![Small motorboat with people on board near a whale in the ocean.](https://btbel.pbsci.ucsc.edu/files/2024/07/20191030-DSC_4590-2048x1367-1-edited.jpg)
Our lab at UC Santa Cruz, the Friedlander Lab, has teamed up with the British Antarctic Survey to track whales using super-detailed satellite images. This new method lets us count whales in hard-to-reach places, giving us important data that we can’t get from ships alone. This partnership is helping us learn more about whale populations and their recovery in the Southern Ocean. Check out more details on the British Antarctic Survey website and the Scientific Reports study.