killer whales

Explores how killer whales hunt, including how they use echolocation to find their prey.

With a name like killer whale, you might expect these giant marine animals to be mean and nasty. However, they re some the most playful creatures in the sea as long as you re not a seal! Readers will enjoy learning how these amazing dolphins hunt for prey and interact with people. Colorful pictures of killer whales in the wild and in aquariums are sure to engage readers of all ages. Detailed Table of Contents, For Further Information Section, Glossary, Graphic Organizers, Index, Science Content.

Explores the habits and behaviors of the killer whales that live in the Pacific Northwest, through diary entries, notes, and photographs.

Watch these fearsome predators as they hone their extraordinary hunting skills and work as a team to snare their next meal.

Thrown from his canoe during an ocean storm, a young Native American boy is washed ashore under a strange sky near a village inhabited by very large people who make him very welcome.

Several years after Cassie and Holden had witnessed killer whales kill a female trainer who fell into their pool, they continue to struggle with the emotional effects of the incident.

Find out the answers to many questions about killer whales.

A lonely old man who waits each year to see the orcas swim past his house imparts his love of the whales to his granddaughter.

A boy standing with his father on the shore watches five Orca whales and imagines them talking underwater in their star-dance light while the bubbles bubble up.

Includes bibliographical references. An account of seven summers spent studying the killer whale.