Goose‐beaked whale ( Ziphius cavirostris ), a cosmopolitan odontocete, is commonly found in the Mediterranean Sea. This study, the first to examine the stomach contents of the goose‐beaked whale in the Aegean Sea and Levantine Basin, reveals key aspects of its diet. The stomach contents of one whale from Seferihisar, Türkiye, in 2016, and five from a mass stranding on Cyprus in February 2023 were analyzed. A total of 1,448 low...

Mediterranean monk seals (MMS) are among the most endangered marine mammals on Earth. We screened mitochondrial variability (control region [CR1] and mitogenomes) of the species through a 180‐yr timeframe and extended by 20% ( n = 205) the number of samples from a previous investigation, including historical specimens from 1833 to 1975. Although we detected two new, rare CR1 haplotypes, genetic diversity remained extremely low...