Rebecca M. Boys

Rebecca M. Boys is a PhD student in the Cetacean Ecology Research Group at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. Her research investigates the application of welfare science to cetacean strandings to help inform decision-making. Her previous research at the Institute of Marine Science in the Azores (IMAR and MARE) included applying mark-recapture models to estimate demographic parameters of cetacean populations.

Live stranding! How you can help beached whales and dolphins

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Stranding events (also known as beaching) involving cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) have been documented since the 4th century. Originally, people considered stranded cetaceans a gift from the gods, providing food and other resources. However, today’s society has mostly shifted its vision of strandings to animals in need of human help. Most stranding events will …

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What it is like to be a women-only scientific group?

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We had never given it much thought, but when the world was recently celebrating International Women in Science Day, it hit us. The Cetacean Ecology Research Group at Massey University in New Zealand, where we are a research associate and a PhD student, currently consists purely of women. We are led by the great Prof …

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