Field Season Costa Rica 2022
This field season has been amazing! Co-founder Dr. May-Collado and her students from The University …
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Field Season Bocas del Toro 2022
This field season we finally returned to Bocas del Toro to continue the research hindered …
A whale of a Departure
Once again, our Panama whales continue to surprise us by turning up in far-flung locations. This time, one of our whales was sighted ...
When A comes after G: increased mixing of independent Humpback Whale breeding groups in Antarctic feeding areas.
We continue to get exciting and unexpected results from our Panama photo-identification project! Since 2002, we have photo-identified 875 individual ...
Panama whale sighted near New Zealand – Aotearoa!
Panacetacea has suspended field research on our humpback whale project for the past two field seasons (2020 and 2021), largely due to the global pandemic.
Panama whale visits the Amundsen sea off Antarctica!
We have an exciting new sighting of a Panama whale to report!
Community Outreach
Panacetacea feels strongly about educating local communities about marine mammals and the marine environment in …
A week full of amazing moments
During this week, I learned a lot about humpback whales. I learned about how photo IDs of their tails can be used to study the population and how important ...
Using flukes to identify humpbacks
One of the primary methods we use to collect data on the humpback whales in the Gulf of Chiriqui is taking photos of their tails. Each humpback has a unique pattern on its flukes that can be used to ...