We are excited to announce the third annual student conference for the California Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy at Moss Landing Marine Labs. All undergraduates, graduate, and recently graduated students are welcome to attend and are invited to submit an abstract. Please register here (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6KGQKW2) as soon as possible if you plan […]
Dear ANZSCSMM members, We are delighted to announce the third ANZ Student Chapter Meeting of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. The conference will take place on November 24th and 25th, 2016, starting at 9 am at Flinders University (South Australia). Last year’s conference was a great success and students thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to share […]
The Society for Marine Mammalogy would like to inform eligible members (see below) that this year’s application window opens on 1 June 2016. Applications will be accepted during the entire month of June. The Committee of Scientific Advisors will review applications and make recommendations on funding with decisions announced before 1 September 2016. The awards […]
John E. Heyning was a marine biologist with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County who furthered research on whales and helped build one of the world’s largest collections of marine mammals. As the museum’s deputy director and one of its curators, he was instrumental in amassing its more than 4,000 specimens. Only the […]
At 7 pm on Sunday, May 22, 2016, 60 Minutes will air a segment on vaquita. The crew came to San Felipe and interviewed Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho and Barbara Taylor during the 2015 vaquita survey. They also filmed the presentation of the SMM Conservation Merit Prize and interviewed Mexico’s Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources […]