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Beautiful Whale

Author : Bryant Austin
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683355547
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Beautiful Whale written by Bryant Austin and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVPhotographer and conservationist Bryant Austin’s breathtaking photographic project Beautiful Whale is the first of its kind: It chronicles his fearless attempts to reach out to whales as fellow sentient beings. Featuring Austin’s intimate images—some as detailed as a single haunting eye—that result from encounters based on mutual trust, Beautiful Whale captures the grace and intelligence of these magnificent creatures. Austin spent days at a time submerged, motionless, in the waters of remote spawning grounds waiting for humpback, sperm, and minke whales to seek him out. As oceanographer Sylvia A. Earle says in her foreword to the book, “As an ambassador from the ocean—and to the ocean—Bryant Austin is not only a source of inspiration. He is cause for hope.†? Praise for Beautiful Whale: “You can’t help thinking, with every passing page, that this is what’s it’s like to swim with the whales.†? —The Wall Street Journal /div

The Great Sperm Whale

Author : Richard Ellis
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700617728
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Great Sperm Whale written by Richard Ellis and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past several decades, Richard Ellis has produced a remarkable body of work that has been called "magnificent" (Washington Post Book World), "masterful" (Scientific American), "magical" (Men's Journal), and a "dazzling tour de force" (Christian Science Monitor). Ellis's new book-a fascinating tour through the world of the sperm whale-will surely inspire more such praise for the author heralded by Publisher Weekly as "America's foremost writer on marine research." Written with Ellis's deep knowledge and trademark passion, verve, and wit-and illustrated with a wide array of images including his own signature artwork-his study covers the full spectrum of the sperm whale's existence from its prehistoric past to its current endangered existence. Ellis, as no one else can, illuminates the iconic impact of Physeter macrocephalus ("big-headed blower") on our history, environment, and culture, with a substantial nod to Herman Melville and Moby-Dick, the great novel that put the sperm whale (and whaling) on the literary map. Ranging far and wide, Ellis covers the sperm whale's evolution, ecology, biology, anatomy, behavior, social organization, intelligence, communications, migrations, diet, and breeding. He also devotes considerable space to the whale's hunting prowess, including its clashes with the giant squid, and to the history of the whaling industry that decimated its numbers during the last two centuries. He even includes a story about a beached juvenile he helped rescue, an event that provided scientists with one of their first opportunities to observe a sperm whale in the water and up close. Offering a rich tapestry for anyone with an interest in the marvels of ocean life, Ellis's book provides an indispensable guide to the life and times of one of the planet's most intelligent, elusive, and endangered species.

The Breath of a Whale

Author : Leigh Calvez
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
ISBN 13 : 1632171872
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Breath of a Whale written by Leigh Calvez and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ode to marine life and the natural world, from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Owls This “intimate and spirited” essay collection “offers us the whale watch most of us can only dream of” as they reveal the elusive lives of whales in the Pacific Ocean—home to orcas, humpbacks, blue, gray, and sperm whales (Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus). Leigh Calvez has spent a dozen years researching, observing, and probing the lives of the giants of the deep. Here, she relates the stories of nature's most remarkable creatures, including the familial orcas in the waters of Washington State and British Columbia; the migratory humpbacks; the ancient, deep-diving blue whales, the largest animals on the planet. The lives of these whales are conveyed through the work of dedicated researchers who have spent decades tracking them along their secretive routes that extend for thousands of miles, gleaning their habits and sounds and distinguishing peculiarities. Calvez author invites the reader onto a small research catamaran maneuvering among 100-foot long blue whales off the coast of California; or to join the task of monitoring patterns of humpback whale movements at the ocean surface: tail throw, flipper slap, fluke up, or blow. To experience whales is breathtaking. To understand their lives deepens our connection with the natural world.

Whales!

Author : Laurence Pringle
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1590789172
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Whales! written by Laurence Pringle and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whales are among the world's most captivating creatures. The humpback whale can grow up to fifty feet in length. The blue whale is a giant that can grow to a length of one hundred feet. Its tongue weighs as much as an elephant! Yet all whales aren't enormous, and there are many kinds, from the beluga, with its white skin, to the narwhal, with its seven-foot-long tusk. Join Laurence Pringle as he introduces a variety of whales and describes efforts to save these magnificent creatures from extinction. With bold, realistic illustrations by Meryl Henderson, this journey to the undersea world unveils the mysterious world of these mammals in the ocean.

Whales

Author : Philip S. Hammond
Publisher : Comstock Publishing Associates
ISBN 13 : 9781501716560
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Whales written by Philip S. Hammond and published by Comstock Publishing Associates. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the lives of the world's largest living mammals. Drawing on the latest scientific research, Whales describes these incredible animals' evolution from terrestrial to marine mammals, their life cycle, diversity and distribution, and the ecosystems of which they are a part. Whales highlights the many extraordinary aspects of these intelligent and social creatures, including the complex vocalizations they use to communicate over vast distances. Philip Hammond, Sonja Heinrich, Sascha Hooker, and Peter Tyack investigate the role of whales in human culture, from whaling to whale watching, and emphasize how scientists monitor the current threats to whales and the methods they use to conserve their future. Spectacular photographs of whales in the wild reveal the private lives of these fascinating and majestic ocean giants.

Spying on Whales

Author : Nick Pyenson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735224587
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Spying on Whales written by Nick Pyenson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A palaeontological howdunnit…[Spying on Whales] captures the excitement of…seeking answers to deep questions in cetacean science.” —Nature Called “the best of science writing” (Edward O. Wilson) and named a best book by Popular Science, a dive into the secret lives of whales, from their four-legged past to their perilous present. Whales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving species to have ever lived on our planet. They evolved from land-roaming, dog-sized creatures into animals that move like fish, breathe like us, can grow to 300,000 pounds, live 200 years and travel entire ocean basins. Whales fill us with terror, awe, and affection--yet there is still so much we don't know about them. Why did it take whales over 50 million years to evolve to such big sizes, and how do they eat enough to stay that big? How did their ancestors return from land to the sea--and what can their lives tell us about evolution as a whole? Importantly, in the sweepstakes of human-driven habitat and climate change, will whales survive? Nick Pyenson's research has given us the answers to some of our biggest questions about whales. He takes us deep inside the Smithsonian's unparalleled fossil collections, to frigid Antarctic waters, and to the arid desert in Chile, where scientists race against time to document the largest fossil whale site ever found. Full of rich storytelling and scientific discovery, Spying on Whales spans the ancient past to an uncertain future--all to better understand the most enigmatic creatures on Earth.

Fathoms

Author : Rebecca Giggs
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 198212069X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Fathoms written by Rebecca Giggs and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction * Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A “delving, haunted, and poetic debut” (The New York Times Book Review) about the awe-inspiring lives of whales, revealing what they can teach us about ourselves, our planet, and our relationship with other species. When writer Rebecca Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beachfront in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales reflect the condition of our oceans. Fathoms: The World in the Whale is “a work of bright and careful genius” (Robert Moor, New York Times bestselling author of On Trails), one that blends natural history, philosophy, and science to explore: How do whales experience ecological change? How has whale culture been both understood and changed by human technology? What can observing whales teach us about the complexity, splendor, and fragility of life on earth? In Fathoms, we learn about whales so rare they have never been named, whale songs that sweep across hemispheres in annual waves of popularity, and whales that have modified the chemical composition of our planet’s atmosphere. We travel to Japan to board the ships that hunt whales and delve into the deepest seas to discover how plastic pollution pervades our earth’s undersea environment. With the immediacy of Rachel Carson and the lush prose of Annie Dillard, Giggs gives us a “masterly” (The New Yorker) exploration of the natural world even as she addresses what it means to write about nature at a time of environmental crisis. With depth and clarity, she outlines the challenges we face as we attempt to understand the perspectives of other living beings, and our own place on an evolving planet. Evocative and inspiring, Fathoms “immediately earns its place in the pantheon of classics of the new golden age of environmental writing” (Literary Hub).

Giants

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648715405
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Giants written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jem Cresswell's striking anthropomorphic photographic work allows us to view the complex creatures that are humpback whales and the intimate bonds they form in a manner that is befitting of sentient beings who think, feel and communicate like we do. It opens a dialogue that mutes the distances between our species, creating a space in which the restless modern spirit is humbled into peaceful submission.

MAGNIFICENT WHALES

Author : Thomas Crosby
Publisher : Smithsonian
ISBN 13 : 9780895990037
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book MAGNIFICENT WHALES written by Thomas Crosby and published by Smithsonian. This book was released on 1989-07-17 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the daily operations of the National Zoo and its animals and keepers. Also discusses the evolution of zoological parks and describes various zoos in the United States.

A Garden of Whales

Author : Maggie Steincrohn Davis
Publisher : Firefly Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780944475355
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (753 download)

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Download or read book A Garden of Whales written by Maggie Steincrohn Davis and published by Firefly Books Limited. This book was released on 1992 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child's dream about the danger threatening the whales leads him to imagine planting and cultivating a garden in which new whales grow. Reissue.

Wonderful Whales

Author : Bobbie Kalman
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780778713029
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Wonderful Whales written by Bobbie Kalman and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses whales and their young, where they live, what they eat, what noises they make and the dangers they face.

Wonderful Whales

Author : Mignonne Gunasekara
Publisher : At the Aquarium
ISBN 13 : 9781647474157
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Wonderful Whales written by Mignonne Gunasekara and published by At the Aquarium. This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the world of wonderful whales. The swirly tusk of the narwhal, the beautiful song of the humpback whale, the big brain of the sperm whale, and more--see it all at the aquarium.

We Are All Whalers

Author : Michael J. Moore
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022680304X
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book We Are All Whalers written by Michael J. Moore and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Marine scientist Michael J. Moore says we are all whalers, but we don't have to be. Eating fish leads to North Atlantic right whales' entanglement and death. Buying goods made around the world requires global shipping routes, which do not accurately consider right whale breeding and feeding sites, leading to collision. To explain this, Moore conveys to readers scenes from over thirty years' worth of fieldwork, performing whale necropsies for animals stranded on beaches, working as an independent researcher alongside whalers using explosive harpoons, and tracking injured pregnant whales to deliver antibiotics. Despite these sometimes disturbing experiences, Moore has written a hopeful book. He uses these stories to show we can change and to tell us how; the technology for rope-less fishing and tracking whale migrations already exist to protect both right whales and the people who depend on shipping and fishing for their livelihoods"--

The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins

Author : Hal Whitehead
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226895319
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins written by Hal Whitehead and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on their own research as well as scientific literature including evolutionary biology, animal behavior, ecology, anthropology, psychology and neuroscience, two cetacean biologists submerge themselves in the unique environment in which whales and dolphins live. --Publisher's description.

The Blue Whale

Author : Jenni Desmond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781592701650
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Blue Whale written by Jenni Desmond and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nonfiction picture book full of great charm and beauty, The Blue Whale is both informative and completely captivating!

The Magnificent Whales

Author : Smithsonian Books (Publisher)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book The Magnificent Whales written by Smithsonian Books (Publisher) and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to the anatomy, evolution and types of whales.

The Whaler's Forge

Author : Christine Echeverria Bender
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0870044788
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Whaler's Forge written by Christine Echeverria Bender and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Over a century before Columbus will venture across the Atlantic Ocean, a storm battered Basque whaling galleon drops anchor off the eastern coast in North America. IN this savage new land, harpooner Kepa de Mendieta becomes the victim of a terrible accident and is left behind. With winter approaching, Kepa struggles against eh brutal forces of nature ina fight for survival as well as redemption.