Salmon: A Fish by Mark Kurlansky
$39.99 AUD
Category: Marine Life
Most of what we do on land ends up impacting the ocean, but never is that clearer than when we look at salmon. Centuries of our greatest assaults on nature, from overfishing to dams, from hatcheries to fish farms, from industrial pollution to the ravages of climate change, can be seen in their harrowing ...Show more
Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey-Smith
$19.99 AUD
Category: Marine Life | Reading Level: very good
'Brilliant' GuardianWaterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (March) SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? ...Show more
Kings of Their Own Ocean - Tuna and the Future of Our Oceans by Karen Pinchin
$42.99 AUD
Category: Marine Life
This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises and limits of ocean science and the big truth of how our insatiable appetite for bluefin transformed a cottage industry into a global dilemma.In 2004, an enigmatic charter captain name ...Show more
Sea fishes of Southern Australia by Barry Hutchins; Roger Swainston
$29.99 AUD
Category: Marine Life | Series: Rockpool Publishing Ser.
The first complete field guide to the fishes of Australia's southern half -- now in a revised edition. The species entries are grouped in families in the internationally accepted scientific order. Families are arranged so that those with closely related features follow on from one another, making compar ...Show more
Dolphin by Alan Rauch
$24.99 AUD
Category: Marine Life | Series: Animal
From Flipper to SeaWorld, dolphins have long captured our hearts. We love these friendly, intelligent mammals, and they seem to return our feelings--they enjoy interacting with swimmers and have been known to encircle people under attack by sharks. Despite our familiarity with dolphins, though, we remai ...Show more
Ultimate Encyc Equarium Fish and Fish by Bailey Mary and Sandf
$19.95 AUD
Category: Marine Life
Guide to Fish: Choosing and Cooking Sustainable Species by Hilary McNevin
$29.95 AUD
Category: Marine Life
Guide to Fish is a user-friendly, informative guide to choosing and cooking the 23 sustainable fish species. This book tells you everything you need to know, including how to select different species of sustainable fish, which fish are farmed and when a fish is in season. There is information about what ...Show more
A Natural History of Shells by Geerat J. Vermeij
$29.99 AUD
Category: Marine Life | Series: Princeton Science Library
From "one of the master naturalists of our time" (American Scientist), a fascinating exploration of what seashells reveal about biology, evolution, and the history of life Geerat Vermeij wrote this celebration of shells to share his enthusiasm for these supremely elegant creations and what they can ...Show more
Sharks Never Sleep: First-hand encounters with killers of the sea by Brendan McAloon
$29.99 AUD
Category: Marine Life
Following a year of record numbers of shark attacks, Sharks Never Sleep takes us around the world to meet shark-attack survivors, shark lovers and shark hunters, who tell us of the primal fear of being eaten alive by a wild animal, the unimaginable grief of losing a loved one and share extraordinary tal ...Show more
Can Fish Count? What Animals Reveal about Our Uniquely Mathematical Mind by Brian Butterworth
$24.99 AUD
Category: Marine Life
'What I like best about this fascinating book is the detail. Brian Butterworth doesn't just tell us stories of animals with numerical abilities: he tells us about the underlying science. Elegantly written and a joy to read' - Professor Ian Stewart, author of What's the Use? and Taming the Infinite 'Ful ...Show more