Media coverage of contaminants in pilot whales in the Faroe Islands by Elsa F. Helmsdal, Amanda D. Boyd, Jesper Bo Nielsen, Maria Skaalum Petersen

“…This study examines the portrayal of contaminants in pilot whale in Faroese media from 1977 to 2022. Pilot whale is integral to Faroese culture but has come under scrutiny due to health concerns linked to contaminants. …”
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Shark species identification from bite marks on a Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus by Mariana Leêne de Santana Barros Leal, Vitor Luz Carvalho, Letícia Gonçalves Pereira, Beatriz Queiroz, Andrey Leonardo Fagundes de Castro, Patricia Charvet, Vicente Vieira Faria

“… A Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus, was found dead and with shark bites along its body on a beach in northeast Brazil. …”
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Interactions Between Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) and Neonate Long‐Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas) off South Iceland by Chérine D. Baumgartner, Anna Selbmann, Heleen Middel, Josephine Schulze, Giulia Bellon, Filipa I. P. Samarra

“…No other pilot whales were sighted in the area for the duration of these encounters. …”
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Trophic niche differentiation and foraging plasticity of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas edwardii) in Tasmanian waters: insights from isotopic analysis by Christine H. Jackson, Rosemary Gales, Yves Cherel, George D. Jackson, Patti Virtue, Patti Virtue

“…Using stable isotope analysis, we investigated trophic niche differentiation and foraging plasticity in 141 long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas edwardii) that stranded along the Tasmanian coast at three locations (Marion Bay, King Island, and Maria Island). …”
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Enhancing epigenetic aging clocks in cetaceans: accurate age estimations in small endangered delphinids, killer whales, pilot whales, belugas, humpbacks, and bowhead whales by Joseph A. Zoller, Ake T. Lu, Amin Haghani, Steve Horvath, Todd Robeck

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The genome sequence of long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Nicholas J. Davison, Phillip A. Morin

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Are narwhals critical for the meat supply in East Greenland? by Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen

“…This decline was somewhat offset by the inclusion of new species in the hunt, such as dolphins (Delphinidae), killer whales (Orcinus orca), and pilot whales (Globicephala melas). The average annual meat availability per inhabitant decreased from 150 kg before 2008 to 94 kg afterward. …”
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Cetaceans and sea turtles in the northern region of the Mediterranean Cetacean Migration Corridor: abundance and multi-model habitat suitability analysis by Luis Cardona, Natalia Amigó, Jazel Ouled-Cheikh, Manel Gazo, Carla A. Chicote

“…Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), long-fined pilot whales (Globicephala melas) and leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) were observed during the surveys, but were too scarce to attempt any population estimate. …”
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New Insights on the Diversity, Ecology and Genetic Population Structure of <i>Anisakis</i> spp. from Fish and Cetacean Hosts from Northeast Atlantic Waters by Andrea Ramilo, Helena Rodríguez, Miguel López, Ángel F. González, Alfredo López, Graham J. Pierce, Santiago Pascual, Elvira Abollo

“…Molecular identification allowed for the first detection of <i>A. berlandi</i> in European waters parasitizing the long-finned pilot whales <i>Globicephala melas</i> and the first report of <i>A. nascettii</i> and <i>A. zhiphidarum</i> infecting the striped dolphin <i>Stenella coeruleoalba,</i> as well as the identification of <i>A. simplex, A. pegreffii</i> and the hybrid genotype between both species. …”
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Prenatal Methylmercury and Cognitive Deficit by J Gordon Millichap

“…A cohort of 1022 consecutive singleton births during 1986-87 in the Faroe Islands, born to mothers who had consumed methylmercury-polluted pilot whale meat and having increased mercury concentrations in cord blood and maternal hair, received neurobehavioral evaluations at 7 years of age at Odense University, Denmark.…”
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Bio-Inspired Highest Lift-to-Drag-Ratio Fin Shape and Angle for Maximum Surfboard Stability: Flow Around Fish Fins by Megan S. MacNeill, Brian D. Barkdoll

“…Both the CFD and laboratory experiments confirmed that the fin of the same shape as that of the Short-Finned Pilot Whale at an angle of attack of 10° had the greatest lift-to-drag ratios. …”
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Exploring values, rules, and knowledge around traditional hunting in a rapidly developing society by Tobias Plieninger, Ragnheiður Bogadóttir, Nora Fagerholm, Eyðfinn Magnussen, Anton S. Olafsson, Christopher M. Raymond, Laura N. H. Verbrugge

“…Through 31 semi‐structured interviews with active participants in mountain hare hunting, pilot whale hunting, and fulmar fowling, the study employs thematic content analysis to identify key themes and interrelations grounded in participant perspectives. …”
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Discriminating and classifying odontocete echolocation clicks in the Hawaiian Islands using machine learning methods. by Morgan A Ziegenhorn, Kaitlin E Frasier, John A Hildebrand, Erin M Oleson, Robin W Baird, Sean M Wiggins, Simone Baumann-Pickering

“…However, accuracy and recall were high (>96% and >75%, respectively) in all cases except for one type of short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus, call class at Kaua'i and Pearl and Hermes Reef (recall >66%). …”
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