Richard Ellis
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The sharks, ancient or modern, real or imaginary, have always been with us, and will probably remain with us forever. They appear not only in movies and literature, but in countless permutations of size, shape, and materials, permeating our daily lives with their silent menace. In a sense, humans live in a world replete with sharks, not vice-versa. Thus, Richard Ellis sets about chronicling and debunking the myths of sharks throughout history. From...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Two-thirds of this planet is covered by water inhabited by an incredible variety of living organisms, ranging in size from microbe to whale, and in abundance from scarce to uncountable. Whales and dolphins must surface to breathe, and some fishes occupy surface waters and can easily be seen from boats or shore, but most of the marine bio-profusion is hidden from human eyes, often under thousands of feet and millions of tons of water, which is usually...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The author of The Book of Sharks, Imagining Atlantis, and Encyclopedia of the Sea turns his gaze to the tuna--one of the biggest, fastest, and most highly evolved marine animals and the source of some of the world's most popular delicacies--now hovering on the brink of extinction. In recent years, the tuna's place on our palates has come under scrutiny, as we grow increasingly aware of our own health and the health of our planet. Here, Ellis explains...
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Working from the fossil record, Richard Ellis explores the natural history of these fierce predators, speculates on their habits, and tells how they eventually became extinct - or did they? He traces the 200-million-year history of the great ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs who swam the ancient oceans - and who, according to some, may even still frequent the likes of Loch Ness."
"The first book about these animals in nearly a century, Sea...
15) The great sperm whale: a natural history of the ocean's most magnificent and mysterious creature
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English