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Hawksbill Promise: The Journey of an Endangered Sea Turtle (Tilbury House Nature Book)
There is a deserted bay on a small island off Antigua where hawksbill turtles crawl ashore at night during the mating season to lay their eggs. Two months later the hatchlings—each weighing less than an ounce—emerge from the sand and scramble to the sea in the moonlight. Only a lucky few survive. Mary Beth Owens was inspired by her admiration and concern for these critically endangered animals to write and illustrate this beautiful book. The narrator—a craggy, ancient jumby tree that stands sentinel over the bay—observes a hawksbill’s arrival by night, her arduous trek to excavate a nest and bury her eggs, her solitary return to the sea, and the later diaspora of her hatchlings. Spare prose complements pages saturated with Caribbean color or brooding in ghostly moonlight.
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
The Hawksbill Sea Turtle is one of the most fascinating and endangered animals in our oceans. Known for its beautiful shell and impressive migration patterns, this turtle faces many threats, including habitat loss, illegal trade, and damage to coral reefs. In this book, we take a closer look at these incredible creatures, their challenges in the wild, and what it takes to care for them in captivity. While their natural habitats are in danger, there is growing effort to protect Hawksbill Sea Turtles by caring for them in places like aquariums, rehabilitation centers, and conservation programs. This book explains what it takes to keep these turtles in captivity, from understanding the legal an...
Into the Arabian Sea, Hessa the Hawksbill Turtle
Let’s follow Hessa, a critically endangered hawksbill turtle hatchling, as she bravely fights her way from the nest to the sea in one of Abu Dhabi’s nesting beaches. This book aims to educate children, in a fun way, about the different threats hawksbill turtles face as they take their first journey to the sea. Will Hessa be able to solve all the riddles to reach her new home?
Sea Turtles
Streamlined and equipped with flippers, sea turtles seem uniquely adapted for water-yet remain firmly attached to land, where the females lay their eggs each year. They sport the many colors of the rainbow, range in weight from 100 to 1,300 pounds, and figure in the mythology and folklore of cultures around the world. And still, they currently risk extinction. In this book, marine biologist Blair Ernest Witherington, who has devoted decades to these ancient creatures, offers readers an in-depth look into their mysterious world. Accompanied by exquisite photographs, his descriptions comprise a personal introduction to these strangely graceful marine reptiles. Detailed, lively, and up-to-date imagery tells the story of sea turtles’ distant origins, their specialized form and undersea challenges, senses and life cycle, world voyages and navigational talents—and their ecological roles. The most comprehensive overview of sea turtles to date, this book portrays each of the seven species in close-up, offering information on appearance, distribution, movements, life history, reproduction, diet, unique traits, and conservation.
The Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume I
Sea turtles have existed for millions of years, making them fascinating subjects of study. In the last 20 years, the science of sea turtle biology has expanded at an exponential rate, leading to major advances in many areas. This book synthesizes the results of these advances and focuses on how these endangered marine reptiles operate in, adapt to, and are dependent upon particular features of their marine environment. New technology in data gathering, such as DNA analyses, remote sensing, and physiological monitoring techniques, has led to a much greater understanding of the biology of the sea turtle at all stages of their life history.
