To help in the future monitoring efforts of an endangered population of resident false killer whales in Hawaiian waters, where only 167 individuals are estimated to remain, researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Health and Stranding Lab examined blubber samples of a false killer whale that died as bycatch in a fishery interaction, and published the findings in Frontiers. Blubber is a multifunctional and complex tissue essential to the survival of dolphins and whales, and an indicator of individual condition.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/04/20/blubber-may-yield-answers

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