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New extinct whale a close relative of the living northern right whale – Author interview with Michelangelo Bisconti

New extinct whale a close relative of the living northern right whale – Author interview with Michelangelo Bisconti

by PeerJ Community | Jun 27, 2017 | Interviews

Today we published Revision of “Balaena” belgica reveals a new right whale species, the possible ancestry of the northern right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, and the ages of divergence for the living right whale species by Michelangelo Bisconti, Olivier Lambert, and...
What triggered the largest recorded baleen whale mass mortality event? Author interview with Vreni Häussermann

What triggered the largest recorded baleen whale mass mortality event? Author interview with Vreni Häussermann

by PeerJ Community | Jun 14, 2017 | Interviews

Changes to bio-oceanographic conditions can trigger devastating mortality events for marine mammals. In March 2015, by far the largest reported mass mortality of baleen whales took place in a gulf in Southern Chile. In a recent research study published in PeerJ,...
Vessel speed restrictions to protect North Atlantic right whales – Author Interview

Vessel speed restrictions to protect North Atlantic right whales – Author Interview

by PeerJ Staff | Jul 1, 2014 | regular

In an effort to protect the 500 remaining North Atlantic right whales alive today, a NOAA regulation required large vessels to reduce speed in areas seasonally occupied by the whales. A recently published PeerJ article showed that the policy of notifying speeding...

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