Study finds local fidelity key to ocean-wide recovery of humpback whales. Humpback whales can migrate thousands of miles to reach feeding grounds each year, but a new study concludes that...
Subduction zone earthquakes off Oregon, Washington more frequent than previous estimates A new analysis suggests that massive earthquakes on northern sections of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, affecting areas of the...
Oregon Sea Grant was recently awarded three days of state funded ship time aboard the Oregon State University Research Vessel, R/V Oceanus, for a project titled “Building the STEM Pipeline...
Food Sources - The eastern gray whales that commonly appear along the West Coast of the United States seemingly have recovered from over-hunting with new protective guidelines established in the...
A study by microbiologists at Oregon State University has concluded that an unsuspected bacterial infection, rather than a viral disease, was associated with the stranding and death of seven harbor...
A new study has found a link between abrupt ocean warming at the end of the last ice age and the sudden onset of low-oxygen, or hypoxic conditions that led...
As the largest animals to have ever lived on Earth, blue whales maintain their enormous body size through efficient foraging strategies that optimize the energy they gain from the krill...
