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...

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Researchers Studying Killer Whales

Researchers from the SOCAL-10 research partnership study the behavior of orcas...

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Dolphins Swim in Oily Waters

Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) observed in emulsified oil on April 29,...

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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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Marine Parasites: Crazy…and Really Cool!

Marine parasites may be small in size, but they can be present in very high numbers...

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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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Parasitic Worms in a Fish

The whitish spots on this fish are individual parasitic trematode worms. Trematodes...

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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded...

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What a Day for Ocean Microbes

For most of us, the term “marine organism” brings to mind images of fishes,...

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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

Top predators along the California coast are having a rough year. Recently starving...

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No Fouling Around

Since the dawn of seafaring, humankind has had to deal with the pesky creatures...

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Peanut Butter and Jellyfish

All over the world, people have been witnessing gigantic blooms of tens of...