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
Conception, Fetal Growth, and Calving Seasonality of Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Salish Sea Waters of Washington, USA, and Southern British Columbia, Canada
We evaluated harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)) strandings in the Salish Sea to determine calving seasonality (1980–2015). A total of
Spatio-Temporal Characterization of Pinniped Strandings and Human Interaction Cases in the Pacific Northwest, 1991-2016
Pinniped strandings can be used as a proxy to evaluate the impacts of anthropogenic activities on the local marine environment.
Individual Gray Whale Use of Coastal Waters off Northwest Washington During the Feeding Season 1984–2011: Implications for Management
Gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in northwest Washington were studied, with the aims to: (1) increase understanding of gray whale use of
Risso’s Dolphins Plan Foraging Dives
Humans remember the past and use that information to plan future actions. Lab experiments that test memory for the location