Research | Thorne Lab

Research

Spinner dolphins in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Photo courtesy of Dave Johnston

Ongoing projects in our lab include the following:

Foraging Behavior and Habitat Use of
Short-Finned Pilot Whales

Examining the Impacts of Climate-Driven
Environmental Variability on North Pacific Albatrosses

Foraging Behavior of Herring Gulls Along an Urban Gradient: Effects on Microbiome Diversity and Immunity

Quantifying Variability in Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Diet in New York Waters

Weddell Seal Photo-Identification in the
Western Antarctic Peninsula