Safeguarding New Zealand fur seal/kekeno through assessing population trends and threat factors https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/safeguarding-new-zealand-fur-sealkekeno-through-assessing-population-trends-and-threat-factors/ 🦭 #Pinnipeds #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Seals #Science

'Counting Orca' free screening from Center for Whale Research https://theOrcasonian.com https://theorcasonian.com/counting-orca-free-screening-from-center-for-whale-research/ 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Whales #Science #Orca

New Moby Dick-like termite species discovered https://phys.org/news/2025-12-moby-dick-termite-species.html 🐋🐜 #Cetaceans* #MarineMammals* #MarineLife* #MarineBiology* #Whales* #Science

*imagine all these in air quotes 😅

Rare pygmy sperm whale dies after swallowing a plastic bag https://www.earth.com/news/rare-pygmy-sperm-whale-dies-after-swallowing-plastic-bag-marine-debris/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #OceanPlastic #PlasticPollution

Mediterranean dolphins have coastal and inshore ecotypes that pass each other by without interacting, like ships in the night https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/dolphin-ecotypes-mediterranean-sea 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science

Endangered whale's 3,000-mile journey from Ireland to Boston shocks scientists https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/right-whale-ireland-boston/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

Manatee protection may be eroded under Trump administration's proposed changes to Endangered Species Act https://phys.org/news/2025-12-manatee-eroded-trump-administration-endangered.html 🐋 #Sirenia #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Manatee #Science

Rare video captures orca pod hunting a pygmy sperm whale https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/orcas-predator-prey-pygmy-sperm-whale-madeira 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Whales #Science #Orca

Iran Opens First Specialized Caspian Seal Conservation Center Amid Sharp Population Decline https://astanatimes.com/2025/12/iran-opens-first-specialized-caspian-seal-conservation-center-amid-sharp-population-decline/ 🦭 #Pinnipeds #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Seals #Science

Humpback whales are making a comeback. Here's one reason why https://phys.org/news/2025-12-humpback-whales-comeback.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

First North Atlantic right whale calf of the season spotted near South Carolina https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/first-north-atlantic-right-whale-calf-of-the-season-spotted-near-south-carolina/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

⟦Telford et al.⟧ How Robust is Eschrichtius robustus? A Novel Photographic Index of Body Condition From Boat‐Based Photographs of Gray Whales https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70091?af=R 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

⟦Taylor et al.⟧ Passive Acoustic Monitoring and Mapping of Vessel Visitation at an Australian Fur Seal Breeding Colony https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70100?af=R 🦭 #Pinnipeds #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Seals #Science

⟦May-Collado et al.⟧ A Detailed Characterization of the Whistle Repertoire of Fraser's Dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei) From the Lesser Antilles https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70101?af=R 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science

Rare Pygmy sperm whale discovered on Anglesey beach https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/rare-pygmy-whale-discovered-anglesey-32971344?int_source=nba 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Wales

H5N1 variant has made its way to an Australian subantarctic island https://phys.org/news/2025-11-h5n1-variant-australian-subantarctic-island.html 🦭 #Pinnipeds #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Seals #Science #H5N1 #BirdFlu

#Whale and #dolphin #migrations are being disrupted by #climatechange
#Marinemammals are being forced into new and more dangerous waters, scientists warn.
“Almost no migratory species is untouched by climate change,” Atwood said in an email.
From #whales and #dolphins, to arctic shorebirds and elephants, all are affected by rising temperatures, #extremeweather, and shifting ecosystems, which are disrupting migratory routes and reshaping critical habitats across the planet
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/whale-and-dolphin-migrations-are-being-disrupted-by-climate-change/

⟦Shank et al.⟧ A decision support tool for assessing entanglement risk to protected species from fixed-gear fisheries with applications to North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Northwest Atlantic https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1549345/full 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Bycatch

⟦Watt et al.⟧ Estimating Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) Age Using Epigenetic Analysis of Skin https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70102?af=R 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science

B.C. residents host whale detection devices on their properties in bid to protect animals https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/whale-detection-technology-on-b-c-s-coast-9.6990987 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science