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Marine Biology eBooks

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  • Human-Wildlife Conflict

    Complexity in the Marine Environment

    Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) has classically been defined as a situation where wildlife impacts humans negatively (physically, economically, or psychologically), and where humans likewise negatively impact wildlife. However, there is growing consensus that the conflict between people about wildlife is as important as the conflict between people and wildlife. HWC not only affects the conservation ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • The Curious World of Seahorses

    The Life and Lore of a Marine Marvel

    by Till Hein ...
    Translated by Renée Von Paschen ...
    For readers of The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels, and How Far the Light ReachesSeahorses are one of the most charismatic and magical animals in the world, and this book is filled with endless fascinating facts and incredible stories about themFriendly and down-to-earth approach that makes the newest scientific research feel like talking with friends rather than reading a ... ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Future Sea

    How to Rescue and Protect the World’s Oceans

    A counterintuitive and compelling argument that existing laws already protect the entirety of our oceans—and a call to understand and enforce those protections.The world’s oceans face multiple threats: the effects of climate change, pollution, overfishing, plastic waste, and more. Confronted with the immensity of these challenges and of the oceans themselves, we might wonder what more can be done ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Below the Edge of Darkness

    A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea

    A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean to understand bioluminescence—the language of light that helps life communicate in the darkness—and what it tells us about the future of life on Earth in this “thrilling blend of hard science and high adventure” (The New York Times Book Review).NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKLIST • “Edith Widder’s story is one of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Other Minds

    The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

    Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness in Other MindsAlthough mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus. In ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Soul of an Octopus

    A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

    by Sy Montgomery ...
    Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year“Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Book of Eels

    Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

    Part H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is both a meditation on the world’s most elusive fish—the eel—and a reflection on the human conditionRemarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers have, for centuries, been obsessed with what has become known as the “eel question”: Where do eels come from? ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • How Far the Light Reaches

    A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

    A fascinating tour of creatures from the surface to the deepest ocean floor: this "miraculous, transcendental book" invites us to envision wilder, grander, and more abundant possibilities for the way we live (Ed Yong, author of An Immense World).A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journalist Sabrina Imbler has always been drawn to the mystery ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Eels

    An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish

    by James Prosek ...
    “Eels [is] more than a fish book. It is an impassioned defense of nature itself. . . . [Prosek] passes on the truth that the often disdained eel, like all migratory fish, is vital and mysterious and worthy of our full effort to bring it back.” — New York Times Book Review“A wonderful account of far-flung travels in pursuit of the secrets of the earth’s most mysterious fish. . . . Fascinating and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Log from the Sea of Cortez

    A Penguin ClassicIn the two years after the 1939 publication of Steinbeck’s masterful The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck and his novel increasingly became the center of intense controversy and censorship. In search of a respite from the national stage, Steinbeck and his close friend, biologist Ed Ricketts, embarked on a month long marine specimen-collecting expedition in the Gulf of California, which ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Brilliant Abyss

    Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils It

    by Helen Scales ...
    A journey into the alien depths of the sea, and into our possible future, from a marine biologist known for “nature writing at its most engaging” (Sunday Express).A golden era of deep-sea discovery is underway as revolutionary studies rewrite the very notion of life on Earth and the rules of what is possible. In the process, the abyss is being revealed as perhaps the most amazing part of our ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Death at SeaWorld

    Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity

    by David Kirby ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Evidence of Harm and *Animal Factory—*a groundbreaking scientific thriller that exposes the dark side of SeaWorld, America's most beloved marine mammal parkDeath at SeaWorld centers on the battle with the multimillion-dollar marine park industry over the controversial and even lethal ramifications of keeping killer whales in captivity. Following the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Beneath the Surface

    Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish

    *Now a New York Times Best Seller*Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. When two fellow trainers were ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Octopus, Squid & Cuttlefish

    A Visual, Scientific Guide to the Oceans’ Most Advanced Invertebrates

    “Cephalopods are often misunderstood creatures. Three biologists set the record straight on the behaviors and evolution of these invertebrates of the sea.” —Science NewsLargely shell-less relatives of clams and snails, the marine mollusks in the class Cephalopoda—Greek for “head-foot” —are colorful creatures of many-armed dexterity, often inky self-defense, and highly evolved cognition. They are ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ocean of Life

    The Fate of Man and the Sea

    A Silent Spring for oceans, written by "the Rachel Carson of the fish world" (The New York Times)Who can forget the sense of wonder with which they discovered the creatures of the deep? In this vibrant hymn to the sea, Callum Roberts—one of the world’s foremost conservation biologists—leads readers on a fascinating tour of mankind’s relationship to the sea, from the earliest traces of water on ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Underworld

    Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

    by Susan Casey ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets**“An irresistible mix of splendid scholarship, heart-stopping adventure writing, and vivid, visceral prose." —**Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author of The Soul of an OctopusFor all of human history, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Mapping the Deep: The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Science

    by Robert Kunzig ...
    A vivid, up-to-date tour of the Earth's last frontier, a remote and mysterious realm that nonetheless lies close to the heart of even the most land-locked reader.The sea covers seven-tenths of the Earth, but we have mapped only a small percentage of it. The sea contains millions of species of animals and plants, but we have identified only a few thousand of them. The sea controls our planet's ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Of Orcas and Men

    What Killer Whales Can Teach Us

    by David Neiwert ...
    A journalist “convincingly spells out the threats to their survival, their misery in captivity, and what scientists can learn by studying them” (Kirkus).The orca—otherwise known as the killer whale—is one of earth’s most intelligent animals. Remarkably sophisticated, orcas have languages and cultures and even long-term memories, and their capacity for echolocation is nothing short of a sixth sense ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Speak Whale

    The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals

    by Tom Mustill ...
    What if animals and humans could speak to one another? Tom Mustill—the nature documentarian who went viral when a thirty**‑ton humpback whale breached onto his kayak—asks this question in his thrilling investigation into whale science and animal communication.A New Yorker Best Book of 2022**“When a whale is in the water, it is like an iceberg: you only see a fraction of it and have no conception ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Jellyfish

    A Natural History

    An introduction to these bizarre and beautiful creatures of the sea, filled with color photos and illustrations: “Fascinating.”—Boing BoingJellyfish are the oldest multi-organed life form on the planet, having inhabited the ocean for more than five hundred million years. With their undulating umbrella-shaped bells and sprawling tentacles, they are compelling and gorgeous, strange and dangerous. In ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sea of Cortez

    A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research

    The collaboration of two friends—one a novelist, one a marine biologist—produced a volume in which fascinating popular science is woven into a narrative of man’s dreams, his ideals, and his accomplishments through the centuries. Sea of Cortez is one of those rare books that are all things to all readers. Actually the record of a brief collecting expedition in the lonely Gulf of California, it will ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Spineless

    The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone

    by Juli Berwald ...
    **"A book full of wonders" —Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk"Witty, insightful. . . .The story of jellyfish. . . is a significant part of the environmental story. Berwald's engaging account of these delicate, often ignored creatures shows how much they matter to our oceans' future." —New York Times Book Review**Jellyfish have been swimming in our oceans for well over half a billion years, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $6.99 USD

  • Voices in the Ocean

    A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins

    by Susan Casey ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Inspired by a profound experience swimming with wild dolphins off the coast of Maui, the bestselling author of The Wave set out on a quest to learn everything she could about dolphins—the other intelligent life on the planet.“Part science, part memoir, part impassioned plea for change.” —People**Susan Casey’s journey takes her from a community in Hawaii known as ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Of Time and Turtles

    Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell

    by Sy Montgomery ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * AMAZON EDITOR’S PICK and BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * INDIE BESTSELLER * A SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE'S BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR * THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST NONFICTION OF THE YEAR PICK * A NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR *THE PERFECT GIFT FOR NATURE LOVERS * INCLUDES GORGEOUS ARTWORK *"Montgomery's heart-tugging conversations with teammates and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD