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Grey Whales — the other Pacific Northwest resident whale
Grey whales face many threats ranging from entanglements and ship strikes, to loss of habitat and reduced prey availability. Researchers are collecting data this summer needed to quantify and mitigate these threats.
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It’s Been Two Years!
Last week graduate students from the Marine Mammal Research Unit attended their first in-person conferences in two years!
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Grey Whale Watching in Baja California Sur, Mexico
It’s that time of year again, when people and grey whales head to the lagoons of Baja, Mexico for the annual winter event.
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Blue herons identified as a top juvenile salmon predator
It is more than just seals that are preying on the bounty of juvenile salmon exiting river mouths each spring.
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SWIMMING WITH THE POD
For the past two weeks, UBC Researchers led by Dr. Andrew Trites have been studying the feeding behaviours of northern resident killer whales.
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Bowhead whales feed year-round in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut
Satellite telemetry and time-depth recorders are providing new and surprising insights into the secret lives of bowhead whales Bowhead whales…
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A Window into the Lives of Resident Killer Whales
This summer, a team of researchers from the University of British Columbia, together with the Hakai Institute, set out to…
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Drawing First Blood
Researchers publish first reference ranges for Steller sea lions Over the past 15 years, a small group of Steller sea…
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13th LARKIN LECTURE
Climate contributions to hard times in US West Coast salmon fisheries SPEAKER: Nate Mantua NOAA NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center…
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Into the Field
Bowhead rubbing Sometimes the coolest things happen, when you least expect it. These four bowhead whales…
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From the Lab
How fat is that sea lion? Estimating the body condition of Steller sea lions may be as simple as pushing…
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Into the Field: Harbor seals prey on salmon smolts
Hassen Allegue uses his laptop computer to program one of the biologging tags before deploying it…
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Marine Mammal Research Newsletter | August 2017 (Issue 16)
Into the Field Harbour seals prey on salmon smolts Biologging tags reveal specialist-feeding behaviors by seals that have implications for…
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Steller Research Front and Center
Steller sea lion research at the Vancouver Aquarium is undergoing a major overhaul! The sea lions at the Aquarium moved…
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A Window to the Wild
Open Water Research Station Contributes a Decade of Discoveries This year marks the ten-year anniversary of the Open Water Research…
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On-line Marine Mammal Symposium
The 24th Annual BC Marine Mammal Symposium was streamed on YouTube Live, Saturday, November 26 2016. About 230 people attended…
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FROM THE LAB
Diving Hard at It Sitka, one of four Steller sea lions, has participated in many research…
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ROLLING IN THE DEEP
New Behaviors Observed in Northern Fur Seals Thanks to the emergence of new technologies in tagging, scientists are able to…
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Analyzing Appetites in Harbor Seals
New DNA technique offers dietary insights Of all the species that share the North Pacific Ocean with humans, among the…
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High-Tech Tracking in the Bering Sea
Electronic tags reveal secrets of foraging fur seals Northern fur seals in the eastern Bering Sea spend most of their…
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Evolution of a Hunter
Do feeding strategies drive resilience? Many thousands of years ago, the ancient ancestors of today’s seals and sea lions moved…
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Decisions at Depth: Does prey availability drive foraging behavior?
Sitka, one of 4 Steller sea lions trained to wear a harness carrying scientific instruments while…
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23rd Annual B.C. MARINE MAMMAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Saturday November 28, 2015 9:30am – 17:30pm Join us for presentations as well as discussion on issues that concern us…
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July 2014 – This Just In
Steller sea lion diving awarded Gold Medal For more than 125 years, one gold medal has been awarded each year…
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