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 […]
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Alaska student chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. This chapter will be open to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as prospective graduate students and recent graduates/postdocs in marine mammal-related studies. Students interested in joining the Alaska student chapter are encouraged to visit the chapter’s […]
The EBS (Emily B. Shane) Award 2016 The Emily B. Shane Award (EBS) supports conservation-oriented, non-harmful field research on free-ranging Odontocetes and Sirenians. The award honours Emily B. Shane (1924-1995), a fine amateur naturalist and dedicated conservationist. Funds are awarded to projects with clear conservation priorities for an odontocete or sirenian species, population, or habitat […]
Greetings delegates, We hope you had a safe trip home and are enjoying the holidays. Now that the dust is settling after the conference, we want to know how we can make our future conferences even better. Please fill out this survey by January 15th and we will share your responses and comments with the […]