[MARMAM] New publication: female orca and pilot whale calf

2023-02-28 Thread Marie Mk
Dear MARMAM community, We are pleased to announce the following publication in Canadian Journal of Zoology: Marie-Thérèse Mrusczok, Elizabeth Zwamborn, Menja von Schmalensee, Sara Rodríguez Ramallo, and Robert A. Stefansson. *First account of apparent alloparental care of a long-finned pilot

[MARMAM] Matrilineal catalogue for Icelandic killer whales

2023-05-16 Thread Marie Mk
Dear MARMAM community, We are pleased to announce the publication of Iceland’s first matrilineal catalogue for killer whales. A total of 38 matrilines could be established from 737 encounters of the most-sighted individuals in West Iceland between 2014 and 2023, using identification images as

[MARMAM] Orca Guardians Iceland

2016-08-30 Thread Marie Mk
Dear MARMAM community, On behalf of my co-founders I am pleased to announce the launch of “Orca Guardians Iceland”, the first Icelandic conservation organization of its kind, dedicated to a single cetacean species, the killer whale (*Orcinus orca*). Orca Guardians is an independent nonprofit see

[MARMAM] New publication on killer whales

2024-10-02 Thread Marie Mk
Dear MARMAM community, We are pleased to announce the following publication in Marine Mammal Science: Marie-Thérèse Mrusczok, Emma Luck, Ted Cheeseman, Jamie Coleman, Javier Cotín, Andrew Peacock, Robert A. Stefansson, and Menja von Schmalensee. *First documented movement of wild killer whale