Romp!: A Journey Through the Natural History of Otters and Why They Matter

Heide Island, PhD, is a professor of biological psychology and behavioral ecology at Pacific University and a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Otter Specialty Group. Her research on the welfare of captive and wild otter populations in the Pacific Northwest, including her longitudinal study of Whidbey Island's otters, has been published in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. She splits her time between a cabin on Whidbey Island and a farm in McMinnville, Oregon, with her husband, Tom, and their dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, and honeybees.