SR3's Marine Mammal Research Director, Dr. Holly Fearnbach, and her NOAA colleague Dr. John Durban, have succeeded in capturing overhead images of ailing Southern Resident killer whale youngster J50, during their emergency field effort to assess her condition.
San Juan Island whale health assessment - Part 2
While in the San Juan Islands, Dr. Fearnbach and her colleagues collected data on 3 large whale species as part of an ongoing nutritional health study. Gray, humpback, and minke whales all made an appearance!
San Juan Island whale health assessments - part 1
Dr. Fearnbach and colleagues got great images of Bigg’s killer whales during their May health assessment of whale populations in the San Juan Islands.
Emaciated elephant seal pup transported by SR3
Emaciated elephant seal pup receives critical medical care in SR3 marine wildlife ambulance during transport to San Juan Island.
National Endangered Species Day 2018
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.
