Frontiers in Marine Science | Marine Megafauna

Original Research

Accepted on 05 Sep 2025

Artificial clicks (Porpoise ALert -PAL) affect acoustic monitoring of harbour porpoises and their echolocation behaviour

in Marine Megafauna

Joseph G. Schnitzler
Louise Moysan
Juan Felipe Escobar-Calderon
Johannes Baltzer
Tobias Schaffeld
Lotte Kindt-Larsen
Ursula Siebert, Prof. Prof. H. C. Doc

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1591839

108 views

Original Research

Accepted on 02 Sep 2025

"Nursery bays and hidden rays": First insights into long-term monitoring of Bull Rays (Aetomylaeus bovinus) within the Maltese Archipelago

in Marine Megafauna

Charlie Matthews
Christian Caruso
Charlotte Kell
Sophie Babbs
Thaís Parreira Do Amaral
Beth Ducker
Greg Nowell
Silvio Solleliet-Ferreira

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1653284

235 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Aug 2025

Temporal presence of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins to the piling during the first offshore wind farm construction in the Pearl River Estuary, China

in Marine Megafauna

Liang Fang
Yuping Wu
Matthew K. Pine
Xinxing Wang
Tao Chen

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1578855

1,082 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Aug 2025

Assessing microplastic pollution in marine mammals: evidence from three cetacean species in the southeastern Black Sea

in Marine Megafauna

Hatice Onay
Akif Er
Mert Minaz
Muhammet Emanet
Yusuf Ceylan
Tolga Akdemir
Barış Karslı
Göktuğ Dalgıç

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1657648

965 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 28 Aug 2025

Pingers as a potential deterrent tool to mitigate Burmeister’s porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) bycatch while foraging nocturnally in the Humboldt Current System: a pilot study

in Marine Megafauna

Diego Díaz
Ana M. García-Cegarra

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1582414

1,069 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Aug 2025

Insights into the population demographics and residency patterns of photo-identified whale sharks Rhincodon typus in the Bird’s Head Seascape, Indonesia

in Marine Megafauna

Edy Setyawan
Abdy W. Hasan
Yance Malaiholo
Abraham B. Sianipar
Ronald Mambrasar
Mark Meekan
Bronwyn M. Gillanders
Ben D’Antonio
Mochamad I. H. Putra
Mark V. Erdmann

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1607027

2,388 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Aug 2025

Disentangling pinniped incidental mortality in a bottom-trawl fishery with seal exclusion devices

in Marine Megafauna

Verónica Iriarte
Andreas Winter

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1588956

1,752 views

Original Research

Accepted on 15 Aug 2025

Deep diving behaviour in oceanic manta rays and its potential function

in Marine Megafauna

Calvin S Beale
Ferawati Runtuboy
Abraham Sianipar
Angela J E Beer
Mark Erdmann
Edy Setyawan
Lydia Green
Clinton A J Duffy
Samantha Andrzejaczek
Barbara Ann Block

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1630451

741 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Aug 2025

Vocal activity as a welfare indicator in killer whales in managed care

in Marine Megafauna

Javier Almunia
Jonas Philipp Lüke
Fernando Rosa

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1595113

883 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Aug 2025

Assessment of the fish diet of the Caspian seal (Pusa caspica Gmelin, 1788) during haul out periods on island sites: results, challenges, and perspectives

in Marine Megafauna

Mirgaliy Baimukanov
Anuar Shagilbayev
Akzhan Iskakov
Assel Baimukanova

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1565902

766 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Jul 2025

Genomic infrastructure for cetacean research and conservation: reference genomes for eight families spanning the cetacean tree of life

in Marine Megafauna

Phillip A. Morin
Bernhard Bein
Chiara Bortoluzzi
Yury V. Bukhman
Taylor Hains
Dorothea Heimeier
Marcela Uliano-Silva
Dominic E. Absolon
Linelle Abueg
Jessica Antosiewicz-Bourget

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1562045

4,324 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Jul 2025

Decoding anthropogenic risk through historical baselines: a conservation prioritization framework for Chinese white dolphin in anthropogenic seascapes

in Marine Megafauna

Liming Yong
Xixia Lu
Qianhui Zeng
Liyuan Zhao
Yuke Zhang
Xianyan Wang

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1607234

1,250 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 24 Jun 2025

Threatened cetaceans in a potential deep seabed mining region, Clarion Clipperton Zone, Eastern Pacific, August 2023

in Marine Megafauna

Kirsten F. Young
Thomas Webber
Leonidas Karantzas
Severina Miteva
Grant Oakes
David Santillo
Paul Johnston

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1511075

4,430 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Jun 2025

Whale shark residency and small-scale movements around oil and gas platforms in Qatar

in Marine Megafauna

Steffen S. Bach
David P. Robinson
Mohammed Y. Al Jaidah
Simon J. Pierce
Prasad Thoppil
Christoph A. Rohner

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1568607

3,152 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Jun 2025

Machine learning to predict killer whale (Orcinus orca) behaviors using partially labeled vocalization data

in Marine Megafauna

Sophia Sandholm

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1232022

2,888 views

Mini Review

Published on 09 Jun 2025

Til death do us part? The critical value of long-term marine mammal studies

in Marine Megafauna

Scott D. Kraus

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2025.1605709

2,137 views