Mortality from collisions with vessels is one of the main human causes of death for large whales. Ship strikes are

Tags have been used to examine migration routes and habitat use of large whales for >40 yr, however, evaluation of

Whale watching is often conducted from motorized vessels, which contribute to underwater noise pollution and can disturb marine mammals. Protective

How fast animals move is critical to understanding their energetic requirements, locomotor capacity, and foraging performance, yet current methods for

B-cell lymphoma, a common morphologic variant of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, has been associated with persistent pollutants in humans, but this association

Resource partitioning is an important process driving habitat use and foraging strategies in sympatric species that potentially compete. Differences in

Lateralized behaviors benefit individuals by increasing task efficiency in foraging and anti-predator behaviors [1–4] . The conventional lateralization paradigm suggests

The anatomy of large cetaceans has been well documented, mostly through dissection of dead specimens. However, the difficulty of studying

Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) are distributed world-wide and are the most common cetacean to strand coincident with navy sonars.

Foraging specialization, environmental barriers, and social structure have driven the development of strong genetic differentiation within many marine species, including