Humpback whale populations have recovered significantly since whaling bans: from around 5000 during the later years of whaling to now an estimated 84000. This moved them from the endangered animal list www.mercurynews.com/2015/04/20/h...

Don't just take my word for it ... @stephanielking.bsky.social and Denise Herzing provide insightful comments in this piece: www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-n...

No, they really haven't. Calling spectral peaks vowels is as inane as saying that because my washing up gloves are also yellow, they have the same nutritional content as a banana. Zero evidence of vowel-like function. It's pure clickbait, and a new low in irresponsible claims from this group 🙄🐳🦑🧪

GriffithUni researchers capture first-known underwater video footage of humpback whale calves nursing in Moreton Bay, Australia, further underlining Bay as a key nursery and rest site. news.griffith.edu.au/2025/11/12/b...

👉 A reminder that the deadline for submitting your abstract to the CES 2026 #CESRabat is the 16th of November. 🔗Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026 We look forward to seeing you in Rabat!

Across the world, cities are turning urban spaces into food gardens, teaching resilience & cutting food waste. Explore how cities are building a sustainable future: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/cape-town-local-communities-are-advancing-urban-restoration

#ARCschedule Nov25 Outcomes expected for DECRA, LIEF & presumably(?) Centres of Excellence ("postponed" on 3 Nov). Other events: 🔹Open: Discovery Projects EOI 🔹Close: ITRP & Future Fellowships 🔹Selection meeting: Linkage Projects (2025 round 2) Data ▶️ docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I beg a major publication to publish a list of Nobel Prize winner who are immigrants to this country.

Abandoning Antarctic krill management measure threatens conservation progress (commentary) news.mongabay.com/2025/10/aban... 🧪🦑🌎

This is why we can't ignore politics and "stick to science". They are burning every house on the street - they are going to get to your house too.

Today's the last day to complete this short survey for the ARC about the use of AI in grant assessment. Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL

Oh good, I'm sure this will lead to robust and reliable science and policy

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

I am filled with so much love and gratitude that I cannot grieve. Dr. Goodall worked tirelessly in her gentle, hopeful way for a better world for all life on Earth. She has laid down her field notebook for the last time; now it is for us to fill with wonder, joy, and connection, into infinity.

NSF unexpectedly changed (at the last minute) who is eligible to apply for the Grad Research Fellowship, dropping 2nd year students. We started a petition to reverse this unfair change, Sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/ and please spread the word!!!!

A great way to give up on being a global leader in science.

"Trump directives have undermined a 75-year history of independence and threaten the National Science Foundation's vaunted track record for excellence" www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 🌊 ⚒️

As science gets defunded and attacked, a reminder that not only is science important - it's AWESOME!

@trahan.house.gov as one of your constituents, I am deeply upset that you voted yea on a resolution to honour someone who routinely espoused hateful and bigoted rhetoric. Just because someone is dead does not make their life worth honouring when they used it to spread hate and violence

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Why would we destroy 70 years of Science excellence? Good question. #Science

Our recent study in the #MarineEcologyProgressSeries highlights how body size, condition, and human impacts shape the survival of right whales & why they are so vulnerable to prey limitation and disturbance 🐋 🔗 in thread #Conservation #WhaleResearch #RightWhales #OceanHealth #MarineScience 🌐🌏🧪🌱

In the US, PhDs typically take 5-7 years to complete. This will all but ensure that the US can no longer engage the best candidates and exacerbate the ongoing erosion of US research.

Some happy news! I am the 2025 UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award winner! Can the person who nominated me please identify themselves?? I want to thank you! alumni.ucsc.edu/events-progr...

📣 ATTN (please share!) 📣 The #DEI Committee of the Society for @marinemammalogy.bsky.social is currently seeking volunteer American Sign Language Interpreters (or students working towards certification). #ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage #marinemammals @dolphinwhisperer.bsky.social

Oh good, this addled idiot has wandered into my house. 1) no, this isn't true, you withered numpty 2) whales are much more threatened by climate change 3) Trump is decimating NOAA, NSF, and university research which all help monitor and protect whale populations, so spare me your fake concern

Lots of people on my feed are concerned about the destruction of NOAA by the Trump administration and Elon Musk, but much of what I’ve seen people post about is the national weather service. That’s vital, but NOAA does so much more than that! My latest, for @ucsusa.bsky.social 🧪🌎🦑🐠

I look forward to my next manuscript getting comments like "The phrase 'diversity of foraging tactics used by whales' could be considered woke language". This is the dumbest timeline.

Unfortunate truth is, U.S. academics are not going to find jobs overseas. Some of the biggest name glam faculty will be poached, but for most, the ride is just going to end. This isn't to say other countries won't take the lead in research, etc. They'll just do it mostly with their own citizens.

An excellent article in the NYTimes about the impending demise of the last U.S. Antarctic research vessel, the N.B. Palmer, featuring US and overseas colleagues (including @polarrobs.bsky.social). Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/c...

Spotting whales for the boat team at the lighthouse in the Southern Lagoon, New Caledonia 🐳 🎶 @solenederville.bsky.social @francae.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social

The lesson here is to litigate, not cower.

If you're one of those scientists and want to add your name to this effort, please let us know. Link, current signatories and email contact to add your voice are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... (5/n)

🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share: We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October. If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)

Pop. press coverage of new research from Griffith University using drones to study the effect of migration on #whales “An average size adult #humpbackwhale loses ...as much as the weight of standard single-decker city bus or two adult African elephants,” share.google/q7j4ieWkC5pl...

Hiring a marine biology lecturer at @universityofessex.bsky.social! Permanent position. Deadline to apply= 20 Aug. We have aquaria, lots of mass specs/genomic facilities, field trips to Crotia, Indonesia, Scotland and a super collegial department. Pls share! vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Amazing footage of a bowhead whale cracking open thick ice to breath www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Enough of you asked me about this that I wrote some brief thoughts on Ocean Ramsey's particular brand of pseudoscientific nonsense. I believe this addresses almost all of the frequently asked questions I receive, but as always I am happy to answer serious questions asked in good faith. 🧪🦑🌎🦈

NOAA proposed budgets would eliminate science and management of marine mammals and sea turtles, firing 311 scientists and cutting the budget by more than $100m. Also a long list of program terminations... See pages 16-20 www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...

DECRA assessor reports come out tomorrow (normally about 11am AEST). Here's a thread of advice from previous years 👇 Summary: 🔹Always submit a rejoinder 🔹Get help 🔹 #ARC3DayRule 🔹 Think like a College of Experts member 🔹 Look for "faint praise" in assessor reports And finally, take tonight off!

I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science

“In all my discussions with scientists across every sector, exactly zero think the journal system works well.” Some will disagree with aspects of Seemay’s analysis but this point is undoubtedly true open.substack.com/pub/asterain...?

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

"If the NSF budget were to be enacted as is, it “would spell the end of any pretence that the US leads the world in science and technology, handing that position to China”, says Neal Lane, who directed the agency under Democratic former president Bill Clinton." By @dangaristo.bsky.social 🧪

New paper 🚨 very excited to see Angela Amlin's first PhD paper confirming the underwater vocal repertoire of Mediterranean monk seals published 🦑🦭🐋 @gordonhastie.bsky.social @joan-gonzalvo.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/art...

Zeroing out OAR is an absolute travesty.

Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

The Trump administration just dropped an executive order, "Restoring Gold Standard Science" and there's lots to unpack. This EO reveals more about how the Administration will approach scientific integrity and science in regulatory contexts. Some initial thoughts. 🧵 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...