Tag Results for hormone analysis
Right Whales
Identifying Soon-to-be Right Whale MomsDecember 17, 2021
Scientists can test whales for the hormone progesterone to detect pregnancy....Read More
Marine Mammals
A Tiny Piece of Whale Blubber Leads to Big ResultsFebruary 12, 2021
A new study by scientists at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life expands our toolkit for understanding North Atlantic right whale health—using only a tiny piece of blubber!...Read More
Right Whales
Right Whale Discovered Pregnant in August, Spotted with New CalfJanuary 6, 2020
Harmonia, a storied and well-studied North Atlantic right whale discovered pregnant in August, was spotted on January 2, 2020, with new calf off the Georgia coast....Read More
Right Whales
Predicting the Birth of a Right Whale CalfDecember 23, 2019
Predicting the Birth of a Right Whale Calf...Read More
Right Whales
Scooping the Poop and Pinching the SkinSeptember 26, 2019
Because biopsy and fecal sampling are real "all hands on deck" situations and the whole team works hard to make the collection happen, the success is shared by everyone onboard...Read More
Marine Mammals
Bowhead Whale’s Baleen Shines Spotlight on Stress from EntanglementMarch 27, 2019
Much like the rings on a tree can show a history of drought in forests, scientists can see periods of chronic stress by examining a whale’s baleen. ...Read More
Right Whales
Field Season: Whales, Plankton, and Poop—What More Could We Ask For?August 23, 2018
To study the North Atlantic right whale, and to ensure their survival, we need all hands on deck, all knowledge pooled, and everyone to work together. Check out the latest from the 2018 field season....Read More
Right Whales
Blown Away: Measuring Hormones from Whale Blow at SeaJuly 18, 2018
Exciting new research highlights how Anderson Cabot Center scientists have found a way to measure hormones in blow from large whales at sea. ...Read More
News & Features
Researchers Awarded Grant to Develop Stress Marker in Manatee PoopOctober 17, 2017
Two researchers at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium have been awarded a $10,000 grant to study the science of manatee poop....Read More
Press Release
Leatherback Entanglement and Stress PaperJuly 12, 2016
New research from the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium shows that the world’s largest sea turtles suffer moderate to severe increases in certain hormones....Read More