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Your local sea snail might not make it in warmer oceans – but oysters will

Your local sea snail might not make it in warmer oceans – but oysters will

The frilled dog winkle may sound like a complex knot for a tie, but this local sea snail holds clues to our warmer future, including a dire outlook for species that can’t move, adapt, or acclimate as fast as their environment heats up.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with British Columbia, Christopher Harley, Climate change, Faculty, Fiona Beaty, oysters, sea snails, Strait of Georgia, whales

The cryptic lives of marine mammals: a century of marine mammal metabolisms

The cryptic lives of marine mammals: a century of marine mammal metabolisms

The metabolic rates of marine mammals who live their entire lives at sea or remain submerged for long periods of time are almost impossible to measure, creating large gaps in the data that scientists hope to fill with future technological innovations.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Cetaceans, David Rosen, dolphins, energetics, Faculty, Marine mammals, metabolic rates, MMean Lab, MMRU, sea lions, Sea otters, tuna, walrus, whales

Illustrated catalogue with local artwork showcases the Transient Killer Whales of Central and Northern California and Oregon – the ‘wolves of the sea’

Illustrated catalogue with local artwork showcases the Transient Killer Whales of Central and Northern California and Oregon – the ‘wolves of the sea’

Science is not just for scientists. Citizen science has been instrumental in helping us understand more about the elusive, but majestic, transient killer whales.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Andrew Trites, citizen science, Faculty, IOF students, Josh McInnes, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Pacific, Publications, whales

Teenage orcas could be roughhousing with boats off the coast of Spain

Teenage orcas could be roughhousing with boats off the coast of Spain

Killer whales are in the news for sinking boats off the coast of Spain.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Europe, Faculty, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, orca, whales

Celebrating Canada’s ‘unicorn’ – the narwhal

Celebrating Canada’s ‘unicorn’ – the narwhal

Celebrating some of the research that the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries researchers has undertaken on the iconic marine creature with a tusk (tooth, actually) on its head — the narwhal.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Arctic, IOF students, Marie Auger-Methe, narwhals, SERG, whales

Food quality matters for southern resident killer whales, UBC study states

Food quality matters for southern resident killer whales, UBC study states

If southern resident killer whales ate just low-lipid salmon, they would have to eat around 80,000 more Chinook salmon every year than if they just ate high-lipid salmon.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with biology, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Faculty, fish, fish stocks, food webs, IOF students, Pacific, salmon, whales

Toxic toilet paper and long-lasting chemicals found in endangered killer whales

Toxic toilet paper and long-lasting chemicals found in endangered killer whales

A chemical used in the production of toilet paper and ‘forever chemicals’ have been found in the bodies of orcas in B.C. , including the endangered southern resident killer whales.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with British Columbia, chemicals, IOF Research Associates, Juan Jose Alava, Marine mammals, OPRU, pollution, whales

As sea ice retreats, narwhals are changing their migration patterns

As sea ice retreats, narwhals are changing their migration patterns

Climate change and loss of sea ice is creating stressors for these animals, and they are adapting to a new life in the Arctic.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Animal movement, Arctic, Climate change, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Marie Auger-Methe, migration, SERG, whales

Researchers call for action to stop exploitation of Antarctic waters

Researchers call for action to stop exploitation of Antarctic waters

The critically important Southern Ocean is not being properly protected by its stewards, a distinguished group of scientists from around the globe have noted.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Antarctic, Antarctica, Faculty, fisheries management, IOF Research Associates, Krill, Louise Teh, Ocean governance, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila, whales

Grey Whales — the other Pacific Northwest resident whale

Grey Whales — the other Pacific Northwest resident whale

Grey whales face many threats ranging from entanglements and ship strikes, to loss of habitat and reduced prey availability. Researchers are collecting data this summer needed to quantify and mitigate these threats.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, British Columbia, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, whales

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