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Author | : James R. Spotila |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2015-10-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 142141709X |
The most comprehensive book ever written on leatherback sea turtles. Weighing as much as 2,000 pounds and reaching lengths of over seven feet, leatherback turtles are the world’s largest reptile. These unusual sea turtles have a thick, pliable shell that helps them to withstand great depths—they can swim more than one thousand meters below the surface in search of food. And what food source sustains these goliaths? Their diet consists almost exclusively of jellyfish, a meal they crisscross the oceans to find. Leatherbacks have been declining in recent decades, and some predict they will be gone by the end of this century. Why? Because of two primary factors: human redevelopment of nesting beaches and commercial fishing. There are only twenty-nine index beaches in the world where these turtles nest, and there is immense pressure to develop most of them into homes or resorts. At the same time, longline and gill net fisheries continue to overwhelm waters frequented by leatherbacks. In The Leatherback Turtle, James R. Spotila and Pilar Santidrián Tomillo bring together the world’s leading experts to produce a volume that reveals the biology of the leatherback while putting a spotlight on the conservation problems and solutions related to the species. The book leaves us with options: embark on the conservation strategy laid out within its pages and save one of nature’s most splendid creations, or watch yet another magnificent species disappear.
Author | : Rebecca E. Hirsch |
Publisher | : Lerner Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-08 |
Genre | : Leatherback turtle |
ISBN | : 9781467782746 |
"This book covers information (life cycle, appearance, habitat) about the leatherback sea turtle. Each chapter discusses an aspect of the turtle's life, comparing it to a similar reptile and to a very different reptile"--
Author | : Rod Theodorou |
Publisher | : Heinemann Educational Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781575722726 |
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the leatherback turtle and discusses some of the reasons it is in danger of extinction.
Author | : Paddy Muir |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Leatherback turtle |
ISBN | : |
"The leatherback seaturtle is the world's largest reptile. It is significantly larger than all other marine turtles"--p. [1].
Author | : Stephen R. Swinburne |
Publisher | : Millbrook Press |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2020-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1728412722 |
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! "Can you hear me? Scritch, scratch. I'm a little sea turtle inside an egg." Follow a hatchling's treacherous journey from nest to sea. Longtime science writer Stephen Swinburne creates an engaging first-person narrative from the sea turtle's perspective. Gorgeous photographs by Guillaume Feuillet capture the drama of the hatchlings' race to safety. Back matter includes information on the life cycle of leatherback sea turtles, tips for how readers can assist with sea turtle conservation, and recommended further reading.
Author | : Carol Ruckdeschel |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 151 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0820326143 |
Describes the physical characteristics, natural environment, behavior, and conservation of sea turtles that can be found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Includes photographs, illustrations, and distribution maps.
Author | : Carl Safina |
Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2007-04-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1429900865 |
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 | : James R. Spotila |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2004-11-12 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0801880076 |
Marine biologist James R. Spotila has spent much of his life unraveling the mysteries of these graceful creatures and working to ensure their survival. In "Sea Turtles," he offers a comprehensive and compelling account of their history and life cycle based on the most recent scientific data and suggests what we can be done to save them. Illustrated with stunning, full-color photographs. 0-808-8007-6$24.95 / Johns Hopkins University Press
Author | : Alan B. Bolten |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-03-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1588345572 |
Sea turtles have been the focus of research and intense conservation efforts for decades and the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, currently listed as a threatened species, is arguably one of the best studied of the seven species. Loggerhead Sea Turtles brings together, for the first time, international experts to synthesize the knowledge of Loggerhead biology and conservation and sets the stage for future ecological, biological, and conservation research. Highly detailed coverage includes diet, growth, nesting, migration, habitat selection, and conservation.
Author | : Joel Sartore |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1426217773 |
This book of photography represents National Geographic's Photo Ark, a major cross-platform initiative and lifelong project by photographer Joel Sartore to make portraits of the world's animals -- especially those that are endangered. His message: to know these animals is to save them. Sartore intends to photograph every animal in captivity in the world. He is circling the globe, visiting zoos and wildlife rescue centers to create studio portraits of 12,000 species, with an emphasis on those facing extinction. He has photographed more than 6,000 already and now, thanks to a multi-year partnership with National Geographic, he may reach his goal. This book showcases his animal portraits: from tiny to mammoth, from the Florida grasshopper sparrow to the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Paired with the prose of veteran wildlife writer Douglas Chadwick, this book presents an argument for saving all the species of our planet.