Tag: "marine mammals"
The Killer Affecting Killer Whale Populations
Nothing excites whale researchers and whale fanatics more than seeing a new calf born into the pod. However, researchers have learned that calf survival rates are incredibly low, especially for the orca’s first born. The mother’s young calf often dies because of something the mother passes on to her offspring—PCBs.
Post on Jul 19, 2011 by Cathy Britt from QUEST Northwest
Elephant Seals Through Eighth Grade Eyes
This weekend, I went to Ano Nuevo State Park to see the elephant seals, along with 14 Oakland middle schoolers.
Post on Feb 14, 2011 by Jennifer Skene
It's Gray Whale Season!
It’s gray whale season. As you gaze out across the Pacific, you may see one.
Post on Jan 24, 2011 by Jennifer Skene
Coastal Cleanup Day
Plastic bottles, aluminum cans, plastic knives and forks, tangled fishing line, plastic bags, food wrappers, cigarette butts… all this and more will be collected from California’s beaches this coming Saturday, September 25, on Coastal Cleanup Day.
Post on Sep 20, 2010 by Jennifer Skene
Producer's Notes: Skulls at Cal Academy
If a dead marine mammal washes up on our beaches, from Bodega Bay to Año Nuevo, the California Academy of Sciences Department of Ornithology & Mammalogy gets a call.
Post on May 20, 2010 by Craig Rosa
Producer's Notes: The Farallon Islands—"California's Galapagos"
Lying 28 miles off the coast of San Francisco, the jagged silhouette of the Farallon Islands disrupts the clean line of the horizon. This foreboding knot of rocks sits amid one of the most
productive marine food webs on the planet and hosts the largest seabird breeding colony in the continental United States. QUEST ventures out for a rare visit to learn what life is like on the islands and meet the scientists who call this incredibly wild place home.
Post on Oct 13, 2009 by Chris Bauer
Reporter's Notes: Sea Lion Rescue
For these notes, I thought I'd focus on something that didn't make it into the sea lions radio broadcast: the necropsy.
Each year the Marine Mammal Center treats somewhere between 600-1000 animals, including California sea lions, Pacific harbor seals, Northern elephant seals, and steller sea lions. About half of them are treated successfully at the center and released into the Pacific. The other half either die naturally or have to be euthanized.
Post on Sep 26, 2008 by Amy Standen
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