No global synthesis of the status of baleen whales has been published since the 2008 IUCN
Red List assessments. Many populations remain at low numbers from historical commercial …

While large mass mortality events (MMEs) are well known for toothed whales, they have
been rare in baleen whales due to their less gregarious behavior. Although in most cases …

Southern hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) rely on summer prey
abundance of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) to fuel one of the longest‐known …

Context The east and west coasts of Australia form the breeding grounds for two of the
world's largest and fastest-growing populations of humpback whales (Megaptera …

Cetacean energy stores are known to vary according to life history, reproductive status and
time of year; however, the opportunity to quantify these relationships is rare. Using a unique …

The past six years have been marked by some of the most dramatic climatic events
observed in the Antarctic region in recent history, commencing with the 2017 sea-ice …

Cases of morbillivirus have been recorded in the Southern Hemisphere but have not been
linked to significant marine mammal mortality. Post-mortems were conducted on 58 …

We test the ability of Very High Resolution satellite (VHR) imagery to detect stranded whales
using both manual and automated methods. We use the 2015 mass mortality event in the …

Efforts to euthanise stranded cetaceans remain highly variable in their outcomes, with few
field tested operational procedures available. This study sought to validate the efficacy of …

Monitoring whale strandings are a key aspect of ecosystem management as stranded
animals can provide indications on ecosystem health, pollution and adverse effects due to …