Two white-capped albatross at their breeding colony on The Auckland Islands, New Zealand (Photo by Leigh Torres)
For 10 years we have run an integrated research and STEM education program, giving 32 young students skills and knowledge for a successful career.
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We study the ecology, health, and behavior of gray whales to understand their response to multiple stressors.
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We partner with fishermen to understand whale distribution in Oregon waters, and mitigate entanglement risk. Photo by Cyle Barnhart.
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We are studying the integrated response of blue whales and krill to climate change.
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Conducting whale surveys from USCG helicopters to document whale distribution patterns off the Oregon coast
(Blue whale and gray whale images captured under NOAA permit # 21678.)
A foraging gray whale in a kelp bed off the Oregon coast conducts a ‘jaw snap’ to capture zooplankton prey.
(Image taken by drone conducted by Todd Chandler under NOAA permit #16111)
The Port Orford gray whale research team, composed of high school, undergrads and graduate students, wraps up their kayak training session
(Photo Leigh Torres)
A gray whale breaches in front of a fishing vessel outside the Newport harbor entrance
A New Zealand blue whale dwarfs the size of the GEMM Lab research boat
(Image taken by drone conducted by Todd Chandler)
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