An international team of biologists has successfully used biologgers to reveal insights into the lifestyle and hunting behaviour of the little-known species Sowerby’s beaked whale. The team’s first results show that these dolphins have a surprisingly…
Risso’s dolphins have been observed to perform a rapid sprint coupled with a spin when starting a dive, even though this highly energetic movement costs considerably more energy than normal, much slower dives. A team of researchers has discovered…
'Reconstruction of deep-sea squid communities reveals profitable hunting zones for extreme-diving whales.'
An international research team has investigated why dolphins and whales perform record-breaking dives to several kilometres deep. For the…
Blue whales are the largest animals ever to have lived on our planet. But why did blue whales and their close relatives, the baleen whales, evolve to be so huge while other animals did not? An international consortium that includes among its members…
A team of 5 scientists (led by PI Dr Fleur Visser (NIOZ, UvA)) embarked on R.V. Pelagia for 6 days and 5 nights off the island of Terceira in the Azores to further extend our knowledge of deep-sea prey, hunted by deep-sea specialist whale predators…
Arranz, P.; Christiansen, F.; Glarou, M.; Gero, S.; Visser, F; Oudejans, M.G.; Aguilar de Soto, N.; Sprogis, K. (2022). Body condition and allometry of free-ranging short-finned pilot whales in the North Atlantic. Sustainability 14(22): 14787. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142214787
Pachiadaki, M.; Janssen, F.; Carreiro-Silva, M.; Morato, T.; Carreira, G.P.; Frazão, H.C.; Heimbach, P.; Iglesias, I.; Müller-Karger, F.E.; dos Santos, M.N.; Smith, L.M.; Vardaro, M.F.; Visser, F; Waniek, J.J.; Zinkann, A.-C.; Colaço, A. (2023). Co-designing a multidisciplinary deep-ocean observing programme at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Azores region: a blueprint for synergy in deep ocean research and conservation. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 80(2): 352-354. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac189