Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide

By Rich Armstrong

September 10, 2014

All about sharks

There’s been no shortage of analysis or media coverage of sharks since Jaws, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a more definitive, engagingly written source than Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide (Johns Hopkins, $50 hardcover, $26.95 paperback). Gene Helfman and George H. Burgess strive to answer every conceivable question about sharks and their critical role in healthy ecosystems, from the massive whale shark to the ferocious great white to the diminutive cookiecutter. The book delivers insight through a blend of science, history, anthropology and gripping photography.