A new system, called WhaleWatch, produces monthly maps of blue whale "hotspots" to alert ships where there may be an increased risk of encountering these endangered whales.
"Right now the red crab is a federally managed species, but there’s not a lot of information known about their biology so we don’t know a lot about their reproduction and molting patterns."
"I work with an incredible international team that plans and executes some of the most complicated things that humans do—all in the name of science and exploration."
In the fall of 2016, IAN offered our second iteration of a semester long course teaching valuable science visualization techniques in an interactive and collaborative format.
Molecular biologist Eric Schott is examining whether fishing activity increases the transmission of the virus in the wild, in hopes that there is a way to tweak fishing practices to reduce mortality and improve the harvest.
