Whale Quest: Working Together to Save Endangered Species
- ISBN-10
- 1467792462
- ISBN-13
- 9781467792462
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-08
- Publisher
- Twenty-First Century Books
- Author
- Karen Romano Young
Description
Introduces whales, discussing their physical features, behavior, and complex communication abilities, along with a history of whaling and a description of the efforts being made by scientists around the world to save them from extinction. --Publisher.
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