SPYING ON WHALES

Whales evolved from land-roaming, dog-like creatures into animals that move like fish, breathe like us, live up to 200 years and roam entire ocean basins. In this book, palaeontologist Nick Pyenson searches for the answers to some of our biggest questions about these graceful giants and their extraordinary journey. He takes us deep inside the Smithsonian’s unparalleled collection, to frigid Antarctic waters, and to the arid desert of Chile, where scientists race against time to document the largest fossil whalebone site on earth.