Breaching Extinction

Breaching Extinction

By Erica WirthScienceNature
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Breaching Extinction episodes

  • 108. Merging for Dolphin Societies
    In this week's episode, Erica chatted with Nicole Danaher-Garcia researcher from the Dolphin Communication Project about her recent publication, The partial merger of two dolphin societies. The merging of social groups is rarely seen in terrestrial animals, making this finding rather remarkable and furthering our insight into the complex world of social creatures.
    36 min
  • 107. Narluga Morphology

    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. 


    Source:

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

    30 min
  • 0.38 Sunken Ship and Badass Woman

    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 :) 

    23 min
  • 106. Orca Sound Citizen Science

    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. 

    58 min
  • 0.38 Sunken Ship Update and Badass Women

    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. 

    27 min
  • 0.37 Warrior Woman and Ego

    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

    27 min
  • 0.35 Sea Doo

    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. 


    More Sources: 

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

    51 min
  • 105. Kracken the Code to Octopus Conservation

    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. 

    37 min
  • 104. Lead With Your Faith Not Your Fear
    This week Erica chatted with Donna Sandstrom, Founder/Executive Director of the Whale Trail and member of the Orca Task Force about her work and thoughts on how to help the Southern Residents. 
    About The Whale Trail:
    Where the Whales Are: Discovering Marine Mammals from Shore Along the Pacific Coast (Washington Post 2020)
    Humans are so loud marine safaris might soon be on land (Daily Beast 2021)
    About Southern Resident Orca Recovery:
    Nearby Vessels Interrupt Feeding of Southern Resident Killer Whales, Especially Females (Holt et al 2021)
    Columbia Basin salmon, Snake River dams and Southern Resident Orcas (NOAA Fisheries 2020)
    Southern Resident Killer Whales and Snake River Dams (NOAA Fisheries 2016)
    Southern Resident Orca Task Force Final Report and Recommendations (2019)
    Southern Resident Orca Recovery - Washington State Website
    Give them Space! voluntary pledge campaign for boaters to stay 1,000 yard/meters away from SRKW.
    My book about Springer!
    Orca Rescue! The true story of an orphaned orca named Springer (Kids Can Press 2021)
    51 min

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Breaching Extinction is an investigative podcast evaluating the complexities of the declining Southern Resident Killer Whale population in an effort to better understand the trials they currently…