Dear MARMAMers, My co-authors and I are pleased to announce our recent publication in Frontiers for Young Minds "Why Do Marine Mammals Strand on Land and How Can Humans Help?". Boys R, Stockin K and Peters K (2023) Why Do Marine Mammals Strand on Land and How Can Humans Help?. Front. Young Minds. 11:901402. doi: 10.3389/frym.2023.901402# We hope this paper, aimed at children and teenagers, will be an interesting educational tool, providing some background information on marine mammal strandings and information on what to do/ not to do in case of finding a stranded animal. It can be freely downloaded here: https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2023.901402 Please do contact me if you have any questions. Thank you very much, Rebecca On behalf of all the co-authors ------------------------------------------------------------- Rebecca M Boys Marine Biologist PhD Cetacean Ecology Research Group School of Natural Sciences Massey University Auckland New Zealand [cid:998086d4-7fda-4894-8df9-ac3acc5a7f78]<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebecca_Boys> [cid:d10bbc94-3820-4622-aae3-f1b8813d8274] <https://scholar.google.co.nz/citations?hl=en&user=7rHpOpMAAAAJ> [cid:b1535622-1f35-4a63-8e1f-d3fc03f97ae6] <https://twitter.com/RebeccaMBoys> [cid:d4be7c60-8ae4-4714-8833-b09b8313dc5c] <https://www.facebook.com/CetaceanEcologyOrg/?__xts__[0]=68.ARBKlWSLR-YC7KHNrW51KXYC8RqNWn5mtIpZGlhILsMi73gubXw7i0iNq-bMfLim8n7PnUX74GpGPXJqVJBIxqdfqVAvHxEd2En0qyW6mKYd9Q30p8kEFIBWKPFgrh4uEh6ISXy5ihiNbt8H1yEWprZQN4kZDRW8gPSk6TMiyNoF-uJ0o1uPoosrGMKBKGD8sc4K3SJPD2e-mWqDxZOc_aY670ngZVZm6YlpZzvKj_r_vh_aHHeSQuS7lgktu6h7HwKL_pEGombnfjc6z3ekwEF4Szn9mLA-y643tiUxNSQiFyiDyOzrVFqnT34Ctus2d0A9GXJMVBvnw7lCKoNnEq4kbA> [cid:a4af06f7-591a-4c6e-bb8d-306474907b46] <https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/explore/research/animal-veterinary/animal/marine/marine_home.cfm> [cid:174860fe-fba8-4674-b76b-534adf0d826f] www.cetaceanecology.org/<https://www.cetaceanecology.org/> Australia and New Zealand Student Chapter SMM Committee member European Cetacean Society National Contact Person for New Zealand