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Marine Mammal Science

Marine Mammal Science is a podcast covering some of the latest scientific research on marine mammals – whales and dolphins, polar bears, seals and sea lions, manatees and dugongs, and sea otters. The podcast is produced by Absolutely Smashing Events and Consulting on behalf of the Society for Marine Mammalogy and the journal Marine Mammal Science. The host, editor and producer is Dr. Ashley Scarlett, familiarly known as Dr Scarlett Smash.

Arctic Ecology

27 mins; January 19, 2024

Antarctic ecology

31 mins; January 12, 2024

Alejandro Fernandez Ajó

21 mins; January 05, 2024

Phthalate Exposure

25 mins; December 29, 2023

PCFG - Feed behavior

24 mins; December 22, 2023

Pacific Coast Feeding Group History

21 mins; December 15, 2023

Pacific coast feeding group's morphology and Climate Change

22 mins; December 08, 2023

Zoop to Poop: Pacific Coast Feeding Group

25 mins; December 01, 2023

"Summer resident" gray whales

21 mins; November 24, 2023

Wind Turbines and noise underwater

27 mins; November 17, 2023

Working in conjunction with fishing communities in India

22 mins; November 10, 2023

Solitary sociable dolphins

25 mins; November 03, 2023

Fisheries interactions and Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphins, pt 2

30 mins; October 27, 2023

Fisheries interactions and Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphins, pt 1

28 mins; October 20, 2023

Sea Otters and Surfboards

27 mins; October 13, 2023

How bottlenose dolphin mothers communicate with their calves

26 mins; October 06, 2023

Advocacy and Iberian orcas

30 mins; September 29, 2023

Toxoplasma gondii

28 mins; September 22, 2023

Rhythm under the sea, pt 2

24 mins; September 15, 2023

Rhythm under the sea, pt 1

21 mins; September 08, 2023

Extinction Alert: Vaquita!

25 mins; September 01, 2023

By-catch mitigation in small-scale fisheries preliminary analysis, pt 2

22 mins; August 25, 2023

By-catch mitigation in small-scale fisheries preliminary analysis, pt 1

20 mins; August 18, 2023

The Vaquita, pt 2

22 mins; August 12, 2023

The Vaquita, pt 1

17 mins; August 04, 2023

How to conserve Franciscana dolphins

26 mins; July 28, 2023

Hector's and Maui's dolphins

31 mins; July 21, 2023

Underwater noise and seismic surveys

26 mins; July 14, 2023

Cetaceans in Lakshadweep, India, pt 2

29 mins; July 07, 2023

Cetaceans in Lakshadweep, India, pt 1

22 mins; June 30, 2023

Cetaceans in the Galápagos Islands

25 mins; June 23, 2023

Whale songs and culture, pt 2

22 mins; June 16, 2023

Whale Songs and Culture, pt 1

25 mins; June 09, 2023

Sea Otters, pt3

24 mins; June 02, 2023

Sea Otters, pt2

23 mins; May 26, 2023

Sea Otters, pt1

26 mins; May 19, 2023

Southern Resident Orca Population

18 mins; May 12, 2023

Sea Otter Conservation Efforts

25 mins; May 05, 2023

Florida Manatee Conservation Efforts

23 mins; April 28, 2023

Florida Manatee Habitat

16 mins; April 21, 2023

Inlet Cook Beluga Whale Conservation

24 mins; April 14, 2023

Delisting of Endangered Species on the ESA

19 mins; April 07, 2023

Humpback whales washing up on the East Coast

19 mins; March 31, 2023

The Cardiovascular and respiratory system during dives

27 mins; March 24, 2023

Elephant Seals and Plastics

25 mins; March 17, 2023

Orca predation on white sharks in Africa

31 mins; March 10, 2023

General Principles for Whale Watching

23 mins; March 03, 2023

Female dolphins and their social connectivity

28 mins; February 24, 2023

Group size varies with climate conditions in bottlenose dolphins, pt 2

13 mins; February 17, 2023

Group size varies with climate conditions in bottlenose dolphins, pt 1

20 mins; February 10, 2023

Narwhal History

19 mins; February 03, 2023

Graham Derzon-Supplee and his work on begging dolphins

29 mins; January 27, 2023

How much microplastic do whales eat?

24 mins; January 20, 2023

Pinniped cardiovascular physiology

22 mins; January 13, 2023

Protecting endangered Southern Resident killer whales with Quiet Sound

21 mins; January 06, 2023

Dolphins with broken rostrums, pt 2

21 mins; December 30, 2022

Sound Production in Dolphins, pt 1

17 mins; December 23, 2022

IWC Report 2022

20 mins; December 16, 2022

How much do Indian Ocean Humpback dolphins whistle

35 mins; December 09, 2022

How CITES protect wildlife?

20 mins; December 02, 2022

Manatee Conservation in Haiti

20 mins; November 25, 2022

Marine Conservation in Haiti

21 mins; November 18, 2022

The Whale Mobile

24 mins; November 11, 2022

Whale Watching and Spacial learning

25 mins; November 04, 2022

Sea Otters! Sea Otters! Sea Otters!

25 mins; October 28, 2022

Abundance and distribution of transient killer

17 mins; October 21, 2022

Contaminants, Manatees, a Hurricane, and more

22 mins; October 14, 2022

Ambergris and skeletons

27 mins; October 07, 2022

Florida Manatees and Boaters

24 mins; September 30, 2022

S.W.O.R.D

23 mins; September 23, 2022

Don't feed the dolphins

21 mins; September 16, 2022

Marine environmental DNA, Part 3

21 mins; September 09, 2022

Marine environmental DNA, Part 2

26 mins; September 02, 2022

Marine environmental DNA, Part 1

32 mins; August 26, 2022

SMM Webinar: Experiences of Women in Marine Mammal Science

61 hours 9 mins; August 19, 2022

Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins self-medicate with invertebrates in coral reefs

31 mins; August 12, 2022

Difference in social structures of Hawaiian bottlenose dolphins

19 mins; August 09, 2022

Mercury levels in dolphins in the USA

21 mins; August 07, 2022

IWC Scientific Committee

29 mins; August 05, 2022

SMM's Upcoming Conference

23 mins; July 29, 2022

Solitary sociable dolphins

27 mins; July 22, 2022

Wild marine mammals interacting with humans

25 mins; July 15, 2022

Whale communication: what do the 'whups' and 'grumbles' mean?

29 mins; July 08, 2022

Does river restoration mean more food for seals?

18 mins; July 01, 2022

Cool facts about whale migration and a new whale species

25 mins; June 24, 2022

Whale they stay or whale they go now? The science of whale migrations

17 mins; June 17, 2022

Seaweeds on seals: algal and cyanobacteria growth on harbor seals

22 mins; June 10, 2022

Manatees in Sarasota

23 mins; June 03, 2022

Cetacean Communication and Cognition

28 mins; May 27, 2022

Possibilities for renewable energy

19 mins; May 20, 2022

Speaking Porpoise

21 mins; May 13, 2022

What are bottlenose dolphins saying?

24 mins; May 06, 2022

Manatees Communicating

28 mins; April 29, 2022

The history of whaling, pt 2

16 mins; April 22, 2022

The history of whaling, pt 1

23 mins; April 15, 2022

Reproduction in female dolphins: the mechanics of the clitoris

22 mins; April 08, 2022

The science behind how pinnipeds control their whiskers

33 mins; April 01, 2022

The exposure of baleen whales to microplastics

20 mins; March 25, 2022

From Bats to Polar Bears

22 mins; March 18, 2022

Saving Australia's sea lion pups

30 mins; March 11, 2022

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