First trip out with students of @uniofstandrews.bsky.social as part of their #marine #ecology training this semester. Dry but windy. We might even have collected some useful data 😊 Thanks to @seamammalresearch.bsky.social for letting us use their boat. @smruinstrument.bsky.social tags as CTDs 😳

Had an amazing weekend at the '100 Years of RRS Discovery' celebrations in #Dundee Thanks for the support from @seamammalresearch.bsky.social and @smruinstrument.bsky.social #RRS100 #Discovery100

Help us @seamammalresearch.bsky.social #dolphin #ocean #scotland #conservation #smru

FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! Want to share your marine mammal research at one of Scotland's biggest scientific conferences? Submit an abstract to present a poster or talk at the MASTS Annual Science Meeting, in Glasgow in November. Deadline for submissions: 29th August (tomorrow!) lnkd.in/eihhpB3j

🚀 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...

Important new analysis of bycatch patterns in UK fisheries by @fayehelenmoyes.bsky.social continuing the legacy of the late Professor Simon Northridge. An unexpected result: 'pinger' use, although decreasing cetacean bycatch, may actually increase seal bycatch academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

A very special humpback whale field season in Mo'orea with the best team @michaelpoolewhales.bsky.social @renee4cetaceans.bsky.social Mike Noad 🐳🎶 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Fascinating new research led by @smruecophys.bsky.social researcher @chrismcknight.bsky.social

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

Humpback whale fieldwork 2025: the season is well underway in the Southern Lagoon, New Caledonia @solenederville.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social @francae.bsky.social

New paper alert... abundance estimates for O'ahu spinner dolphins now published. Full text available: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

📣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... 🦭🗺️

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

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

As part of my MSc with @seamammalresearch.bsky.social and @uniofstandrews.bsky.social we had the opportunity join HWDT on the Silurian for a couple of days in the Inner Hebrides. Even though the weather didn’t agree with us it was a fun experience. Thank you HWDT!

New output from the ONR/LMR-funded #ACCURATE project by @popigk.bsky.social in @asa-news.bsky.social #passiveacoustics #densityestimation #beampattern #biosonar @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @au.dk #CREEM #JASA doi.org/10.1121/10.0...

Alec Burslem @alecburslem.bsky.social presented his new non invasive method for measuring body composition in sperm whales - low impact and generalisable 👏👏👏 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social #ECSconference2025 🐋🦑🧪

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

First couple of days at #ECS2025 in Azores have been great 🐋 Workshop on using spatial data in R for species distribution modeling & excellent opening keynote from @lrendell.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social on cetacean culture. All enjoyed alongside the @exetermarine.bsky.social crew 🩵

Marine mammals in the anthropocene - systematic review of publications on threats to marine mammals by @emily-hague.bsky.social identifies key knowledge gaps - also @seamammalresearch.bsky.social #2 in the contributions league table after NOAA! #ECSconference2025 🦑🐋🧪

Maybe I am biased because I'm her co-supervisor but I thought this was a smashing talk by Angela Amlin about using automated remote camera systems to monitor the effects of boat traffic on monk seal haulout cave usage @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @joan-gonzalvo.bsky.social #ECSconference2025 🐋🦑🦭🧪

New paper: Darias-O'Hara et al. "Behavioural response thresholds for the assessment of noise impact on Antarctic marine mammal species", Marine Policy. @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @au.dk @seamammalresearch.bsky.social Funded [email protected] www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New theme issue in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B @royalsocietypublishing.org: Animal culture: conservation in a changing world Edited by @pbrakes.bsky.social, @lucymaplin.bsky.social, @emma-carroll.bsky.social, Alison L Greggor, Andrew Whiten and @ellengarland.bsky.social doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

New #OA paper in Movement Ecology using a combination of statistical models (HMMs & GAMMs) to understand environmental drivers of behaviour in Saimaa ringed seals. Very pleased to be invited to collaborate on this research! 🤓🦭 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniuef.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2uhxez5x

🦤🌐🧪 Minke whales feeding in the Jacques Cartier passage over summer are predominantly pregnant females. From 2007–2015 pregnancy rates remain stable despite fluctuating prey availability, suggesting some resilience to environmental change @smruecophys.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.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...

Check out this fantastic article for an eloquent explanation of our recent publication in @science.org www.acsh.org/news/2025/03...

More coverage from @bbcnewsofficial.bsky.social of SMRU research into seal diving physiology. @chrismcknight.bsky.social @jlkershaw.bsky.social @smruecophys.bsky.social Article here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Check out this podcast from @science.org covering new research from @chrismcknight.bsky.social and the @smruecophys.bsky.social team on why seals don't drown: www.science.org/content/podc...

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/...

Great start to the weekend ...

@jcqsutherland.bsky.social doing a fantastic job, despite unruly technology, talking about her PhD research on killer whale predation in Shetland at #marineforum2025 @strandings.bsky.social

New publication on #humpback acoustics, in @royalsociety.org from our project scientist, @emarwood.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @francae.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Another paper using PAMGuard, this one from a former @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social Masters student.

Fun fact: This collaboration between OCF and @seamammalresearch.bsky.social was initiated in front of a poster at the SMM 2022 in Florida. A nice thing to remember next time that conference abstract comes back as ‘only’ a poster. 🌟

Congratulations! 🐋🤩

New paper! Humpback song evolution in the waters of Okinawa. Great to see this out, another #MSc_MMS_St_A Marine Mammal Science MSc thesis published 🥳 congratulations to Ella and Nozomi. 🐋🦑🧪 tl;dr:

Proud supervisor moment! Ella's masters thesis paper on Okinawa humpback #whale #song complexity and evolution is out today in RSOS. Awesome collaboration with Nozomi Kobayashi et al. @francae.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

We uncovered the same statistical structure that is a hallmark of human language in whale song, published today in Science. @inbalarnon.bsky.social @simonkirby.bsky.social @jennyallen13.bsky.social @clairenea.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New blog post: Seals avoid an operating tidal turbine 🦭 Important implications for developers & regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine at higher flow speeds during operation decreases the potential for fatal collisions & injuries 📉🌎🧪 🔗 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/02/06/s...

We wrote a wee blog post detailing the findings of our most recent study @seamammalresearch.bsky.social and why the results are important! Give it a read below ⬇️

Amazing work 🐋🧪 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

🦭 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...

Schémas de paternité chez les baleines à bosse: compétition sexuelle et flux génique royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241424 @francae.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social 1/7

Safe travels! ❄️🐋

A lovely surprise to win Best Poster (woo!) for our work tracking seal movements and behaviour around a tidal turbine at @seamammalresearch.bsky.social! Thanks for having me #UKIRSC2025, it was a great conference 🌟

Check out SMRU researcher @jcqsutherland.bsky.social talking about her PhD research on killer whale predation of seals in Shetland!