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Gr 5–9—Turner's newest offering tops even her stellar The Frog Scientist (2009) and Project Seahorse (2010, both Houghton Mifflin) as she delineates and explains the research being conducted on a unique clan of dolphins at Shark Bay, Australia. The lucid text reveals the complexities of this cetacean society, first as a whole, then by delving into smaller sets of male groupings and female/calf relationships. Researcher Janet Mann and her team arrived in Shark Bay in 1988, following in the footsteps of Richard Connor and Rac...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Turner's latest contribution to the Scientists in the Field series takes readers to the ocean waters of Western Australia, where biologist Janet Mann and her colleagues from the Shark Bay Dolphin Project investigate the behaviors of the highly intelligent bottlenose dolphin. These particular dolphins--unique among the species, and rare among nonhuman animals--use tools (they protect their noses with sea sponges while searching for prey). Understanding why this behavior deve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In the ocean waters of western Australia, the scientists of the Shark Bay Dolphin Project investigate the behaviors of the highly intelligent bottle...Log In or Sign Up to Read More