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Seasonal and Diel Acoustic Occurrence of Sei Whales in Oregon, USA

Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The behavior, distribution, and life history of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) are largely unknown in the North Pacific. We analyzed data from three bottom‐mounted acoustic recorders deployed 25 (shelf; depth = 300 m), 45 (slope; depth = 630 m), and 65 (abyssal; depth = 2860 m) nautical miles off of Newport, Oregon, USA that recorded ...
Mariam Alsaid, Leigh G. Torres, Holger Klinck, Dimitri Ponirakis, Kathleen M. Stafford, Dawn R. Barlow   +5 more
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Gigantism Precedes Filter Feeding in Baleen Whale Evolution [PDF]

Current Biology, 2018
Baleen whales (Mysticeti) are the largest animals on Earth, thanks to their ability to filter feed vast amounts of small prey from seawater. Whales appeared during the latest Eocene, but evidence of their early evolution remains both sparse and controversial, with several models competing to explain the origin of baleen-based bulk feeding.
Fordyce, R. Ewan, Marx, Felix G.
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Massive Losses of Taste Receptor Genes in Toothed and Baleen Whales

, 2014
Taste receptor genes are functionally important in animals, with a surprising exception in the bottlenose dolphin, which shows extensive losses of sweet, umami, and bitter taste receptor genes.
Zhao, Huabin, Zheng, Jinsong, Wang, Ding, Feng, Ping, Rossiter, Stephen J.   +4 more
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Social survival: Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) use social structure to partition ecological niches within proposed critical habitat.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Animal culture and social bonds are relevant to wildlife conservation because they influence patterns of geography, behavior, and strategies of survival. Numerous examples of socially-driven habitat partitioning and ecological-niche specialization can be
Janie Wray, Eric Keen, Éadin N O'Mahony
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Respiration Patterns of Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) Mothers and Calves in Southern Brazil

Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Respiration is a key physiological process in cetaceans, closely linked to energy expenditure, behavior, and physiological state. Using drone‐based surveys, we quantified respiration patterns of southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) mother–calf pairs in southern Brazil across two reproductive seasons (2020–2021).
Jéssica Karasek, Daniel Danilewicz, Ticiana Fettermann, Carla Cavassani, Lucas Lima de Oliveira, Yvonnick Le Pendu   +5 more
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Wandering whales?:Relationships between baleen whales and the sea ice environment in the Southern Ocean [PDF]

, 2017
Each austral summer large baleen whales migrate into the Southern Ocean to feed on krill. The melting of sea ice leads to algal blooms which allow rapid growth and development of krill.
Beekmans, Bas
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A Global Compilation of Blue Whale Strandings

Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Marine mammal strandings are common occurrences that attract public and scientific interest. Stranding data can provide important information for rarely sighted species, but while regional and national stranding databases do exist in some areas, cross‐database communication and data sharing are limited.
Kristina V. Randrup, Robert L. Brownell Jr., R. Charles Anderson, Emma L. Carroll, Rochelle Constantine, Barbara Galletti Vernazzani, Hannah Hendriks, Anouk D. Ilangakoon, Divya Panicker, Dipani Sutaria, Koen Van Waerebeek, Sarah M. Wilkin, Tonya Wimmer, Trevor A. Branch   +13 more
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Density and Abundance of Cetaceans in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Based on a Spatial/Temporal Analysis of 1986–2006 Line‐Transect Surveys

Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The abundance of cetaceans in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) is estimated using spatial/temporal density modeling and conventional line‐transect approaches. Line‐transect data are analyzed from 10 ship‐based visual sighting surveys from 1986 to 2006 that include 281,000 km of survey effort in a 19.4 million km2 study area.
Jay Barlow, Lisa T. Ballance, Eric M. Keen   +2 more
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Feeding frenzies of baleen whales along East Greenland

Frontiers in Marine Science
Over the past two decades, changes in sea temperature and sea-ice conditions have driven profound ecological shifts along the coast of East Greenland. One of the most conspicuous developments has been the recent and widespread occurrence of boreal baleen
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Susanne Ditlevsen, Sixten Malte Hüllert, Guðjón Már Sigurðsson, Jonas Teilmann, Fernando Ugarte, Steffen Stormholt   +6 more
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Functional models from limited data: A parametric and multimodal approach to anatomy and 3D kinematics of feeding in basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus)

The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 9, Page 2262-2285, September 2026.
Abstract Basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, Brugden [Squalus maximus], Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, 1765, vol. 3, pp. 33–49), feed by gaping their mouths and gill slits, greatly reorienting their cranial skeletons to filter food from water.
Tairan Li, Mike Schindler, Martha Paskin, Venkata A. Surapaneni, Elliott Scott, Sabine Hauert, Nicholas Payne, David E. Cade, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Frederik H. Mollen, Daniel Baum, Sean Hanna, Mason N. Dean   +12 more
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