ISABELLE GROC is a freelance writer and photographer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She writes about wildlife, conservation, and environmental issues. Her articles and photographs have been published in many publications including Canadian Wildlife, Canadian Geographic, Discover, High Country News, Planning, and British Columbia magazine. Her wildlife photography achievements have been honored through the 2005 CBC David Suzuki Nature in Focus Environmental Photography Competition and the 2010 Art Wolfe International Conservation Photography Awards. Isabelle was awarded several environmental reporting fellowships, including the Puget Sound Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources fellowship, the Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment fellowship, and the Great Waters Institute fellowship from the Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources. She has a Master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University, New York.

Introduction; Cetaceans defined a look into the diverse world of whales, dolphins and porpoises; From small fish eater to sea lion hunter the diversity of cetacean diets; Calves caring for the next generation; The travelers of the ocean distribution and migration; Life in society cetaceans' social behaviors and communication; Whale watching whales and people; Index.