Baleen whales influence their ecosystems through immense prey consumption and nutrient
recycling,–. It is difficult to accurately gauge the magnitude of their current or historic …

Microparticles, such as microplastics and microfibers, are ubiquitous in marine food webs.
Filter-feeding megafauna may be at extreme risk of exposure to microplastics, but neither the …

Wild animals are under selective pressure to optimise energy budgets; therefore, quantifying
energy expenditure, intake and allocation to specific activities is important if we are to …

The largest animals are baleen filter feeders that exploit large aggregations of small-bodied
plankton. Although this feeding mechanism has evolved multiple times in marine …

Bio-logging devices equipped with inertial measurement units—particularly accelerometers,
magnetometers, and pressure sensors—have revolutionized our ability to study animals as …

Animals are distributed relative to the resources they rely upon, often scaling in abundance
relative to available resources. Yet, in heterogeneously distributed environments, describing …

Regional endothermy has evolved several times in marine fishes, and two competing
hypotheses are generally proposed to explain the evolutionary drivers behind this trait …

Linking individual and population scales is fundamental to many concepts in ecology [1],
including migration [2, 3]. This behavior is a critical [4] yet increasingly threatened [5] part of …

Bulk filter feeding has enabled gigantism throughout evolutionary history. The largest
animals, extant rorqual whales, utilize intermittent engulfment filtration feeding (lunge …

This study measured the degree of behavioral responses in blue whales (Balaenoptera
musculus) to controlled noise exposure off the southern California coast. High-resolution …