Marine Mammal Science

Dr. Lorenzo Rojas Bracho joins Dr. Chris Parsons this week to discuss the threats faced by the world’s most threatened cetacean - the critically endangered vaquita - and recent research which may offer a glimmer of hope for this imperiled animal.

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Marine Conservation Happy Hour
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2k4ZB3x
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ConCiencia Azul:
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2k6XPio
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Dugongs & Seadragons:
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lB9Blv
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2lV6THt

Environmental Studies & Sciences
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lx86oh
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2lG8LUh 

Marine Mammal Science:
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2k5pTCI
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2k1YyRL

Podcast host Dr. Chris Parsons talks to Dr. Gill Braulik in Zanzibar - about her research and the threats faced by Indus and Ganges river dolphins.

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Check out the Shows on the Speak Up For Blue Network:

Marine Conservation Happy Hour
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2k4ZB3x
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2kkEElk

ConCiencia Azul:
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2k6XPio
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2k4ZMMf

Dugongs & Seadragons:
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lB9Blv
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2lV6THt

Environmental Studies & Sciences
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lx86oh
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2lG8LUh

Marine Mammal Science:
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2k5pTCI
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2k1YyRL

Dr. Chris Parsons talks to Tilen Genov about his research on the local dolphin population in Slovenia, and his recent study on identifying dolphins from their faces, which was one of the most downloaded and shared papers in the journal Marine Mammal Science.

Chair of the Society for Marine Mammalogy Conservation Committee, and NOAA researcher, Dr. Barb Taylor talks with host Dr. Chris Parsons about the work of the Committee, the critically endangered Vaquita, the newly identified Gulf of Mexico whale and the future of cetacean conservation.

Dr. Stephanie Plön talks with host Dr. Chris Parsons about her research in the journal Marine Mammal Science on the nature of the “hump” of the humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea), and the threatened dolphins of the genus Sousa.

Dr. Chris Parsons talks to Danielle Brown, whose Masters’ degree research on humpback whales in the New York harbor area became one of the most downloaded papers for the journal Marine Mammal Science.

Dr. Nicole Vollmer talks with host Chris Parsons about her new study in the journal Marine Mammal Science that revises the taxonomy of the short-beaked dolphins of the genus Lagenorhynchus.

National Geographic explorer Shah Selbe talks with Dr. Chris Parsons about using drones for marine mammal research, and how they are being used to study endangered blue whales in Sri Lanka.

Dr. Chris Parsons talks with 2017 Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference plenary speaker Dr. Asha De Vos about the issue of “parachute science” and the difficulties faced by marine mammal researchers from developing countries.

In the first of the Marine Mammal Science podcasts, while sailing in the coastal waters of Sri Lanka, Dr. Chris Parsons talks with Dr. Asha De Vos about her research on endangered blue whales in Sri Lanka.