Marine Mammal Science

Marine Mammal Science

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Marine Mammal Science episodes

  • Community of Dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico

    In this week’s episode Dr Ashley Scarlett and guest Jaime Bolanos-Jimenez have a fun time chatting about his most recent work studying the population structure and dynamics of the Common Bottlenose Dolphin in the Gulf of Mexico

    19 min
  • Polar bear diets
    In honor of International Polar Bear Day (Sunday February 27th), this week’s guest is polar bear scientist Dr. Melissa Galicia, who talks about the diet of polar bears
    24 min
  • Why whales and dolphins have whiskers
    Did you know that whales and dolphins can actually have whiskers?

    Dr. Ashley Scarlett chats with sensory biologist Dr. Robyn Grant about this little-known area of whale and dolphin biology. This episode is the last of three episodes about marine mammal whiskers.

    18 min
  • Why humpback whales sing - a new theory
    Dr. Eddie Mercado is a Professor of Psychology from the University of Buffalo talks about humpback whale songs and a new theory about why they might be singing.

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    28 min
  • The identity of Antarctic blue whales
    In this week’s episode, Dr. Ashley Scarlett talks to Dr. Angie Srema, an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University, who tells us about her research on blue whale genetics, and how this links to her more recent acoustic research.
    15 min
  • Polar Bears and Their Environment
    On this week’s episode Dr Ashley Scarlett has as a guest Dr Chris Parsons from the US National Science Foundation, who continues to talk about polar bears. In this episode they talk about polar bears’ adaptations to their environment
    16 min
  • Polar Bear Moms
    On this week’s episode Dr Ashley Scarlett has as a guest Dr Chris Parsons from the US National Science Foundation, who continues to talk about polar bears. In this episode they talk about polar bear moms and their cubs. This episode is two of three special seasonal episodes giving an introduction to the biology and ecology of polar bears.
    18 min

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Marine Mammal Science is a podcast covering some of the latest scientific research on marine mammals – whales and dolphins, polar bears, seals and sea lions, manatees and dugongs, and sea otters. The…