A recent study, published in PLoS ONE, explains a new way to identify beaked whale foraging habitats. The study was led by Dr. Elliott Hazen and colleagues from Duke University, Woods Hole, and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. They listened for foraging beaked whales and measured ocean features and distributions of prey off the east coast of Andross [...]
(This article was originally published on OceanLines on September 5, 2008.) NOAA has recently released a new study about a research effort in Hawaii to determine how marine mammals react to sonar. NOAA’s Fisheries Service, along with top international scientists and the U.S. Navy are leading the research. From the NOAA research vessel Oscar Elton [...]
(This article was originally published on OceanLines on August 22, 2008.) A new study conducted under a permit to La Laguna University in the Canary Islands revealed the long unknown hunting and diving tactics of pilot whales. Unlike the emperor penguins, who slow their heart rate down to remain underwater longer, pilot whales spend all [...]
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