ABSTRACT 1 In response to conservation and management concerns about gray whale
Eschrichtius robustus population and stock structure, we provide an overview of the life …

The eastern North Pacific gray whale Eschrichtius robustus experienced an unusual
mortality event (UME) in 2019-2020, with 384 whales found dead along the Pacific coasts of …

Large‐bodied animals such as baleen whales can now be detected with very high
resolution (VHR) satellite imagery, allowing for scientific studies of whales in remote and …

Large whale entanglements are considered a significant threat to populations on a global
scale. In the Mexican Pacific and Baja California Peninsula (1996–2021) a total of 218 …

Despite long evolutionary separations, several sharks and tunas share the ability to maintain
slow-twitch, aerobic red muscle (RM) warmer than ambient water. Proximate causes of RM …

This study provides an initial demonstration of a combined two-UAV (Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle) system for measuring the underwater source levels and behavioural context of …

Introduction Social-ecological systems (SES) recognize the intricate relationship between
human activities and the environment and advocate for comprehensive approaches to …

We examined the incidence of rake mark scars from killer whales Orcinus orca on the flukes
of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae throughout the North Pacific to assess …

Eastern gray whales undertake annual migrations between summer feeding grounds in the
Bering and Chukchi Seas and winter breeding and calving lagoons in the west coast of Baja …

Three or four of these voracious animals do not hesitate to grapple with the largest baleen
whales; and it is surprising to see those leviathans of the deep so completely paralyzed by …