World Orca Day - July 14

Updated July 11, 2025
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Listening to whales : what the orcas have taught us /
Morton, Alexandra, 1957-
Paper Book
For the past twenty-five years, Alexandra Morton has been at the forefront of whale and dolphin research, dedicating her life to the study of orcas (also known as killer whales). Now in Listening to Whales, Morton shares the spellbinding story of her career, her adventures in the wilderness, the...
Orcas everywhere : the mystery and history of killer whales
Leiren-Young, Mark
Paper Book
Orcas are found in every ocean on the planet, but can they survive their relationship with humans? Orcas Everywherelooks at how humans around the world (Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike) related to orcas in the past, how we relate to them now and what we can do to keep cetacean...
Beneath the surface : killer whales, SeaWorld, and the truth beyond Blackfish
Hargrove, John (Animal trainer)
Paper Book
*Now aNew York Times Best Seller* Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience...
Orce : the whale called killer /
Hoyt, Erich, 1950-
Paper Book
"Hoyt's passionate sense of kinship with orca makes his account effective as both a science and literature. He has chronicled his adventures and discoveries ...with grace, insight, wit--and a comprehensiveness that might satisfy even Herman Melville." (Discover Magazine) Star...
A whale of the wild.
Parry, Rosanne.
Paper Book
"A spellbinding, heart-stopping adventure." --Booklist (starred review) "A dreamily written, slyly educational, rousing maritime adventure." --New York Times Book Review In the stand-alone companion to the New York Times-bestselling A Wolf Called Wander, a young orca...
Operation orca
Roy, Ron
Paper Book
Thar she blows! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are on an Alaskan whale watching adventure. On their first day, they see a mother orca and her calf. But the next day, the baby orca is missing! The calf needs its mother's milk. Can the kids solve this whale of a mystery? The alphabet is over,...

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