This week Erica sits down with researcher Deborah Vicari to discuss her recent publication regarding the discovery of hybridization between belugas and narwhals using geometric morphometrics on museum specimens. Deborah and her colleagues were able to determine Narlugas do exists by studying their skulls. 

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Skull ecomorphological variation of narwhals (Monodon monoceros, Linnaeus 1758) and belugas (Delphinapterus leucas, Pallas 1776) reveals phenotype of their hybrids

This week Liam and Erica talked about the progress in regard to an oil spill as a result of the vessel sinking with 2,600 gallons of off fuel near SJI. They also discussed chapters 17-19 of Listening to Whales by Alexandra Morton.

Note: We uploaded the wrong episode last week, whoops :) 

This week Erica interviewed Scott Veirs founder of Beam Reach and co-founder of the Orcasound.net initiative about his new citizen science program, allowing more people to access acoustic data from the Salish Sea. 

This week Liam and Erica talked about the progress in regard to an oil spill as a result of the vessel sinking with 2,600 gallons of off fuel near SJI. They also discussed chapters 17-19 of Listening to Whales by Alexandra Morton. 

This week Liam, Kendra, and Erica discussed topics related to Chapters 14-16 of Listening to Whales by Alexandra Morton including sustainability and evolving perspectives

In this weeks episode Kendra, Liam and Erica dove into chapter 11, 12, and 13 of Alexandra Mortons Listening to Whales. 

In this week's episode Liam, Kendra, and Erica dove into chapters 5 & 6 of Listening to Whales by Alexandra Morton. They also covered recent SRKW news regarding the Biden administration weighing in breaching the Lower Snake River dams, a new K pod calf, and the recent declaration of vulnerability in 13 individual Southern Residents. 

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https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/about/regulations/filings/2022/WSR%2022-14-068.pdf

This week Erica sat down with Dennis Fukushima, lead biologist at the Octopus Farm about their approach to octopus conservation and the state of octopus in Hawaii. He also shares his thoughts on how we can be better stewards of conservation.