Tag Results for poop
Right Whales
Identifying Soon-to-be Right Whale MomsDecember 17, 2021
Scientists can test whales for the hormone progesterone to detect pregnancy....Read More
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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
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Predicting the Birth of a Right Whale CalfDecember 23, 2019
Predicting the Birth of a Right Whale Calf...Read More
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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
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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
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Pioneering Feces Research Shows ‘Sky-High’ Stress Levels in Entangled Right WhalesDecember 5, 2017
New research published by Anderson Cabot Center scientists finds "sky-high" levels of stress hormones in the feces of chronically entangled North Atlantic right whales. ...Read More
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Feces collected from entangled North Atlantic right whales reveals ‘sky-high’ stress levelsNovember 30, 2017
Endangered Species Research journal publishes pioneering whale feces research; also being used to investigate high numbers of deaths this summer....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
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Action at the Surface!August 23, 2017
The sea had calmed to a glassy surface, and it felt peaceful to watch these whales slowly cruise around and eat....Read More
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First Day Out in the Bay of FundyAugust 22, 2017
Finding right whales on Day 1 was fantastic, but we felt like we really hit the jackpot when #3950 pooped and we were able to collect a sample...Read More
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Hooray for Right Whales!!!August 2, 2016
When we saw the telling V-shaped blow followed by those perfectly shaped flukes on July 25, the excitement onboard was obvious....Read More
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And…. More Humpbacks!July 28, 2016
We thought we had lots of fin and humpback whales last week- little did we know that this survey would allow us to find even more individuals!...Read More