New Zealand once home to southern elephant seals https://phys.org/news/2025-03-zealand-home-southern-elephant.html #Seals #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Pinnipeds

New Zealand once home to southern elephant seals https://phys.org/news/2025-03-zealand-home-southern-elephant.html #Seals #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Pinnipeds
Hey everyone let's congratulate Trish and Oisin on their excellent discovery that they have allowed a human scientist to write about!
Seals can sense their blood oxygen level and make decisions based on that information.
#seals #news #science #senses #marineMammals
#BetchaTheScientistWontListThemAsCoauthors
Humans aren't the only animals with complex culture, but researchers point to one feature that makes ours unique https://phys.org/news/2025-03-humans-animals-complex-culture-feature.html #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales
Canada’s Marineland to rehome its whales and dolphins as it seeks a buyer https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/20/canadas-marineland-to-rehome-its-whales-and-dolphins-as-it-seeks-a-buyer #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #AnimalWelfare #EmptyTheTanks #CaptivityKills
Southern elephant seals are adaptable—but they struggle when faced with both rapid climate change and human impacts https://phys.org/news/2025-03-southern-elephant-struggle-rapid-climate.html #Seals #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Pinnipeds #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
Ship collisions and noise are pushing whales to the brink–but there’s a simple solution. Slowing down ships could save thousands of whales and other marine life.
Sign the petition urging leaders to commit to real ocean protection at the upcoming global summit! https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-6-because-our-planet-is-blue-EN?akid=s5599862..YDydxT #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Petition
[Martin et al.] Report of Two Rare Cases of Allonursing and Fostering in the Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) in Namibia https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70014?af=R #SeaLions #Seals #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Pinnipeds
First right whale mom and calf of the season spotted in Cape Cod Bay https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whale-mom-calf-season-cape.html #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales
Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink, even as overall biodiversity falls https://phys.org/news/2025-03-efforts-species-brink-biodiversity-falls.html #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Extinction #Biodiversity #Conservation
Victoria’s unique dolphin population threatened by legacy of ‘forever chemicals’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/19/victorias-unique-dolphin-population-threatened-by-legacy-of-forever-chemicals #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #OceanPollution #Bioaccumulation
First documented sighting of a group of bowhead whales in Canada's Churchill River Estuary https://phys.org/news/2025-03-documented-sighting-group-bowhead-whales.html #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales
*Article's header image is of beluga whales. Like it's hard to find a picture of a Bowhead on Wikimedia! SMH.
New method tracks contaminant accumulation in Arctic marine mammals https://phys.org/news/2025-03-method-tracks-contaminant-accumulation-arctic.html #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Orca #Dolphins #PolarBears #OceanPollution #Bioaccumulation #Arctic
Not one, not two, but three frolicking Harbour Seals at Point Lookout, NY, last Friday (3.14). Possibly parents with a cub?
#nature #naturephotography #naturecommunity #biodiversity #marinemammals #wildlifephotography
How the North Sea tanker collision could affect one of Britain's most important coastlines https://phys.org/news/2025-03-north-sea-tanker-collision-affect.html #Seals #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Pinnipeds #Dolphins #Cetaceans #FossilFuels #OilSpill
NOAA's uncertain future brings tsunami of worry for wildlife, ocean https://phys.org/news/2025-03-noaa-uncertain-future-tsunami-wildlife.html #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #NOAA #FuckTrump
Whales move nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine, supporting tropical ecosystems https://phys.org/news/2025-03-whales-nutrients-alaska-hawaii-urine.html #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales
Tooth size in South American sea lions reflects historical shifts in population abundance https://phys.org/news/2025-03-tooth-size-south-american-sea.html #SeaLions #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Pinnipeds
[Blakeman et al.] Regular Presence of Harbor Porpoises in the Northern Alborán Sea https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70005?af=R #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Porpoises
[Baronia et al.] Understanding early ontogeny and whisker growth dynamics of Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) pups through stable isotope analysis https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.13229?af=R #Seals #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Pinnipeds