Ari’s research focuses on the foraging ecology of marine predators, and specifically how the feeding behavior of marine mammals is affected by changes to their environment. Over the past 20 years, Ari has worked to develop new tag technology and analysis tools to study the underwater behavior of whales and link these to changes in their prey or human-induced disturbance. While Ari works around the world his two main areas for research are off of California and Antarctica. In California Ari works with blue, fin, humpback, and minke whales to understand the impacts of navy sonar (and other sounds) on the behavior of whales. Ari has made over 30 trips to Antarctica and is currently s... published: 08 Jun 2017