Rachel Carson, pioneering environmentalist and author of Silent Spring, opens our eyes to the wonders of the natural world in her groundbreaking paean to the sea. 2016 marks the 75th Anniversary of the publication of Under the Sea- Wind. Celebrating the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, Under the Sea-Wind, Rachel Carson's first book and her personal favorite, is the early masterwork of one of America's greatest...

Jump in and meet some ocean animals! Use your reading superpowers to learn all about the creatures living in the oceans - from the baby sea turtle to the killer whale, from seahorses to sharks.

"From New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove, the modern master of alternate history, a novel of alien contact set in the tumultuous year of the Watergate scandal. It's 1974, and Jerry Stieglitz is a grad student in marine biology at UCLA with a side gig selling short stories to science fiction magazines, just weeks away from marrying his longtime fiancee. Then his life is upended by grim-faced men from three-letter agencies who want him...

Explore the ocean's layers from the sunny surface zone to the pitch-black trenches. Learn about the abundant life around coral reefs, how different species adapted to their environment, and why life on the ocean floor depends on the layers above. Additional features include a diagram labeling each of the layers, Fast Facts, a phonetic glossary, an index, an introduction to the author, and further sources for learning.--

Solitary marine biology student Siobhan endures a week on a ragged fishing trawler, where she's miserably at odds with the close-knit crew. But out in the deep Atlantic, an unfathomable life form ensnares the boat. When members of the crew start succumbing to a strange infection, Siobhan must overcome her alienation and win the crew's trust, before everyone is lost.

From slaughter to sanctuary, The Whales' Journey describes the experiences of the humpback whales as they travel between the cold Antarctic and the warm tropical seas off northern Australia in what is one of the longest migrations in the animal world. It is also the story of human impact on humpback whale populations, which were decimated almost to extinction during the first sixty years of the twentieth century. Humpback whales are now protected...

Eugene H. Kaplan is Axinn Distinguished Professor of Conservation and Ecology at Hofstra University. A recipient of the Herman Melville award for writing on marine subjects, he is the author of nine books, including Problem Solving in Biology and two Peterson Field Guides, one on coral reefs of the Caribbean and the other on seashores of the Southeastern United States and the Caribbean. Learning marine biology from a textbook is one thing. But take...

A noted physicist and popular science writer heads for the beach to answer common and uncommon questions about the ocean. James S. Trefil, author of Dover Publications' The Moment of Creation: Big Bang Physics from Before the First Millisecond to the Present Universe, explains why the sea is salty, how bubbles form on the water's surface, where waves come from, and other curiosities of the marine world. Dr. Trefil draws upon his unique gift for clarifying...

Discover how all the living things in this ecosystem depend on each other and their habitat for survival. In this book, readers will dive beneath the ocean to discover how fish, marine mammals, and a whole host of animals that make this habitat their home form an ecosystem and rely on their habitat and each other for survival. This title cleverly explores the connections between a range of ocean animals, plants, seaweeds, and other living things....

Sobre y en el borde de la plataforma continental en el Golfo de Salamanca, Caribe colombiano, hay fondos duros dispersos con variada fauna y flora coralina, denominados en su conjunto Banco de las Ánimas. Para ubicar y caracterizar la geomorfología y biodiversidad, se realizaron sondeos acústicos, buceo e inspecciones con un vehículo operado remotamente. Se exploró un área de topografía uniforme de poca pendiente y de 16 m de profundidad promedio,...