Greg Breed
@alaskaraven.bsky.social
I am a population and ecosystem ecologist based at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Friday morning in Fairbanks, AK
February 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Friday morning in Fairbanks, AK
Reposted by Greg Breed
Yet another great article on our recent paper on #rightwhale #longevity
By Edward Carver @mongabay.bsky.social
Killer ending quote from @alaskaraven.bsky.social
“In the marine mammal community, nobody thinks they’re going to survive”
Well said Greg!
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By Edward Carver @mongabay.bsky.social
Killer ending quote from @alaskaraven.bsky.social
“In the marine mammal community, nobody thinks they’re going to survive”
Well said Greg!
🐳🌍🦑
Right whales can live to 130, but in North America they die young
Groundbreaking research in the late 1990s showed that Arctic-dwelling bowhead whales could live more than 150 or even 200 years — longer than any other mammal. New research, inspired by that work, ind...
news.mongabay.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Yet another great article on our recent paper on #rightwhale #longevity
By Edward Carver @mongabay.bsky.social
Killer ending quote from @alaskaraven.bsky.social
“In the marine mammal community, nobody thinks they’re going to survive”
Well said Greg!
🐳🌍🦑
By Edward Carver @mongabay.bsky.social
Killer ending quote from @alaskaraven.bsky.social
“In the marine mammal community, nobody thinks they’re going to survive”
Well said Greg!
🐳🌍🦑
Reposted by Greg Breed
Good article by @evezuckoff.bsky.social for @wcai-npr.bsky.social on our paper about right whales' longevity, and the problems facing North Atlantic #rightwhales
@alaskaraven.bsky.social interviewed. Also commentary from Scott Kraus, who's not here.
Well done
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@alaskaraven.bsky.social interviewed. Also commentary from Scott Kraus, who's not here.
Well done
🐳🌍🦑
How long can North Atlantic right whales live? Scientists may finally have an answer
The endangered right whales' median age at death is about 22. Southern right whales, a closely related species, generally live into their seventies. The difference? Southern whales aren’t facing entan...
www.capeandislands.org
December 24, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Good article by @evezuckoff.bsky.social for @wcai-npr.bsky.social on our paper about right whales' longevity, and the problems facing North Atlantic #rightwhales
@alaskaraven.bsky.social interviewed. Also commentary from Scott Kraus, who's not here.
Well done
🐳🌍🦑
@alaskaraven.bsky.social interviewed. Also commentary from Scott Kraus, who's not here.
Well done
🐳🌍🦑
Reposted by Greg Breed
New paper alert
Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales
by @alaskaraven.bsky.social , Els Vermeulen, and me.
2 messages:
♀Southern rights could live much longer than we thought (10% >130);
♀North Atlantic rights' lives are truncated (10%>47)
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Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales
by @alaskaraven.bsky.social , Els Vermeulen, and me.
2 messages:
♀Southern rights could live much longer than we thought (10% >130);
♀North Atlantic rights' lives are truncated (10%>47)
🐳🌍🦑
Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales
Whale life spans have likely been greatly underestimated.
www.science.org
December 20, 2024 at 7:39 PM
New paper alert
Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales
by @alaskaraven.bsky.social , Els Vermeulen, and me.
2 messages:
♀Southern rights could live much longer than we thought (10% >130);
♀North Atlantic rights' lives are truncated (10%>47)
🐳🌍🦑
Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales
by @alaskaraven.bsky.social , Els Vermeulen, and me.
2 messages:
♀Southern rights could live much longer than we thought (10% >130);
♀North Atlantic rights' lives are truncated (10%>47)
🐳🌍🦑
Reposted by Greg Breed
And, a piece in The Conversation on the recent paper:
Whales can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential lifespans as much as double previous estimates
"It’s possible, even likely, that many other whale species will also prove to have long lifespans."
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Whales can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential lifespans as much as double previous estimates
"It’s possible, even likely, that many other whale species will also prove to have long lifespans."
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Whales can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential lifespans as much as double previous estimates
These marine mammals are still feeling the effects of whaling. For most species, it may be another 100 years before there are enough old whales for scientists to confirm their lifespans.
theconversation.com
December 20, 2024 at 7:46 PM
And, a piece in The Conversation on the recent paper:
Whales can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential lifespans as much as double previous estimates
"It’s possible, even likely, that many other whale species will also prove to have long lifespans."
🐳🌍🦑
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Whales can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential lifespans as much as double previous estimates
"It’s possible, even likely, that many other whale species will also prove to have long lifespans."
🐳🌍🦑
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