Lars Bejder News Today

UH News interviewed whale expert Lars Bejder to hear how innovative technologies are helping experts monitor the health of marine mammals.

UH researchers contributed more than 10,000 images of humpback whale tail flukes for the study which utilized artificial intelligence recognition.

A new study suggests that marine heatwaves have impacted the population of humpbacks in the North Pacific. Read more here.

Populations were recovering, but a new study reveals that numbers dropped by 20% coinciding with a period of record temperatures in the North Pacific

This week's image is from UH Mānoa's Lars Bejder.

The tags are equipped with cameras, hydrophones, accelerometers and depth sensors to provide insights into the daily lives of these marine species.

Locals tried to lead the baby back to sea.

The Maui News A new tool that uses facial recognition technology to identify individual whales and dolphins in the wild across 24 species will help management

A new facial recognition tool developed by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Ph.D. student can identify individual whales and dolphins across 24 species, enabling faster research for conservation efforts.

A new tool to identify 24 species of whales and dolphins was created using facial recognition technology which can identify individual mammals in the wild.