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Received Levels of Odontocetes Tagged During Submarine Command Courses at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in 2023 and 2024

In August 2023 and February 2024, Cascadia Research Collective (CRC) conducted small boat-based satellite tagging of odontocetes at the Pacific

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Small-Boat Surveys and Satellite Tagging of Cetaceans on the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauaʻi, in February 2025

As part of the long-term United States Navy (Navy)-funded Marine Species Monitoring Program, from 9 to 18 February 2025, Cascadia

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Variation in Social Structure Among Multiple Stocks of Island-Associated Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Hawaiian Waters

ABSTRACT The drivers of animal social structures remain poorly understood, particularly in species such as cetaceans that are wide-ranging and

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Using Spatial Capture-Recapture Methods to Estimate Long-Term Spatiotemporal Variation of a Wide-Ranging Marine Species

Determining population status to inform mitigation of anthropogenic threats requires statistical approaches that investigate spatial and temporal variation. In the

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Audible Changes in Marine Trophic Ecology: Baleen Whale Song Tracks Foraging Conditions in the Eastern North Pacific

Among tremendous biodiversity within the California Current Ecosystem (CCE) are gigantic mysticetes (baleen whales) that produce structured sequences of sound

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Rates of Entanglement Inferred from Scarring Prevalence of Humpback Whales Photographed in US Oregon Waters

Entanglements in fishing gear are a significant threat to cetaceans worldwide and a concern for large whales in US waters.

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The Role of Accelerometer Hardware Limitations in Focal Caller Identification from Acoustic Recording Tags Attached to Mysticetes

Multi-sensor acoustic tags have revolutionized our understanding of the behavior of large whales. One limitation, however, is the inability to

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Behavioral Response of Rough-Toothed Dolphins to Exposure from Multiple Sources of Sonar

From 2011 through 2025, 25 LIMPET satellite tags were deployed on rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) off the island of Kauaʻi,

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Body Size, Nutritional State and Endocrine State Are Associated with Calving Probability in a Long-Lived Marine Species

Life-history performance of individuals in wildlife populations emerges from the interplay between the multiple processes that constitute an animal’s health.

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Exposure and Response of Satellite-Tagged Blainville’s Beaked Whales to Mid-Frequency Active Sonar off Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i

Background Beaked whale response to Navy sonar is a global concern due to past stranding events coinciding with training activity.

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