Personal Perspectives

Menopausal Moms: A Mammal Mystery

In honor of Mother's Day, the Citizens of the Sea blog salutes ocean-going mothers...

Article

Scientists Use Bioacoustics to Protect Marine Mammals

Marine mammals such as whales, dolphins, and seals have an amazing ability to hold...

Personal Perspectives

Listening for Clues About Sonar’s Effects on Marine Mammals

Many animals depend on their eyes to navigate, find food, locate mates, and for...

Article

Flippers or Feet? An Extinct Mammal May Have Been Replaced By Today's Sea Cows

In the seagrass beds and kelp forests of the Oligocene-Miocene transition, nearly...

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Don't Feed Wild Dolphins

A Twelve-Step group for wild animals with people-food addictions? Don’t be...

When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

More recently than you might think, say scientists who scoured the fossil...

Personal Perspectives

Bacteria on Whale Skin Tell a Tale of Health and Sickness

Whales swimming in the ocean are never really alone. Even if one swims by itself...

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Efforts to Protect the Critically Endangered Monk Seal

Monk seals -- the only completely tropical species of seal in the world -- are in...

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Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

When compared to dolphins and large baleen whales, beaked whales lose a bit of the...

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The Whale Acoustic Lab

John Hildebrand discusses his research at the Scripps Whale Acoustic Lab on the...

Lesson Plan

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Activity Book

This book is filled with activities about the humpback whales of the Hawaiian...

Lesson Plan

How do Humpback Whales Feed?

The activity covers feeding behaviors of humpback whales. It also teaches how...