Great talk by @philippawright.bsky.social at CWW - fish for thought!

🐋 FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AND CHECKS!🐋 Help us develop a global atlas collating worldwide examples of the variety of ways citizen and community scientists have contributed to marine mammal research! Check out the current map here: bit.ly/CitSciMap And read below for submission info 🌊

🚀 Upcoming Talk! 🚀 Dr Lars Boehme from SMRU (@seamammalresearch.bsky.social) will share how SMRU Instrumentation tags and seals can help advance marine science. 🦭 📍 Discovery Point, Dundee. 📆 Sat 13 & Sun 14 September 🕧 12:30 pm both days More info: www.dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/event/how-se...

Please share! We are still looking for more mentors for @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social Guillemates! Are you a mid-career seabirder (or beyond) wanting to help support ECRs and can run 4 sessions throughout the year🐧🐥👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Sign up here: forms.gle/MuQLcdaZHtxU...

🎉 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...

Fab day meeting the scientists researching the whales of South Georgia at the gorgeous @vadundee.bsky.social ‪yesterday! 🐋 #whaleofaweekend @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social @polarbiome.bsky.social @jlkershaw.bsky.social

Tired but happy after a fantastic few days discussing all things UK seal populations with the NERC Special Committee on Seals (SCOS). Delighted to host such a brilliant group of scientists and government advisors and policy makers at SMRU @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @ukri.org

Amazing new resource for anyone interested in the distribution and density of seals around Scotland! Check it out 😎

Another great day full of seal chat at the #SCOS25 Science Day 🤓 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

24 hours in England to talk about seals and the wider marine ecosystem at #EastME25 🦭 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

We are hiring a chair/professor in our Ecology & Enviro Modelling group at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Scotland is lovely, and my colleagues are fantastic! Reach out if you are interested in joining the CREEM family ☺️ Working link this time 👇 www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Honoured to be amongst some fab women at the #WOWiSta Women in Ocean Science in St Andrews event at the Scottish Oceans Institute today 💪 @jessmontabaranom.bsky.social @philippawright.bsky.social @molliestefanek.bsky.social @monicaarso.bsky.social @carolsparling.bsky.social

Great talk by @kateywhyte.bsky.social from @bioss.bsky.social at the SOI today. So 👏 much 👏 data 👏 Such an exciting project! @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Wonderful day celebrating the marine environment and citizen-science at the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society's 2025 conference @PorcupineMNHS #pmnhs2025 🦔⛵@seamammalresearch.bsky.social @strandings.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/sealpred/ind...

Ever wondered why seals don't drown? New groundbreaking research from @smruecophys.bsky.social led by @chrismcknight.bsky.social published in @science.org reveals that, unlike other mammals, seals can sense blood oxygen levels. Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

It's been a pleasure to virtually attend the International Orca Symposium this week 🐳 Many an interesting talk on killer whale biology, ecology, and conservation from researchers around the world 🌍 My presentation on my PhD research with #ECOPredS can be seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLjJ...

🦭 Have you spotted a grey seal killing or eating harbour seals or grey seal pups in the UK? Please send your footage and reports to [email protected] ! 🦭

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...

📢 Webinar alert! I'll be presenting my PhD research as part of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust Winter Webinar series on Weds 22th Jan. Sign up here on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/killer-wha...

I had a great experience speaking on the careers panel at #UKIRSC25 - was wonderful to meet so many amazing early career researchers and future leaders in marine mammal science 🤘

🦭🔍 New paper alert in @jappliedecology.bsky.social! I'm excited to share my 1st first author paper, showing how seals avoid tidal turbines when they're operating! doi.org/10.1111/1365... 🧵 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

European winter walkers keep 👀 out. A dead Kemp's Ridley turtle was reported on 13th December at Talacre, North Wales, UK. There will be more. Reporting guidelines here: www.ukturtles.online/Graphics%20a... 🐢🌍🧪🦑 🦤 #seaturte #marineturtle @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social

New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 6th January 2025 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals #consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...

JOB VACANCIES! We're seeking 3 Conservation Scientists to join our friendly team of #seabirders at the RSPB. We're an inclusive team where everyone is welcome. DEADLINE: Friday 3rd January. #conservationjobs #ornithology #seabirds #science Details: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

Welcome to the SMRU BlueSky account! We are the Sea Mammal Research Unit, based @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Please stay tuned for content as we are setting things up...

Exciting new NERC funded PhD opportunity available with us on #killerwhale #orca #behaviour and #conservation, co-supervised by Stephanie King, Sam Ellis and Dan Franks in partnership with The Center for Whale Research USA exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale

We have started a Scottish Marine Science & Technology Starter Pack! Connect with #Marine Scientists, #Policy makers, #Industry, and more. Want to be added to the list? Comment below: go.bsky.app/4rd2e3n

New #PrePAREDProject outputs from @uniofstandrews.bsky.social + @smruc.bsky.social. Philippa Wright & team have generated >400 new energy density estimates from 29 prey species. This ongoing work aids in assessing impacts of disturbed foraging on marine predators. owecprepared.org/wp-content/u...

Hello Bluesky!👋 I'm Julia, a Research Fellow at the University of St. Andrews investigating predator-prey interactions of killer whales and seals in Scotland #ECOPredS. Follow for all things behavioural, big, and blubbery 🐳🤍🖤

Exciting PhD opportunity with @plymouthmarine.bsky.social and @exetercec.bsky.social. This position a NERC GW4+ DTP, aiming to identify and assess the risk of plastic pollution to marine ecosystem services. 🦤🧪🌍 APPLY - www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... DEADLINE: 13th of January.

New publication! We developed an automated approach using deep learning to identify pairs of photographs from the same individual - an important development in the photo ID of wild animal populations. Congrats Emmanuel Kabuga 👏https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.70012

Check out this great article written by Vanessa Schiliro (@Jaws_and_effect) about my @OceanFrontier visiting fellowship at @DalhousieU @FishOceansCAN "Scientists use grey seal tracking to inform Atlantic cod distribution" www.ofi.ca/news/scienti...

I've started a marine mammal reseachers starter pack. It focuses on researchers and labs studying marine mammals. Feel free to ask to be added :) go.bsky.app/MWiR9uS