Ecology
Feasting whales fuel ocean ecosystems
Baleen whales eat a lot. Can their appetites help marine ecosystems recover from overfishing?
Tag: tagging
Sea Turtles
Where do baby sea turtles go?
Where do baby sea turtles go after hatching on the beach and heading out towards sea? New tracking technology is…
Behavior
The view from a sperm whale’s nose
What happens if you place a microphone on the tip of a sperm whale’s nose? Putting anything on the nose…
Conservation
From Animal Tracking to Conservation
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ride on the back of a whale? Scientists now use…
Book Review Sharkbites Saturday
The G.O.A.T. of sharks: Where is the greatest of all hammerhead sharks going?
The great hammerhead is one of the most interesting yet illusive large coastal shark species. Herein, we review recent work…
Behavior Biology Climate Change
Orca vs Narwhal
Orcas are natural predators of narwhals, but they are seasonally kept at bay by Arctic sea ice. As the Arctic…
Biology
Sea lampreys: grow faster = grow male
A new study suggests that growth rate may determine if lampreys, an invasive fish in the Great Lakes becomes male…
