Substantial recent progress has been made in directly measuring behavioral responses of
free-ranging marine mammals to sound using controlled exposure experiments. Many …

Mediterranean Sea long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) are currently classified as
Data Deficient on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List …

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are known to interfere with attacking killer
whales (Orcinus orca). To investigate why, we reviewed accounts of 115 interactions …

Fear of predation can induce profound changes in the behaviour and physiology of prey
species even if predator encounters are infrequent. For echolocating toothed whales, the …

Ford and Reeves (2008) list four additional accounts of blue whales fleeing from killer
whales (two from Gulf of California, two from central California): in two cases, the killer …

Killer whales have a cosmopolitan distribution and as a species are generalists, feeding on
a variety of prey. However, local populations tend to specialise on specific prey types. In …

Bigg's (Transient) killer whales (Orcinus orca) display incredible cooperative hunting
techniques and a complex social organization. We describe the predation behavior of Bigg's …

Long-finned pilot whales and killer whales are widely distributed across the North Atlantic,
but few studies have reported their occurrence in Icelandic coastal waters. Here, we use …

Anti-predator strategies are often defined as 'flight'or 'fight', based upon prey anatomical
adaptations for size, morphology and weapons, as well as observed behaviours in the …

The transboundary area of the Strait of Gibraltar is home to seven protected cetacean
species that are threatened by high intensity of maritime traffic. More comprehensive …