Leah Gerber, Professor and Founding Director, School of Life Sciences and the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory was quoted in "Global tracking study reveals marine megafauna hotspots lie largely unprotected" published by Mongabay on July 16, 2025.
Excerpt from the article:
"Conservation isn’t just coastal — it’s about invisible highways in the ocean that need protection. We need collective will and coordinated action across sectors to truly safeguard marine biodiversity."
Says Gerber: This article, published in Science, shares an impressive global study that tracked migrations of marine megafauna. Dr. Leah Gerber, who was not an author on the paper but is an expert in the field, shares her hope for how this extensive dataset can be used to set protections for migratory marine species like whales along travel corridors and in residency hotspots. This study is the first of its kind and "confirms what we’ve suspected — that migratory species concentrate in key zones — but the stark imbalance between usage and protection was both compelling and alarming."