Erich Hoyt

Erich Hoyt has spent four decades working with whales, dolphins and porpoises to understand their daily lives and to protect their habitat in the oceans. He is the author of 25 books for adults and children, including Creatures of the Deep , Planktonia , The Earth Dwellers and Orca: The Whale Called Killer . Hoyt directs scientific work on killer whales, Baird's beaked whales and humpback whales in the Russian Far East. His research and public talks on whales, marine protected areas and whale...See more

Erich Hoyt has spent four decades working with whales, dolphins and porpoises to understand their daily lives and to protect their habitat in the oceans. He is the author of 25 books for adults and children, including Creatures of the Deep , Planktonia , The Earth Dwellers and Orca: The Whale Called Killer . Hoyt directs scientific work on killer whales, Baird's beaked whales and humpback whales in the Russian Far East. His research and public talks on whales, marine protected areas and whale watching have taken him to every ocean and more than 50 countries. Currently living with his family in Dorset, England, he is Research Fellow for the U.K.-based Whale and Dolphin Conservation. He has helped establish several large marine protected areas in the ocean. See less