Google Earth satellite images provide novel method for examining feeding areas of gray whales in Puget Sound, Washington
Satellite images provide a valuable research tool though their use in whale research has been more limited due to challenges
Medium-duration archival tags provide unique insights into baleen whale behavior
The development of short-term high-resolution movement and acoustic archival tags has enabled a greater understanding of baleen whale dive and
Testing of two new automated fluke identification algorithms and comparison to non-automated methods for humpback whales
Photo-identification is a valuable tool in the study of many large whale species especially for long-term studies of abundance and
A high risk intertidal feeding strategy for gray whales examined with new suction-cup attached multi-sensor video tags
Gray whales were considered specialized feeders, almost exclusively targeting benthic amphipods in the Arctic. More recent research has revealed them
Seasonal prevalence of cookiecutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis) bites on short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in Hawai‘i
Cookiecutter sharks (Isistius spp.) are small pelagic squaloid sharks found throughout tropical and sub-tropical waters that are known to feed
Song of my people: Short-finned pilot whales in Hawai’i use vocal repertoire diversity to maintain social and genetic population structure
Social structure can increase genomic diversity and population structure within many marine and terrestrial species. In the marine environment, where
Abundance estimates for management of endangered false killer whales in the main Hawaiian Islands
Data limitations frequently result when monitoring endangered populations that are rare, cryptic, or inaccessible. Appropriately using the best available data
Worldwide Phylogeography of the Rough-Toothed Dolphin (Steno bredanensis) Described Using Mitogenomes and Nuclear Introns
Rough-toothed dolphins have a worldwide circumtropical to warm-temperate distribution in open-ocean and slope waters. Despite this large geographic distribution, the
Diet of Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) in the North Pacific and a comparison with their diet world-wide
Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) are distributed world-wide and are the most common cetacean to strand coincident with navy sonars.
How to tell them apart? Blackfish species discrimination using fin and body morphometrics obtainable from photos at sea
Species misidentification is a common problem for some groups of cetaceans, and may lead to inaccurate descriptions of behavior, habitat