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Discovery of sexual dimorphism of the laryngeal sac in the common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 2, Page 397-416, February 2026.Abstract
Mysticetes, or baleen whales, have an air sac on the ventral surface of the larynx known as the “laryngeal sac.” The primary hypothesis regarding this structure's function is that it is involved in sound production. However, several other functions have been proposed, including air recycling, air storage, and even buoyancy control.Gen Nakamura, Hiroko Yamada, Ayumi Hirose, Hikari Maeda, Joy S. Reidenberg, Hidehiro Kato, Shinho Park, Yoshihiro Fujise +7 morewiley +1 more sourceFacilitative interspecific interactions in marine vertebrates across scales: from individuals to ecosystems
Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 1, Page 519-538, February 2026.ABSTRACT
Facilitative interspecific interactions (FIIs) confer benefits to at least one participant without detriment to others. Although often less emphasised than antagonistic interactions in ecological studies, this review highlights the significant ecological role of FIIs across biological scales – from individual behaviours to population ...Eduardo Döbber Vontobel, Sophie Smout, Jorge L. Rodrigues Filho, Ronaldo Angelini, Mauricio Cantor, Fábio G. Daura‐Jorge +5 morewiley +1 more sourceHumpback whales interfering when mammal-eating killer whales attack other species: mobbing behavior and interspecific altruism? [PDF]
, 2016 Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are known to interfere with attacking killer whales (Orcinus orca). To investigate why, we reviewed accounts of 115 interactions between them. Humpbacks initiated the majority of interactions (57% vs.Black, Nancy, Deecke, Volker B., Denkinger, Judith, Durban, John W., Gabriele, Christine M., Mathews, Elizabeth A., Matkin, Dena R., Neilson, Janet L., Pitman, Robert L., Schulman-Janiger, Alisa, Shearwater, Debra, Srinivasan, Mridula, Stap, Peggy, Ternullo, Richard +13 morecore +2 more sourcesVulnerability of marine megafauna to global at‐sea anthropogenic threats
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.Abstract
Marine megafauna species are affected by a wide range of anthropogenic threats. To evaluate the risk of such threats, species’ vulnerability to each threat must first be determined. We build on the existing threats classification scheme and ranking system of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened ...Michelle VanCompernolle, Juliet Morris, Hannah J. Calich, Jorge P. Rodríguez, Sarah A. Marley, Jessica R. Pearce, Briana Abrahms, Katya Abrantes, André S. Afonso, Alex Aguilar, Andrews Agyekumhene, Tomonari Akamatsu, Susanne Åkesson, Nyimale G. Alawa, Joanna Alfaro‐Shigueto, R. C. Anderson, Tycho Anker‐Nilssen, Javier A. Arata, Gonzalo Araujo, Martin C. Arostegui, Haritz Arrizabalaga, Lucy M. Arrowsmith, Marie Auger‐Méthé, Isabel C. Avila, Fred Bailleul, Joanna Barker, Dawn R. Barlow, Adam Barnett, Hector Barrios‐Garrido, Alastair M. M. Baylis, Giovanni Bearzi, Lars Bejder, Eduardo J. Belda, Scott R. Benson, Michael L. Berumen, Sophie Bestley, Natalia P. A. Bezerra, Antonin V. Blaison, Lars Boehme, Steven J. Bograd, Bolaji Dunsin Abimbola, Mark E. Bond, Asunción Borrell, Phil J. Bouchet, Peter Boveng, Gill Braulik, Camrin D. Braun, Stephanie Brodie, Leandro Bugoni, Carlos Bustamante, Steven E. Campana, Susana Cárdenas‐Alayza, Ruth H. Carmichael, Gemma Carroll, Matt I. D. Carter, Filipe R. Ceia, Salvatore Cerchio, Luciana C. Ferreira, Philippine Chambault, Taylor K. Chapple, Patricia Charvet, Elpis J. Chavez, Damien Chevallier, Andre Chiaradia, B. Louise Chilvers, Megan A. Cimino, Bethany L. Clark, C. R. Clarke, Thomas A. Clay, Carl S. Cloyed, Jesse E. M. Cochran, Tim Collins, Enric Cortes, Eduardo Cuevas, David J. Curnick, Peter Dann, P. J. Nico de Bruyn, Asha de Vos, Solène Derville, Maria P. Dias, Bruno Diaz‐Lopez, Kara L. Dodge, Alistair D. M. Dove, Thomas K. Doyle, J. Marcus Drymon, Christine L. Dudgeon, Peter H. Dutton, Ursula Ellenberg, Simon H. Elwen, Louise Emmerson, Edem A. Eniang, Mario Espinoza, Nicole Esteban, Evert Mul, Brian S. Fadely, Annette L. Fayet, Chris Feare, Steven H. Ferguson, Laura Joan Feyrer, Brittany Finucci, Katie R. N. Florko, Jorge Fontes, C. M. Fortuna, Sabrina Fossette, Leila Fouda, Esteban Frere, Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes, Austin J. Gallagher, Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, Claire Garrigue, Pauline Gauffier, Enrico Gennari, Tilen Genov, Elitza S. Germanov, Joan Giménez, Matthew H. Godfrey, Brendan J. Godley, Simon D. Goldsworthy, Matthew Gollock, Victoria González Carman, Natasha J. Gownaris, W. James Grecian, Hector M. Guzman, Mark Hamann, Neil Hammerschlag, Erpur S. Hansen, Mike P. Harris, Gordon Hastie, Danielle E. Haulsee, Elliott L. Hazen, Mads Peter Heide‐Jørgensen, Elizabeth E. Hieb, Jeff W. Higdon, Mark A. Hindell, Jefferson T. Hinke, Xavier Hoenner, G. J. Greg Hofmeyr, Bonnie J. Holmes, Erich Hoyt, Luis A. Huckstadt, Nigel E. Hussey, Charlie Huveneers, Lyn G. Irvine, Rima W. Jabado, David M. P. Jacoby, Audrey Jaeger, Patrick M. Jagielski, Mark Jessopp, Oliver J. D. Jewell, David Jiménez Alvarado, Lance K. B. Jordan, Salvador J. Jorgensen, Benjamin Kahn, Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, Akiko Kato, Lucy W. Keith‐Diagne, M. S. Kiani, Jeremy J. Kiszka, Alison A. Kock, R. Keller Kopf, Carey Kuhn, Peter M. Kyne, Kristin L. Laidre, Fernanda O. Lana, Michelle E. Lander, Matthieu Le Corre, Olivia A. Lee, Ruth H. Leeney, Alexis L. Levengood, J. Jacob Levenson, Marcela Libertelli, Kwang‐Ming Liu, Milagros Lopez Mendilaharsu, Alexandra Loveridge, Christopher G. Lowe, Heather J. Lynch, Bruno C. L. Macena, Alice I. Mackay, Jeffry Madrigal‐Mesén, Mark L. Mallory, Jeffrey C. Mangel, Katherine L. Mansfield, David March, Marianne Marcoux, Helene Marsh, A. D. Marshall, Thomas Mattern, Sara M. Maxwell, Rebecca L. McGuire, Lachlan McLeay, Clive R. McMahon, Séverine Methion, Eva K. M. Meyers, Candice Michelot, Cara Masere, Gianna Minton, Benjamin Morales‐Vela, Gonzalo Mucientes, Hilario Murua, M. A. C. Nicoll, Yuri Niella, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Steffen Oppel, Florian Orgeret, Julie N. Oswald, Ellie Owen, Nathan Pacoureau, Vitor H. Paiva, Daniel M. Palacios, Simone Panigada, Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Guido J. Parra, Sylvia K. Parsons, Donna L. Patterson‐Fraser, S. Hoyt Peckham, Stephen D. Petersen, Lorien Pichegru, Simon J. Pierce, Tânia Pipa, Enrico Pirotta, Pierre Pistorius, Riley A. Pollom, Rui Prieto, Laura Prosdocimi, Klemens Pütz, Nuno Queiroz, John L. Quinn, Jaime A. Ramos, Holly C. Raudino, Angela Recalde‐Salas, ALan F. Rees, Richard D. Reina, Ryan R. Reisinger, Samantha D. Reynolds, Anthony James Richardson, Nicholas G. Riddoch, Federico G. Riet‐Sapriza, James R. Robbins, David P. Robinson, Airam Rodríguez, Tracey L. Rogers, Christoph A. Rohner, Daniela Rojas‐Cañizales, Kevin Ruhomaun, Chandra Salgado Kent, Katsufumi Sato, Kylie L. Scales, Meike Scheidat, Gail Schofield, Fabrizio Serena, Edy Setyawan, Scott A. Shaffer, Brendan D. Shea, Laura Shearer, Marcus Sheaves, Richard B. Sherley, George L. Shillinger, Takahiro Shimada, Mónica A. Silva, Gregory Skomal, Reyd A. Smith, Amy F. Smoothey, Alen Soldo, Emily J. Southall, Antje Steinfurth, D. Bruce Stewart, Joshua D. Stewart, Akinori Takahashi, Vikash Tatayah, Sam Thalmann, Jean‐Baptiste Thiebot, Jesús Tomás, Leigh G. Torres, P. N. Trathan, Fritz Trillmich, Kazuoki Ueda, Frederic Vandeperre, Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Marisa Vedor, Stella Villegas‐Amtmann, Lauren J. Waller, Matt Waller, Sarah Wanless, Kelly Waples, Cortney A. Watt, Mia Wege, Caroline R. Weir, Randall S. Wells, Paul J. Wensveen, Timothy D. White, Scott D. Whiting, Øystein Wiig, Natalie E. Wildermann, David N. Wiley, Jessica Lauren Williams, Rosie S. Williams, Kenady Wilson, Matthew J. Witt, Freya C. Womersley, David J. Yurkowski, Jie Zhang, Daniel P. Costa, Carlos M. Duarte, Mark G. Meekan, Rob Harcourt, David W. Sims, Graeme C. Hays, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Víctor M. Eguíluz, Ana M. M. Sequeira +309 morewiley +1 more sourceQuantifying humpback whale song sequences to understand the dynamics of song exchange at the ocean basin scale [PDF]
, 2013 Humpback whales have a continually evolving vocal sexual display, or "song," that appears to undergo both evolutionary and "revolutionary" change. All males within a population adhere to the current content and arrangement of the song. Populations within Anne W. Goldizen, Cato D. H., Claire Garrigue, Ellen C. Garland, Fragaszy D. M., Garrigue C., Garrigue C., Jooke Robbins, M. Michael Poole, Matthew S. Lilley, Melinda L. Rekdahl, Michael J. Noad, Nan Daeschler Hauser, Noad M. J., Payne K., Payne R., Rochelle Constantine, Whitehead H. +17 morecore +1 more sourceSpondylitis in a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) from the southeast Pacific [PDF]
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2007 A 7.25 m long male humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with spondylitis was found beached on August 13, 1994 at Ancon, Ecuador (2 degrees 23' S, 80 degrees 47' W). The condition involved at least 11 vertebrae, 7 lumbar (L4 to L11) and 4 caudal (Ca1 to Ca4).Fernando, Félix, Ben, Haase, Windsor E, Aguirre +2 moreopenaire +2 more sourcesLinking oceanic variability, euphausiid hotspot persistence, and marine predator distribution along Canada's west coast
Ecological Applications, Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract
Understanding patterns of habitat use across trophic levels and the physical drivers of multispecies aggregations is essential to inform ecosystem‐based management. To achieve this, we quantified the spatial distribution and co‐occurrence of hotspots (defined using the Getis‐Ord statistic) for euphausiids and nine of their commercially ...Rhian Evans, Stéphane Gauthier, Clifford L. K. Robinson, Philina A. English, Chelsea Stanley, Brianna M. Wright, Linda Nichol +6 morewiley +1 more source
