Dr. Fearnbach checks in from the San Juan Islands during this season’s health assessments on the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales on National Endangered Species Day!
Entanglement Response Team helps gray whale off WA coast
A two day mission to help a young entangled gray whale began last Tuesday after a report from a commercial fisherman.
Annual Migrating Gray Whale Body Condition Assessment
Dr. Fearnbach recaps a successful 4th consecutive annual assessment of the body condition of gray whales migrating past Piedras Blancas lighthouse in California.
Entangled gray whale in the Salish Sea
New paper from Dr. Fearnbach and colleagues published!
New research paper out about Southern Resident Killer Whales, a collaboration between NOAA/SWFSC, SR3, and the Center for Whale Research.
Back on the water in Southern California!
Antarctica 2018 research efforts wrap up
Antarctic humpback bubble nets!
World's first blow sample from a minke whale collected!
Exciting news! Dr. Fearnbach and her colleagues accomplished the world’s first collection of a minke whale blow sample while in Antarctica!