Fish Ocean Life category: 917 books

Presenting a stunning array of beauty and biodiversity, the coral reefs of Florida and the Caribbean are part playground, part research lab for the thousands of tourists, divers, and marine scientists who visit them every year. Documenting the wide array of corals at home in the warm waters of the...

The Whale and His Captors is an important firsthand account of the golden age of American whaling, chronicling both its lore and science as practiced from the inception of the fishery to the mid-1800s. Late in the composition of Moby-Dick, Herman Melville found inspiration in Cheever and his writings...

This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality color images produced by a series of today's professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired!

This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality amazing images produced by a series of today's top professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired!

Here is a revised and updated edition of a much-hailed little handbook on how to gather and prepare clams, oysters, mussels and scallops for seaside foragers and food-lovers on all coasts. Natural history and lore are included throughout, making this the ultimate guide for fans of bivalves everywhere.

Playful and inquisitive, seals have long been interested in humans—and humans have reciprocated that interest, falling for their beauty, grace, and charm as they frolic alongside our boats or loll on sandy shores. In this newest entry in the Animal series, Victoria Dickenson traces the history of...

Extrait : "La monstruosité de grandeur est chose relative : Dame fourmi trouva le ciron trop petit Se croyant pour elle un colosse. Le rat est plus grand, comparé à la fourmi, que la baleine comparée à l'homme. On doit donc regarder comme d'une taille monstrueuse, non seulement les animaux qui nous...

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This memoir by Kathryn Anne Burns charts the career of the first woman graduate from the most prestigious oceanographic institute in the world, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program. The first chapter is the struggle and achievements of...

Both a far-removed place of refuge for the fringe of society and a high-status vacation destination, the Keys remain a legendary yet fragile place, still threatened by a human-made disaster, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Likewise, Key West, Florida, can be many things to many people, evoking...

Advances in research and development reveal the immense diversity and potential of marine genetic resources. Under international law, no specific regime applies to these complex and paradoxical objects of use. The Law of the Sea Convention sets a framework that is partly inadequate for this new category...

Tauchen in Italien - so nah und dennoch mit unglaublich viel südlichem Flair. Dazu in einer Unterwasserwelt, die durch die vielen neu geschaffenen Schutzzonen und Marineparks von Jahr zu Jahr vielfältiger wird. Die herrlichsten Tauchplätze liegen an den Küsten der italienischen Inseln: Elba, Sardinien,...

Tauchen in Italien – so nah und dennoch mit unglaublich viel südlichem Flair. Dazu in einer Unterwasserwelt, die durch die vielen neu geschaffenen Schutzzonen und Marineparks von Jahr zu Jahr vielfältiger wird. Die herrlichsten Tauchplätze liegen an den Küsten der italienischen Inseln: Elba,...

Tauchen in Italien – so nah und dennoch mit unglaublich viel südlichem Flair. Dazu in einer Unterwasserwelt, die durch die vielen neu geschaffenen Schutzzonen und Marineparks von Jahr zu Jahr vielfältiger wird. Die herrlichsten Tauchplätze liegen an den Küsten der italienischen Inseln: Elba,...