Recent evidence indicates that there is a small, demographically isolated, island-associated population of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) around the

Phocid herpesvirus-1 (PhHV-1, subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae) was isolated from harbor seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina) in the Netherlands in 1985, and was

‘‘Southern Resident” killer whales (Orcinus orca) that comprise three fish-eating ‘‘pods” (J, K and L) were listed as ‘‘endangered” in

Most of what we know about cetacean biology and ecology comes from studies of relatively common species. Despite their distribution

A mathematical model, based on current knowledge of gas exchange and physiology of marine mammals, was used to predict blood

The relationship between beaked whales and certain anthropogenic sounds remains poorly understood and of great interest. Although Cuvier’s beaked whales

We estimated humpback and blue whale abundance from 1991 to 1997 off the west coast of the U.S. and Mexico

Blue whales were widely distributed in the North Pacific prior to the primary period of modern commercial whaling in the

Management agencies often use geopolitical boundaries as proxies for biological boundaries. In Hawaiian waters a single stock is recognized of

We examined the summer distribution of marine mammals off the northern Washington coast based on six ship transect surveys conducted