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Giggs, Rebecca.

Summary: "When writer Rebecca Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beachfront in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales reflect the condition of our oceans. Fathoms : The World in the Whale blends natural history, philosophy, and science to explore: How do whales experience ecological change? How has whale culture been both understood and altered by human technology?...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551 GIG

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Nat Giggs

Young, Karen Romano

Summary: Introduces whales, discussing their physical features, behavior, and complex communication abilities, along with a history of whaling and a description of the efforts being made by scientists around the world to save them from extinction. --Publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 599.5 YOU

Summary: The eighty-nine cetacean species that swim our seas and rivers are as diverse as they are intelligent and elusive, from the hundred-foot-long, two-hundred-ton blue whale to the lesser-known tucuxi, ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, and diminutive, critically endangered vaquita. The huge distances these highly migratory creatures cover and the depths they dive mean we catch only the merest glimpses...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 599 WHA

Summary: A study of whale behavior, emphasizing whale sound research.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Wonder Visions 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SCI

Summary: Patrick Dykstra is a man who has dedicated his life to his great passion - diving with and filming whales. Over the years, Patrick has learned how whales communicate, how they perceive other creatures in the water, and how they behave in his immediate presence.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PAT

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