Eavesdropping on #beakedwhales in great depths

In January, some of our colleagues went to #ElHierro

The goal: To quantify the click parameters of endangered beaked whales at 1 km depth, successfully testing a #deepwater #acousticarray system that can be deployed from small boats!

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A Bucket List Species! Read the full story here: buff.ly/3qHKQ5Q
Photo by Sanne
This is an encounter from 2022
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The two things that all beaked whales have in common are their pronounced "beak" or rostrum and an amazing diving ability. Thanks to a number of physiological adaptations beaked whales are some of the best diving mammals in the world!
🖌️ Uko Gorter

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Eavesdropping on Beaked Whales Reveals the Secrets of Their Deepwater Lives Eavesdropping on Beaked Whales Reveals the Secrets of Their Deepwater Lives: Three species off the Louisiana coast detected through echolocation clicks.

Eavesdropping on Beaked Whales Reveals the Secrets of Their Deepwater Lives #Science #Biology #Zoology #BeakedWhales #MarineLife #Biodiversity

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At the 10th Meeting of the Parties (MOP10) in Odense, ASCOBANS Parties came together to address pressing conservation challenges for marine life. One of the key resolutions focused on the Conservation of Beaked Whales, a vulnerable group of cetaceans that is particularly sensitive to human impacts. The resolution emphasizes actions to reduce threats such as underwater noise, bycatch, and pollution. It highlights the importance of enhanced monitoring, noise mitigation, and designated protected areas as part of a broader strategy to support beaked whale conservation. Overall, it underlines the role of international cooperation in protecting these elusive and ecologically important species. Photo © Andrea Izzotti / Adobe Stock

#MOP10throwback: At MOP10, ASCOBANS Parties adopted a resolution on conserving #beakedwhales 🐋
Resolution 10.4 highlights monitoring, noise mitigation and international cooperation to support protection measures 🌊

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The sounds revealing the secrets of world's most elusive whales Beaked whales are rarely spotted. Now scientists are using underwater sounds to help identify these elusive creatures.

"There's much more to learn about the mysterious lives of beaked whales – their habits, their hardships, their relationships. Listening to the deep is likely to give scientists more clues, and more data to piece together."
🌊🐋🐬🔊 #BeakedWhales #Sounds #Communication #Biology #Oceans #Conservation

First At‐Sea Identifications of Ginkgo‐Toothed Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens): Acoustics, Genetics, and Biological Observations Off Baja California, México In 2024, an expedition was conducted off northwestern Baja California, México, to find and identify the beaked whale species that produced the BW43 echolocation pulse previously recorded in this area....

1st wild observation of ginkgo toothed beaked eaked #whale

This paper in MMS was released back in July, but this is the first I've heard of it: ginkgo tooth #beakedwhales observed alive off the coast of #Baja. Positive ID confirmed via skin biopsy.

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A Surprising Encounter. Read the full story here: buff.ly/rOtpxZW
Photo by Florine
This is an encounter from 2025
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A Rare Baird's Beaked Whale Sighting! Read the full story here: buff.ly/4jGuIR0
Photo by Nicole
This is an encounter from 2016
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A Rare Encounter with Blainvile's Beaked Whales. Read the full story here: buff.ly/aFMwp0P
Photo by Nostalgie
This is an encounter from 2021
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At Almost 500 Feet Below the Water, Experts Heard the Sounds of the Elusive Beaked Whale Learn more about the techniques a research team used to record the songs of the elusive beaked whale in Brazil. 

At Almost 500 Feet Below the Water, Experts Heard the Sounds of the Elusive Beaked Whale #Science #Biology #Zoology #BeakedWhales #MarineLife #OceanResearch

Science at Sea – 7/9/21 As a student at Oregon State, this trip was my first offshore expedition. While I was excited for the chance we might encountered beaked whales, when our sighting of the Hubbs’ occurred, it was bey…

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This is an encounter from 2021
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Painting of a Hubbs Beaked Whale

Noyo Center Talks Science: Unlocking the Mysteries of Beaked Whales Tuesday, September 9, 2025 6:00 PM on Zoom Guest Presenter: Dr. Lisa T. Ballance Beaked whales are among the most mysterious mammals on Earth—deep-diving, elusive, and rarely seen at the surface. In 2023, a team of researchers led by Dr. Lisa Ballance documented the first confirmed at-sea encounter with the rare Hubbs’ beaked whale (Mesoplodon carlhubbsi) in nearly three decades. This groundbreaking expedition combined visual observations, genetic confirmation, and acoustic recordings to reveal new insights into the species and confirm the identity of its distinctive echolocation pulse. Dr. Ballance will share highlights from the expedition, discoveries about M. carlhubbsi, and provide an engaging overview of beaked whales as a group—their remarkable adaptations, behaviors, and importance in deep-ocean ecosystems. This special Zoom presentation also kicks off the Noyo Center’s Hubb’s Beaked Whale Articulation Program, taking place at our Field Station from September 15–20, 2025. Visitors will have the chance to watch our team reassemble the skeleton of a stranded Hubb’s beaked whale, bringing science and community together to honor this rare species. ✨ Join us on Zoom for this rare opportunity to hear from one of the world’s leading marine mammal scientists, and then come to our Field Station during one of our science social events the week of September 15–20 to see the Hubb’s beaked whale articulation unfold in person. There is no fee for our science talk presentations, but your donations help to support the resources it takes to bring you these programs and speakers.

Noyo Center Talks Science: Unlocking the Mysteries of Beaked Whales Tuesday, September 9, 2025 6:00 PM on Zoom Guest Presenter: Dr. Lisa T. Ballance Beaked whales are among the most mysterious mammals on Earth—deep-diving, elusive, and rarely seen at the surface. In 2023, a team of researchers led by Dr. Lisa Ballance documented the first confirmed at-sea encounter with the rare Hubbs’ beaked whale (Mesoplodon carlhubbsi) in nearly three decades. This groundbreaking expedition combined visual observations, genetic confirmation, and acoustic recordings to reveal new insights into the species and confirm the identity of its distinctive echolocation pulse. Dr. Ballance will share highlights from the expedition, discoveries about M. carlhubbsi, and provide an engaging overview of beaked whales as a group—their remarkable adaptations, behaviors, and importance in deep-ocean ecosystems. This special Zoom presentation also kicks off the Noyo Center’s Hubb’s Beaked Whale Articulation Program, taking place at our Field Station from September 15–20, 2025. Visitors will have the chance to watch our team reassemble the skeleton of a stranded Hubb’s beaked whale, bringing science and community together to honor this rare species. ✨ Join us on Zoom for this rare opportunity to hear from one of the world’s leading marine mammal scientists, and then come to our Field Station during one of our science social events the week of September 15–20 to see the Hubb’s beaked whale articulation unfold in person. There is no fee for our science talk presentations, but your donations help to support the resources it takes to bring you these programs and speakers.

Tune in Tuesday 09/09/25, 6pm on zoom.
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Breaching Cuvier’s Beaked Whales! – 08/19 I was working as a conservationist for ORCA aboard one of the ferries to Spain, collecting data on cetaceans. On this day I was performing a deck watch on top deck in the middle of the Bay of Bisca…

Breaching Cuvier's Beaked Whales. Read the full story here: buff.ly/3wTrYRq
This is an encounter from 2019
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Experts baffled as rarely seen beaked whales involved in series of strandings Incidents across northern Europe on 26 and 27 July have left scientists trying to understand why so many of the deep-diving whales have appeared

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Two Gervais's #beakedwhales (#Mesoplodon europaeus) were found dead on the beach south of Hanna Park, near #Jacksonville, Florida. The lactating mother was approximately 14' long, and her female calf was 7'. Necropsy is will be performed

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9/ A huge thank you to Bayworld, SMART, NSRI, and all involved for their dedication to marine conservation. Together, we are advancing science and protecting our oceans! 💙🐳

#MarineMammals #Necropsy #OceanResearch #BeakedWhales #MarineConservation #StrandingResponse

A Bucket List Species! Read the full story here: buff.ly/3qHKQ5Q
Photo by Sanne
This is an encounter from 2022
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It's #FunFactFriday! DYK the Cuvier's Beaked Whale is also know as the Goose-beaked Whale & is the most widely distributed of all the beaked whales?! They can be found in almost every ocean diving into the deep, offshore waters from the tropics to the cool, temperate seas!⠀
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Amazing day on the water yesterday while @autsquidsquad.bsky.social and I were testing #projectESCA with Otago Uni's MMRG. #BeakedWhales right alongside! These #deepsea #whales are such a rare sight.

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This is an encounter from 2021
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