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We are pleased to share a new publication in Marine Ecology Progress Series, entitled: Energetic scaling of propulsive costs across body sizes in humpback whales. Authors: Cameron Nemeth, William Gough, Martin van Aswegen, Gussie Hollers, Lewis Evans, Andrew Szabo, and Lars Bejder A video of a humpback whale calf swimming slowly alongside its sleeping mother. CATS tag footage from a tag placed on the back of the escort. NOAA permit #27548 Abstract Movement is energetically ex

Written by Claire Lacey We would like to share a newly published paper: Circum-Island Line-Transect Abundance Estimates of Spinner Dolphins Around O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Authors: Claire Lacey, Marie C. Hill, Amanda L. Bradford, Erin M. Oleson, Fabien Vivier, Aude F. Pacini, Philip S. Hammond, Lars Bejder. Marine Mammal Science, 2025; 0:e70055 https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70055 Available to read Spinner dolphin spinning – © Deb Besser, taken under permit #21476 Spinner dolphi

Written by Brijonnay Madrigal False killer whales (FKW) ( Pseudorca crassidens ) and short-finned pilot whales (SFPW) ( Globicephala macrorhynchus ) are resident, toothed whale species to the Hawaiian archipelago. In Hawaiʻi, they are colloquially referred to as ‘Blackfish’ as they are largely dark gray in color, often appearing all black. Both FKW and SFPW exhibit complex social structure which translates into complexity in their communication systems. These two species gen