Context-Dependent Variability in Blue Whale Acoustic Behaviour.
Abstract Acoustic communication is an important aspect of reproductive, foraging and social behaviours for many marine species. Northeast Pacific blue
Body Flexibility Enhances Maneuverability in the World’s Largest Predator
Blue whales are often characterized as highly stable, open-ocean swimmers who sacrifice maneuverability for long-distance cruising performance. However, recent studies
How to Tell Them Apart? Discriminating Tropical Blackfish Species Using Fin and Body Measurements from Photographs Taken at Sea
The misidentification of species and populations is a hindrance to effective cetacean management. We devised a method of species identification
Advances in Research on the Impacts of Anti-Submarine Sonar on Beaked Whales
Mass stranding events (MSEs) of beaked whales (BWs) were extremely rare prior to the 1960s but increased markedly after the
Future Directions in Research on Beaked Whales
Until the 1990s, beaked whales were one of the least understood groups of large mammals. Information on northern bottlenose whales
Song of My People: Dialect Differences Among Sympatric Social Groups of Short-Finned Pilot Whales in Hawai’i
In many social species, acoustic dialects are used to differentiate among social groups within a local population. These acoustic dialects
Host-Derived Population Genomics Data Provides Insights into Bacterial and Diatom Composition of the Killer Whale Skin
Recent exploration into the interactions and relationship between hosts and their microbiota has revealed a connection between many aspects of
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Overlap Between Short-Finned Pilot Whales and the U.S. Pelagic Longline Fishery in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: An Assessment to Inform the Management of Fisheries Bycatch
Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) depredate pelagic longlines along the shelf break of the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The mortality and serious
Abundance Estimates for Management of Endangered False Killer Whales in the Main Hawaiian Islands
Effectively using the best available data to meet management mandates for endangered populations is a common conservation challenge. False killer