Any schoolchild knows that a whale breathes through its blowhole. Fewer know that a blowhole is an adapted nostril. And only a dedicated cetologist would know that some species have two.

New research suggests that may help whales smell in stereo econ.st/49gQkIs 👇

Who knew!? New publication by Conor Ryan et al: Morphology of nares associated with stereo-olfaction in baleen whales. We argue that zoo-planktivirous mysticetes may use scent to locate food. BiologyLetters [couldn't tag all co-authors].

Southern right whale calves are little 'milk thieves'! This can be good for the baby but have consequences for the non-biological mother. 🐳 🍼 #UWA UWA Research UWA Oceans Institute Kate Sprogis Fredrik Christiansen Aarhus Universitet
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New discovery: Southern right whale calves engage in allosuckling, stealing milk from other mothers. Drones captured the largest calf nursing from multiple moms. This insight has conservation implications for baleen whales: doi.org/10.1007s42991-… Kate Sprogis Fredrik Christiansen

Are baby whales stealing milk from other mothers? Southern right whale calves suckling from non-biological mothers, this is called allosuckling and may be a form of “milk theft”.

Published in #MammalianBiology Springer Nature, with Fredrik Christiansen rdcu.be/dwhYk

Interested in funded PhD position in marine megafauna foraging ecology and health?

Opportunity University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau on 'Drivers of the foraging ground use & recovery in Southern Ocean climate sentinel – southern right whale'

Fantastic supervisory team, info: whalednalab.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/news/

During winter and spring, bowhead whales migrate to Disko Bay in West Greenland to feed. Using drone photogrammetry, we quantified how much energy, and prey, the whales need in order to grow fat Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen Outi Tervo Jonas Teilmann. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

It's #WildlifeConservationDay and we are celebrating with our first drone video of a humpback #whale off #SouthGeorgia ! 🐳🐳🐳

Defra UK Government SGSSI SGHT FOSGI British Antarctic Survey 🐧 Fredrik Christiansen
#MondayMotivation National Geographic

Breaking news for the @DarwinPlus Hungry Humpbacks project-a successful Brazilian field season at Abrolhos Bank:14 days of sampling with over 100 drone flights and biopsy sampling!
Congrats ProjetoBaleia & Fredrik Christiansen

What is the energetic cost of being a right whale? Check out our new paper in Journal of Experimental Biology where we estimate the energy expenditure of southern right whales from their respiration rate and body condition loss
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Just planted in JEB 🌳

Energy expenditure of southern right whales varies with body size, reproductive state and activity level

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Kate Sprogis Mia Nielsen, Maria Glarou and Lars Bejder

Southern right #whales off South Africa are getting thinner. Nice work led by Els Vermeulen & Fredrik Christiansen 👇🏼

While its flattering to be mentioned in association with this important research, it should be clarified that this work was conceived and led by Els Vermeulen and her research group. I was privileged to be part of it, but the credit should go to Els Vermeulen, not me.

Because the industry actively seeks out whales and dolphins, using quieter boats should be a priority. Yet current whale-watching guidelines, do not include noise levels. See our article The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand by myself, Fredrik Christiansen and Patricia Arranz: theconversation.com/whale-watching…

#PhD scholarship available on the use of small #drones to assess the body condition of #dugongs . Based in Townsville, QLD, Australia.
Details here: tropwater.com/news/phd-dugon…
James Cook Uni Christophe Cleguer Fredrik Christiansen TropWATER Aarhus University
Apply by 25 April

If done correctly, whale-watching can have negligible effects on whales. Check out our new paper on southern right whales in Australia. Well done Kate Sprogis Patricia Arranz Dirk Holman

Are there any effects of whale-watching on right whales? Free to download Sprogis et al. 2023 published in Marine Policy with Fredrik Christiansen Patricia Arranz Dirk Holman, doi.org/10.1016/j.marp…

After a two day seminar, we are ready and excited about our 2023 #marinemammal research goals. Stay tuned!

Jacob Nabe-Nielsen
Jakob Tougaard
Frants Jensen, PhD
Mel Cosentino, PhD
Emily T Griffiths
Caitlin Frankish
Emilie Stepien
Laia Rojano-Doñate
Fredrik Christiansen
Xiuqing Hao
Charlotte Hviid

North Atlantic #RightWhale calving season is still underway! While we are excited to see 9 new mom-calf pairs so far this season, they are dying faster than they can reproduce. Experts estimate that we’ll need close to 20 new calves born to hold steady. ow.ly/yb6g50MeqcQ

Morphometrics of free-ranging short-finned pilot whales across the North Atlantic
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Photo credit Patricia Arranz Agustín de Betancourt fellow at Universidad de La Laguna
Thanks to Kate Sprogis, Fredrik Christiansen and co-workers!