Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals

by Annalisa Berta

Book Overview

Return to the Sea portrays the life and evolutionary times of marine mammals--from giant whales and sea cows that originated 55 million years ago to the deep-diving elephant seals and clam-eating walruses of modern times. This fascinating account of the origin of various marine-mammal lineages--some extinct, others extant but threatened--is for the nonspecialist. Against a backdrop of geologic time and changing climates and geography, this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520355520
• ISBN13: 9780520355521
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"