Margie and Pete both went to the Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, the largest marine mammal conference in the world, held this time in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference was a great opportunity to meet or re-connect with others working in our field, and to hear the latest research from around the world. A Blue Whale Workshop was a special feature of the conference for us, bringing together for the first time almost all the blue whale researchers from around the globe.