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The Size of Dolphin Dorsal Fins, Comparing Males and Females
Why do the dorsal fin size differ between males and females in so many species in the dolphin family (Delphinidae), where adult males...
Jan Ostman-Lind
2 days ago
The Diving Superheroes (The Sulidae family of seabirds - the plunge-diving Boobies and Gannets)
Image capture from BBC Coverage Olympics 2024 Once again the Olympic divers are on my mind. Today the major competition in Olympic diving...
Jan Östman-Lind
Aug 10, 2024
Celebrating Olympic Divers
In this blog, I am going to bring together two topics that might not seem to be an obvious pair - seabirds and Olympic divers. They are...
Jan Östman-Lind
Jul 30, 2024
Adaptations of Hunters Who Return to the Sea
As we continue our collaboration with the Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center to develop educational resources focused on Hawaiian seabirds, I...
Jan Östman-Lind
Jul 21, 2024
Dolphin Head anatomy - why do spinner dolphins have such a long rostrum?
All animals that use echolocation to hunt will face the same problem: how do they track their prey just before they capture it. They send...
Jan Östman-Lind
Oct 19, 2023
All dolphins are not alike - that creates problems
As mentioned in the last blog, there is a large variation in size, appearance and behavior among the 42 species of currently recognized...
Jan Östman-Lind
Sep 26, 2023
There are many species of dolphins
Take a moment and picture a dolphin in your head. What did it look like in your mind's eye? A dolphin with a grey body, slightly darker...
Jan Östman-Lind
Sep 5, 2023
How to identify and determine the sex of dolphins in the wild.
Most studies of wild dolphin behavior study the animals at the surface from regular vessels. This is how we started as well. From this...
Jan Östman-Lind
Oct 18, 2022
Insulation to stay warm
Imagine yourself, being one of those hardy souls that accepts the challenge of a “polar bear plunge” festivity, by throwing their warm...
Jan Östman-Lind
Aug 29, 2022
Why are marine mammals so large?
The smallest toothed whale, the Vaquita porpoise, is still a hefty size compared to the smallest primate, the pygmy marmoset, which is a...
Jan Östman-Lind
Aug 2, 2022
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