Franca Eichenberger

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Behavioural & molecular ecologist studying the behavior & population dynamics of marine mammals. 🐬🐋🧬 Postdoc at University of Bristol. https://linktr.ee/franca.eichenberger

Logo of the NGO Opération Cétacés. It shows a humpback whale surrounded by the name of the NGO written in a circle.
A humpback whale lunging its head out of the water
Graphical abstract of the paper
Humpback whale breaching in front of the New Caledonian coastline.
My view when lying on the couch, wrapped in a blanket, the book 'The evolution of cetacean societies' and my black tortoiseshell cat in front of me.
Two whales are swimming sideways and slapping their large pectorals into the water. Picture taken by Magali Boussion.
A humpback whale leaps out of the water. Its body is almost entirely out of the water. Picture taken by Ellen Garland.
The logo of the NGO Opération Cétacés shows a humpback whale in the centre within a blue-green circle surrounded by writing stating Opération Cétacés Nouvelle-Calédonie.
A group of male humpback whales physically competing to be closest to the female of the group, as observed on their breeding ground in New Caledonia in the South Pacific
This map shows that New Caledonia is located in the western South Pacific, in the Coral Sea. The South Lagoon at the southern end of New Caledonia is the main study area.
Graphical abstract of the methods and main results of the publication. It includes a photograph of a group of several humpback whales competing to be closest to the female of the group.