Happy National Dolphin Day 🐬 💙 to all of our MMRP Uni of Hawaii followers.

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MMRP has been conducting work into the health of the humpback whale population since 2018. This is one of the biggest undertakings of its kind, and over 40% of the Hawaii population have now been assessed as part of this work. 1/3

🔜New PhD opportunity 🐬🌊
If you are looking for a PhD on how marine mammals are affected by anthropogenic noise, then check out this new position at our lab:
phd.nat.au.dk/for-applicants…

MMRP has been conducting work into the health of the humpback whale population since 2018. This is one of the biggest undertakings of its kind, and over 40% of the Hawaii population have now been assessed as part of this work. 1/3

AI breakthrough: #UHohana researchers help uncover climate impact on whales - Researchers contributed more than 10,000 images of humpback whale tail flukes for the study which utilized artificial intelligence recognition ➡️ bit.ly/43FJryX University of Hawaii at Hilo MMRP Uni of Hawaii #UHMResearch

Pi-day at the MMRP Uni of Hawaii ! Thx Brijonnay Madrigal and several others for the wonderful pies and cakes !

A recent study reveals a large decline in harbor porpoise populations in Danish coastal waters and the western Baltic Sea. Bycatch and pollution contribute to this decline, and researchers recommend multiple measures to mitigate threats to the population.
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Last week, grad students Gussie Hollers and Kyleigh Fertitta volunteered at the Ho’ākea: Mauka to Makai Navigating our Future event. They taught elementary schoolers about how to protect Hawaiian marine mammals. Check out the video below to learn more!

Mark your calendars for April 10, the first Giving Day just for the University of Hawaiʻi! Bookmark givingday.uhfoundation.org for an online 24-hour event to raise funds for all 10 UH campuses. University of Hawaii System University of Hawaii at Manoa U of Hawai‘i Alumni

Blog overviewing Hawaii Island 2024 tagging field season: including sperm whales, suckling yearlings, and >20 tags deployed. Check out neat videos in blog by Gussie Hollers MMRP Uni of Hawaii Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology Captain Zodiac University of Hawaii at Manoa mmrphawaii.org/post/hawai%CA%…

New publication by Brijonnay Madrigal & co-authors in collaboration with Sanctuaries (NOAA) Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Let's talk underwater soundscapes... humpbacks & vessels & COVID, oh my! frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
Infographic🎨by Deborah Besser

Today, our team went to collect a CATS tag, 65 miles off Hawai’i Islands coast. This is one of farthest retrievals we have accomplished and we couldn’t have done it without the expertise and preparation of Captain Zodiac . Thank you for making this tag retrieval a possibility!

🐋 To help protect and understand Hawaiʻi’s whale populations, researchers from MMRP Uni of Hawaii and Pacific Whale Foundation are utilizing cutting-edge non-invasive suction-cup tags to track endangered false killer whales and short-finned pilot whales ➡️ bit.ly/42sAk3K #UHMResearch

Nice The Guardian article on TedCheeseman et al's new paper in Royal Society Publishing. Article discusses Martin van Aswegen work on impacts of heatwaves on whale body condition MMRP Uni of Hawaii Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology Pacific Whale Foundation University of Hawaii at Manoa theguardian.com/environment/20…

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Last chance today if you would like to get some cool MMRP shirts/hats etc.. : mmrphawaii.org/post/mmrp-hats…

Eavesdropping on Hawai'i blackfish using biologging tags. Nice work being done by Brijonnay Madrigal (@MMRP_UH Soest): mmrphawaii.org/post/eavesdrop… A wonderful collaboration with Jens Currie Pacific Whale Foundation.

Any schoolchild knows that a whale breathes through its blowhole. Fewer know that a blowhole is an adapted nostril. And only a dedicated cetologist would know that some species have two.

New research suggests that may help whales smell in stereo econ.st/49gQkIs 👇

Glad The Economist profiled our new research on whale nostrils! #sniffing

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