Marine Mammals
Fishing Gear Deaths, Low Birth Rate Tell Grave Tale for Right Whales Sara Brown
quotes Mark Baumgartner
On the Trail of Sea Life with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
quotes Amy Kukulya, Kara Dodge
Scientists Reveal Secrets of Whales
Researchers have known for decades that whales create elaborate songs. But a new study has revealed a component of whale…
Read MoreDolphin diet study gives conservation clues
quotes Andreas Fahlman
The whales that have returned to South Georgia’s killing waters
quotes Michael Moore (written by a past WHOI Ocean Science Journalism Fellow)
Wild Dolphins Need A Whopping 33,000 Calories Per Day
mentions WHOI study
North Atlantic right whale extinction a real possibility
quotes Mark Baumgartner
Here’s why 12 right whales died in Canadian waters and why more will die if nothing is done
quotes Mark Baumgartner (written by a 2017 WHOI Ocean Science Journalism Fellow)
Can Song-Loving Robots Help Save Whales From Ships?
article on whales and ship strikes quotes Mark Baumgartner
Scientists Reveal Secrets of Whales
Using drones to fly into the misty “blows” of exhaling humpback whales, scientists have found for the first time that…
Read MoreNorth Atlantic right whale washes up on Nantucket
mentions necropsy was performed at WHOI
Dolphin whistles may help predict mass strandings and help prevent them
quotes Laela Sayigh
Study offers hope of solution to dolphin strandings
quotes Laela Sayigh and Michael Moore
Can these drones save elephants from extinction?
mentions and links to whale breath research news release, featuring the work of Amy Apprill and Michael Moore.
Gone in 20 years? Scientists raise alarm over northern Right whales
quotes Mark Baumgartner and mentions WHOI
Right whales could be 20 years away from certain extinction, scientists say
quotes Mark Baumgartner
Scientists to discuss decline in right whale population
quotes Mark Baumgartner and mentions WHOI
Report: Whale’s breath could hold clues to their health
quotes Amy Apprill
Sound and Color
features Mark Baumgartner and Daniel Zitterbart
Drones let scientists get inside humpback whale blowholes
mentions WHOI
We Learned A Lot from Whale Snot
quotes Amy Apprill
Study Identifies Whale Blow Microbiome
A new study by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and colleagues identified for the first time an extensive conserved group of bacteria within healthy humpback whales’ blow’the moist breath that whales spray out of their blowholes when they exhale.
Read MoreConservationists plan to sue over right whale deaths
quotes Mark Baumgartner
New York noise, a top gripe for man, now a risk for endangered whales
features Mark Baumgartner
also picked up by news oulet: Business Insider