transcript of every call you have had on this course, so nothing gets lost between them.

The course is split into four parts, in order. Each call focuses on the next part, with the rest of the course there for context.

You can still take the call. It sees which prompts you have answered and how long you spent on each lesson, and works from there. It goes better if you have read that part first.

If you know you will be busy, move it before it rings. If one slips past, get in touch and we can usually rebook it. The next call still picks up from everything you have done.

You pick the day and time of the first call. The other three are booked a week apart after it, and you can move any upcoming call to a time that suits you.

It is used only to place your mentoring calls. It is never shared or used for marketing.

For about ninety seconds. Then it is just practice. It does not judge and it does not get bored.

No. Voice Mentor is the full course plus the four calls. Standard is the same lessons, without the phone.

Ready to learn something new?

The same lessons either way. Add the calls if you want someone to make you say it out loud.

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Back from the Brink: The Animals We Almost Lost

What you will learn

Two ways to take the course

£2.99

£19.99

A mentor, just for you

It picks up where you left off

Time goes on your weak spots

It meets you at your level

It keeps you on track

It makes it stick

From checkout to your first call

Buy the upgrade

Pick your time

Answer and talk

Each call builds

Our AI Voice Mentor Vs. ChatGPT

A few straight answers

Ready to learn something new?

The education school forgot

Skills you will actually use

Lessons that hold your attention

A mentor that calls you

Pay once, keep it