Dunbar science club
On Saturday 7th December, OSC hosted a workshop entitled ‘Communication in marine mammals’ for Dunbar science club. The aim of the workshop was to show how marine mammals use sound and to highlight the issues surrounding manmade noise in the ocean. To do this we used musical instruments, and a killer whale hat… Our consultant […]
Marine mammals and anthropogenic sound
In light of our up and coming Dunbar Science Club workshop, ‘Communication in marine mammals’, it seems appropriate to address the topic of marine mammals and noise. Marine mammals rely on sound to survive, using it to navigate, explore, hunt, communicate, locate lost conspecifics and find mates. The ocean is a noisy environment, filled with both […]