We are now living in the Anthropocene, the first time in Earth's history when synthetic
chemicals—created by humans—are damaging the planet and contributing to a major loss …

Large whales are subjected to a variety of conservation pressures that could be better
monitored and managed if physiological information could be gathered readily from free …

Organochlorine (OC) pesticides and the more persistent polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
have well-established dose-dependent toxicities to birds, fish and mammals in experimental …

Stable isotope analysis (SIA) has emerged as a common tool in ecology and has proven
especially useful in the study of animal diet, habitat use, movement, and physiology. SIA has …

In this paper, we review recent data for brominated flame retardants (particularly BDEs,
HBCD and TBBP-A) in samples from the European and Asian environments, including …

Ecological divergence has a central role in speciation and is therefore an important source
of biodiversity. Studying the micro‐evolutionary processes of ecological diversification at its …

Microplastics (MPs), an emerging ubiquitous pollutant in the aquatic ecosystem, pose
serious health concerns to the survival of aquatic fauna, especially top predators (eg …

The distinct population segment (DPS) of Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca)
was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on 18 November 2005 …

The first comprehensive review on North Atlantic killer whales Orcinus orca was published in
1988. Since then, a significant increase in published studies has substantially improved our …

Sightings of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Greenland have increased in recent years,
coincident with sea ice loss. These killer whales are likely from fish-feeding North Atlantic …