The time has come to either save the vaquita or support local fisheries. Fifty years of conservation efforts has shown it is not possible to do both.

New tech shows gray whales spend more time searching than feeding—and prefer to roll left while dining

Juvenile male otariids may be jeopardizing Guadalupe fur seal recovery by abducting pups. What’s the link?

Cutting-edge technology provides unprecedented look into killer whale prey availability, challenging long-held beliefs

California sea lion whiskers show that it all depends on where they live and what is available for them to eat when weaned

Join us in person or on line to hear about the latest research findings and observations

Evidence suggests these unknown orcas living in the open ocean may be unlike any other

Discover how this adaptation of the heart influences the diving abilities of seals and sea lions and what it means for their survival in a changing ocean

Killer whale respiration rates aren’t just about breathing—they’re a window into understanding their survival needs

Some killer whales have specialized in navigating submarine canyons to hunt marine mammals that exploit deep-sea species. How do they do it?

Two new studies answer the question: “How much fish does a seal need?” One of the most common threats to marine mammal populations is reduced food supply, either due to the effects of climate change or human fishing pressure.

New data from stranded whales is yielding better estimates of body sizes needed to determine drug dosages, and assess the health and food requirements of whales.

New research is shedding light on the hearts of healthy marine mammals, and how they compare to human hearts

Researchers found four to six times more Chinook salmon in the Salish Sea in summertime compared with numbers of fish available to the growing population of northern resident killer whales.

After more than a year of working remotely, our graduate students are starting to head back to campus. They have been busy studying grey whales, killer whales, sea otters, sea lions, and much, much more….

Thirteen years of photo-identification data of killer whales observed in California and Oregon provide new insights into the distribution and population structure of mammal-eating killer whales in the eastern North Pacific Ocean.

New study shows loss of sea ice will require walruses to swim more and eat more to survive climate change

Biologging data from foraging harbour seals shows less impact on outmigrating salmon than expected. A few seals in the study…

Saturday November 23, 2019 27th AnnualB.C. MARINE MAMMAL SYMPOSIUMSaturday, November 23, 2019 – 9:30 am – 5:00 pm UNIVERSITY OF…

Are female northern fur seals finding enough food to help their pups survive? The first few months at sea are…

7 new publications… Molting bowhead whales, northern fur seal diets, killer whale foraging behavior, measuring stroke rates of sea lions…

SMM and AMSS Conferences A full house gathered in a hockey rink in eastern Canada as the pinniped scientists took…

Studying Acceleration and Energetics… in 3-D A fur seal “fitness tracker” called a Daily Diary Tag…

Crunching the Numbers Stroke…

7 new publications… [webref_pretty title=”Accelerometers can measure total and activity-specific energy expenditure in free-ranging marine mammals only if linked to…

Science Outreach 21st Annual meeting of the Northwest Student Chapter of Marine Mammalogy Nearly 60 people from BC, Washington and…

Off the Bench Nattan Telmer shows some of the equipment he used to test the ability…

Statistics brings fur seal foraging trips into focus For northern fur seals, a foraging trip in the Bering Sea can…

Every October in Alaska’s remote Pribilof Islands, thousands of four-month-old northern fur seals take to the frigid waters of the…

NE Pacific Transient killer whales in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Photograph taken during research conducted under permit 782-1719 issued by…

 As the far lesser-known adage goes, “It ain’t easy being marine.” This especially applies to the wild Steller sea lion,…