Impressive study on computer-assisted matching of individual identification photos to estimate abundance of marine mammal populations! This Methods in Ecology and Evolution paper will cut costs & speed up our work on Pacific white-sided dolphins besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/…

Research groups sound alarm after reports of three whales struck by ships off B.C. timescolonist.com/local-news/res… via Times Colonist

Our new study on accelerating decline in #SRKW is out. We coined the term ‘Bright extinction ‘ to describe increased decline in data rich, well documented species. Peter S. Ross Lance Barrett-Lennard raincoast.org/press/action-n…

📢Alarming findings - Southern Resident Killer #Whale population will decline slowly for a generation or two before accelerating toward extinction Oceans Initiative Dive deep here: nature.com/articles/s4324… #conservation #ocean

Iconic southern resident killer whales are on a fast track to extinction, unless we act boldly and quickly (via ⁦Lynda V. Mapes⁩ ⁦The Seattle Times⁩) phys.org/news/2024-04-e…