Each individual cetacean is an ecosystem itself, potentially harboring a great variety of
animals that travel with it. Despite being often despised or overlooked, many of these …

Wild animals are increasingly exposed to human‐induced threats in the ocean realm.
Cetacean species, as predators and biomonitoring models, are subjected to a variety of …

Long‐lived top predators shape biodiversity structure in their ecosystems and predator–prey
interactions are critical in decoding how communities function. Studies on the foraging …

Antarctic minke whales, Balaenoptera bonaerensis, breed in tropical and temperate waters
of the Southern Hemisphere in winter and feed in Antarctic grounds in the austral summer …

The ectoparasitic seal louse, Echinophthirius horridus infects harbour (Phoca vitulina) and
grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the North and Baltic Sea. The endoparasitic heartworm …

Arthropod ectoparasites of aquatic wildlife often have complex relationships with their host
species that have developed over long evolutionary time scales. Specialist parasite …

Anthropogenic activities impacting marine environments are internationally recognized as
welfare issues for wild cetaceans. This study validates a first evidence-based physical …

Cetacean populations in the Strait of Gibraltar are heavily impacted by human activities.
Photographs are a valuable tool to monitor the external health of cetaceans. We visually …

Herpesvirus has the potential to infect a wide variety of animal species. In cetaceans, Alpha-
and/or Gammaherpesvirinae have been identified in eight families of odontocetes, and one …

This study investigated the presence of ectoparasites in stranded cetaceans along the coast
of Sergipe, Brazil. The parasitological material, dates and informations about the hosts was …