Brian Skerry Knihy

This provocative book of photography offers bold new insight into the lives of the world's largest mammals, along with their complex societies. In these pages, we learn that whales share an amazing ability to learn and adapt to opportunities, from specialized feeding strategies to parenting techniques. There is also evidence of deeper, cultural elements of whale identity, from unique dialects to matrilineal societies to organized social customs like singing contests. Featuring the arresting underwater images of Brian Skerry, who has explored and documented oceans for over four decades, this book will document these alluring creatures in all their glory--and demonstrate how these majestic creatures can teach us about ourselves and our planet.

Explore the captivating realm of sharks through the lens of renowned National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry. This immersive experience reveals the fascinating truths about these powerful creatures, offering insights into their behavior and importance in the marine ecosystem. Skerry's stunning visuals and expert knowledge invite readers to appreciate the beauty and complexity of sharks, challenging common misconceptions and highlighting the need for their conservation.

A collection of Brian Skerry's ocean photography, including sharks in the Bahamas, leatherback sea turtles in Trinidad, and right whales in the Auckland Islands.

This comprehensive guide is for both beginning and advanced divers. It tells how to find wrecks, details the equipment and techniques needed, explains safety concerns, and teaches how to recover artifacts and preserve them.

What would it be like to live sixty feet below the ocean waves? Author Ken Mallory and photographer Brian Skerry found out. They spent a week in the Aquarius underwater laboratory on a coral reef off the Florida Keys. They lived in cramped quarters. They went scuba diving every day—to study the fish of the reef and to use the underwater outhouse. They slept in bunks with the constant crackle of snapping shrimp coming through the shell of their underwater home. Skerry's photographs from the pages of National Geographic Magazine capture the stunning sights of a strange undersea habitat in this winner of the John Burroughs Nature Books for Young Readers Award.

Get closer to the beauty and power of sharks with award-winning National Geographic photographer Brain Skerry as he illustrates their remarkable evolutionary adaptations and their huge importance to marine ecosystems around the world.

National Geographic Face to Face Readers is a high-interest series of books for confident, independent readers that have been adapted to a Key Stage 2 audience by education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively first-person text and fascinating facts about the natural world.

Wale faszinieren die Menschen seit jeher. Dennoch haben wir nur flüchtige Eindrücke der sanften Giganten. Wir wissen wenig über deren erstaunliche Anpassungsfähigkeiten, deren spezielle Fütterungsstrategien, deren matriarchalische Gesellschaften und deren einzigartige soziale Bräuche wie Gesangswettbewerbe. Folgen Sie den Entdeckungen eines renommierten National Geographic Fotojournalisten und tauchen Sie ein in das geheime Leben der Wale. Brian Skerry zeigt uns die Meeressäuger so nah und intensiv wie nie.