A recent study suggests that kelp gull attacks negatively affect the behaviour of southern right whales off Península Valdés in Argentina. Scientists arrived at this conclusion after comparing the behaviour of southern right whales at two sites, one with (Península Valdés, Argentina) and one without (Head of Bight, Australia) kelp gull attacks. This study was published in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series by Taylor Azizeh under the supervision of AIAS fellow Dr Fredrik Christiansen.