An El Niño to Remember

An El Niño to Remember

Following the strongest El Niño event of the century, we tracked California sea lions’ severe decline and slow recovery. Read more
Can a Ping Prevent Entanglement?

Can a Ping Prevent Entanglement?

By utilizing SeaWorld’s unparalleled zoological collection of marine mammals, HSWRI researchers tested acoustic pingers to prevent marine mammal entanglements with fishing nets and lines – and the results were striking! Read more
A Seal’s Dinner Bell

A Seal’s Dinner Bell

For years, researchers tagged fish with acoustic pingers, but could these pings signal to marine mammals that food is nearby? With the help of SeaWorld, we discovered what marine mammals could hear. Read more
Time for a Check-Up – Antarctic Seal Edition

Time for a Check-Up – Antarctic Seal Edition

HSWRI joined a group of 800 researchers to study how changes in the environment cause fluctuations in the abundance, growth patterns, life histories, and behavior of Antarctic animals. We focused on the four species of Antarctic pack ice seals (crabeater, leopard,...