Call for Abstracts is NOW OPEN for Sharks International 2026! 🦈 Help shape Sharks International 2026 - the world’s largest conference on sharks, rays, and chimaeras - taking place 4–8 May 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 🔗 More info: si2026.org/participate/... 📸 Fabrice Dudenhofer

What Basking Sharks Tell Us About The Climate Crisis www.forbes.com/sites/meliss... New research shows basking sharks are more flexible in their movements and thermal tolerance than previously thought, which may help them survive climate change.

New paper out! We found that a climate change-driven warming off Sydney has increased the amount of time bull sharks spend around Australia's biggest city. #sharks #climatechange #sydney #bullsharks @jcuofficial.bsky.social @drrossdwyer.bsky.social @imos-aus.bsky.social @saveourseas.bsky.social

Ever wondered what factors influence the number of shark bites? Delphine Duval led a review of scientific evidence of factors proposed to affect shark-bite risk. doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

Hello! I’m a research scientist at Flinders University using biochem🧪 (fatty acids and stable isotopes) to understand predator-prey interactions🦈🐟🦑. #shark #ray #fish #killerwhale

South Australia will introduce the nation’s strongest protections for sharks and rays, driven by a community-led campaign spearheaded by PhD student Chloe Roberts and The Shark and Ray Coalition. www.forbes.com/sites/meliss...

Welcome Chloe! 😊👏🦈

Have you joined Bluesky after leaving SnapTok or whatever? Are you wondering “where are all the shark scientists and conservation advocates?” I got you! 🧪🌎🦑🐠🦈 go.bsky.app/Q1x1gJB

Congratulations @bendantonio.bsky.social @drlucianaferreira.bsky.social @drsharkmeekan.bsky.social 👏🦈

OPEN CALL for Sharks International 2026 proposals for keynote speakers, themed sessions and panels, workshops, and side events 📢 🦈 Please submit proposals via: forms.gle/9EiKJVncMoa7... Deadline for proposals: 15th March 2025

@nature.com is keen to find out how scientists are using @bsky.app and whether it has become their go-to social-media platform. Do you use Bluesky? Has it replaced Xitter? We want to hear from you. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #eXit

📑 #NewStudy by Barry et al. witness and record the following and biting behaviours of a sexually mature whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) male to a smaller female at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. 👀 https://buff.ly/3DFT9bI

Whale shark's 'cheeky bite' offers new evidence of pre-mating rituals: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-11/whale-shark-love-bites-ningaloo-reef-mating-behaviour/104792950

I mentioned previously that we are hiring a joint AIMS/UWA postdoc. I'm happy to say the advert for a *second* position (UWA & Minderoo) is active: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/51... Looking for someone with expertise in fisheries models to work on spillovers from marine parks. Please share!

Australia’s best bird. There will be no arguments. #TeamPelican #WildOz

#whaleshark romance 👀🦈💙 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Could harassment from sexually mature male whale #sharks be the driver of low female numbers at aggregation sites? Insights from pre-copulatory #behaviour suggest a social factor hypothesis could contribute to sexual segregation within the #species! 🦈 Read more: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Thanks for sharing ☺️🦈

A fantastic write up of our new study! ☺️👏

Love bites? Pre-copulatory behaviours of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia - Frontiers in Marine Science

🚨🦈 New shark science! 🦈🚨 We observed a sexually mature male whale shark biting the caudal fin of a (likely juvenile) female whale shark. Biting is a pre-copulatory behaviour for many shark species, so this observation provides possible insights into the mating behaviours of this endangered species 🌊

#career #opportunity 🦈 The Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands is recruiting a #Shark Movement Ecologist 🌎 #Galapagos, #Ecuador 📅 3 years 💵 USD 3,000 - 3,500 per month, plus benefits 🚨 Apply by 12 January 2025 👀 https://buff.ly/3Bsijd8 #sciencejobs #research

1/n New paper by van Aswegen (not on bluesky) et al: Maternal investment, body condition and calf growth in humpback whales physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/... This serves as a companion to gestation paper published last week physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/... #marinemammals

Just been invited to speak at #TEDxSydney in May 2025 I'll be talking about how to address some of the uncomfortable truths and interlinked challenges of our ghastly future #TEDxSydney2025

Check out our PEAC Lab Instagram for #research highlights from Dr Adrian Gleiss and his lab of students and researchers 🦈🐢🐠 We look at the #physiology, #ecology, and #conservation of marine #megafauna ✨ www.instagram.com/reel/CpwsJ-u...

A great write up about our field trip in May and the excellent work done by @microbemike.bsky.social 👏🦈

Huh. When you put 🐳 and 🦈 together in google’s emoji kitchen, it generates…a whale shark.

Conservation and ecology journal ranks 2023 Quite a bit late this year, but I've finally put together the 2023 conservation / ecology / sustainability journal ranks based on my (published) journal-ranking method (as I've done every year since 2008). After 16 years of doing this exercise, I can't…

New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in @science.org reveals #overfishing has more than halved shark & ray populations over the past 50-years causing widespread erosion of ecological function and exceptionally high extinction risk 👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends 🧵1/20

There’s been a migration of folks over here so I thought I’d say hi! 👋 I’m a fish ecophysiologist, studying when & why fish are vulnerable (climate, catch-and-release), movements, and the habitats they rely on using both experimental approaches and telemetry, in the wild! 🐟🦈 www.kimbirniegauvin.com

📢 Exciting #PhD alert! Study Atlantic bluefin #tuna in Southwest UK waters using #drones, remote sensing, #ocean profiling & eDNA while working with #anglers🐟 www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear... Supervised by @lilianlieber.bsky.social @marinemicrobes.bsky.social @peterimiller.bsky.social & me!

What do you do when an orca eats your research project? Why, you continue tracking of course! #trackingNotSlacking 🌊 New paper describes how orcas catch bluefin tuna, and shows the longest high-resolution tracking of an orca ever! @exetermarine.bsky.social 🦑🐠🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mountain #gorillas in #Uganda ☺️🦍 I met them in 2016, I wonder what they are up to today?

Killer Whales Target The Largest Fish On Earth In Coordinated Attacks www.forbes.com/sites/meliss... Whale sharks face a new predator: orcas, using strategic attacks to access their nutrient-rich organs.

Jenna Hounslow and I, had the pleasure of attending the 20th colloquium, on the #philosophy of #Indigneous Knowledges. We enjoyed fantastic presentations, sharing of kaartdijin, and interesting discussions 💡📚🐍🌎

Sea pandas (orcas) around = a bad day to be a whale shark 🦈🐼🐋 www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar... 🦑

Hi #BlueSky I'm Oli, a marine ecologist and Research Fellow working out of Western Australia with a research focus on #sharks, #movement and #conservation. I'm also a commercial skipper and diver and generally love spending time on or under the water!

Hi, I’m new to bluesky👋🏽🦋 I’m a PhD candidate with the Australian Institute of Marine Science and University of Western Australia👩‍🔬 My research combines ecological #modelling and #monitoring (across Australia’s Ningaloo Reef and NW oceanic reefs) to better understand #coral early life stages🪸

Just joined this place- here are a few of the gentle giants I study with a fabulous team

Here's the #CIEHF (ARC Centre of Excellence for #Indigenous and #Environmental Histories & Futures; ciehf.au) Starter Pack Intended for CIEHF Chief, Assoc, & Partner Investigators, Indigenous Partner Org reps, affiliates, & anyone interested in innovative #co-design pathways go.bsky.app/JfFZFRG

Hello Em 😊🦈👋

Made a starter pack to help connect any fellow researchers using biotelemetry/animal tracking! Heavy marine bias right now so just ask to be added! go.bsky.app/3dwGu1c

A few interesting papers out lately on human-shark interactions: Reducing fisher-shark conflict link.springer.com/article/10.1... Counterillumination reduces bites www.cell.com/current-biol... Do individual sharks bite humans more than once? conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... #shark

Welcome Ben! 🤝🦈

Hi, I’m new here 😊👋 I’m a PhD candidate using multi-sensor #biologging and #machinelearning methods to understand #whaleshark behaviour and foraging ecology at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia 🦈🦈🦈