It's hard to determine if whales and dolphins are pregnant in the wild, but drones can help! This cool new paper from Duke Marine Lab UAS and Lighthouse Field Stn shows how to get the job done: …lpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Huge congrats to David W Johnston!! Perfect role for him! Excited to see the great new ideas he’ll bring

Introducing the Marine Mammal Bioacoustics and Ecology Lab, led by the great Dr. Kate Stafford OSU Hatfield. Yes, that's right folks. It's the MMBEL lab.🤣 A website ... and maybe even a Twitter account to follow! Logo designed by the renowned illustrator, Uko Gorter.🙏❤️

Congratulations to *Dr.* Dr. Dawn Barlow from @GemmLabOSU Oregon State University for successfully defending her PhD this week!! An incredibly impressive dissertation. Whale done! 🐳🐋🐳🐋🐳🐋🐳

I'm proud to finally share my first first-author publication (!), a summary + analysis of fine-scale seal and sea lion distributions on land, w/ drone data from a collaboration of Duke Marine Lab UAS, the Aleut Community of Saint Paul, and NOAA's Marine Mammal Lab. cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Check out this week's blog for a quick summary on our recent publication comparing gray whale body condition on foraging and breeding grounds! See link for blog and manuscript below

Thrilled that our study of rorqual whale distribution & phenology off Oregon is out in the world! This paper enhances ecological knowledge and paves the way for informed management decisions. Congratulations @SoleneDerville and @GemmLabOSU, this project is a joy to be part of!

1/n 🧵 I want to address a narrative that we see around women’s sport and inclusion (particularly from those who seek to exclude trans women & women with sex variations from women’s sport), and how this narrative is part of a bigger pattern that functions to keep women small

So awesome to hear this! Huge congrats to @AndyAread and Sue!!

fat, faT, fAT, FAT! That’s how humpback whales grow when reaching the Antarctic feeding grounds 🇦🇶 🦐 Great way to know more is at the Marine Mammal conference #SMM2022 Marine Mammalogy; Dr. KC Bierlich et al. #humpbackwhale

GO @clarabirdferrer!!🐳

New Paper Alert! Check out our study on #Antarctic #minkewhale using non-lethal methods. #conservation #climatechange Duke Marine Lab UAS antarctica.gov.au Dr. KC Bierlich Demography of an ice-obligate mysticete in a region of rapid environmental change royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Humpback whales really pack it on during Antarctic summers! Cool new paper led by Dr. KC Bierlich shows how drone-based photogrammetry helps us better understand how humpbacks increase energy reserves while foraging along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.…

Check out our new study on #humpback #whales in #Antarctica where we monitor changes in population #cortisol levels and show a post #covid-19 #anthropause resulted in lower stress levels across the population #science ⁦⁦UC Santa Cruz Science⁩ IAATO⁩ nature.com/articles/s4159…

Such a great and inspiring talk last night by Leigh Torres on all the latest research by the @GemmLabOSU on the Pacific Coast Feeding Group (PCFG) #GrayWhales