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3 days ago · “This study shows the cascading impacts of a change in the coastal ocean ecosystem in a way that has not been documented before,” said the study’s lead author, Lisa Hildebrand, a doctoral candidate in the Marine Mammal Institute’s Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Laboratory. “These impacts extend indirectly to a top predator, the gray whale, and it affects them in a negative ...
4 days ago · By Lindsay Wickman, Postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon State University College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences and Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab
1 day ago · Craig Spencer, biodiversity manager for the Black Mambas’ parent organization, Transfrontier Africa, said the Mambas’ overall goal is to ensure all megafauna complete their entire natural lifecycle without becoming victim to poachers, and they work day and night to protect the rhinos and other wildlife living in Kruger National Park from ...
2 days ago · This is a list of European species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) [A] and continues to the present day. [1] This list includes the European continent and its surrounding islands. All large islands in the Mediterranean Sea are ...
4 days ago · Infographic showing the size of marine megafauna. The blue whale is the heaviest living animal. Heaviest terrestrial animals. The heaviest land animals are all mammals. The African elephant is now listed as two species, the African bush elephant and the African forest elephant, as they are now generally considered to be two separate species.
1 day ago · Map of North America. This list of North American animals extinct in the Holocene features animals known to have become extinct in the last 11,700 years on the North American continent. Animals recently extinct in the West Indies and Hawaii are in their own respective lists. Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.
2 days ago · Whales along the West Coast have been having a tough couple of years. Humpback whales in particular are getting entangled in fishing lines more often than usual, leading to injuries and deaths. It also costs fishing fleets money, time and equipment. No one wants whales caught in lines meant for fish. So OSU’s Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab (GEMM) has been studying how to detect ...
