| General Information and Identification Guides | Advanced texts |
| Jefferson, Thomas A. 2008. MArine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification
(paid link)
| Fontaine, Pierre-Henry. 2007. Whales and Seals: Biology and Ecology
(paid link) |
| Wilson, Ben and Angus Wilson. 2006. The Complete Whale-Watching Handbook: A Guide to Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the World (Paperback)
(paid link) | P. G. H. Evans, and J. A. Raga (eds). 2002. Marine mammals: biology and conservation. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishing. |
| National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World. Chanticleer Press (paid link) | Hoelzel, A. R (ed). 2002. Marine mammal biology: an evolutionary approach. Blackwell Science Limited. (paid link) |
| Carwardine, Mark. Mark Carwardine's Guide to Whale Watching in North America. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. | J. R. Twiss Jr., and R. R. Reeves (eds.) 1999. Conservation and management of marine mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press (paid link) |
| Harrison, Peter. 1985. Seabirds. Houghton Mifflin (paid link) | Mann, J., R. C. Connor, P. L. Tyack, and H. Whitehead. 2001. Cetacean Societies: field studies of dolphins and whales. The University of Chicago Press. (paid link) |
| Waller, G. 1996. Sea Life: A Complete Guide to the Marine Environment. Smithsonian Institution Press (paid link) | Reynolds III, J. E., and S. A. Rommel (eds). 1999. Biology of marine mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press. (paid link) |
| The Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume II by Peter L. Lutz (Editor), John A. Musick (Editor), Jeanette Wyneken (paid link) | Whitehead, H. 2003. Sperm whales: social evolution in the ocean. University of Chicago Press (paid link) |
| Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation by JAMES R. SPOTILA (paid link) | Jefferson, Thomas A. 2015. Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification. 2nd Edition (paid link) |
| Guide to Marine Mammals and Turtles of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
| Berta, A., and J. L. Summich. 2015. Marine mammals: evolutionary biology. 3rd edition. Academic Press. (paid link) |
| Roman, J., 2006. Whale. Reaktion Books.(paid link) | Würsig, B., J. G. M. Thewissen, Kit Kovacs (eds). 2015. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. 3rd Edition. Academic Press. (paid link) |
| Giggs, R., 2020. Fathoms: the world in the whale. Simon and Schuster.(paid link) | |
| Moore, M.J., 2021. We Are All Whalers: The Plight of Whales and Our Responsibility. University of Chicago Press.(paid link) | |
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