Pinnipeds—a group including seals, sea lions and walruses—are relatively recently derived marine mammals that evolved from terrestrial carnivorans and reentered the marine environment. Their recent ...

Ottawa, February, 19, 2014—In the world of science, one of the most exciting things a researcher can do is pin down an answer to a widely asked question. This experience came early for Carleton ...

New research in PLOS ONE uncovers an important discovery in the study of marine mammal health by being the first study to detect Otariid gammaherpesvirus 1 (OtGHV1) in free-ranging South American ...

Age determination is necessary for understanding life history traits such as growth rates, age of reproductive maturity, recruitment rates, mortality rates, reproductive and somatic life span among ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. During flights with a helicopter (for details see 52) aerial photographs with a zoom range of 100–400 mm were taken by a ...

When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little indication that it would become so widespread and so destructive. Within 30 ...

It is always enlightening to hear from a marine scientist and underwater expert. The insights from Ed Parnell shared in the La Jolla Light article “‘An eco-disaster’: Kelp forests disappearing off the ...