Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations. Southern Africa has some of the best whale and dolphin watching opportunities in the world. This is an essential guide to watching the region's 12 most common species. In addition to species accounts and charts that aid identification, this... More
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs and illustrations. Although this book covers the well-known resident spinner dolphins and the visiting humpback whales, it particularly highlights the ten species of lesser-known open-ocean dolphins and whales that are resident to the marine slopes of the islands. These include... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. In this fascinating account, Bearzi takes us inside the world of a marine scientist and offers a firsthand understanding of marine mammal behaviour, as well as the frustrations, delights, and creativity that make up dolphin research. In this... More
London: Earthscan Publications, 2011. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations. Icons for the conservation movement, whales and dolphins are the most conspicuous ambassadors for entire marine ecosystems and possibly even for the biosphere as a whole. With our realisation of impending threats to their environment, there is a growing... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs and illustrations, line drawings, maps. Over the course of the twentieth century, our understanding of and relationship to whales underwent astonishing changes. With this book, D. Graham Burnett tells the fascinating story of the transformation of... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, (2016. second edition), Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations, maps. There are many opportunities to see whales, dolphins and porpoises in the seas around Europe and this comprehensive and authoritative guide covers everything you need to know about where, when and how to watch them. Packed with useful... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs, illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. From swimming alongside our boats to lurking alone in the shadowy waters of remote seas, seals have long interacted with humans and played a part in our history. In this book, Dickenson explores the... More
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, maps. Before commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and sometimes even whalers themselves had attempted to create an international regulatory framework that would provide a sustainable whaling industry. This book tells the story... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press/WILDGuides, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations, maps. The essential field guide to all the sea mammals found in coastal Britain. The book features more than 100 stunning photographs and close to 40 detailed and beautiful illustrations of 34 species of sea mammals, paying special attention... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. Large octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations, line drawings. Beaked whales have been shrouded in mystery for most of the twentieth century. Denizens of deep, remote ocean waters and highly resistant to life in captivity, they have proven notoriously difficult for humans to observe. Over... More
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations, colour photographs. Written with Ellis's deep knowledge and trademark passion, verve, and wit - and illustrated with a wide array of images including his own signature artwork - his study covers the full spectrum of the sperm whales... More
Sofia: Pensoft, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This book is a combination history of some aspects of Marine Mammal Science and a narrative of a special voyage by the author into the world of marine mammals. Although the study of marine mammals has a very long history, the modern era... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, [2014]. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Originally published in 1986. The contributors to this volume have accomplished a breakthrough in our ability to collect data on ocean-dwelling mammals. In the first large-scale comparison of fur seals, they have employed quantitative methods and a special instrument... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, The Western world has had an enduring love affair with dolphins since the early 1960s, with fanciful claims of their 'healing powers' and 'super intelligence'. Myths and pseudoscience abound on the subject. Justin Gregg weighs up the claims made about dolphin intelligence and... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. How intelligent are dolphins? Is their communication system really as complex as human language? And are they as friendly and peaceful as they are made out to be? The Western world has had an enduring love affair with dolphins since the... More
Vercelli: White Star, 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, color photographs. A volume of photographs that invites you to discover cetaceans, this book provides a surprisingly intense portrait of dolphin and whale life, and a fascinating journey through images. The texts, which are scientifically rigorous but still pleasant to read, are accompanied by... More
Cambridge MA: MIT Press Ltd, 2015. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs. This volume offers a comprehensive reference to the latest research on dolphin communication and cognition, reporting on findings from both the laboratory and the field. Dolphin researchers have collected an impressive amount of data over the last... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Octavo, laminated boards, colour and black and white photographs, maps. Whale-watching has been portrayed by destinations and business operators, and advocated by environmental groups, as a sustainable activity and a humane alternative to whaling. In recent years however, the sustainability of these activities has increasingly... More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2009. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. BRAND NEW The story of a man's obsession with whales, which takes the author on a personal, historical and biographical journey, from his childhood to his fascination with Moby Dick and his excursions whale-watching. All his life, Philip Hoare has been obsessed... More
Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs. Marine biologist Micheline Jenner discovered humpback breeding grounds off the Kimberley coast, has swum through orange golfball-sized pygmy blue whale poo to uncover a feeding spot, and is one of very few people to witness a humpback whale... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, this book opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that understanding it pushes the very limits of our senses. Elin Kelsey's colourful first-person account, drawing from... More
Sydney: Harper Collins, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs. Journalist and biologist Christopher Kemp discovers a hidden world of money, intrigue and amazing wealth. Ambergris is a by-product of sperm whales, used for centuries as a perfume, medicine and aphrodisiac. It appears on beaches all over the... More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2007. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs. In 1980, a group of scientists censusing marine mammals in the Bay of Fundy was astonished at the sight of 25 right whales. It was, one scientist later recalled, "like finding a brontosaurus in the backyard."... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs and illustrations. In the cold waters of the unforgiving North Atlantic Ocean, some of the heartiest humans of medieval days ventured out in search of whales. As the desire for whales grew through the centuries, people... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs, maps. Dugongs and manatees, the only fully aquatic herbivorous mammals, are threatened by multiple global problems. This book provides comparative information on all four surviving species. It presents detailed scientific summaries, covering sirenian feeding biology; reproduction and... More