Whales, Dolphins and Porpoise

A recent study by Garroway and colleagues, titled “Climate change introduces threatened killer whale populations and conservation challenges to the Arctic”, was published in Global [...]

A recent study by Haug and colleagues, titled “Trophic interactions between common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and their prey during summer in the northern Barents Sea” [...]

A new review by Øien and colleagues, titled “Previous, current and future monitoring and management of common minke whales in Norway,” was published today in NAMMCO Scientific [...]

When whales, dolphins, or porpoises strand, it can provide critical information about ocean health, pollution, and disease. Reporting strandings helps scientists collect data on the causes, [...]

A recent study by Vogel and colleagues, titled “Norwegian killer whale movements reflect their different prey types,” was published in Polar Research in March 2024. The research [...]

A new study by Ruiz-Sagalés and colleagues, titled “Baleen stable isotopes reveal climate-driven behavioural shifts in North Atlantic fin whales”, was published in Science of the [...]

The North Atlantic Sighting Survey (NASS) series have come to an end! The ship survey part of this year’s NASS series finished at the end of august. At that time the Greenland aerial team [...]

A study by Andvik et al., titled “Intercorrelations of Chlorinated Paraffins, Dechloranes, and Legacy Persistent Organic Pollutants in 10 Species of Marine Mammals from Norway, in Light of [...]

A new study by Pöyhönen and colleagues dives into the fine-scale distribution and seasonal presence of sperm whales at high latitudes. The study titled: “High Arctic “hotspots” for sperm whales [...]

Jossey and colleagues published a new study titled “Population structure and history of North Atlantic Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus musculus) inferred from whole genome sequence analysis” [...]