Hal Whitehead's Research Group
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    • Hal Whitehead
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    • Sperm Whales
    • Northern Bottlenose Whales
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Current Lab Members

Ph.D. Students

Laura Joan Feyrer
Taylor Hersh
Population dynamics of northern bottlenose whales in Canada
Sperm whale dialect variation over space and time
 Elizabeth Zwamborn
Katie Kowarski
Fine-scale social interactions between long-finned pilot whales
The fall and spring acoustic transition of humpback whales in the western North Atlantic
Felicia Vachon
Ana Eguiguren
Sperm whale cultural variation in the Eastern Caribbean
Rhythm in sperm whale communication

Postdoctoral Fellows

Julia Riley 
Evolutionary Ecology and Social Behaviour of Lizards

Undergraduate Honours Students

Megan Shin
​Abbey Lewis
Estimates of the current global population size and historical trajectory for sperm whales
Sperm whale social unit distribution around Dominica
Courtney Baumgartner
Investigating Motherese in Eastern Caribbean Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) through Coda Communication
Coastal movement patterns of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) off northwestern Cape Breton Island, NS, Canada: What can we learn from patterns of residency in a large population of identifiable individuals?
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  • Home
  • About
    • Hal Whitehead
    • Current Lab Members
    • Past Lab Members
  • Research
    • Sperm Whales
    • Northern Bottlenose Whales
    • Long-Finned Pilot Whales
    • Humpback Whales
    • Social Lizards
    • Our Research Vessel: Balaena
  • Publications
  • Media
  • SOCPROG
  • Contact
  • Resources
    • Advice for Potential Graduate Students
    • Dal Grad School
    • Sound library
    • Other researchers
    • Partners