<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Scales, Helen]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Scales, Helen]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/olathe/rss/search?query=Scales%2C%20Helen&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:18:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Shell Day]]></title><description><![CDATA["An hourly guide that follows twenty-four mollusks to reveal the fascinating lives behind the shells. From morning to night and from the Arctic to the equator, snails, clams, and other shell-making mollusks have busy days. In this short book, award-winning author and marine biologist Helen Scales shows readers exactly how these animals spend their time. Far in the north, the Svalbard archipelago lies deep in the darkness of the polar night. And yet, in what remains a scientific mystery, Iceland scallops continue daily rhythms, closing and opening their fan-shaped shells using an internal clock. By nine in the morning, the sun penetrates the waters of a coral reef in the Philippines, where a giant clam slowly opens twinned shells. A fleshy mantle sticks out like a crimped smile, painted in swipes of lipstick in shades of turquoise, cobalt, and violet. These dazzling colors are not there to impress other clams. They're a by-product of a super-efficient system for harnessing food that allows them to become the biggest living bivalves. At noon, a clam shell sits still on the seabed in a sandy lagoon. The two shells open a crack, and a pair of rounded eyes peep out. A small, rust-colored coconut octopus hiding inside lets the clam shells fall apart and gathers them up in her arms. This mollusk's ancestors long lost the ability to produce their own shells, but she's happy to use another animal's cast off as a temporary home. At ten that night, a male moon snail is using his huge, fleshy foot like a plow as he digs down into the seabed in search of food. When the moon snail finds a cockle, he swiftly smothers it in his foot, then sets about drilling aided by a daub of acidic slime. Cockles are tasty, but so are other moon snails and his snacking has a cannibalistic flavor. For each chapter, illustrator and cartoonist Aaron John Gregory has depicted these scenes with entrancing pen-and-ink illustrations"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C2026357</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C2026357</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scales, Helen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2026357036</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Molluscan Lives</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780226840529/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=on1534574412</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oceanopedia]]></title><description><![CDATA["Discover an incredible world hidden beneath the waves with this beautiful encyclopedia of our oceans and the animals that live in and around them. Our planet's oceans are home to a breathtaking array of animals. From the neon squid that roam the open waters and the floating forests of the Sargasso Sea, to glow-in-the-dark sharks and the angel fish of the coral reefs, discover an underwater world teeming with life. Expertly written by marine biologist and author Dr Helen Scales and brought to vivid life with striking illustrations by Good Wives and Warriors (artists on Mythopedia and Dinopedia), this comprehensive encyclopedia includes a global collection of fascinating sea creatures."--]]></description><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C2013446</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C2013446</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scales, Helen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2013446036</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>An Encyclopedia of Marine Creatures</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781510231337/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=on1527333893</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Around the Ocean in 80 Fish & Other Sea Life]]></title><description><![CDATA["Dive beneath the waves to meet 80 of the ocean's strangest and most surprising inhabitants. This beautifully illustrated aquatic world tour tells the fascinating stories of beguiling sea creatures and their ingenious feats of survival - from producing anti-freeze to enduring boiling temperatures - revealing the ways in which these seemingly remote creatures have shapes our own lives, whether through medicine, culture or folklore."--Publisher.]]></description><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1879964</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1879964</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scales, Helen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1879964036</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781399602785/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=on1332779910</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poseidon's Steed]]></title><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C934950</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C934950</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scales, Helen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/934950036</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Story of Seahorses, From Myth to Reality</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781592404742/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=ocn318411601</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE DEEP DARK OCEAN]]></title><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C2046205</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C2046205</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scales, Helen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2046205036</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780500653937/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=141346396</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists in the Wild Galápagos]]></title><description><![CDATA["Join a team of scientists as they set sail for a place that's unlike anywhere else on Earth, the Galápagos Islands"--Back cover.]]></description><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1867617</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1867617</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scales, Helen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1867617036</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781838748593/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=on1371524077</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the Wild Sea Can Be]]></title><description><![CDATA["The acclaimed marine biologist and author of The Brilliant Abyss examines the existential threats the world's ocean will face in the coming decades and offers cautious optimism for much of the abundant life within. No matter where we live, "we are all ocean people," Helen Scales emphatically observes in her bracing yet hopeful exploration of the future of the ocean. Beginning with its fascinating deep history, Scales links past to present to show how the prehistoric ocean ecology was already working in ways similar to the ocean of today. In elegant, evocative prose, she takes readers into the realms of animals that epitomize today's increasingly challenging conditions. Ocean life everywhere is on the move as seas warm, and warm waters are an existential threat to emperor penguins, whose mating grounds in Antarctica are collapsing. Shark populations-critical to balanced ecosystems-have shrunk by 71 per cent since the 1970s, largely the result of massive and oft-unregulated industrial fishing. Orcas-the apex predators-have also drastically declined, victims of toxic chemicals and plastics with long half-lives that disrupt the immune system and the ability to breed. Yet despite these threats, many hopeful signs remain. Increasing numbers of no-fish zones around the world are restoring once-diminishing populations. Astonishing giant kelp and sea grass forests, rivaling those on land, are being regenerated and expanded. They may be our best defense against the storm surges caused by global warming, while efforts to reengineer coral reefs for a warmer world are growing. Offering innovative ideas for protecting coastlines and cleaning the toxic seas, Scales insists we need more ethical and sustainable fisheries and must prevent the existential threat of deep-sea mining, which could significantly alter life on Earth. Inspiring us all to maintain a sense of awe and wonder at the majesty beneath the waves, she urges us to fight for the better future that still exists for the Anthropocene ocean"--]]></description><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1926312</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1926312</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scales, Helen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1926312036</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Future of the World&apos;s Ocean</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780802162991/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=on1427181071</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Brilliant Abyss]]></title><description><![CDATA["The oceans have always shaped human lives," writes marine biologist Helen Scales in her vibrant new book The Brilliant Abyss, but the surface and the very edges have so far mattered the most. "However, one way or another, the future ocean is the deep ocean." A golden era of deep-sea discovery is underway. Revolutionary studies in the deep are rewriting the very notion of life on Earth and the rules of what is possible. In the process, the abyss is being revealed as perhaps the most amazing part of our planet, with a topography even more varied and extreme than its Earthbound counterpart. Teeming with unsuspected life, an extraordinary interconnected ecosystem deep below the waves has a huge effect on our daily lives, influencing climate and weather systems worldwide. Currently the fantastic creatures that live in the deep-many of them incandescent in a world without light-and its formations trap vast quantities of carbon that would otherwise poison our atmosphere; and novel bacteria as yet undiscovered hold the promise of potent new medicines. Yet the deep also contains huge mineral riches lusted after by many nations and corporations; mining them could ultimately devastate the planet, compounding the deepening impacts of ubiquitous pollutants and rampant overfishing. Eloquently and passionately, Helen Scales brings to life the majesty and mystery of an alien realm that nonetheless sustains us, while urgently making clear the price we could pay if it is further disrupted. The Brilliant Abyss is at once a revelation and a clarion call to preserve this vast unseen world"--]]></description><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1759072</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1759072</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scales, Helen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1759072036</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean and the Looming Threat That Imperils It</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780802158222/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=on1255520862</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eye of the Shoal]]></title><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1594701</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1594701</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scales, Helen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1594701036</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Fishwatcher&apos;s Guide to Life, the Ocean and Everything</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781472936844/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=on1038029813</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spirals in Time]]></title><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1404270</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1404270</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scales, Helen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1404270036</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781472911384/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=ocn911071461</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Brilliant Abyss]]></title><description><![CDATA[A journey into the alien depths of the sea, and into our possible future, from a marine biologist known for "nature writing at its most engaging" (Sunday Express). A golden era of deep-sea discovery is underway as revolutionary studies rewrite the very notion of life on Earth and the rules of what is possible. In the process, the abyss is being revealed as perhaps the most amazing part of our planet, its topography even more varied and extreme than its landmass counterpart. Teeming with unsuspected life, an extraordinary, interconnected ecosystem deep below the waves has a huge effect on our daily lives, influencing climate and weather systems, with the potential for much more—good or bad, depending on how it is exploited. Currently, the fantastic creatures that live in the deep—many of them incandescent in a world without light—and its formations capture and trap vast quantities of carbon that would otherwise poison our atmosphere, and novel bacteria as yet undiscovered hold the promise of potent new medicines. Yet the deep also holds huge mineral riches lusted after by nations and corporations; mining them could ultimately devastate the planet, compounded by the deepening impacts of ubiquitous pollutants and rampant overfishing. Eloquently and passionately, the author of Spirals in Time and Eye of the Shoal brings to life the majesty and mystery of an alien realm that nonetheless sustains us, while urgently making clear the price we could pay if it is further disrupted. The Brilliant Abyss is at once a revelation and a clarion call to preserve this vast unseen world.]]></description><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C5830204</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C5830204</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scales, Helen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/5830204980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils It</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780802158246/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eye of the Shoal]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>'Scales's genuine appreciation and awe for fish are contagious.'- <i>Science</i></b><br/><b><i><br/></i></b><b>'Delightful' - <i>New Scientist</i></b><br/>Seventy per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water. This vast aquatic realm is inhabited by a multitude of strange creatures and reigning supreme among them are the fish.<br/>There are giants that live for centuries and thumb-sized tiddlers that survive only weeks; they can be pancake-flat or inflatable balloons; they can shout with colours or hide in plain sight, cheat and dance, remember and say sorry; some rarely budge while others travel the globe restlessly. And yet the mesmerising and complex lives of fish remain largely underrated and unseen, living hidden beneath the waterline, out of sight and out of mind.<br/>Helen Scales is our guide on an underwater journey, as we fathom the depths and watch these animals going about the glorious business of being fish. As well as the fish, we meet devoted fishwatchers past and present, from voodoo zombie potion hunters and scientists who taught fish how to walk to nonagenarian explorers of the deep sea.<br/>Woven throughout are vignettes of Helen's own aquatic explorations, from eerie nighttime dives with glowing fish and up-close encounters with giant manta rays, to floating in the middle of a swirling shoal being watched by thousands of inquisitive eyes.<br/>As well as being a rich and entertaining read, this book will inspire readers to think again about these animals and the seas they inhabit, and to go out and appreciate the wonders of fish, whether through the glass walls of an aquarium or, better still, by gazing into the fishes' wild world and swimming through it.<br/><b>'Engaging and informative' <i>The Economist</i></b>]]></description><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3946450</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3946450</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scales, Helen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3946450980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Fishwatcher&apos;s Guide to Life, the Ocean and Everything</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781472936837/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ocean]]></title><description><![CDATA["A stunning visual journey from the shoreline to the ocean's depths - celebrating the sheer diversity of life beneath the waves. Water covers more than 70 percent of the Earth but three quarters of our oceans' depths have never been explored by humans. This stunning book takes readers on a deep dive through the different depth zones - from the shoreline and surface, via the sunlight zone, the twilight and midnight zones, and into the abyss-- to chart the richness and diversity of life in our seas. Each chapter, centered on a different depth zone, begins with a comprehensive introduction, before exploring fifteen to twenty-five visual themes, from the smallest living things to the largest and from the familiar to the unknown. A final chapter on the oceans and us reveals the visual history of human interaction with the deep blue, from discovery and mapping to current issues of the environment and preservation. Ocean features stunning photography throughout - from microscopic images of tiny creatures to corals of every hue and the abstract patterns of fish scales - shown alongside a wide range of stunning archival illustrations and specially commissioned infographics that convey complex data in a simple and elegant way. Exploring a huge range of themes, creatures, and plants from around the world, Ocean draws crucial attention to the importance of life in our seas and the need to preserve it" --]]></description><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C2021098</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C2021098</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[De Vos, Asha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2021098036</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>From the Shore to the Abyss</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780500027554/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=on1523367515</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Radiant Sea]]></title><description><![CDATA["Breathtaking displays of color and light from an array of ocean life forms, with vivid photography and insightful text about the science of transparency, bioluminescence, and fluorescence. Deep in the ocean, a myriad of creatures, including jellyfish, coral, shrimp, sharks, squid, lantern fish, anglerfish, sea fireflies, and fireworms use multi-colored lights for defense, luring food, attracting mates, and communication. The Radiant Sea presents an exciting new perspective on the mysterious environment that accounts for 99 percent of the habitable space on Earth but remains hidden to the casual observer. Two of the world's leading researchers explore the nature of underwater light, investigating the varieties of transparency, pigmentation, iridescence, bioluminescence, and fluorescence. Based on the latest available research, they examine the need for--and likely function of--color and light shows among marine species. Each luminous wonder is described with informative captions and colorfully represented by the finest nature photography."--]]></description><link>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1998631</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S36C1998631</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Haddock, Steven H. D.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://olathe.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1998631036</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Color and Light in the Underwater World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781419772375/MC.GIF&amp;client=913-495-2400&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=on1521988302</image_url></item></channel></rss>