Frances Dipper is an independent marine biologist, author and lecturer and has been diving and studying marine wildlife for over 40 years. She writes both children and adult books on marine life and ocean environments, contributes a regular marine report to British Wildlife magazine and wrote the award-winning DK Guide to the Oceans. Her most ambitious (and largest) recent book is The Marine World: A Natural History of Marine Life. Although no longer scuba-diving, she still finds plenty to fascinate her along Britain's wonderful shoreline.

Meet the Seals
Seals Around the World
Life on Land
Life on Sea
The Daily Routine
Watching Seals
Threats and Protection
Seals in Our Lives
Further Reading and Resources
Acknowledgements
Image Credits
Index