Last year, I wrote about how Donald Trump'ssecond term agenda would be devastating for endangered species of ocean animals. Today, his Interior Secretary is convening the so-called God Squad to discuss how to remove protections from Rice's Whales. therevelator.org/donald-trump...

I was a guest on The Fisheries Podcast this week. We talked about the role of communication & media in conservation conflicts, with my research on whale conservation as a backdrop. Take a listen on the podcast website (also available on Apple & Spotify): fisheriespodcast.podbean.com/e/354-dr-mar...

Over the next few weeks you may see headlines about the Rice's whale. It's a population of ~50 in the Gulf of Mexico that you have likely never heard of before. My latest #openaccess #research with @emilyyeager9.bsky.social explains why that is and what you can do about it 🧵 🔗 bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews

All at sea: #Whales caught in middle of conflicting Canadian, U.S. regulations www.squamishchief.com/highlights/a... via @squamishchief.bsky.social

Catch amazing PhD candidate Emily Yeager @emilyyeager9.bsky.social on public radio talking about her recent publication!

Check out this new open access article just published in Marine Policy. It cites my critical analysis of two right whale documentaries, "Entangled" and "Last of the Right Whales". 💙🐋 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our latest research on Rice's whale media coverage is included in this 2025 wrap up by @therevelator.org: therevelator.org/this-year-in...

Issue-attention cycles are the foundation of my recent research on the role of communication & media in whale conservation. But what are they? Five stages that help us follow the rise and fall of public attention to social & environmental topics. Read more: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews

Don't forget to check out our new research. We analyzed four years of news media about Rice's whales & compare the results to the media cycle about North Atlantic right whales. Worth reading even if you don't work in whale science & conservation. Available Open Access: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews

#Journalists are important actors in environmental #conservation. @marcusreamer.bsky.social & @emilyyeager9.bsky.social analyzed #newspaper texts re endangered Rice’s whale & found limited media attention, highlighting the importance of strategic communication re conservation doi.org/10.1007/s132...

What did newspapers cover after the discovery of Rice's whales? Disagreements about policy proposals. It's a human story featuring whales, not a whale tale. Our new study shows that this approach serves news orgs well but can work against conservation and management. Read it: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews

From our new #research: Of the 35 newspaper texts we analyzed (2021-2024), 60% focused entirely on Rice's whales. The remaining 40% often included the whales as an example, but in the context of some other topic. Read to find out what this means & why it matters: doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02265-y

#ICYMI: 🐋 📰 My latest #research with @emilyyeager9.bsky.social on the role of news media in marine conservation, this time about Rice's #whales. Worth reading even if you're not in whale science and conservation. Available #OpenAccess at bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews. 🐋 📰

New Publication: Discovering the world’s most endangered great whale species did not advance an issue-attention cycle in news media: Implications for Rice’s whale conservation and management Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

There are only around 50 Rice's whales (confined to the Gulf of Mexico) - this new publication describes how difficult it is to raise issues about the conservation and management of one of the rarest species of whale on the planet

New #research: discovering the world's most endangered whale species in 2021 didn't inspire much media/public attention. We found and analyzed only 35 articles published over 4 years. More than 1/2 were from 2023 during debates about oil and gas leases in the Gulf. Read it: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews

🐋📰 New #OpenAccess #Research 📰🐋 In 2021 scientists id'd a new species of endangered whale in the Gulf of Mexico: the Rice’s whale. @emilyyeager9.bsky.social & I wanted to know if that discovery started a news cycle. Tl;dr - it didn't. Read it in Ambio by @springernature.com: bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews

I got to chat with Andrew Lewin on the "How to Protect the Ocean" #podcast about my latest #research on #environmentalmedia and #rightwhale conservation, and the episode is now available wherever you get your podcasts. Check it out: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Don't forget to check out my latest #research letter, available #OpenAccess in Environmental Research Communications by IOP Publishing: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

🐋📰 New #OpenAccess #Research 📰🐋 We continued studying the issue-attention cycle about North Atlantic #rightwhale #science, #conservation, and #policy in six U.S. newspapers for the years 2023 and 2024. 🧵 below for key findings and read here: bit.ly/RWnews2.

Thanks @oceana.bsky.social for hosting me today to share some of my #environmentalcommunication #research with team members from across the organization! We discussed the findings of my studies on #rightwhale media and how to use communication and media to understand & support #marineconservation.

Here’s a starter pack of conservation scientists on Bluesky- you can follow them all or pick and choose. Conservation science

There are important and inherent challenges to communicating about marine and coastal topics. In my #openaccess article, I argue that a #humanhealth framing may help communicators and advocates reach new audiences and create conditions for change. Read it here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...

1/3 #rightwhales are in the news this week, and not for good reason. NOAA Fisheries announced this week that a female right whale found dead near Martha's Vineyard earlier this year was due to chronic entanglement from rope traced to the Maine lobster fishery: www.newscentermaine.com/article/tech...

For my inaugural Blue Sky post, I'm sharing my latest #openaccess research about #environmentaljournalism about #rightwhales: dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcom... As part of my dissertation, I analyzed nearly 13 years of U.S. news coverage about right whales using the issue-attention cycle framework.