This Day in Alaskan History-May 26th, 1917
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Underwater Sound Recordings Confirm Endangered North Pacific Right Whales Use of Historic Habitats
Scientists find that Aleutian Island passes and the northern Gulf of Alaska remain key feeding grounds for this rare whale To locate endangered North Pacific right whales, scientists listen for their calls in Alaskan waters believed to be a part of their historical feeding grounds. To do this, scientists use underwater microphones, known as […]
Hey, Google: Find this New Whale Sound
NOAA Fisheries identified that Bryde’s whales are the source of a new whale call in the western North Pacific. Working with Google AI, we used machine learning to sort through thousands of hours of acoustic recordings and identify when and where these calls occur. In 2014, an Oregon State University autonomous seaglider survey in the Mariana Archipelago […]
18 Years of Eastern North Pacific Right Whale Sightings Shed Light on Important Habitats and Movements
Eastern North Pacific Right whale MML# 84 “Cuatro” (female) in the Bering Sea in August 2017. Credit: K. Matsuoka/International Whaling Commission and NOAA Fisheries Eastern North Pacific right whales once numbered in the tens of thousands; today there are estimated to be fewer than 50. Studying these extremely rare whales across their vast ocean range is an […]