In the Press

• Nature, Sept. 16, 2013: Whale earwax a time capsule for stress and toxins

•National Geographic, Sept. 16, 2013: Biography of A Blue Whale, Told Through Ear Wax

• Live Science, Sept. 17, 2013: 10-Inch-Long Earwax Plug Reveals Blue Whale’s Life History

• National Geographic, Sept. 16, 2013: Giant Gob of Earwax Reveals Blue Whale Secrets

• Smithsonian, Sept. 16, 2013: Blue Whale Earwax Reveals Pollution Accumulated Over a Lifetime

• Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 18, 2013: In earwax, the tale of a whale

• Discovery Channel’s Digital Planet, Sept. 17, 2013: Discoveries: Whale earwax(VIDEO at 5:00 mark)

• MSN, Sept. 18, 2013: Want to know how old a blue whale is? Check its earwax(VIDEO)

• Huffington Post, Sept. 17, 2013: Whale Ear Wax Reveals Animal’s Exposure to Stress & Toxins, Scientists Say(VIDEO)

• Yahoo!, Sept. 16, 2013: Earwax, Flame Retardants, and Hormones: The World’s Weirdest Whale Study

• Yahoo!, Sept. 18, 2013: 10-Inch-Long Earwax Plug Reveals Blue Whale’s Life History

• NPR Morning Edition, Sept. 16, 2013: Ear Wax from Whales Keeps Record of Ocean Contaminants(AUDIO)

• Los Angeles Times, Sept. 17, 2013: Like a tree’s rings, blue whale’s earwax tells a story of its life

• Red Orbit, Sept. 17, 2013: Whale Earwax Reveals Secrets Of Their Past(VIDEO)

• PBS Newshour, Sept. 17, 2013: Reading a whale’s life story from ear wax

• NBC News, Sept. 16, 2013: A whale’s life story is recorded in its ear wax

• New Scientist, Sept. 16, 2013: Whales record major life events in their earwax

• The Weather Channel, Sept. 17, 2013: Whale Earwax Traces a Lifetime of Contaminants

• The Guardian (UK), Sept. 17, 2013: Buried in every whale’s earwax resides a record of their lifetime exposure to pollutants(VIDEO)

• Discovery News, Sept. 17, 2013: Whale Ear Wax Tells of Short, Contaminated Life

• Latinos Post, Sept. 17, 2013: Blue Whale’s Earwax Offers a Window into the Whale’s Life and Oceanic Pollutants (VIDEO)

• ABC (Australia) Science, Sept. 17, 2013: Ear wax reveals whale’s tale

• Nature World News, Sept. 17, 2013: Blue Whale Earwax Reveals History into Whale, Ocean Health

• Wired, Sept. 17, 2013: Whale earwax reveals a timeline of its exposure to contaminants

• Austin American-Statesman, Sept. 17, 2013: Whales’ ear wax tells life story, tracks pollution(VIDEO)

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sept. 17, 2013: Whales’ ear wax tells life story, tracks pollution(VIDEO)

• Take Part, Sept. 16, 2013: Ear Wax, Flame Retardants and Hormones: The World’s Weirdest Whale Study

• Mother Nature Network, Sept. 17, 2013: Whale ear wax (you heard that right) carries a lifetime of ocean pollutants

• International Science Times, Sept. 17, 2013: Whale Ear Wax Keeps Record of Ocean Pollution

• Business Insider, Sept. 18, 2013: It Takes Only 10 Inches Of Earwax To Tell The Life Story Of A Blue Whale

• HNGN, Sept. 17, 2013: Ear Wax Reveals Whale’s Life History But Smells ‘Terrible’; Could Show Human Effect On Environment

• Ocean Leadership, Sept. 17, 2013: Whale Ear Wax (You Heard That Right) Carries a Lifetime of Ocean Pollutants

• The Conversation, Sept. 17, 2013: Scientists plumb blue whales’ secrets by looking in their ears

• Motherboard, Sept. 18, 2013: Blue Whale Earwax Offers a Surprisingly Good Record of Pollution

• The Atlantic Cities, Sept. 19, 2013: This Dead Whale Is Helping Science in an Incredibly Gross Way

• DRadio “Deutschlandfunk” (German Public Radio, Sept. 18, 2013: Ein ganz besonderer Pfropfen(AUDIO)

• Counsel & Heal, Sept. 17, 2013: The Key to Studying a Blue Whale? Look At the Ear Wax

• iO9, Sept. 16, 2013: This is the secret to discovering a whale’s life history

• French Tribune, Sept. 18, 2013: Ear Wax May Throw Light on Lives of Free-Swimming Species

• Boating World Magazine, Sept. 18, 2013: Ear Wax From Whales Keeps Record Of Ocean Contaminants

• Alaska Dispatch, Sept. 18, 2013: In earwax, the tale of a whale

• Earth Preservers, March 9, 2012: Believe it or not, Scientists are Using Whales’ Earwax to Study Ocean Contaminants

• UWire, Feb. 14, 2012: Unusual pollution research studies whale earwax

• Baylor Lariat, Feb. 14, 2012: Unusual Unusual pollution research: Earwax-environment link studied

• Science Magazine, December 2011: Tracking Contaminants in Whales-Using Their Earwax