The cost of lactation
Announcing the release of an exciting new paper linking maternal body size and condition during lactation to calf growth rates in southern right whales, using drones! […]
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04, 2018
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06, 2016
Shipping noise impacts whale communication
A really interesting new paper has been published that looks at the potential for underwater noise to interfere with communication between mother-calf pairs of North Atlantic right whales. […]
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10, 2015
Right whales aren’t where we think: implications for renewable energy projects on the US East coast
Offshore wind farms are in the early stages of development off the eastern coast of the US, with two projects currently under construction: the Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island and the Fisherman’s Energy Wind Farm in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The eastern seaboard is a prime location for the development of renewable energy projects, [...]
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09, 2015
Wave gliders: game changing technology for monitoring marine mammals
East Carolina University’s Blackbeard wave glider has survived its first at-sea trials this week and has been successfully deployed off the North Carolina coast. The Blackbeard wave glider is manufactured by Liquid Robotics and contains a St Andrews Instrumentation Decimus® system to detect marine mammals. […]
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05, 2015
Right whales may have distinct ‘voices’
A really cool new study has found that right whales may have “distinctive voices” in their upcalls. This could be functionally similar to the way dolphins have signature whistles. […]