Dolphins live in complex social groupings with a wide variety of social strategies. In this
chapter we investigate the role that differing habitats and ecological conditions have played …

ABSTRACT 1 The significance of killer whale Orcinus orca predation on baleen whales
(Mysticeti) has been a topic of considerable discussion and debate in recent years …

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 …

Studies of animal culture have not normally included a consideration of cetaceans.
However, with several long-term field studies now maturing, this situation should change …

The scientific study of networks-computer, social, and biological-has received an enormous
amount of interest in recent years. However, the network approach has been applied to the …

Famed in story as" the great leviathans," sperm whales are truly creatures of extremes.
Giants among all whales, they also have the largest brains of any creature on Earth. Males …

Populations of seals, sea lions, and sea otters have sequentially collapsed over large areas
of the northern North Pacific Ocean and southern Bering Sea during the last several …

Large body size, carnivory, and endothermic costs lead to exceptionally high caloric
demands in many mammalian predators. The potential impact on prey resources may be …

Cultural transmission may be a significant source of variation in the behaviour of whales and
dolphins, especially as regards their vocal signals. We studied variation in the vocal output …

The lack of comprehensive sighting data sets precludes the application of standard habitat
suitability modeling approaches to predict distributions of the majority of marine mammal …