The 10 Best Marine Mammal Science Podcast Episodes
1) Zoop to Poop: Pacific Coast Feeding Group
On this episode Dr Scarlett Smash has chats with Lisa Hildebrand, a PhD student at Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute, about her work analyzing the “summer resident” gray whale sub-spe...Show More
2) The Vaquita, pt 2
Dr. Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho updates host Dr. Chris Parsons with the latest news of the world’s most critically endangered cetacean, the Vaquita or Gulf of California harbor porpoise.
3) The Vaquita, pt 1
Dr. Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho updates host Dr. Chris Parsons with the latest news of the world’s most critically endangered cetacean, the Vaquita or Gulf of California harbor porpoise.
4) Southern Resident Orca Population
On this episode Kathleen Callaghy, Defenders of Wildlife Northwest Representative talks about the threats being faced by the endangered southern resident orca population.
5) Narwhal History
On this week's episode Dr Ashley Scarlett (Dr Scarlett Smash) chats with Dr Marie Louis about her recent work on population structure of narwhals.
6) How much microplastic do whales eat?
On this week's episode Dr Ashley Scarlett (Dr Scarlett Smash) chats with Dr Shirel Kahane-Rapport about microplastics in the sea and her work with baleen whales.
7) Protecting endangered Southern Resident killer whales with Quiet Sound
On this week's episode Dr Ashley Scarlett (Dr Scarlett Smash) has Rachel Aronson, "Quiet Sound" Program Director at Washington Maritime Blue to talk about their voluntary vessel slow down project in P...Show More
Protecting endangered Southern Resident killer whales with Quiet Sound
21:33 | Jan 7th, 2023
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8) Sound Production in Dolphins, pt 1
In this week's episode Ashley Scarlett (Dr Scarlett Smash) chats to Guilherme Frainer from Sea Search, about how dolphins produce sound. Gui also explains some differences between dolphins species.
9) Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins self-medicate with invertebrates in coral reefs
On this week's episode Dr Ashley Scarlett (Dr Scarlett Smash) finds scientist Angela Ziltener at the SMM Conference and chats with her about her new work in the Red Sea with Indo-pacific bottlenose do...Show More
10) Whale communication: what do the ‘whups’ and ‘grumbles' mean?
On this week’s episode Dr Ashley Scarlett chats with Erin Ross-Marsh about her research on humpback whales and the different calls and sounds that they make.