Lunar Cycles Influence the Diving Behavior and Habitat Use of Short-Finned Pilot Whales Around the Main Hawaiian Islands
The availability of light, both solar and lunar, is likely to influence the behavior of vertically migrating aquatic animals and
The Advantages of Diving Deep: Fin Whales Quadruple Their Energy Intake When Targeting Deep Krill Patches
1. How predators maximize energetic gains while minimizing the costs associated with exploiting heterogeneous prey remains a difficult ecological principle
Assessing the Recovery of an Antarctic Predator from Historical Exploitation
The recovery of whale populations from centuries of exploitation will have important management and ecological implications due to greater exposure
Survival of a Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Calf with a Presumptive Gunshot Wound to the Head
Documented gunshot wounds in odontocetes are a rare occurrence, but have been previously reported in several locations within the United
Differential Vulnerability to Ship Strikes between Day and Night for Blue, Fin, and Humpback Whales Based on Dive and Movement Data from Medium Duration Archival Tags
We examine the dive and movement behavior of blue, fin, and humpback whales along the US West Coast in regions
Revision of Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Using Genetic
Three subspecies of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) are currently recognized, including the northern fin whale (B. p. physalus), the southern fin whale
Lessons from Placing an Observer on Commercial Cargo Ships Off the U.S. West Coast: Utility as an Observation Platform and Insight Into Ship Strike Vulnerability
Ship strikes of whales are a growing concern around the world and especially along the U.S. West Coast, home to
Evaluating Stakeholder-Derived Strategies to Reduce the Risk of Ships Striking Whales
Aim: Ship strikes are one of the largest sources of human‐caused mortality for baleen whales on the West Coast of
Oceanographic Barriers, Divergence, and Admixture: Phylogeography and Taxonomy of Two Putative Subspecies of Short-Finned Pilot Whale
Genomic phylogeography plays an important role in describing evolutionary processes and their geographic, ecological, or cultural drivers. These drivers are
Killer Whale Genomes Reveal a Complex History of Recurrent Admixture and Vicariance
Reconstruction of the demographic and evolutionary history of populations assuming a consensus tree-like relationship can mask more complex scenarios, which