Author: Dan Bodenstein Publisher: Totem Tales Publishing ISBN: 0984322809 Category : Sea turtles Languages : en Pages : 37
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"Based on a true story, this enchanted book tells the tale of a young sea turtle named Eartha who finds help in the last place she expects."--Back cover.
Author: Carl Safina Publisher: Henry Holt and Company ISBN: 1429900865 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 428
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The story of an ancient sea turtle and what its survival says about our future, from the award-winning writer and naturalist Though nature is indifferent to the struggles of her creatures, the human effect on them is often premeditated. The distressing decline of sea turtles in Pacific waters and their surprising recovery in the Atlantic illuminate what can go both wrong and right from our interventions, and teach us the lessons that can be applied to restore health to the world's oceans and its creatures. As Voyage of the Turtle, Carl Safina's compelling natural history adventure makes clear, the fate of the astonishing leatherback turtle, whose ancestry can be traced back 125 million years, is in our hands. Writing with verve and color, Safina describes how he and his colleagues track giant pelagic turtles across the world's oceans and onto remote beaches of every continent. As scientists apply lessons learned in the Atlantic and Caribbean to other endangered seas, Safina follows leatherback migrations, including a thrilling journey from Monterey, California, to nesting grounds on the most remote beaches of Papua, New Guinea. The only surviving species of its genus, family, and suborder, the leatherback is an evolutionary marvel: a "reptile" that behaves like a warm-blooded dinosaur, an ocean animal able to withstand colder water than most fishes and dive deeper than any whale. In his peerless prose, Safina captures the delicate interaction between these gentle giants and the humans who are finally playing a significant role in their survival. "Magnificent . . . A joyful, hopeful book. Safina gives us ample reasons to be enthralled by this astonishing ancient animal—and ample reasons to care." -- The Los Angeles Times
Author: Christine Webster Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC ISBN: 9781598451207 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 118
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"Details Archie Carr's life, with chapters devoted to his early years, life, work, writings, and lasting contributions"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Becky Davies Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 1680101994 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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A beautiful, lyrical story which explores the problem of plastic in the ocean, and the challenges facing marine life. Little Turtle loves the ocean with her whole heart. As the years pass, she repeats an incredible journey across the world to the beautiful coral reefs. But one day she finds that plastic has invaded her beloved ocean. Could Turtle's journey be over forever?
Author: Jennifer Shand Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc. ISBN: 1684441056 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages :
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Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Why do sea turtles look like they are crying? Come along on an underwater adventure and have fun learning the special things about sea creatures that help them survive in the ocean.
Author: Isabel Müller Publisher: NorthSouth Books ISBN: 9780735841895 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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It is night on Raine Island . . . All is quiet except for the gentle sighing of the waves. Suddenly something moves on the shore. Under cover of darkness, a little green turtle climbs out of her sandy cradle. Isabel Müller’s remarkable and engaging account of sea turtles—creatures that have roamed the Earth for over two hundred million years—is as important as it is compelling for young and old alike.
Author: Kartik Shanker Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 9351772330 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 272
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'This extraordinary book sets a new benchmark for science writing in India.' - RAMACHANDRA GUHA Tigers, elephants, lions and other large mammals have so far been central to India's conservation story. In spite of the country's vast coastline and millions being dependent on marine resources for their livelihoods, such species and habitats have been largely neglected in writings on wildlife. From Soup to Superstar provides the first comprehensive account of marine conservation in India, focusing on sea turtles, which are at once a fishery resource, a religious symbol and a conservation icon. Worshipped as Kurma, the incarnation of Vishnu, by several communities, these creatures have been part of folklore and mythology for over 2,000 years. Until the 1970s, there were large- and small-scale turtle fisheries in Odisha and the Gulf of Mannar, while eggs and meat were consumed along the rest of the coast. Since then, several conservation programmes have been led in these regions by naturalists, scientists, activists and concerned citizens with diverse, often conflicting, approaches. Globally, attention has centred on the mass-nesting beaches in Odisha, where over 1,00,000 turtles may nest simultaneously. New threats have emerged and elicited responses at local, national and international levels. Bringing together a range of issues and actors that have affected the world of sea turtles, filled with fascinating insights into scientific research and human-animal ecologies, this is a definitive chronicle of the efforts that have been made to protect these mysterious creatures in the last fifty years.
Author: Dan Bodenstein
Author: Dan Bodenstein
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