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Marine Mammal Science

Dec 19, 2019

Dr. Daniel Palacios talks to host Chris Parsons about satellite tagging whales, how he started his career by charming his way onto a whale research vessel, and his journey from marine biology obsessed boy in Colombia to a professor of whale biology in Oregon.


Dec 12, 2019

In this week’s episode, Eric Angel Ramos talks to host Chris Parsons about his research in Belize, the trials and tribulations of life in the field, about nearly being eaten by a crocodile, how dangerous dolphins can be, and whales & dolphins in New York harbor.


Dec 5, 2019

Dr. Louisa Ponnampalam chats with host Chris Parsons about her research on dugongs, dolphins, and whales in Malaysia, as well as her previous work in Oman on spinner dolphins. They discuss some of the novel small cetacean behaviors they have observed in Malaysia as well as discussing their favorite cetacean: the...


Nov 28, 2019

Chris Parsons talks to Dr. Jennifer Lewis about her research on Ganges river dolphins in Bangladesh as well as her change of career from a research biologist to a science communicator and documentary filmmaker. They talk about the use of storytelling to communicate science as well as Jennifer’s new documentary on...


Nov 21, 2019

Dave Steckler chats with host Chris Parsons about some of the new technology being developed to detect cetaceans at sea and provides career advice for those who want to search for marine mammals and protected species at sea for a career. 

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