Wonder about shark-bite mitigation? Check out our new paper reviewing all previous scientific studies assessing the efficacy of mitigation measures doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... @conservbytes.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social

New paper out in Heredity: 'Evidence of long-term purging of mutation burden in killer whale genomes'. Time calibration of purging was through inclusion of an ancient (7.5Kyr) genome which was close to directly ancestral to the present-day population with signature of purging. rdcu.be/eM25j

Postdoc position in eDNA/eRNA based in beautiful Faroe Islands, with some time in Greenland for fieldwork and research visit. “Tracking spatial and temporal distribution of marine mammals in the Atlantic Arctic with environmental DNA” setur.totalview.cloud/recruitment/... 🐋🐬🧬🧪🛥️

🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 We show that during warm, low-ice years in the Canadian Arctic, ringed seals exhibit thinner blubber, depleted fatty acids, and elevated metabolic stress. We also show that high PCB and mercury levels contribute to oxidative damage in the liver.

I am pleased to share our new review paper detailing killer whale interactions with commercial fisheries in Frontiers in Marine Science! www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...

'Ancient stickleback genomes reveal the early stages of parallel adaptation' - now published online in Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social‬

My first-first author paper is out! We found that overall healing in sharks was comparable between sutured and non-sutured incisions. But sutured incisions had significantly more bacteria present. www.publish.csiro.au/wr/pdf/WR25009 Forever thankful to Jordan Matley & @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social

New lab preprint led by Jana Nickel (not on BS): doi.org/10.1101/2025... Investigating hitchhiking mutation load in threespine sticklebacks. I'll be presenting this work in a few hours at #Stickleback2025 here in beautiful Bamfield

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

New orca tool use alert!! @drwhale.bsky.social and colleagues introduce ‘allokelping’. Pairs of killer whales collect kelp strands and then together roll them along their bodies, keeping the kelp between them. The longest bout lasted over 12 minutes. It’s not play, and may be linked to molting 🧪🛠️🌊

The most commonly sighted shark species in Norfolk Marine Park use the region in different ways: doi.org/10.1002/ece3... New study led by Jordan Matley @parksaustralia.bsky.social @imos-aus.bsky.social

‼️ Dear MARMAM community, We, at the DEI Committee of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, are beginning the process of establishing an Indigenous Representation Subcommittee, the idea of which came out of an ad hoc meeting held at the SMM conference in Boorloo (Perth) in the Whajuk region of WA (1/n)

New Science paper: 15,845 tracked individuals across 121 species to identify spatial conservation targets www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... led by @anammsequeira.bsky.social

Interested in measuring genetic load? We have a new paper out providing a modified version of GERP which is more user friendly in wildlife species and with scripts to automate making input files and pulling out derived alleles in your species #consgen #popgen star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4202

Last call ⏳🚨 If you have any elasmobranch and killer whale interaction records we want to hear about it! Please reach our team with the email below, would love to include them in our global review!

New paper about unusual encounters in Icelandic waters… In June 2022 and 2023, neonate pilot whales were observed swimming alone among groups of killer whales off south Iceland - with no other pilot whales in sight. 🧶⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The first paper from my PhD is out 🧬🐬 Thanks to all the co-authors of this project and my amazing supervisor @laninsky.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Out now in Animal Conservation: our Special Issue on #conservation #translocations, following #ICTC2023, showcasing 12 awesome studies on the complexities of translocations. Feat. #birds, #marsupials, #lizards and #genetics, check it out here: zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1469...

Ever thought about using shark jaws for stable isotopes from teeth? This is a must read: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... #StableIsotopes @meyer-sci.bsky.social @sawsharkman.bsky.social

The Evolution of Cetacean Societies Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social and myself Preorder available now press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... Will share more details closer to release date #whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour

🧬🌊 Hola! I'm Sebastian Alvarez-Costes, a Mexican PhD Candidate in Aotearoa, New Zealand. My research focuses on the evolutionary genomics of Hector's and Māui dolphins 🐬. Always happy to connect with fellow researchers in evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, and conservation genomics!

The 2nd publication from @bellareeves.bsky.social PhD thesis finds a genetic rescue effect from admixture between distinct killer whale lineages. Likely the cause of high genetic diversity in regions with low killer whale density. Open access in Mol Ecol: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

New paper from my PhD 🐬🧬 Admixture is increasing genetic diversity and adaptive potential in low latitude killer whales promoting an genetic rescue effect. See more here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 1/n

🦈🚨 New Paper! 🚨🦈 I am really excited to share the first chapter of my masters thesis which was just published! In this study we used an archived collection of white #shark vertebrae to investigate the population structure and ecological role of white sharks in AUS using stable isotope analysis. 🌊🦑🧪

The Mysterious Case Of Killer Whale Predation On White Sharks In Australia www.forbes.com/sites/meliss... Recent findings used wildlife forensics and citizen science data to provide the first confirmed evidence of killer whale predation on white sharks in Australia.

A thread explaining our new discovery about humpback whale song published today in Science... We found key statistical properties that characterise all human languages in another species for the first time. We have more in common with whales than we previously thought! doi.org/10.1126/scie...

RNZ let me warble on about our study on human language-like structure in humpback #whale song @royalsocietynz.bsky.social @aucklanduni.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social #animalculture www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Hello! I’m a PhD student using biochemical techniques to investigate the diet and nutrition of southern bluefin tuna in relation to changing population distributions in southern Australia. #fish #stableisotopes #fattyacids

Hi! I’m a PhD student in South Australia looking at the diet and movement of sharks and rays using #stableisotopes, #fattyacids, and #acoustictelemetry. I’m analysing how species partition resources to coexist in different environments 🦈

CSI underwater: Looking forward to reading this new paper from @bellareeves.bsky.social and colleagues onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

New genetic evidence of Killer Whales attacking White Sharks in Australia, selectively targeting their livers, suggests this behavior is more widespread than previously thought: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @bellareeves.bsky.social et al. #killerwhales #orcas #sharks

A fascinating new study from a great team of scientists, including @bellareeves.bsky.social and @meyer-sci.bsky.social! They isolated killer whale DNA from the wounds of dead white shark that washed up in Australia without its liver: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

New paper from my PhD provides genomic evidence that white shark livers are on the menu for Aussie killer whales! See more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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

Did you know? When killer whales depredate from longlines, they tend to be selective—they often pick certain species while leaving others, even if on the same line. For example, in New Zealand, killer whales take school sharks and bluenose off longlines, but not hāpuku (Visser, 2000).

🧬 New Paper 🧬 Together with Eve Jourdain, @andrewfoote.bsky.social, @fipsamarra.bsky.social et al. we investigated how ecological & spatio-temporal factors shape gene flow in killer whales from Greenland to Norway. 🧶⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hi new followers! I love creating illustrations and infographics to share information, especially when it comes to killer whales. Here is a recent one I made covering killer whales of the Gulf of Mexico (and that’s the only name I’ll ever call it 😉)

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

I suppose actually posting something, now that I've taken the leap & joined, is a good shout! 😉 So, here's our latest preprint, exploring the likely social learning of bubble net feeding throughout a network of Pacific humpback whales 🐋 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @lrendell.bsky.social

Super excited to say that I submitted my PhD Friday 🎉 So grateful for my great advisors, opportunities and all the wonderful people I've met along the way! Excited for 2025 🐋

🔔 NEW PAPER 🔔 Our latest paper is out, led by our student Giulia Bellon, using passive acoustic monitoring to investigate the occurrence of killer whales in Icelandic waters. You can read all about it (open access) here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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

Hi 🦋, I'm a PhD candidate soon to finish on the evolutionary ecology of Australasian killer whales in Aus 🇦🇺. I dabble mostly in pop/evolutionary genomics, trophic and nutritional ecology of marine predators 🧬🧪👩🏻‍🔬

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...

Also shout out to these incredible women in science who made the week so fun! ❤️🤗 Lucky to have friends we are also kickass scientists 🐳 @emmaluck22.bsky.social @bellareeves.bsky.social