[Review of hardcover edition:] Erich Hoyt has spent much of his life on or beside the sea, working with whales and dolphins and marine conservation in the world's oceans. This very real sense of being 'in tune' with sea and all its aspects, certainly comes across in Strange Sea Creatures. Aside from the use of obviously amazing images -- including a good number using macro-photography -- the book's parade of sea creatures is both fascinating and, in some cases, just bizarre. -- Henricus Peters * Environmental Education Journal *

Erich Hoyt has spent much of his life on or beside the sea, working with whales and dolphins and marine conservation in the world's oceans. A noted conservationist and scientist and an award-winning author, he has written 24 books including the acclaimed Orca: The Whale Called Killer, Insect Lives, The Earth Dwellers, Creatures of the Deep, Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, and the children's books Weird Sea Creatures and Whale Rescue. He lives in Dorset, England.