We provide a conceptual primer for sexual selection and confiict, mating systems, and socio-
sexual behaviors and patterns among animals, largely with mammalian and cetacean …

Mating and sociosexual behaviors of cetaceans are challenging to study in nature because
most species spend only brief periods of time at the surface and most copulation and …

Dusky and spinner dolphins are small-bodied odontocetes that show variation in
socioecology across their range. New Zealand dusky dolphins and Hawaiian spinner …

The world's cetaceans (like most of biodiversity) are in crisis, and the need for well-informed
conservation action has never been greater. Scientific advancements over the last few …

Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) have adopted growth and reproductive strategies to
survive in a challenging environment where no other mysticete whales reside. They grow …