🎉 Exciting to see this paper published using @smruinstrument.bsky.social tags to study diving behaviour and physiology of free divers! Congrats to the authors! 👏🔬📡 @smruecophys.bsky.social @chrismcknight.bsky.social Read the paper here: www.cell.com/current-biol...

Fascinating new research led by @smruecophys.bsky.social researcher @chrismcknight.bsky.social

New @seamammalresearch.bsky.social & @smruinstrument.bsky.social research out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social, using #NIRS integrated into SMRU phone tags to measure the diving behaviour and physiology of the most incredible human divers - the all-female Haenyeo www.cell.com/current-biol...

Some of our recent @smruecophys.bsky.social research covered by BBC www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

🦤🌐🧪 Minke whales feeding in the Jacques Cartier passage over summer are predominantly pregnant females. From 2007–2015 pregnancy rates remain stable despite fluctuating prey availability, suggesting some resilience to environmental change @smruecophys.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

New paper in @nature.com led by @patricepottier.bsky.social! We demonstrated global vulnerability of amphibians to warming, threatening 10% of >5,000 species examined. How did we do it? See thread🧵 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🐳 UPCOMING BOOK ALERT 🐬 The Evolution of Cetacean Societies Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social and myself Preorder available now press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour

We're pleased to share our work at @seamammalresearch.bsky.social, published in @science.org last week, showing that seals perceive circulating oxygen levels to adjust their diving behaviour. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

When did the lubricated joints that allow our skeleton to swivel, rotate and bend evolve? @crumplab.bsky.social explores a new @plosbiology.org paper by @neelimasharma.bsky.social &co that pinpoints their origin to the earliest jawed vertebrates 🧪 Paper: plos.io/3CTC8La Primer: plos.io/4kkhXa6

California Coyotes Spotted Hunting #Seal Pups explorersweb.com/california-c...

Yellow-breasted capuchins use stones as nutcrackers, often inadvertently creating sharp-edged flakes, like those associated with early hominids, in what the authors suggest is a possible mechanism for the emergence of hominin stone tools. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Great new paper from one of our alumni Joanne Morten and Exeter Marine's Dr Lucy Hawkes! #seabirds #AcademicSky 🦤🦑🧪🌐🌍

New blog post: Seals avoid an operating tidal turbine 🦭 Important implications for developers & regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine at higher flow speeds during operation decreases the potential for fatal collisions & injuries 📉🌎🧪 🔗 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/02/06/s...

We wrote a wee blog post detailing the findings of our most recent study @seamammalresearch.bsky.social and why the results are important! Give it a read below ⬇️

Humpback whale songs have statistical patterns in their structure that are remarkably similar to those seen in human language. www.newscientist.com/article/2467...

SO very excited about new paper with @simonkirby.bsky.social and @ellengarland.bsky.social: We used infant-inspired tools to analyze eight years of humpback whale song, finding recurring parts with a Zipfian frequency distribution. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Andy Whiten and I wrote a @science.org perspective about a cool new study from @inbalarnon.bsky.social @simonkirby.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social et al! They found humpback whale song has language-like statistical structure, using methods inspired by infant language learning 🐋🎶 Links below ⬇️

We uncovered the same statistical structure that is a hallmark of human language in whale song, published today in Science. @inbalarnon.bsky.social @simonkirby.bsky.social @jennyallen13.bsky.social @clairenea.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

SMRU researchers are appealing for the public to help us understand why UK Harbour seals are in steep decline news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-a...

Polar bear fur has a built-in deicing feature | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Anais Bliault presents the ventilatory adjustments of seals to physiological disturbance

How do you spot a leopard? Listen to its roar🐆 Research led by ‪@jonathan-growcott.bsky.social shows for the first time that leopards have unique roars, meaning individuals can be identified through bioacoustic monitoring, a potentially significant advance in leopard conservation.

Do you work in wildlife health & conservation? We are seeking participants for an online survey of practitioner/researcher attitudes to parasite conservation. Open to all roles and experience levels. DM me for more info and links. Please help us reach as many folk as possible by reposting. 🧪🌍🪱🪰🦟

Some more of our lab’s recently published work - @eva-mariab.bsky.social used #NIRS and underwater arterial blood sampling to investigate depth-dependent effects on cardiovascular and blood oxygen regulation during freediving t.co/tB6iZ5y0Xm

Among the most agile of flying creatures, dragonflies have evolved to perform quick aerial maneuvers both to attract mates and to catch prey midair. Now, researchers have documented and explained a unique stunt the insects perform so quickly most people never see it. scim.ag/40mKKBI

Some of our group’s research published last November quantifying and reducing the costs from animal-borne tags on study animals #biologging royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

An x-ray analysis of bony scales shows vertebrates developed the ability to remodel and repair bone much earlier than previously thought.

very cool research in PNAS on barn owl camouflage Nocturnal camouflage through background matching against moonlight | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🌍LIBRe's research on the news! Featured paper: 📚 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @publico.pt @pnas.org #WildlifeConservation #Sustainability #BiodiversityLoss

At the end of 2023 I participated in a horizon scanning workshop to evaluate emerging threats to Arctic biodiversity led by @tanya-lemieux.bsky.social. The resulting review is just out... cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10..... Great job by all involved. 🧪🌍🦭🐳🦑🐻‍❄️

Mark your calendars and save the date - we have exciting news! 🗓️ 🦈 The 5th Sharks International conference is set to take place from 4th to 8th May 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Share and follow us for updates! @saveourseas.bsky.social @newenglandaquarium.bsky.social #sharksinternational2026

Platypuses & echidnas are unique in many ways, including their gastric anatomy. Join us on 14 Jan at 9am (UK) to hear from #OpenBiology author Jackson Bryce Dann on how the genetics of egg-laying mammals influence their unique physiology: cassyni.com/events/YD91P...

Some amazing research on cerebrovascular and glymphatic function in rodents! Scientists uncover how the brain washes itself during sleep | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

New paper on "Patterns of paternity: insights into mating competition and gene flow in a recovering population of humpback whales." 🐋🧬 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @emma-carroll.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social 1/8

Check out @smruecophys.bsky.social for the latest #ecophysiology research happening at SMRU 🤩, led by @chrismcknight.bsky.social and @jlkershaw.bsky.social

A recent summary of our work investigating biomarkers of oxidative stress and immune system function in baleen whales has been featured in @conphysjournal.bsky.social new Conservation Physiology in Action series. Link to the paper here: academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...