The Taxonomy Committee completed its annual review of the official Society for Marine Mammalogy list of marine mammal species and subspecies for 2024. A few major changes to the list were made. The genus of the sea mink (extinct) is now recognized as Neogale Gray, 1865 following Patterson et al. (2021). Based on phylogenomic findings … Read More
Science / Conservation
Science / Conservation
Conservation Grant Program 2024
The SMM Conservation Grant Program will be accepting proposals for new grants in July 2024. The SMM has established a conservation endowment to help fund grants to catalyze real conservation efforts for the world’s most endangered marine mammal species. How to enter: Eligibility and application details are available at marinemammalscience.org: call-for-smm-conservation-fund-proposals For more details or … Read More
Application Deadline for the Louis M Herman Research Scholarship
Louis M. Herman, Ph.D. and Emeritus Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, will always be remembered for his innovative, creative, and scientifically rigorous approach to the study of the marine mammals he so loved, and for the future generations of marine mammal researchers he and his work continue to inspire. The Louis M. … Read More
SMM Editors’ Select Series Webinar, 19 October 2023. Genetically separate populations of dugongs in Australia, with Dr. Janet Lanyon
You are invited to the next edition of the SMM Editors’ Select Webinar Series. This series highlights the latest and most exciting marine mammal science published in the Marine Mammal Science Journal. The SMM created this series to give scientists and citizens around the world a chance to engage with marine mammal scientists, learn, and … Read More
SMM Seminar Editors’ Select Webinar, 17 August 2023! How to weigh a sperm whale using drone images? with Maria Glarou
You are invited to the next edition of the SMM Seminar Editor’s Select Series Webinar. This series highlights the latest and most exciting marine mammal science published in the Marine Mammal Science Journal. The SMM created this series to give scientists and citizens around the world a chance to engage with marine mammal scientists, learn, … Read More
SMM Seminar Editors’ Select Series: Feeding tactics of resident Bryde’s whales in New Zealand
This series highlights the latest and most exciting marine mammal science published in the Marine Mammal Science Journal. The SMM created this series to give scientists and citizens around the world a chance to engage with marine mammal scientists, learn and ask questions. All are welcome. Thursday, May 19th at 4 pm PDT / 7 … Read More
SMM Seminar Editors’ Select Series: Tagging, Ranging Patterns, and Behavior of Franciscana Dolphins off Argentina and Brazil
The SMM Seminar Editor’s Select Series highlights the latest and most exciting marine mammal science published in the Marine Mammal Science Journal. The SMM created this series to give scientists and citizens around the world a chance to engage with marine mammal scientists, learn and ask questions. All are welcome. Thursday, 21 April 2022 at … Read More
SMM Seminar Editors’ Select Series: Sperm whale echolocation and foraging behavior during different sea states and sonar exposures
The SMM Seminar Editor’s Select Series highlights the latest and most exciting marine mammal science published in the Marine Mammal Science Journal. The SMM created this series to give scientists and citizens around the world a chance to engage with marine mammal scientists, learn and ask questions. All are welcome. Thursday, 24 March 2022 at … Read More
Dr. Randy Wells Receives the SMM Kenneth S. Norris Lifetime Achievement Award
(This news item is written in collaboration with Sondra Katzen, Chicago Zoological Society) The Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) announced the 2021/2022 that Dr. Randall Wells, vice president of marine mammal conservation and director of CZS’s Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, received the Kenneth S. Norris Lifetime Achievement Award. The announcement was made earlier this month during … Read More
The Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) announces six conservation awards totaling $140K!
The Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) announces six conservation awards totaling $140K! Over the past several years the SMM has raised money for a newly created Conservation Fund. The purpose of this endowment fund is to support research and education projects worldwide that can help catalyze real conservation action to save the world’s most endangered … Read More