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"When naturalist Sy Montgomery and wildlife artist Matt Patterson arrive at Turtle Rescue League, they are greeted by hundreds of turtles recovering from injury and illness. Endangered by cars and highways, pollution and poachers, these turtles--with wounds so severe that even veterinarians would have dismissed them as fatal--are given a second chance at life. The League's founders, Natasha and Alexxia, live by one motto: never give up on a turtle....

"Can you hear me? Scritch, scratch. I'm a little sea turtle inside an egg." Follow a hatchling's treacherous journey from nest to sea. Longtime science writer Stephen Swinburne creates an engaging first-person narrative from the sea turtle's perspective. Gorgeous photographs by Guillaume Feuillet capture the drama of the hatchlings' race to safety. Back matter includes information on the life cycle of leatherback sea turtles, tips for how readers...

For millions of years, green sea turtles migrated long distances through the world's oceans. This gentle giant has played an important role in keeping oceans healthy. Unfortunately, green sea turtle populations were severely harmed by human actions in recent centuries. This book explores the history of the green sea turtle as it became endangered, as well as how conservation efforts allowed the turtle's population to rise once again. Amazing photographs...

Running away never felt so rightSabrina Gray runs away to the Caribbean to escape the trauma of her sister's suicide and the wreckage of her surgical career. An accident results in her waking, far out to sea, on a yacht with a handsome stranger.Ben Ryan, out-of-work billionaire and turtle conservation volunteer, is sailing to an isolated coral cay with much needed equipment. He is both suspicious of, and drawn to, the sad-eyed stowaway on his boat.Doubts...

For over 100 million years, sea turtles have traversed the seas, enduring mass extinctions and playing critical roles in maintaining food webs. But now they face a new threat-humans. It's time we learned more about these remarkable reptiles. Academy Award winner and turtle conservation champion Russell Crowe narrates the captivating tale of Bunji, a green sea turtle. From the moment her fragile egg cracks below the warm sands of an Australian beach,...

Entra en el mundo de Anny, La Tortuga Marina en su vuelta a anidar en la playa donde naci. Durante el viaje le ayuda su amiga Oliva quien le advierte acerca de los peligros que se encontrar en el mar. Anny finalmente llega a su destino en Mxico, pero tiene miedo bajar a la tierra para hacer su nido. Afortunadamente ella descubre que hay un nuevo amigo esperando para ayudarla.Este libro, escrito en Ingls y Espaol, es fascinante para cualquier lector...

Spending the summer with his grandmother on South Carolina's Dewees Island, eleven-year-old Jake finds two friends who are also struggling with family issues and together they try to save a sea turtle nest from predators.

With electrifying images, CACU: A CHANGE FOR LIFE follows five fishermen from Manresa, a poor neighborhood to the West of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, as they learn from marine biologist Omar Shamir Reynoso’s one-of-a-kind plan to protect nesting sea turtles. With the scientist’s guidance and the community’s collaboration, the fishermen become sea turtle advocates and custodians in this story of conservation success. Environmental...

Shot over a seven year period, The Marion Lake Story tells the compelling story of how a community on the east end of Long Island, N.Y. came together to clear their lake of the highly invasive phragmite reed. They educated themselves, raised money, hired laborers, and eventually got out to “weed the communal garden.” Years later, a bio-diverse habitat for native birds, plants and rare turtles is returning; and the phragmite reed is in retreat....