Marine Mammals - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dec 1, 2020 · Marine mammals play important ecological roles as both predator (many hunt for fish) and as prey, both for sharks and other, larger marine mammals. Humans have also long …
Marine Mammal Acoustics - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Marine mammals are also very adept at imitating sounds. Hoover, a harbor seal at the New England Aquarium, imitated human speech well enough to have a recognizable New England …
How Do Marine Mammals Avoid the Bends?
Apr 25, 2018 · Deep-diving whales and other marine mammals can get the bends - the same painful and potentially life-threatening decompression sickness that strikes scuba divers who …
Seal Facts - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Apr 11, 2024 · Narwhals and other marine mammals could be vulnerable to a new threat we’ve become all too familiar with: COVID-19 November 10, 2020 WHOI working to help save …
Right Whales - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Apr 24, 2023 · The North Atlantic right whale (NARW) (Eubalaena glacialis) is one of the most critically endangered whales in the world—approximately 340 of these majestic marine …
Sea Life Is Accumulating Pathogens - Woods Hole Oceanographic …
Aug 21, 2008 · An unprecedented survey of seabirds, marine mammals, and sharks on the U.S. East Coast has revealed that marine wildlife contains a wide variety of disease-causing …
The Sound of Sonar and the Fury about Whale Strandings
Feb 15, 2008 · The research was conducted under a Bahamian permit issued by the Department of Marine Resources, and under permit #1121-1900 issued by the National Marine Fisheries …
Study Examines How Diving Marine Mammals Manage …
Dec 21, 2011 · In April 2010, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Marine Mammal Center (MMC) invited the world’s experts in human diving and marine-mammal diving physiology to …
Stranded Marine Mammals Stir Tough Decisions
Dec 20, 2007 · “Rehabilitation of stranded marine mammals elicits polarized attitudes,” the authors wrote. “The challenge is to find the common ground and the greater good.” When …
Caught in the Middle of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Mar 29, 2006 · Meanwhile, the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission convened a series of meetings from February 2004 to September 2005, seeking compromise on acoustic “threats” to marine …
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