{"id":109976,"date":"2025-06-09T10:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=109976"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:39:14","slug":"blue-whales-lecture-series-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/blue-whales-lecture-series-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Whales Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hear what the latest research tells us about WHALES \u2014 from amazing new discoveries to ongoing conservation efforts to revealing prehistoric origins \u2014 with some of the nation’s top whale scientists in this four-part lecture series.<\/p>\n

Gigantic Beasts & How to Find Them: Studying Whales in Antarctica<\/h2>\n

Join UC Santa Cruz professor Dr. Ari Friedlaender on an exciting research expedition to the bottom of the world! With more than two decades of experience studying whales and their environment in Antarctica, Friedlaender will share captivating stories from his groundbreaking conservation work. Discover how his team tags whales, what happens when you wake a sleeping whale and the creative ways they keep morale high during months spent in the icy wilderness. Don\u2019t miss this chance to dive deep into the world of whale research in one of Earth\u2019s most extreme environments.<\/p>\n

Enjoy the lecture (7\u20138pm) and an evening viewing of the “Blue Whales<\/a><\/strong>” special exhibition (open 5\u20137pm).<\/p>\n

Tickets:<\/strong> Series $45, $15 Members<\/a><\/strong>; Lecture $15, $5 Members<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Buy Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n

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Upcoming lectures<\/h3>\n

Sept. 4: Tales of Whales: Why Conservation Matters<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Dr. Andy Read,\u00a0Duke University
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Oct. 9: Where Did Whales Come From?<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Dr. Mark Uhen,\u00a0George Mason University<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hear what the latest research tells us about WHALES \u2014 from amazing new discoveries to ongoing conservation efforts to revealing prehistoric origins \u2014 with some of the nation’s top whale scientists in this four-part lecture series. Gigantic Beasts & How to Find Them: Studying Whales in Antarctica Join UC Santa Cruz professor Dr. Ari Friedlaender… Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3,6,15,8,49],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/109976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/109976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109976"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=109976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}