Carl Safina
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"Some people insist that culture is strictly a human feat. What are they afraid of? This book looks into three cultures of other-than-human beings in some of Earth's remaining wild places. It shows how if you're a sperm whale, a scarlet macaw, or a chimpanzee, you too experience your life with the understanding that you are an individual in a particular community. You too are who you are not by genes alone; your culture is a second form of inheritance....
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An exhilarating journey of natural renewal through a year with MacArthur fellow Carl Safina
Beginning in his kayak in his home waters of eastern Long Island, Carl Safina's The View from Lazy Point takes us through the four seasons to the four points of the compass, from the high Arctic south to Antarctica, across the warm belly of the tropics from the Caribbean to the west Pacific, then home again. We meet Eskimos whose way of life is melting away,...
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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...
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"At the lonely center of the largest ocean lies a group of islands brimming with wildlife. And there, like a feathered nation, half a million goose-size albatross chicks await foraging parents who may be gone for weeks in search of food. Our narrator is Carl Safina; his guide and inspiration is Amelia, a hardworking parent albatross wearing a state-of-the-art satellite tracking transmitter."--Jacket.
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Part odyssey, part pilgrimage, this epic personal narrative follows the author's exploration of coasts, islands, reefs, and the sea's abyssal depths. Scientist and fisherman Carl Safina takes readers on a global journey of discovery, probing for truth about the world's changing seas, deftly weaving adventure, science, and political analysis.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 7
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Examine the major project, led by the Nisqually Indian tribe, restoring the Nisqually River.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 2
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Find out why Carl Safina believes Islam could be a key to ocean conservation in large parts of the world.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 5
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Join Carl Safina as he goes to sea with some of the last remaining swordfish harpooners.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 9
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Join Carl Safina to find signs that the famous codfish of New England just might, indeed, be coming back.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 3
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Learn how fishermen in Mexico stopped hunting gray whales and developed a lucrative whale-watching co-op.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 8
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Learn how Trinidad transformed leatherback turtles from shark bait to tourist attraction.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 10
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Learn how lionfish are damaging native species in the Caribbean and along the Atlantic coast.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 6
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Examine the major project, led by the Nisqually Indian tribe, restoring the Nisqually River.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 4
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Join Carl Safina as he goes to sea with some of the last remaining swordfish harpooners.
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Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina volume 1
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See how sharks can thrive while local people still can fish in Belize.
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This deep dive into the wonderful world of insects teaches us to love the tiny, seemingly terrifying creatures all around us.
For many people, cockroaches are the most pesky of pests. Not so for entomologist Frank Nischk. In this funny and fascinating book, Frank reveals his love and admiration for so-called "nasty" creatures like cockroaches, crickets, and more. He shows us that even seemingly terrifying insects are beautiful in their own way-and...
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"A moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned screech owl, whose lasting friendship with the author illuminates humanity's relationship with the world. When ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in a near-death baby owl, they expected that, like other wild orphans they'd rescued, she'd be a temporary presence. But Alfie's feathers were not growing correctly, requiring prolonged care. As Alfie grew and gained strength, she became...
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"Follow researcher Carl Safina as he treks with a herd of elephants across the Kenyan landscape, then travel with him to the Pacific Northwest to track and monitor whales in their ocean home. Along the way, find out more about the interior lives of these giants of land and sea--how they play, how they fight, and how they communicate with one another, and sometimes with us, too. Weaving decades of field research with exciting new discoveries about...