Marine Mammals
WHOI, NOAA Scientists Team Up with Drone to Monitor Whales
Drone zooms through humpback whale breath
quotes Michael Moore
Shifting winds, ocean currents doubled endangered Galapagos penguin population
Quotes Kristopher Karnauskas and WHOI.
Climate Change Boosts Galapagos Penguin Population
Quotes Kristopher Karnauskas and WHOI.
U.S. drones capture breath samples from humpback whales in study
quotes Michael Moore and mentions WHOI
Whale Research Takes Flight
A research team has successfully demonstrated a new non-invasive tool to obtain hard-to-get health measurements of large endangered whales in the wild: Using a small remote-controlled hexacopter, scientists for the first time collected both breath samples from the whales’ spouts combined with aerial photos of their body condition.
Read MoreSavannah State researchers document Tybee Island dolphin birth, attempted infanticide
quotes Laela Sayigh and mentions Alessandro Bocconcelli
Changing the Deadly Collision Course Between Ships & Whales
editorial by Michael Moore
As ships approach, blue whales don’t know what to do
mentions WHOI
Whatever happened to ‘The World’s Loneliest Whale?’
mentions Bill Watkins’ work
The World’s Loneliest Whale May Not be Alone After All
quotes Peter Tyack and Mark Baumgartner, mentions Bill Watkins research
Maybe the World’s Loneliest Whale Isn’t So Isolated, After All
mentons Bill Watkins research
Ocean commotion: Protecting sea life from our noise
features Darlene Ketten and mentions WHOI
Migrating Whales Return to Our Waters
radio interview featuring Michael Moore
Whale Who Lost His Tail To Fishing Net Seen Still Swimming
quotes Michael Moore and mentions WHOI
Leonardo DiCaprio and Adrien Grenier are headed on a quest to find the world’s ‘loneliest whale’
mentions William Watkins and WHOI
Project examines effect of oil spill on whales, dolphins
mentions WHOI
Museum acquires whale recordings
quotes Peter Tyack and mentions WHOI
Sand, Seals, and Solitude
In high school, students interested in art or science often diverge into separate fields. For several years now, an art…
Read MoreA Telescope to Peer into the Vast Ocean
There are more single-celled plankton in the ocean than stars in the universe. A new instrument is about to depart on a mission across the vast Pacific to capture images of what is out there.
Read MoreMichael Moore
» Chasing Bayla: Michael Moore’s quest to free a North Atlantic right whale from fishing gear (The Boston Globe, October…
Read MoreScientists Test Hearing in Bristol Bay Beluga Whale Population
The ocean is an increasingly industrialized space. Shipping, fishing, and recreational vessels, oil and gas exploration and other human activities…
Read MoreScientists Identify Core Skin Bacterial Community in Humpback Whales
In a paper published in the open access journal PLOS ONE, researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and colleagues identified a core skin bacterial community that humpback whales share across populations, which could point to a way to assess the overall health of these endangered marine mammals.
Read MoreKilling Whales by Design and Default
While countries such as Japan, Norway, and Iceland often are criticized for their commercial whaling practices, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution…
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