by jstepanuk | Apr 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
We’re excited to announce a new publication from the Thorne Lab in Marine Ecology Progress Series and have summarized the research we did here! Vessel strikes are a major threat to large whale species around the world, and there have been some reports that...
by jstepanuk | Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Thorne lab has been diligently searching the New York Bight for humpback whales since mid-May. After a few days of wishfully scanning the horizon, we finally had three epic survey days filled with humpback whales! We found our first whales very close to shore...
by jstepanuk | Sep 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
New York is not typically thought of as a whale watching hotspot, but there are many favorable conditions for marine mammals just off the coast of NYC. Together with the labs of Drs. Janet Nye and Joe Warren from SoMAS, the Thorne Lab began the first of a multi-year...
by jstepanuk | Jun 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Julia Stepanuk, PhD student I spent this past week with the Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna (GEMM) Lab at Oregon State University learning their protocol for drone flights and gaining experience flying over whales. I saw my first gray whales just off the...
by jstepanuk | Jul 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
I recently traveled to the Outer Banks in North Carolina to join colleagues from Duke University and the Cascadia Research Collective on field work focused on tagging pilot whales. I woke up early on a Sunday morning, sunscreen and windbreaker packed neatly, and drove...
