Breaching Extinction

This is the final episode of Breaching Extinction (for now). This has been an amazing journey. Thank you to everyone who's been a part of it!

In this episode, Erica chatted with Anaïs Remili researcher and founder of Whale Scientist about her recent publication New killer whale research: North Atlantic killer whale diets revealed in unprecedented detail

This week Erica chatted with the one and only Orca Man aka Fred Denisco about his obsession with the movie Free Willy and some behind-the-scenes details about the film

This week Erica chatted with researcher, José Ángel Ortega Borchardt about his recent publication Microplastics in scats of California sea lions on the Gulf of California.

Lolita and other rants

This week Erica chatted with biologist Helena Costa about her recent publication Using a consumer drone for the collection of humpback whale blow samples during the Arctic polar . Helena compares the uses of different commercial drones for the analysis of cetacean blows.

In this week's episode, Erica chatted with researcher Jaclyn Aubin from the Department of Integrative Biology, Windsor, Ontario, Canada about her recent publication Fly with care: belugas show evasive responses to low altitude drone flights. Protection, energetic assistance, or social perks: How do beluga offspring benefit from allocare? Prospective evolutionary drivers of allocare in wild belugas

This week Erica chatted with researchers Heidi Pearson from the University of Alaska SE about her recent publication Whales in the carbon cycle: can recovery remove carbon dioxide?

This is the first episode of season 5! Erica and Madi sit down and chat about the future of the podcast and the southern residents using the full extent of their home range. If you are interested working with Breaching Extinction please send us an instagram DM or email Erica at erica@breachingextinction.com

In this week's porpisode Liam, Madi and Erica discuss Lolita a captive Southern Resident Killer Whale

In this week's porpisode Madi, Liam and Erica talk about the history of wind farms and their current impact on cetaceans Sources: Climate Change Impacting Right Whales Episode Blue Whale Mom Calf Pair Response to Vessel Episode

This week Erica chatted with Aricia Duarte-Benvenuto, a PhD student at the Patologia Experimental e Comparada graduate Program of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science – University of São Paulo, Brazil about emerging infections diseases in the amazon river dolphin. Sources: Hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. in Aquatic Mammals, Amazon Basin, Brazil

In this week's porpisode Madi educates intoxicated Erica and Liam about a variety of animals that get high ;)

This week Erica chatted with Fin Whale Researcher Sacha Viquerat about his recent publication Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods. References: Branch, T. A., & Butterworth, D. S. (2001). Estimates of abundance south of 60°S for cetacean species sighted frequently on the 1978/79 to 1997/98 IWC/IDCR-SOWER sighting surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 3(3), 251-270. Viquerat, S., & Herr, H. (2017). Mid-summer abundance estimates of fin whales Balaenoptera physalus around the South Orkney Islands and Elephant Island. Endangered Species Research, 32, 515-524. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00832 Burkhardt, E., Van Opzeeland, I., Cisewski, B., Mattmüller, R., Meister, M., Schall, E., Spiesecke, S., Thomisch, K., Zwicker, S., & Boebel, O. (2021). Seasonal and diel cycles of fin whale acoustic occurrence near Elephant Island, Antarctica. Royal Society Open Science, 8(5), 201142-201142. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201142 Herr, H., Hickmott, L., Viquerat, S., & Panigada, S. (2022). First evidence for fin whale migration into the Pacific from Antarctic feeding grounds at Elephant Island. Royal Society Open Science, 9(9), 0-7. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220721

In this week's episode Erica chatted with biologist Josephine Schulze about her recent publication, Humpback whale song revolutions continue to spread from the central into the eastern South Pacific.

In this week's propside Erica, Madi, and Liam discuss Madi's recent trip to French Polynesia among other things. Sources https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2007/330/m330p257.pdf http://seaturtle.org/library/GannierA_2004_AquatMamm.pdf

In this week's episode, Erica chatted with Mari Smultea about her recent publication Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) mother-calf pair behavioral response to vessel in the Southern California Bight. Aquatic Mammals. Resources: Smuleta Sciences Mother Calf Whale Nursing and Other Behavior Sperm Whale Ramming a Vessel in the Pacific First Recordings of Humpback Whale Sounds, Hawaii First Video of Wild Beluga Socio-sexual Behavior in Cook Inlet, AK

In this week's episode Madi, Liam, and Erica discuss genetic disorders that could impact the pigmentation of cetacean skin Sources: Fifty Shades of Gray: The First Leucistic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Sighting off the Cedar Keys, Florida, Gulf of Mexico

Salmon and Mola hats? Could this possibly be a trend for whales? Madi, Liam and Erica dive into potential orca trends in porpsiode!

This week Erica chatted with Italian researcher Giovanni Bearzi at Dolphin Biology and Conservation, Italy about his recent publication Marine mammals foraging around fishing gear or preying upon fishing catch and bait: it may not be “depredation”. They discuss the true meaning of the word "depredation" and how it has been used in a scientific context. Resources: Marine biology on a violated planet: from science to conscience