Research on the ecology and biology of marine mammal populations is necessary to
understand ecosystem dynamics and to support conservation management. Emerging …

Drones have become an important research tool for studies of cetaceans, providing valuable
insights into their ecology and behavior. However, drones are also recognized as a potential …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs; or drones) are an emerging tool to provide a safer,
cheaper, and quieter alternative to traditional methods of studying marine megafauna in a …

Animals with fission–fusion dynamics live in fluid societies with varying party sizes. The
joining (fusion) and separation (fission) of these parties is considered a response to costs …

The study and conservation of cetaceans benefit from systematic studies and non-systematic
records about sightings and strandings. However, iEcology (internet ecology) was critical for …

Effective management of threatened and invasive species requires regular and reliable
population estimates. Drones are increasingly utilised by ecologists for this purpose as they …

Conducting marine mammal research can raise several important ethical issues. For
example, the continuation of whaling for commercial purposes despite the international …

Unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAVs), or “drones,” are increasingly used as a tool for cetacean
research, but knowledge about how these tools contribute to underwater sound is lacking. In …

Maternal grouping dynamics involve trade‐offs between:(1) infant protection from predation
(predation hypothesis),(2) infant protection from male harassment (infant safety hypothesis) …

Many human cultures involve positive interactions with wildlife in the past and present.
Lahille's bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops gephyreus), for example, have developed tactics for …