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Ruakākā Beach, Rescue Story

24 November 2024 - A Sunday Like No Other At 5:25 p.m., I got a text about the stranding. Without hesitation, I grabbed my gear,…

jackyreynoldsnzMarch 31, 2025

News Research Whales

Sperm Whale Communication

Researchers studying sperm whale communication say they've uncovered sophisticated structures similar to those found in human language. Sperm whales are known for their complex social…

jackyreynoldsnzJuly 24, 2024

News Research Whales

Long-finned pilot whales in Aotearoa, New Zealand: Their presence, loyalty to specific sites, and photo identification

Despite their frequent stranding, very little is known about free-ranging long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas edwardii) in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In a recent study conducted by…

jackyreynoldsnzJuly 24, 2024

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Humpback Whales visiting Fiordland Marine Protected Areas

A recent study from the University of Otago has revealed fascinating insights into the post-whaling behaviour of humpback whales! Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) whilst enormous…

jackyreynoldsnzMay 17, 2024

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Bottlenose Dolphins in New Zealand have different accents depending on where they live

Dolphins are highly social animals that live together in large groups called pods, sometimes these pods of dolphins include other species of marine mammals such…

jackyreynoldsnzApril 10, 2024

News Research The Environment Whales

Killer Whale Named Old Tom helps reveal genetic ancestry through his teeth

In the 1800s, a group of orca including an adult male called Old Tom, became famous for helping European colonist whalers hunt baleen whales in…

jackyreynoldsnzNovember 5, 2023

News Research The Environment Whales

Sightings records reveal humpback whale migration routes

Migaloo, an albino humpback whale was first spotted off Bryon Bay, Australia in 1991. Since then, scientific and citizen science reports have built an extensive…

jackyreynoldsnzNovember 5, 2023

News Rescue Stories

Savanna Dale Rescue Story

6 October 2023 What a beautiful morning filled with caring likeminded people. After getting the text to help out with the stranding this morning, I…

jackyreynoldsnzNovember 1, 2023

News Research The Environment Whales

Multi-decadal observations of the size structure of sperm whales at Kaikōura, New Zealand

Sperm whales use echolocation clicks made up of multiple pulses to navigate, find food and communicate. The time it takes for each pulse to travel…

jackyreynoldsnzOctober 3, 2023

News Research The Environment Whales

Stranded sperm whales provide insights into their genetics and ecology

Massey University researchers have analysed skin and blubber samples of 14 male sperm whales that stranded in 2018. These whales all stranded within a month…

jackyreynoldsnzAugust 16, 2023

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Ruakākā Beach, Rescue Story

Sperm Whale Communication

Long-finned pilot whales in Aotearoa, New Zealand: Their presence, loyalty to specific sites, and photo identification

Humpback Whales visiting Fiordland Marine Protected Areas

Bottlenose Dolphins in New Zealand have different accents depending on where they live

Killer Whale Named Old Tom helps reveal genetic ancestry through his teeth

Sightings records reveal humpback whale migration routes

Savanna Dale Rescue Story

Multi-decadal observations of the size structure of sperm whales at Kaikōura, New Zealand

Stranded sperm whales provide insights into their genetics and ecology

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