In the songs and bubble feeding of humpback whales; in young killer whales learning to
knock a seal from an ice floe in the same way their mother does; and in the use of sea …

Ocean currents, winds, and rainfall all work together to create a marine oasis around the
Hawaiian Islands, providing a home for many species of dolphins and whales normally …

Abstract Knowledge of the distribution and relative abundance of odontocete cetaceans is
important for helping to understand and potentially mitigate impacts of anthropogenic …

Common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus were present in Barataria Bay, Louisiana,
USA, before, during, and after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Health assessments …

We assessed scarring patterns as evidence of fisheries interactions for three populations of
false killer whales in Hawai 'i. Bycatch of the pelagic population in the tuna longline fishery …

Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has proven a powerful tool for the study of marine
mammals, allowing for documentation of biologically relevant factors such as movement …

False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) are large delphinids typically found in deep
water far offshore. However, in the Hawaiian Archipelago, there are 2 resident island …

Satellite tagging data for short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and
Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) were used to identify core insular …

One of the primary directives of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) is to use the best
scientific information available to delineate population stocks (henceforth referred to as …

Most mammals exhibit natal dispersal of one or both sexes, a behavior that likely evolved in
part to reduce the chances of breeding with close relatives. When natal social group fidelity …