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We meet once per week on Mondays at noon in Chen 240A.
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| 0 | January 8, 2025 | Optional online session due to wildfires; join if you'd like. Please stay safe, and don't hesitate to reach out if you need anything. | |
| 1 | n/a | No class due to wildfires. | |
| 2 | January 23, 2025 | Who is the Whale? Size, evolution, behavior, migration, umwelt. | Note that class this week is on Thursday in BBB 101 due to the holiday. |
| 3 | January 27, 2025 | Where did the Leviathan come from? Reflections on the theory of evolution. | |
| 4 | February 3, 2025 | How do whales work? How do they swim? How do they feed? Elite diving. | |
| 5 | February 10, 2025 | Guest lecture from Nicholas Pyenson, paleontologist, curator, and author of Spying on Whales. | |
| 6 | February 17, 2025 | Where do the whales go? The story of migration. Mass loss. Navigation. | This Sunday is our whalewatching trip! |
| 7 | February 24, 2025 | Umwelt and communication. How whales sense the world around them. What are whales saying? | |
| 8 | March 3, 2025 | " | |
| 9 | March 10, 2025 | Whales, humans, and ecology. Whaling. Whale poop. Keystone species. Biomass. | |
| 10 | March 17, 2025 | The Magic of the Whale. |
Updates (including labs and field trips) will be posted here and announced via email as they arise.