Until the 1990s, beaked whales were one of the least understood groups of large mammals.
Information on northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) and Baird's beaked …

Two types of Berardius are recognised by local whalers in Hokkaido, Japan. The first is the
ordinary Baird's beaked whale, B. bairdii, whereas the other is much smaller and entirely …

There are many factors that may explain why cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises)
strand. Around the UK and Ireland, over 20,000 stranding records have been collected since …

(Received 14 June 2019; accepted 23 September 2020) We examine notions of taxonomic
'impediment','gap','inflation'and 'anarchy', all of which are increasingly prevalent in …

While beaked whales are the poorest-known family of cetaceans overall, the behavior and
ecology of two species of beaked whales, Cuvier's (Ziphius cavirostris) and Blainville's …

In many organisms, especially those of conservation concern, traditional lines of evidence
for taxonomic delineation, such as morphological data, are often difficult to obtain. In these …

The deep sea is the largest ecosystem on Earth, yet little is known about the processes
driving patterns of genetic diversity in its inhabitants. Here, we investigated the macro-and …

Winner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction* Finalist for the
2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction* Finalist for the PEN/EO Wilson Literary Science Writing …

Exploration licences for seafloor mineral deposits have been granted across large areas of
the world's oceans, with the abyssal Pacific Ocean being the primary target for polymetallic …

Conservation of marine megafauna is nested within an intricate tapestry of multiple ocean
resource uses which are, in turn, embedded in a dynamic and complex ecological ocean …