{"id":6220,"date":"2024-01-15T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.espacotalassa.com\/?page_id=6220"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:39:10","slug":"photo-id-catalog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/espacotalassa.com\/en\/photo-id-catalog\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo ID Catalogue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A better understanding of the animals we observe not only helps us <strong>protect them<\/strong>, but also deepens our awareness of the <strong>environment they share with other species \u2014 including ourselves, <em>Homo sapiens<\/em>, who are equally part of this ecosystem.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This philosophy, combined with growing <strong>requests for collaboration<\/strong> in photo-identification research, inspired the creation of our <strong>photographic databank<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal is not to build a new catalogue, but to offer an <strong>open, collaborative tool<\/strong> accessible to everyone \u2014 <strong>curious visitors, whale watchers, students, and researchers<\/strong> \u2014 where images can be <strong>uploaded, shared, and cross-referenced<\/strong> with existing identification catalogues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The primary reference for this work remains the <strong>pioneering catalogue<\/strong> created in 1987 in the Azores by <strong>IFAW<\/strong>, <strong>Dr. Jonathan Gordon<\/strong>, and <strong>Dr. Lisa Steiner<\/strong>, whose contributions continue to guide photo-identification efforts across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A better understanding of the animals we observe not only helps us protect them, but also deepens our awareness of the environment they share with other species \u2014 including ourselves, Homo sapiens, who are equally part of this ecosystem. This philosophy, combined with growing requests for collaboration in photo-identification research, inspired the creation of our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7983,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"Explore our collaborative photo-identification database of Azores whales and dolphins. Discover sperm whale profiles and contribute to marine research.","rank_math_facebook_title":"Whale Photo ID Catalogue \u2013 Azores","rank_math_facebook_description":"Meet the sperm whales and dolphins of Pico. Browse photo IDs, share sightings, and join our collaborative marine research community.","rank_math_facebook_image":"https:\/\/espacotalassa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Balaenoptera-musculus_in-blue-copy.jpg","rank_math_twitter_title":"Whale Photo ID Catalogue \u2013 Azores","rank_math_twitter_description":"Meet the sperm whales and dolphins of Pico. Browse photo IDs, share sightings, and join our collaborative marine research community.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_facebook_image_id":7983,"rank_math_robots":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6220","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/espacotalassa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/espacotalassa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/espacotalassa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espacotalassa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espacotalassa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/espacotalassa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8767,"href":"https:\/\/espacotalassa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6220\/revisions\/8767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espacotalassa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/espacotalassa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}