Acoustically tracked fish provide evidence for marine mammal predation @ offshore wind farms www.nature.com/articles/s41... OWEC #PrePAREDproject funded by @thecrownestate.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @drmjwitt.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social

New paper: Classifying bioacoustic data without individual call annotations using temporal convolutional networks and feature extractors - first (but not last!) PhD paper from @garrobe.bsky.social 🥳 pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/art... @seamammalresearch.bsky.social 🐋🦑🧪

Delighted to share this work from my PhD, which is now published in Animal Conservation: 🎉 zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Huge thanks to my co-authors, and to all the funders who supported this work. #MarineMammals #OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergy #AnimalMovement #Seals

Fabulous to see this paper published... adding to our knowledge of the effects of underwater noise on seals....

Dr Katherine Whyte@kateywhyte.bsky.social · 2w ago

@bioss.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @animalconserv.bsky.social

PAMGuard V2.02.19 is now available for download. Nothing major in this release, but some important bug fixes, and a few cool features. See release notes for details at www.pamguard.org/news/260811_... The next release, V2.03.00 is going to be seriously awesome ! @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

New chapter: Sperm Whales in Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Led by Sanna Isojunno, a comprehensive review of knowledge of sperm whales in European waters - happy to see this out! @jlkershaw.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social 🐋🦑 link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/... DM yr email for PDF

Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758

This comprehensive species-specific chapter covers all aspects of mammalian biology, including taxonomy, global and European distribution, genetics, morphology, life history, ecology, behavior, parasi...

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New paper! I am now officially a bowhead song researcher thanks to Seth's cool new paper - see thread for details - there is so much work to do on bowhead song and I am excited to continue this collaboration! @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @taylorhersh.bsky.social @sethharris15.bsky.social 🐋🦑🧪

Seth Harris@sethharris15.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New paper on bowhead whale song out with @lrendell.bsky.social, @taylorhersh.bsky.social and Kate Stafford! 🐋 tinyurl.com/3svw5pzp

New report from SMRU and NatureScot shows drop in Scotland’s harbour seal numbers and sparks concern for grey seal population Read more...👇 https://ow.ly/wXxq50ZgS9Z #EverToExcel

New paper! Dialect variation in Mediterranean sperm whales shows evidence of cultural evolution in an isolated population tinyurl.com/yrfepekh with @taylorhersh.bsky.social @asociaciontursiops.bsky.social and the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute 🐋🦑🧪 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

‼️NEW PAPER‼️ @ellenlhayward.bsky.social did an incredible job analysing video tags we deployed over the last few years in collaboration with Prof. Patrick Miller @seamammalresearch.bsky.social to investigate the cooperative feeding behaviour of killer whales 🫍 Huge congratulations Ellen 👏👏👏

Ellen Hayward@ellenlhayward.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎉 Excited to share our new paper on cooperative feeding in killer whales 🫍. Using animal-borne audio and video data, we investigated tail-slap feeding, found evidence of role specialisation, and developed a novel acoustic method to estimate group-level feeding rates. 📖 doi.org/10.1098/rsos... ⬇️

For years, scientists blamed local sharks and boat propellers for bizarre seal deaths in eastern Canada. But new research reveals an even grimmer truth. The freshly weaned animals were brutally killed by their own kind: adult male gray seals. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4uI3rNs

@science.org news article coverage of work led by SMRU's @izzylangley.bsky.social: Scientists ID ‘corkscrew killer’ behind gruesome seal deaths www.science.org/content/arti... Read the paper in @marinemammalogy.bsky.social journal here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Scientists ID ‘corkscrew killer’ behind gruesome seal deaths

Bizarre injuries were not caused by sharks or boat propellers, but a more surprising culprit

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Exciting opportunity to join a fab team (if we do say so ourselves!) investigating seal diet around Scotland. Fieldwork and lab work. Fixed term until 31st March 2028 - take a look for more info. Closing date is 18th May 2026 lnkd.in/eUZ7pGri

SMRU@seamammalresearch.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢Job Vacancy📢 SMRU are hiring a seal diet technician. Please share with potential candidates. Apply by 18/05/2026 www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

🐋 New ways to eat: ecological influences on novel feeding in WAP humpback whales: Join the WAPSA working group in a webinar featuring a talk by @jennyallen13.bsky.social (University of St Andrews) on 7 May 2026 at 13:00 UTC. Everyone welcome! Register here: buff.ly/SJjef6B

📢Job Vacancy📢 SMRU are hiring a seal diet technician. Please share with potential candidates. Apply by 18/05/2026 www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

Really nice to see our recent paper picked up in a Dispatch. It highlights a point we care a lot about: even in a conservation success story like humpback whales, recovery is about more than numbers.🐳 Dispatch: www.cell.com/current-biol... @currentbiology.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

Marine biology: Don’t call it a humpback comeback!

As a population recovers from extreme exploitation, it is not simply a matter of how many individuals are in the population but who they are, which can affect sexual selection. A long-term study of hu...

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Franca Eichenberger@francae.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New paper on age-related reproductive tactics & success in humpback whales, published in Current Biology.🐳🧬 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #marmam @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social @clairenea.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social 1/7

Georgina Whittome with important findings about blue whale distribution and ENSO patterns in the eastern Pacific 👏 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social #ECS2026 #MSc_MMS_St_A 🐋🦑🧪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@eva-mariab.bsky.social presenting her AMAZING PhD work on the effects of blood gases on peripheral perfusion in diving grey seals at the #ECS2026 🦭🦭🦭

@oceangill.bsky.social looks beyond Europe to summarise coastal cetacean conservation issues and massive data gaps around the Indian Ocean, focussing on the concerning status of humpback dolphins and establishing a vital international network #ECS2026 🦑🐋🧪 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

Full disclosure I co-supervised @amsouth.bsky.social but my unbiased and objective opinion that his work on humpback song rhythms is awesome! 🤣 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social #ECS2026 🐋🦑🧪

Day 2 #ECS2026 @eva-mariab.bsky.social telling us about diving physiology explored with foraging experiments at @seamammalresearch.bsky.social #MSc_MMS_St_A 🐋🦑🧪

Count the #MSc_MMS_St_A students and graduates at #ECS2026 - I make it 41 but I will be wrong 🤣 so nice to see everyone!

Let's goooo! #ECS2026 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jeannemrdl.bsky.social is presenting work on humpback song in soundscapes of New Caledonian lagoons 🥳 🐋 🦑🧪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Ever masterful Enrico Pirotta shows how individual health can modulate responses to stress in dolphins 👏🐋🦑🧪 #ECS2026

SMRU director @carolsparling.bsky.social had the honour of opening #ECS2026 in Dundee today. Many exciting talks to follow!

Great job @jessmontabaranom.bsky.social! Important findings about seal behaviour around tidal turbines monitored with multibeam sonar @seamammalresearch.bsky.social #ECS2026 🐋🦑🧪

Excited to be attending my first #ECS2026 in Dundee this week! If you're interested in hearing more on seal movement and avoidance behaviour around tidal turbines, I'll be giving a talk on our work for on Wednesday around 12 🦭 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

Really looking forward to European Cetacean Society (ECS) in Dundee next week! If you're interested in seal diet and predation, Holly Armstrong and I will be presenting in the Advances in Dietary Studies workshop on Monday, and at both poster sessions later in the week. Come say hi 👋

We're having a fantastic weekend at the @mammalsociety.bsky.social annual conference in Inverness. Enjoying learning about all of the fantastic work going on across the UK on mammal conservation. Not to mention the energetic ceilidh last night. Can't wait to come back next year!