Publisher's Synopsis
Key Selling Points The northern elephant seal population is thriving today despite being almost hunted to extinction less than 100 years ago. With so much talk of extinction and climate change, the elephant seal is a too rarely seen conservation success story. Linda L. Richards has been visiting the northern elephant seals at their rookeries in California for many years. Many of the photos in the book were taken by her. Part of the Orca Wild series that explores animals that we share the world with and examines the effects—both positive and negative—that humans have on the animals and habitats.
