Becoming a Marine Biologist

New York Times bestselling author Virginia Morell dives into the adventures of a marine biologist team, allowing a much needed, in-depth look into the field. For the last two decades, Robin Baird has been the leading expert on twenty-five species of the whales and dolphins of Hawaii. For most young people, baird’s trajectory may seem an impossible dream. Indeed, many of the researchers Virginia Morell met and interviewed didn’t set out to become marine biologists or to study marine mammals, but found themselves inexplicably drawn to marine life and the sea after volunteer work. Morell tells their stories and many others, here. Becoming a marine biologist explores how successful marine biologists curated their careers and what they suggest to young people today who feel called to protect our oceans by studying the sea and its inhabitants.