Sea turtle scientist / by Stephen R. Swinburne.
Material type: TextSeries: Scientists in the fieldPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]Description: xiv, 65 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 x 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0547367554 (hbk.)
- 9780547367552 (hbk.)
- A Junior Library Guild selection
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 597.9289 S978 | Available | 33111007489335 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Dr. Kimberly Stewart, also known as the Turtle Lady of St. Kitts, is already waiting at midnight when an 800-pound leatherback sea turtle crawls out of the Caribbean surf and onto the sandy beach. The mother turtle has a vital job to do: dig a nest in which she will lay eggs that will hatch into part of the next generation of leatherbacks. With only one in a thousand of the eggs for this critically endangered species resulting in an adult sea turtle, the odds are stacked against her and her offspring. Join the renowned author and photographer Steve Swinburne on a journey through history to learn how sea turtles came to be endangered, and what scientists like Kimberly are doing to save them. For the complete selection of books in this critically acclaimed, award-winning series, visit www.sciencemeetsadventure.com .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63) and index.
One in a thousand -- Meet the leatherback sea turtle -- Las tortugas: a history of the sea turtle -- The man who hunted sea turtles -- Science is hands-and-knees work -- The journey of the hatchlings -- The mystery of hatchling turtles -- It takes a community to save a sea turtle -- Saving sea turtles.
Explores the leatherback sea turtle's natural history and recounts the efforts being made by scientists trying to save them.
A Junior Library Guild selection