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UCSC Science Notes, 2023: PHOCASing on the positive
UCSC News, 2023: Physical and Biological Sciences Division honors three prominent alumni
Science News Explores, 2023: How would a mermaid sound underwater?
NPR All Things Considered, 2023: Is music an exclusively human thing? A new study says no
BBC News, 2021: Mother seals recognise pup’s voice at two days old
The New York Times, 2021: The Sound of One Walrus Clapping
The Atlantic, 2021: One Mighty Walrus Clapped for Love Very, Very Loudly
60 North Science, 2020: Shedding Light on Molting Ice Seals
Scientific American, 2020: Earthshaking Signature ‘Brawn Songs’ and Movement, Developed over Time, Identify Seals
Sea Otter Savvy, 2020: Why Sea Otters Don’t Need Sunglasses or Swim Goggles
The Ethogram, 2020: In-air hearing in walruses
The MIT Press Reader, 2020: Are Humans the Only Musical Species?
The Atlantic, 2019: The Vanished Dialects of Northern Elephant Seals
Phys.org, 2019: Review of noise impacts on marine mammals yields new policy recommendations
Inside JEB, 2018: Decisive Sea Otters Distinguish Differences by Touch
LMR News Project Spotlight, 2018: Behavioral Assessment of Auditory Sensitivity in Hawaiian Monk Seals
Field Notes, 2018: The Sensory World of Sea Otters
Spider Magazine, 2018: You Otter Hear This
CBS News, 2018: Researchers Discover the Secret Lives of Elephant Seals
Lab Times, 2017: Listen to Your Rivals’ Rhythms
National Public Radio (NPR), 2017: The Rhythms of Elephant Seals
National Geographic, 2017: Elephant Seals Recognize their Rivals’ Voices
The New York Times, 2017: The Rhythms that Make Elephant Seals Run or Fight
PBS NewsHour, 2017: Elephant Seals Recognize Vocal Rhythms to Avoid Bullies
60 North Science, 2017: Eavesdropping on Spotted Seals
Washington Post, 2016: This Sea Lion Grooves to Earth, Wind & Fire—and Science Shows She’s Got Rhythm
Quanta Magazine, 2016: The Beasts that Keep the Beat
Pacific Standard Magazine, 2015: Seals take hearing tests–and offer insight into Arctic drilling’s impact on marine mammals
Washington Post, 2015: The mating game secrets and bloody rivalries of the giant elephant seal
National Geographic, 2015: Toxic algae causing brain damage, memory loss in sea lions
Nature, 2015: Toxin clouds sea lion memory
Science Notes, 2015: Call of the Beachmaster
Inside JEB, 2014: Spotted seal hearing impressive in air and water
Phys.org, 2014: Spotted seal study reveals sensitive hearing in air and water
Scientific American, 2010: Forget Elephants; Sea Lions Never Forget!
PBS NOVA, 2009: Smart Marine Mammals: Expert Q&A
Living on Earth, 2009: Discovering Walruses
NY Times, 2008: Who is the Walrus?
NewScientist, 2002: Sea lion scores top for memory