The Costa Lab, in partnership with the Block Lab at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station and the Garza Lab at the University of Washington, has begun studying how the distribution of white sharks relates to California sea lion distributions and behavior. In October, 2023 we outfitted 10 sea lions with biotelemetry instruments that transmit information on…Continue Reading California Sea Lion Tracking, 2023
Year: 2023
Cetacean Field Work Update, Summer 2023
This summer 2023, Costa Lab graduate students Haley Robb, Theresa Tatom-Naecker, and Florencia Vilches received UC Santa Cruz EEB Department summer funds to support their field research efforts. Read more about their adventures below! Sampling humpback whale blubber and hormones in Juneau, Alaska – Haley Robb This summer, I traveled to Juneau, Alaska, to collect…Continue Reading Cetacean Field Work Update, Summer 2023