SOUNDS UNDER THE SURFACE: NOISE EFFECTS ON WHALES
The NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) has produced a short video with the conclusions from recent research into the effects of extraneous (i.e. non-natural) noise on the habits...
View ArticleBLAINVILLE’S BEAKED WHALES’ FEEDING GROUND ON ABACO / BMMRO MAY 2012 REPORT
BMMRO MAY 2012 REPORT / THE BEAKED WHALES’ FEEDING GROUND The BMMRO report for May 2012 has just been published. It’s quite short so I am posting it ‘as is’. While I am about it, Charlotte Dunn has...
View ArticleWHALE & DOLPHIN RESEARCH, PHOTOS & SIGHTINGS REPORT
WHALE & DOLPHIN RESEARCH, PHOTOS & SIGHTINGS REPORT The Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation (BMMRO) has recently been involved in a major tagging and monitoring program around Andros,...
View Article‘FAMILIAR FECES': CETACEAN POOP-SCOOPING BY SPECIES
‘FAMILIAR FECES': CETACEAN POOP-SCOOPING BY SPECIES UPDATE I name-checked BMMRO intern Oscar Ward’s blog below. Now he’s been out on the ocean on ‘poop patrol’. You can read Oscar’s account of his...
View ArticleBLAINVILLE’S BEAKED WHALES IN ABACO WATERS
BLAINVILLE’S BEAKED WHALES IN ABACO WATERS It’s hard to believe that the seas around Abaco and its cays are home to a number of whale species, from huge sperm and humpback whales down to so-called...
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