Fish Ocean Life category: 917 books
Wild Blue
A Natural History of the World's Largest Animal
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
The blue whale holds the title of largest creature that has ever lived, and it may also be the most mysterious. The biggest blue whales can outweigh every player in Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League combined. Their mouths can gulp more than thirteen thousand gallons of seawater....
by Izaak Walton League of America
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2006
Fully illustrated guide to identifying water-dwelling macroinvertebrates. A handy resource for anglers, students, biologists, or anyone else spending time near rivers and streams. Gives tips for distinguishing similar species and includes information for each species on behavior and role played in the ecosystem.
The Hunter's Breath
On Expedition with the Weddell Seals of the Antartic
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
This is the story of a dedicated group that goes to Antarctica to study the Weddell seal, the only mammal on earth able to survive year-round in the most extreme Antarctic temperatures.
Shark! Killer Tales From The Dangerous Depths
Killer tales from the dangerous depths
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2010
Personal accounts of encounters with sharks from shark hunters, divers, biologists and everyday swimmers who meet up with sharks either deliberately or by accident. SHARK! The cry that strikes fear into the hearts of beach lovers around the world. It carries a chill of terror, that death is nearby...
by Gyula Plaganyi
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
A six week trip cheating death and tempting fate in what must surely rate as one of the most adventurous jobs in the world:An underwater Shark Wrangler!With 34 color pictures of the dives and the tuna.
The Lobster Coast
Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2005
“A thorough and engaging history of Maine’s rocky coast and its tough-minded people.”—Boston Herald
“[A] well-researched and well-written cultural and ecological history of stubborn perseverance.”—USA Today
For more than four hundred years the people of coastal Maine have...
by Eric Noel Muñoz
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Rarely have global battles in the war on invasive species been successful. Even tougher is fighting a mutant genetic clone of a natural counterpart on a marine coast. The first known Western Hemisphere detection of the invasive seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia occurred in Southern California, at San Diego...
Coastal Alert
Energy Ecosystems And Offshore Oil Drilling
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Coastal Alert explains how citizens can protect coastal resources from the damaging effects of offshore oil drilling.
The Living Shore
Rediscovering a Lost World
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
In the 1990s, a marine scientist named Brian Kingzett was commissioned to survey Canada's western coast. He saw amazing sights, from the wildest, most breathtaking coasts to the smallest of marine creatures. Along the western side of Vancouver Island, Kingzett nosed into an isolated pocket beach where...
by Matthew Gavin Frank
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Memory, mythology, and obsession collide in this “slyly charming” (New York Times Book Review) account of the giant squid.
In 1874, Moses Harvey—eccentric Newfoundland reverend and amateur naturalist—was the first person to photograph the near-mythic giant squid, draping it over his...
by Sean Fraser
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
First Field Guide to Sharks, Whales and Dolphins of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the sea creatures of the region. With the help of full-colour photographs or illustrations, distribution maps, and easy-to-read text, the young adult and budding naturalist will be able to identify...
by Mr. Satanism
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2014
If something smells fishy, it's not just Mr. Satanism's ex-wife, because this time the infamous Internet film critic is taking on shark movies, hilariously skewering everything from proto-Jaws potboilers, to Italian jawsploitation "classics", to the current crop of gimmicky CGI garbage....
by Alan Rauch
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
From Flipper to SeaWorld, dolphins have long captured our hearts. We love these friendly, intelligent mammals, and they seem to return our feelings—they enjoy interacting with swimmers and have been known to encircle people under attack by sharks. Despite our familiarity with dolphins, though, we...
To Free a Dolphin
A Dramatic Case for Keeping Dolphins in their Natural Environment, by the Trainer of "Flipper"
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
In this memorable first book, Behind the Dolphin Smile, Richard O'Barry told the inspiring story of his personal transformation from world-famous dolphin trainer (Flipper was his pupil) to dolphin liberator. Now, in To Free a Dolphin, he passionately recounts the dramatic story of his heart-breaking...