Bøger af Helen Scales

Discover an incredible world hidden beneath the waves with this beautiful encyclopedia of our oceans and the animals that live in and around them.

An impassioned examination of the existential threats to the world's ocean and cautious optimism for the abundant life within it.

An impassioned examination of the existential threats to the world's ocean and cautious optimism for the abundant life within it.

Supported by the National Trust, who look after over 700 miles of Britain¿s coastline.Turns any beach into a treasure hunt. A simple, nostalgic pleasure and a connection with the wonders of nature.Beautifully illustrated and packed with surprising and delightful facts.

Join a team of scientists as they set sail for a place that's unlike anywhere else on Earth - the Galápagos Islands.

A captivating, fully-illustrated guide to the Great Barrier Reef, the animals that call it home, and the urgency of conservation efforts to save it.

"Join a team of scientists as they set sail for a place that's unlike anywhere else on Earth, the Galâapagos Islands"--Back cover.

Learn about and colour in the extraordinary ways nature has come back from the brink in this collection of nature recovery stories from around the world. From the recovery of endangered kiwi populations in New Zealand and the setting up of tiger reserves in India, to rescuing the blue butterflies in the English countryside and replanting the seagrass meadows in North America, there's a world of hope to colour in and explore. Each story of environmental recovery is accompanied by a huge, detailed colouring page to keep you entertained for hours.Created by Helen Scales, marine biologist and writer, and Good Wives & Warriors, the internationally renowned duo of illustrators behind Mythopedia and Return of the Wild.

Zu Land und in der Luft waren wir mit den Vorgänger-Titeln schon - fehlt also noch zu Wasser! Dies ist eine erstaunliche Reise durch die Weltmeere und zu 80 ihrer bemerkenswertesten Bewohner. Das bildschön illustrierte Buch enthält faszinierende Geschichten von Fischen, Muscheln und anderen Meeresbewohnern, die das Leben der Menschen auf oft überraschende und unerwartete Weise beeinflusst haben - sei es in der Medizin oder Kultur.

"Award-winning marine biologist Helen Scales introduces children to the wonders of shells (from seashells to land snails) through the art of observation. Using a friendly question-and-answer format, she explores, through a richly sensory experience, the incredible diversity of shells around the world and showcases the environments molluscs inhabit. From what a shell's shape, color, or texture can reveal about its inhabitant, to where shells are found (from the deepest seas to jungly treetops), with this book, readers can get up close with nature to observe its wonders"--

A stunning, lavishly illustrated, and information-packed introduction to the wonder of shells through the art of observation - the perfect book for young explorers, collectors, and nature lovers everywhere

The deep sea is the last, vast wilderness on the planet. For centuries, myth-makers and storytellers have concocted imaginary monsters of the deep, and now scientists are looking there to find bizarre, unknown species, chemicals to make new medicines, and to gain a greater understanding of how this world of ours works. With an average depth of 12,000 feet and chasms that plunge much deeper, it forms a frontier for new discoveries. The Brilliant Abyss tells the story of our relationship with the deep sea - how we imagine, explore and exploit it. It captures the golden age of discovery we are currently in and looks back at the history of how we got here, while also looking forward to the unfolding new environmental disasters that are taking place miles beneath the waves, far beyond the public gaze. Throughout history, there have been two distinct groups of deep-sea explorers. Both have sought knowledge but with different and often conflicting ambitions in mind. Some people want to quench their curiosity; many more have been lured by the possibilities of commerce and profit. The tension between these two opposing sides is the theme that runs throughout the book, while readers are taken on a chronological journey through humanity's developing relationship with the deep sea. The Brilliant Abyss ends by looking forwards to humanity's advancing impacts on the deep, including mining and pollution and what we can do about them.

. Naturschutz als Erfolgsgeschichte: 20 hoffnungsvolle Geschichten über Arten, die sich durchsetzen konnten und wieder gedeihen. Umwerfend schöne Illustrationen von Good Wives and Warriors, die schon unseren Bestseller Mythopedia illustriert habenDie Klimakrise und das Aussterben von Tieren und Pflanzen können ängstigen und bedrücken - umso wichtiger, dass wir Kindern Mut machen und ihnen zeigen, dass Engagement sich lohnt, und dass die Natur sich erholen kann, wenn wir sie lassen!Hier lernen Sie und Ihre Kinder Tiere und Pflanzen kennen, die allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz ihren rechtmäßigen Platz in der Natur zurückerobern. Von Blauwalen, die in den Südlichen Ozean zurückkehren, bis hin zu seltenen Blumenarten, die auf städtischen Dächern ein neues Zuhause finden. Außerdem werden die Menschen und Organisationen vorgestellt, die diese Arten vor dem Aussterben bewahren.

'A rewarding glimpse of another world' THE GUARDIANSeashells are the sculpted homes of a remarkable group of animals: the molluscs. These are some of the most ancient and successful animals on the planet, and they have fascinating tales to tell. Spirals in Time charts the course of shells through history, from the first jewelry and the oldest currencies through to their use as potent symbols of sex and death, prestige and war, not to mention a nutritious (and tasty) source of food. In this book, Helen Scales leads us on a journey into the realm of these undersea marvels. She goes in search of everything from snails that 'fly' underwater to octopuses accused of stealing shells and giant mussels with golden beards.Shells are also bellwethers of our impact on the natural world. The effects of overfishing and pollution are, of course, serious concerns, but perhaps more worrying is ocean acidification, which causes shells to simply melt away. Spirals in Time urges you to ponder how seashells can reconnect us with nature, and heal the rift between ourselves and the living world.One of the books of the year - Nature, Guardian, The Economist, The Times

A fascinating journey with the sea creature that has captured human imagination for thousands of years Poseidon's Steed trails the seahorse through secluded waters across the globe in a kaleidoscopic history that mirrors man's centuries-old fascination with the animal, sweeping from the reefs of Indonesia, through the back streets of Hong Kong, and back in time to ancient Greece and Rome. Over time, seahorses have surfaced in some unlikely places. We see them immortalized in the decorative arts; in tribal folklore, literature, and ancient myth; and even on the pages of the earliest medical texts, prescribed to treat everything from skin complaints to baldness to flagging libido. Marine biologist Helen Scales eloquently shows that seahorses are indeed fish, though scientists have long puzzled over their exotic anatomy, and their very strange sex lives-male seahorses are the only males in the animal world that experience childbirth! Our first seahorse imaginings appeared six thousand years ago on cave walls in Australia. The ancient Greeks called the seahorse hippocampus (half-horse, half-fish) and sent it galloping through the oceans of mythology, pulling the sea god Poseidon's golden chariot. The seahorse has even been the center of a modern-day international art scandal: A two-thousand-year-old winged seahorse brooch was plundered by Turkish tomb raiders and sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. A book that is as charming as the seahorse itself, Poseidon's Steed brings to life an aquatic treasure.Seahorses lead quiet lives, tucked away out of sight on the seafloor. It is rare to catch a glimpse of a seahorse in its natural habitat. But even if few have seen one live, these exotic, seemingly prehistoric creatures exist quite vividly in our imaginations and they have mesmerized scientists, artists, and storytellers throughout time with their otherworldly rarity. Poseidon's Steed is a sweeping journey that takes us from the coral reefs and seagrass meadows of Indonesia where many seahorses makes their natural habitat to the back streets of Hong Kong where a thriving black market seahorse trade is concealed. Throughout history, seahorses have surfaced in some unexpected places and Scales also follows the seahorse back in time, from our most rudimentary seahorse imaginings six thousand years ago on cave walls in Australia, to the myths of ancient Greece. Scientists have long puzzled over seahorses' unusual anatomy and their very strange sex lives. And male seahorses are the only males in the animal world that experience childbirth! Seahorses are not what scientists call a 'keystone' species. They rely on a healthy ocean to survive, but the marine ecosystem does not rely on them. But their delicate beauty reminds us that we rely on the seas not only to fill our dinner plates, but also to feed our imaginations.