By SEAN NEALON/OSU News Service NEWPORT -- Oregon State University researchers estimate that gray whales feeding off the Oregon coast consume up to 21 million microparticles per day, a finding informed in part by poop from the … [Read more...] about OSU study of whales off central Oregon coast finds they’re eating millions of microplastics and fibers each day
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Ocean researchers in Newport find that upwelling, heat waves are biggest factors in whale entanglement in crab gear
By SEAN NEALON/OSU News Service NEWPORT – New research by an Oregon State University-led team is beginning to unravel the times of year and locations where whales are at greatest danger of entanglement in fishing gear on the Oregon … [Read more...] about Ocean researchers in Newport find that upwelling, heat waves are biggest factors in whale entanglement in crab gear
New OSU research website “IndividuWhale” designed to help public understand Oregon’s resident gray whales
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Scarlett is known for the large scar on her back. Equal bears the mark of a boat propeller injury. Roller Skate’s fluke was damaged due to entanglement with fishing gear. Solé has a favorite … [Read more...] about New OSU research website “IndividuWhale” designed to help public understand Oregon’s resident gray whales
OSU hauls blue whale bones out of Yaquina Bay after three years of “cleaning”
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU NEWPORT – After more than three years at the bottom of Yaquina Bay, the skeleton of a 78-foot blue whale has been put on dry land so it can be preserved and prepared for a public display. With the help of a team of … [Read more...] about OSU hauls blue whale bones out of Yaquina Bay after three years of “cleaning”
OSU names new director of Marine Mammal Institute in Newport
NEWPORT – Lisa Ballance, an ecologist at a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries research center in California was named Monday as director of Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute in Newport. Ballance … [Read more...] about OSU names new director of Marine Mammal Institute in Newport