Dear MARMAM community, My co-authors and I are pleased to share our recent Open Access publication in Marine Biodiversity Records: De Weerdt J., Ramos E.A., Pouplard E., Kochzius M., Clapham P. (2021). Cetacean strandings along the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Nicaragua from 2014 to 2021. Marine Biodiversity Records 14:13. doi.org/10.1186/s41200-021-00209-5 Abstract. Documenting marine mammal strandings provides important information needed to understand the occurrence and distribution patterns of species. Here, we report on strandings of cetaceans on the Pacific (n = 11) and Caribbean (n = 2) coasts of Nicaragua, documented opportunistically from 2014 to 2021. Strandings included three species of baleen whale (blue whale Balaenoptera musculus, Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera edeni, humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae) and five species of toothed whale (dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima, Guiana dolphin Sotalia guianensis, pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata, spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris, Cuvier’s beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris). These are the first published accounts of blue whales, Bryde’s whales, dwarf sperm whales, and Cuvier’s beaked whales in Nicaraguan waters. Limited resources and the advanced decomposition of animals prevented necropsies in most cases, the identification of the causes of mortality in all cases, and the species identification of two dolphins. Information derived from these stranding events offers new insights into the occurrence of marine mammals on the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Nicaragua and Central America. Keywords: Central America, Cetaceans, Citizen science, Diversity, Eastern Tropical Pacific The full article can be accessed here: https://mbr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41200-021-00209-5 If you wish to support our project you can order an original whale bracelet that is handmade and custom made by Association ELI-S. https://eli-s.com/shop/ Best regards, *Joëlle De Weerdt* PhD Candidate VUB Project director of Cetacean conservation of Nicaragua - Association ELI-S --------------------- www.eli-s.com Find us on : Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/AssociationELIS>, Instagram <http://www.instagram.com/association.elis>, Twitter <http://twitter.com/ELI_Scientific>, Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjeseHPDvE6pq-MmoZXWNkg> Use lilo as research engine and support our project here <https://www.lilo.org/fr/eli-scientific/>