Dear colleagues, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce new paper about encounters of Cuvier’s beaked whales in Russia: Fomin S.V., Ryazanov S.D., Usatov I.A., Burkanov V.N. 2017. Encounters with the Cuvier’s beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (Cetacea: Ziphiidae), in waters off eastern Kamchatka and the Commander Islands // Russian Journal of Marine Biology 43(3):245-248 Abstract: The biology of the Cuvier’s beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823, in Russian waters remains almost unstudied. The species is encountered rarely elsewhere in the seas of Russia, except for the waters off the Commander Islands. Currently, some researchers express doubt about the accuracy of the known Cuvier’s beaked whale records in the region. This report provides information on the confirmed encounters with Cuvier’s beaked whale off the Commander Islands and eastern Kamchatka. The paper can be found (not for free) at:https://link.springer.com/a rticle/10.1134/S106307401703004X But I will be glad to send you a pdf copy by e-mail. My e-mail: ryazanovssl@ya.ru Yours faithfully. Sergey Ryazanov, V.I.Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Science 43, Baltiyskaya St., Vladivostok,690041, Russia