Orca by Erich Hoyt5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() He is a former Vannevar Bush Fellow in the Public Understanding of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Hoyt received the Mandy McMath Award from the European Cetacean Society for his body of work on marine conservation. He has written for National Geographic, Sunday Times, The Guardian, The New York Times, Defenders, BBC Wildlife and has more than 45 peer-reviewed papers. Hoyt has authored 25 adult nonfictionbooks including Creatures of the Deep Insect Lives: The Earth Dwellers-Adventures in the Land of Ants Orca: The Whale Called Killer Strange Sea Creatures and Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises. His books, including 5 for children, have been translated into 15 languages in 25 countries. As part of his work for WDC, he co-chairs the IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force which is rolling out a global scientific tool to map the habitats for 130 marine mammal species. As Research Fellow with Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) since 2004, Hoyt leads its Healthy Seas programme. Erich Hoyt has spent 4 decades working with whales to understand their daily lives and to protect their habitat in the oceans. ![]()
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