I have spent most of my life working with whales and dolphins and other ocean creatures in more than 40 countries. I have also worked in the rain forest — looking at ant societies and rain forest ecosystems. I love new frontiers and I see my writing as a chance to explore the outer edges of what we know about wild animals, the ocean and the Earth; to give a voice to these other, not lesser, lives; and to try to shape in a positive way the human relationship to wild nature.

Please feel free to visit any of the links on this page. The books section gives you a preview of the books I have written. My blog has up-to-date news about projects, recent lectures, campaigns, passions and musings on this and that. More info offers downloads of papers, articles, reports, poster-maps and whale and dolphin sounds. See the talks page for more about the talks and presentations I give.

For 2008-09, I will be devoting most of my time to launching a world campaign to create a network of substantial, high quality marine protected areas for whales and dolphins.  We will do this in partnership with Team Russia who are sailing for whales in the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. Find out more by clicking on the icon at right.

                                                                         — Erich Hoyt

2008 HOT off the press: New printing of Whales, Dolphins

& Porpoises now in stock. To order in quantity, click here.