Whaleman Foundation

Recent papers from Whaleman Foundation

1. Comparing Drone and Vessel‐Based Imaging to Quantify Epibiont Coverage on Humpback WhalesMarine Mammal Science · 2026
2. First evidence of bidirectional exchange between distant humpback whale breeding populations in eastern Australia and BrazilRoyal Society Open Science · 2026
3. The dolphin tap: assessing the ecosystem role of spinner dolphins in supplying nutrients to coral reefs in Maui Nui, Hawai’iFrontiers in Mammal Science · 2026
4. Acoustic behaviour of endangered Hawaiian false killer whalesRoyal Society Open Science · 2026
5. Energetic benefits of resting behaviour in humpback whale mother–calf pairs revealed by biologging and UAS-photogrammetryConservation Physiology · 2026
6. Daily energetic expenditure and energy consumption of short-finned pilot whalesJournal of Experimental Biology · 2025
7. Variation in Social Structure Among Multiple Stocks of Island‐Associated Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Hawaiian WatersMarine Mammal Science · 2025
8. Tending the sick: Observations of epimeletic behavior in humpback whales towards conspecifics during entanglement eventsPLoS ONE · 2025
9. Intrinsic and environmental drivers of pairwise cohesion in wild Canis social groupsEcology · 2024
10. Energetic cost of gestation and prenatal growth in humpback whalesThe Journal of Physiology · 2024
11. False killer whales and fisheries in Hawaiian waters: evidence from mouthline and dorsal fin injuries reveal ongoing and repeated interactionsEndangered Species Research · 2024
12. Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata attenuata) abundance estimates in Maui Nui, Hawaiʻi reveal small population in need of monitoringFrontiers in Mammal Science · 2024
13. The impact of the anthropause caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on beach debris accumulation in Maui, HawaiʻiSHILAP Revista de lepidopterología · 2023
14. A deep learning approach to photo–identification demonstrates high performance on two dozen cetacean speciesMethods in Ecology and Evolution · 2023
15. A collaborative and near-comprehensive North Pacific humpback whale photo-ID datasetScientific Reports · 2023
16. Identifying social clusters of endangered main Hawaiian Islands false killer whalesEndangered Species Research · 2023
17. Modelling whale-vessel encounters: the role of speed in mitigating collisions with humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)˜The œjournal of cetacean research and management. Special issue · 2023
18. Can non-invasive methods replace radiocollar-based winter counts in a 50-year wolf study? Lessons learned from a three-winter trialWildlife Research · 2022
19. High-Resolution Projections of Global Sea Surface Temperatures Reveal Critical Warming in Humpback Whale Breeding GroundsFrontiers in Marine Science · 2022
20. Mark-recapture estimates suggest declines in abundance of common bottlenose dolphin stocks in the main Hawaiian IslandsEndangered Species Research · 2021