The lives and activities of seabirds as you've never seen them before Seabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places. They spend large portions of their lives at sea, often far from land, and nest on beautiful and remote islands that humans rarely visit. Thanks to the development of increasingly sophisticated and miniaturized devices that can track their every movement and behavior, it is now possible to observe the mysterious lives of these...

The pioneering naturalist's works exploring the Earth's oceans.--

A lyrical introduction to the sea, its inhabitants, and its role in the world around it. Includes facts about the ecosystems of oceans and shorelines.

"The African Penguin population is critically low, due to various factors including climate change. Scientists and volunteers with a South African organization are helping to rescue these endangered birds by rearing abandoned chicks."-- Despite South African government efforts to protect the penguin colonies and their ocean fish supply, young penguins still struggle to survive. Fuzzy chicks waiting for food in open nests may overheat in the sun or...

African penguins, also known as black-footed penguins, are a species of seabird that many dedicated people are working to protect. Readers are introduced to one of the leading penguin-protecting organizations in South Africa: the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds. As they learn about the work this organization does to rescue and care for penguins, they learn fascinating facts about penguins through engaging text and...

Briefly describes the appearance and habits of such birds that live and feed near the water as the auk, puffin, pelican, gannet, cormorant, and albatross.

"The term 'seabirds' covers a great range of bird families and species, all of which have one thing in common - they are adapted for life at sea." "This book looks at the ecology of the true seabird families - the penguins, divers, tubenoses, cormorants, gannets, frigatebirds, tropicbirds, gulls, terns and auks. It discusses the opportunities available and the demands and restrictions imposed on birds exploiting the marine environment and examines...