Earth's Aquarium

A beautiful nonfiction book about aquatic life, filled with facts and presented in vibrant full-color illustrations

Discover the wonder of 15 real—life aquatic habitats all around the world, from mysterious deepwater vents to majestic coral reefs, teeming with life.

Award—winning environmental writer Alexander C. Kaufman takes us on a tour of rainforest waterways, oyster reefs, seagrass meadows, and more, then introduces the incredible species that live there, each specially adapted to their unique ecosystems.

The following habitats are featured in this book:

Channel Islands National Park, United States — Kelp Forests

Chesapeake Bay, United States — Oyster Reefs

Gulf of Saint Lawrence River, Canada — Estuaries

Amazon River, South America — Fast-moving Freshwater

North Pacific Ocean — Open Water

Wadden Sea, Northern Europe — Mudflats

Phang Nga Bay, Thailand — Mangrove Forests

Wadi el Gemal, Egypt — Seagrass Meadows

Great Barrier Reef, Australia — Coral Reefs

Southern Ocean — Sea Ice

Drowned Land of Saeftinghe, Netherlands — Salt Marshes

Lake Baikal, Russia — Slow-moving Freshwater

Norfolk Broads, United Kingdom — Wetlands

Galápagos Rift, Ecuador — Vents and Seeps

Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy — Deepwater