Almost every time I have worn my @ologies.bsky.social hoodie in Sitka I get comments about how amazing the podcast is by random people… and they don’t even know that I was on an episode! I got two people telling me it was their favorite podcast yesterday at the airport! #pinnipedologist

We saw brown bears! 🐻 A mom and two cubs 🥰 - this field course is setting the bar high for the future trips!

Second day was dedicated to learning about ecological succession in the boreal forest, the effect of wild fires and the challenges that #ClimateChange poses to this fragile and important ecosystem - the moss beds were literally like walking on clouds @uniexecec.bsky.social

A good start to our field course! A red fox 🦊 is hanging out just outside the MacBride museum in Whitehorse, where we are meeting students for the first time before heading out to Kluane Lake Research Station @uniexecec.bsky.social

Let's hear it for #MultipleSclerosis doc & medical hero, Dr. Aaron Boster! Send his vids to those affected by MS: www.youtube.com/c/AaronBoste... follow him at @aaronbostermd.bsky.social and listen to his Ologies ep here: www.alieward.com/ologies/neur... This ep help you? Would love to hear.

Heading to the Yukon to teach our @uniexecec.bsky.social field course! Flying over Greenland never gets old but it’s also a clear reminder of how fast our planet is warming up #climatechange 🌎

The rate of #Antarctic sea ice extent growth has increased over the last few weeks as we approach this year's annual maximum (austral winter). No new records will be set this year, thought current ice concentration remains quite low in several regions. + More at zacklabe.com/antarctic-se...

Today is the 20th anniversary of the day I left Chile to start my PhD… Lots has changed. Lots to reflect. Lots to remember. Lots still to learn #immigrantscientist

Back to the basics… teaching biological oceanography feels like coming back home @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social #NewAcademicYear #MarineEcology

www.butlernature.com/2025/08/20/j... 🦭

Question for the wide marine ecology community. I am teaching a marine ecology (biological oceanography) module for undergraduate at @uniexecec.bsky.social Anyone knows of resources to find papers published by minorities on any subject of relevance? 🌍🧪🌊🦑🦭🐟🦈

🚨‼️Atencion biólogos marinos de Chile!!! Postulen a esta beca para venir a hacer el MSc en Ecologia y Conservación de Vertebrados Marinos en @exeter.ac.uk - @exetermarine.bsky.social . www.chevening.org/scholarship/...

Today's new animation shows yearly changes in average sea surface temperature anomalies from 1982 (start of dataset) through last year. Note the large variability, long-term warming trends, and contrasts between different coastal regions. U.S. climate indicators: zacklabe.com/united-state... 🌊

Did it! With Dr. @luishuckstadt.bsky.social! www.alieward.com/ologies/pinn...

Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.

Atlantic Bluefin tuna are back in UK waters, but we still don’t exactly know what they are eating. Support crucial marine research to help uncover the secrets of their diet and secure their future. To find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/atlantic-b... 🦑🧪🌍🐟🎣🦤🌊

A great week discussing everything 🦭 in the UK, population status and main issues with amazing colleagues and in a beautiful place. Can’t wait to meet again next year!

📣Announcing the launch of SealMAP: Seal Mapping & Analysis Platform. This SMRU app allows you to explore & download the latest grey & harbour seal distribution maps for Scotland. You can also get estimates of density for your area of interest. Happy mapping! arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/shiny/smru/s... 🦭🗺️

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation managing two major restoration projects for #islands important for #seabirds: buff.ly/yfl1Vo2

We can do great things when we are working together... 🦭🐋🦈🐻‍❄️🐟🐧🦢*🐢* Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Recent research in #ScienceAdvances finds sea otters in Monterey, California, thrived after sea stars died off—leaving a big mussel feast. Learn more on #WorldOtterDay: scim.ag/45sa8K7

I’m finally done with marking…

Look at them go! 🦭 @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social

I heard the sad news about the passing of #JimEstes - A huge loss for marine science, ecology and science in general. Jim was truly an inspiration, and having met, interacted with and learned from him was a real pleasure. My thoughts go out to Terrie and his family and friends. We lost a giant 🦦

When people come to your office and they end up petting your yellow labrador 🤷‍♂️

Attenborough at 99: naturalist ‘goes further than before’ to speak out against industrial fishing in new film

How can you not love this face? 😍🥰

Summary of my workdays

In killing grants, NSF appears to follow Ted Cruz’s blueprint | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Trying to work from home like…

Want to be a field assistant in Sweden this summer?! 📑 Applications should include a motivation letter (1 page), a CV (detailing relevant experience), and contact information of two references. Send the above as a single PDF to [email protected] by May 1st 2025. 🌍 #ExeterCEC #Internship

And I thought it was ok that I turned the heating off… 🥶

Who would have thought that our first cohort of grey seal pups would be so well-travelled? England, France and Ireland! 🦭

Last batch of tags going out on grey seal pups 🦭 soon! These little guys are going to places!

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the seals, for today is their special day! These illustrations of a ‘Small Seal’ and a ‘Great Seal’ come from 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. 📷 Reserve 590 BUF #InternationalSealDay #SealDay #RareBooks

Happy #InternationalSealDay to all of us who celebrate 🦭

Happy International Seal Day! 🧑‍🔬 Dr Luis Huckstadt - senior lecturer with us and marine mammal researcher - tells us why seals are so important: @luishuckstadt.bsky.social 🌍 #InternationalSealDay #ExeterCEC #SealResearch #SealConservation #MarineMammal #Seal #MarineBiology #ExeterMarine

Getting to the end of this week felt like it should have been the end of the year 😰

Excellent paper by @chrismcknight.bsky.social ! Congratulations! 🦭 Cognitive perception of circulating oxygen in seals is the reason they don’t drown | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Happy Monday! This is a good time to remind you that grey seal pups display high individual variability in their movement patterns during their first year at sea - Look where these guys have been. The things they must have seen! #PinnipedFacts 🦭

Deadly avian flu strain is spreading rapidly in Antarctica | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

@ologies.bsky.social I have the perfect scientist for your podcast. I can’t come up with a clever name but among the many cool things @drmichellelarue.bsky.social does, she counts penguins and seals and other animals from space

Another article covering our new paper on the Great Whale Conveyor Belt 🐋🌍 👉🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... oceanographicmagazine.com/news/new-stu...

Nice coverage by Nat Geo of our new paper quantifying the longest nutrient transport system in the world: whale pee www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... For the full paper, see here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

For the full statement, please visit the Society for Marine Mammalogy's webpage: marinemammalscience.org/diversity-in... #SMM #marinemammalscience #missionstatement

Message from Leymah’s dog walker🥰. Is this what it feels like when a parent gets a report from their child with good marks? #ProudDad

🚨New paper out! By migrating between productive high latitude and oligotrophic regions (Great Baleen Conveyor Belt) large whales 🐋 transport incredible amounts of nutrients to low latitudes @jjkiszka.bsky.social @andrewabraham.bsky.social @dancosta2025.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...