In 2006-2007, an unusually high number of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded along the Washington and Oregon coastlines. Spatiotemporal analyses

In 1995, one of the largest outbreaks of human toxoplasmosis occurred in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Genetic

Movements of upper trophic level predators in an open ocean environment should be driven, in part, by the distribution, density,

Evaluating impacts of human activities on marine ecosystems is difficult when effects occur out of plain sight. Oil spill severity

Many species of baleen whales were hunted to near extinction in the Southern Hemisphere. The recovery of these populations will

Over the last few years, studies of top predators in marine ecosystems have benefited from the use of biologging systems

Here, we examine the distribution, habitat use, and migratory destinations of North Pacific humpback whales wintering off Central America. Coastal

We use mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) (400 bp), six microsatellites and 36 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 20 of which were linked, to

We used mitochondrial and nuclear genetic markers to investigate population structure of common bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, around the main

Whale flukeprints are an often observed, but poorly understood, phenomenon. Used by whale researchers to locate whales, flukeprints refer to