Pelagicos

10/11/2026

Thank you to everyone in the pelagicos and Capaldo labs who participated in the necropsy event: we sampled 20 wedgie-tailed shearwaters for proteomics and histology, as part of Kinsey's thesis.

10/08/2026

El Niño continues to strengthen, with sea surface temperature anomalies exceeding +4.0°C in portions of the eastern equatorial Pacific. Most Niño indices increased in the past month, reaching +2.1°C in Niño-3.4, +3.0°C in Niño-3, and +3.9°C in Niño-1+2.

10/08/2026

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a substantial, growing and largely unregulated threat to biodiversity worldwide. A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity examines the state of knowledge regarding the measurement, impacts and mitigation of ALAN.

Link to the research in the comments.

10/08/2026

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10/08/2026

Wedge-tailed shearwater chicks are growing their wing and tail feathers. A little more than a month left before fledging starts !

10/07/2026

https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/south-atlantic-whale-sanctuary-bid-fails-a-second-time-at-iwc/

A South Atlantic whale sanctuary fell short at IWC70 in Hobart, while resolutions on strandings and vessel strikes were adopted.

10/06/2026

Last week, the monitored wedge-tailed shearwater chicks lost mass, with the mean mass declining by 8.0 grams: 55% and 45% of the chicks lost and gained mass.

10/06/2026

The wedge-tailed shearwater chicks monitored at the Freeman Seabird Preserve continued growing their flight feathers last week. Only the two youngest chicks, hatched between Aug 9 and 17, do not have measurable outermost primaries (P10)

10/01/2026

The wedge-tailed shearwater chicks at the Freeman Seabird Preserve have started growing their flight feathers, with the oldest birds starting to develop their outermost primary (P10)