Reading time: 2minutes The findings of an international team of researchers, including Lars Bejder from the UH Marine Mammal Research Program, shed light on southern right whales communication.
Reading time: 2minutes The researchers suggest the lionfish’s success as a hunter is likely due to a combination of its particular stalking pattern, mouth suction and forward momentum as it strikes—characteristics that are unlike native fish predators.
Reading time: 2minutes The Marine Mammal Research Program collaborated with several groups to quantify the bioenergetic demands of humpback whales migrating between Alaskan foraging grounds and Hawaiian breeding grounds.
Reading time: 3minutes The project used “metabarcoding,” a technique in which all of the DNA in a water sample is analyzed in one step with DNA sequencing.
Reading time: 3minutes UH researchers went to Antarctica to test the prevailing theory that animals living in extreme cold can grow to giant sizes because their metabolisms are very slow.
Reading time: 2minutes The award from the Annenberg Foundation will support the continuation of Ruth Gates’ legacy of preserving coral reefs in the face of warming seas.
Reading time: 2minutes The Marine Mammal Research Program seeks to identify the specific effects of human activities on marine mammals, and the development of appropriate mitigation and management strategies.
Reading time: 2minutes The sperm whale carcass that has plagued Oʻahu waters is providing scientists a unique opportunity to study the species and its ecological and cultural importance.
Reading time: 2minutes UH Hilo graduate student Sabena Siddiqui is researching the social sounds made by the humpback whale population that breeds in Hawaiʻi, when they are not singing.