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A new study by researchers at ProtectedSeas highlights the potential of marine radar technology to monitor speed of small vessels. The research, aimed at testing the accuracy of radar in assessing potential violations, found ...
Gray whales are dying in large numbers, again.
Krill is considered to be the largest animal biomass in the wild on Earth and is an important prey species for baleen whales and seabirds, making it a key species in the Antarctic marine ecosystem. Fishing for Antarctic krill ...
A new study led by McGill University researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time environmental cues with their memories of conditions in their Antarctic feeding grounds to determine ...
The first North Atlantic right whale mom and calf duo of the season were spotted in Cape Cod Bay heading into spring, the Center for Coastal Studies announced.
In the summer of 2020, researchers from the University of Manitoba set up a time-lapse camera overlooking the Churchill River Estuary. The goal of their research was to understand the interactions between beluga whales and ...
Whales are not just big, they're a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water to the surface. Now new research shows that whales also move tons of nutrients thousands of miles—in ...
An international team of marine biologists have published research in Molecular Ecology that shows the benefits of gene flow between geographically distant and genetically different killer whale populations. The paper is ...
Endangered pygmy blue whales dive to depths in the ocean to forage and feed along their migratory path off the Western Australian coast, new research led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the Center ...
Comprehensive screening analysis of organohalogen compounds in blubber samples of 11 toothed whale species stranded on Japanese coasts revealed species-specific accumulation profiles, with a total of more than 300 organohalogen ...
