The extant diversity and rich fossil record of cetaceans provides an extraordinary
evolutionary context for investigating the relationship between form, function and ecology …

The number of scientific papers resulting from biologging instruments deployed on marine
mammals is increasing as improved technologies result in smaller devices and improved …

It is well known that microbes, zooplankton, and fish are important sources of recycled
nitrogen in coastal waters, yet marine mammals have largely been ignored or dismissed in …

For many marine organisms, especially large whales that cannot be studied in laboratory
settings, our ability to obtain basic behavioral and physiological data is limited, because …

In a post-industrial whaling world, flagship and charismatic baleen whale species are
indicators of the health of our oceans. However, traditional monitoring methods provide …

The low-frequency vocalizations of fin and blue whales are the most powerful and
ubiquitous biological sounds in the ocean,. Here we combine acoustic localization and …

Lunge feeding by rorqual whales (Balaenopteridae) is associated with a high energetic cost
that decreases diving capacity, thereby limiting access to dense prey patches at depth …

Fin whales are among the largest predators on earth, yet little is known about their foraging
behavior at depth. These whales obtain their prey by lunge-feeding, an extraordinary …

North Atlantic right whales were instrumented with suction-cup mounted, time-depth
recorders (TDR) during the summers of 2000 and 2001 to examine their diving and foraging …

Rorqual baleen whales lunge feed by engulfment of tons of prey-laden water in a large and
expandable buccal pouch. According to prior interpretations, feeding rorquals are brought to …