A young widow takes her ailing four-year-old son to the oceanographic center that uses dolphins to work with children and meets Paul Tyler, a former surgeon troubled by his past.
In this memorable first book, Behind the Dolphin Smile, Richard O'Barry told the inspiring story of his personal transformation from world-famous dolphin trainer (Flipper was his pupil) to dolphin liberator.
Go inside the mind of one of the most intelligent animals on Earth. Learn more about dolphins, how they use their cleverness to survive, and how they are astonishing scientists with their surprising smarts.
A scientific journey to study the dolphins of coastal Australia considers the many potential sources of dolphin intelligence and what dolphin behavior can inform the scientific community about human intelligence, captive animals and the ...
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Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of dolphins.
Originally published: Limpsfield: Dragon's World, 1996.
Who can resist dolphins? They're so smart, and they have that mysterious smile. But they're wild animals -- possibly friendly, potentially dangerous. And only a very few people get a...
When 12-year-old KT Wynn learns that she has to move from Iowa City to Florida, she's distraught.
Wild dolphins have a lot of ways to catch and kill their food.
20 Fun Facts About Dolphins. Fun Fact File: Animals! New York: Gareth Stevens, 2012. Owen, Ruth. Blue Whales. Dr. Bob's Amazing World of Animals. New York: Windmill Books, 2014. Spilsbury, Richard and Louise Spilsbury.