Offshore wind energy development is rapidly ramping up in United States (US) waters in
order to meet renewable energy goals. With a diverse suite of endangered large whale …

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 …

Deraniyagala's beaked whale (Mesoplodon hotaula) is one of the least‐known beaked
whale species, with only a few of possible live sightings being documented to date. Here …

Experimental research has shown that beaked whales exhibit strong avoidance reactions to
naval active sonars used during antisubmarine warfare training exercises, including …

Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has proven a powerful tool for the study of marine
mammals, allowing for documentation of biologically relevant factors such as movement …

Long‐term distribution data for cetaceans are lacking, inhibiting the ability of management
bodies to assess trends and react appropriately. Such is true even along the US Atlantic …

Passive acoustic surveys are becoming increasingly popular as a means of surveying for
cetaceans and other marine species. These surveys yield large amounts of data, the …

Closely related species are expected to diverge in foraging strategy, reflecting the
evolutionary drive to optimize foraging performance. The most speciose cetacean genus …

Beaked whales produce frequency‐modulated echolocation pulses that appear to be
species‐specific, allowing passive acoustic monitoring to play a role in understanding spatio …

Beaked whales (I Ziphiidae i) have the second largest number of species (at least 24
species) among all families in Cetacea Infraorder (Committee on Taxonomy,[15]). In …