Éadin O'Mahony, PhD
@eadinomahony.bsky.social
Molecular ecology postdoc at ATU, Galway. Marine mammal ecologist with a heavy focus on whale snot for conservation genomics. Anti-colonial & transdisciplinary practice. She/her. http://tiny.cc/anticolonialreading
Please sign the following letter to the Irish Minister for the Environment to ban LNG terminal development in Ireland: my.uplift.ie/petitions/op... @uplift.ie
Ban LNG Terminals in Ireland: Sign open letter to Darragh O' Brien
Climate impact LNG has a devastating impact on the climate because of the methane emissions released by fracking, cooling, shipping and regasifying it. It produces Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions 33% ...
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I'm thrilled to share that the Boorloo (Perth) (Whadjuk Noongar) Statement, born of a gathering at SMM 2024, has been released by the Society. A huge thanks to Jodi, Chels, Shiva & the Supporting Indigenous+ Representation subcommittee! Please take the time to read it! 🐋 #marmam
Society for Marine Mammalogy
The mission of the international Society for Marine Mammalogy is to promote the global advancement of marine mammal science and contribute to its relevance and impact in education, conservation and ma...
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Society for Marine Mammalogy@marinemammalogy.bsky.social · last wk.Marine mammal science is strengthened when we move beyond acknowledgement and toward responsibility, reciprocity, respect, and meaningful partnership.
I'm looking forward to presenting my findings on the spatio-temporal genetic structure of humpback whales feeding in the North Pacific over the past 4 decades from my postdoc at the Marine Mammal Institute @oregonstate.edu at the European Cetacean Society (ECS) conference in Scotland next week. 🐳🧬
🎉Congrats to @francae.bsky.social, @lrendell.bsky.social & @ellengarland.bsky.social on their new #OpenAccess article about humpback population recovery! 🌊🐋📈 📚👉Read the research directly: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... @seamammalresearch.bsky.social #OpenScience #MarineMammals
University of St Andrews@uniofstandrews.bsky.social · 7mo agoNew research from @francae.bsky.social at SMRU has shown that the role of age in male humpback whale reproduction has changed as populations recover from centuries of exploitation. Read more...👇 https://ow.ly/5eot50YnUs9 #EverToExcel
Great to be in Kaunas, Lithuania, as part of the #GENOA Cost Action: working towards integrating genetic diversity indicators in species assessments to protect #biodiversity. 🧵
If Europe wants real energy security, the answer isn’t more LNG terminals or new gas deals. It’s: ✅ cutting fossil fuel demand ✅ scaling up renewables, grids and storage ✅ electrifying heating & transport ✅ insulating homes
{whalestrike} R package version 0.6 is available now! 🐳The package simulates a #shipstrike and calculates the probability of lethality. The updated package provides parameters to select #whale species and vessel types. A Shiny app is available to see the impacts of the parameters in real time.
It literally takes one minute to sign this petition to stop mass harvesting of seaweed from the west coast of Ireland without proper public consultation. I signed and it’s at 12,222 out of 15,000 rn — please sign:
Pádraic Fogarty@whittledaway.bsky.social · 8mo agoThis cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
📢 Calling all #eDNA folks!! 🧬 Abstract submission is open for the #UKEOF UKDNA Working Group Conference 2026 #UKDNAWG26! 🧬 Submit your Abstract via this link! forms.gle/epwnz5PFdrrt...
UKDNA-WG 2026 - Abstract submission form
The 2026 UKDNA-WG conference will be held on 13-15th April 2026 at the University of Sheffield, including a joint day with the Ecological Genetics Group on the 15th to explore the possibilities of how...
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🐋 Loved having a chat about bubble netting humpbacks on @npr.org's Science Desk with Nate Rott! As a *major* NPR Tiny Desk fan... can someone tell me is this the scientists' equivalent?! 🤪 www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
Humpback whales cast bubble nets to catch prey. They may be learning from each other
Humpback whales will sometimes use an intricate strategy to catch food called bubble-net feeding. A new study suggests they're spreading the knowledge of how to do it to each other.
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Join us Sat, Feb 7 for a FREE virtual book launch of 'The Evolution of Cetacean Societies'. Live Q&A + cover BTS. 🕕 18:00 GMT / 10am PT 🎟️ Free with registration 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
More coverage of Éadin's paper: oceanographicmagazine.com/news/immigra... 🐳🦑
‘Immigrant whales’ bring feeding culture to Canadian humpbacks
'Cultural knowledge’ crucial for survival of whales, underscoring need to integrate animal culture into marine management
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Éadin O'Mahony, PhD@eadinomahony.bsky.social · 9mo agoNew paper on the social learning of bubble net feeding by humpbacks in British Columbia, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B 🐋 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... #marmam @bcwhales.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social [1/5]
New paper on the social learning of bubble net feeding by humpbacks in British Columbia, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B 🐋 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... #marmam @bcwhales.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social [1/5]
The diffusion of cooperative and solo bubble net feeding in Canadian Pacific humpback whales
Abstract. Animal culture, information and behaviours acquired and shared by social learning are a form of biodiversity with intrinsic and practical value.
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one more week to apply for a 4-years PhD position with me to work on the macrogenomics of sea warming. Deadline: Jan 18th 2026 #MarineGenomics #EvolutionaryBiology #PopGen #Bioinformatics #conservationgenomics #consgen #conservationgenetics
Nicolas Dussex@nicolasdussex.bsky.social · 10mo ago🌊 🐟🦭🐋🐧 I have a PhD position available (4 years, start Mid-2026) at NRM Stockholm to work on the macrogenomics of sea warming. Apply here: recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a... #PhD #MarineGenomics #ClimateChange #EvolutionaryBiology #PopGen #Bioinformatics #conservationgenomics
Tomorrow is the deadline for submissions against what @antaisce.bsky.social is describing as one of the greatest threats to our environment ever. Please don't wait til it's too late, get it in today.
Irish Wildlife Trust@irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 9mo ago⚠️ All Hands on Deck Needed to Respond to the Latest Attack on Access to Justice ⚖️ "This is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced" - @antaisce.bsky.social 🔗 Details and call for public submissions: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
The Irish Govt is proposing new legal cost rules that would make public-interest & environmental court cases prohibitively expensive, effectively shutting down judicial review & insulating bad decisions from scrutiny. 🗓️ Public consultation closes THIS THURSDAY: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
All Hands on Deck Needed to Respond to the Latest Attack on Access to Justice
The Government is seeking to dramatically erode the public right of access to justice via the courts by imposing prohibitively expensive costs on eNGOs and members of civil society who seek to challen...
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I've slowly been reformatting notes from my population and conservation genetics course at Montana State University into a web book—a rough draft is now live here: elinck.org/popgen_conge...
A new #ScienceAdvances study shows that commercial whaling in the Southern Ocean over the past century reduced the genetic diversity—and possibly the evolutionary fitness—of the region’s humpback whales. https://scim.ag/4anxPpM
Humpback whale genomes reflect the increased efficiency of commercial whaling
Humpback whale genomes reflect shifts in whaling practices and their potential impact on the animals’ adaptive capacity.
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Freshly published work led by Tom Brough: Tere Tohorā, Karanga Tāngata: Weaving Māori Knowledge With Conventional Science to Characterise a Biodiversity Hotspot for Marine Megafauna in an Area Facing Multiple Anthropogenic Impacts (link to open source paper below)
So chuffed for the newly minted Dr @eadinomahony.bsky.social who crushed their viva this week at @seamammalresearch.bsky.social and gave an awesome seminar to boot! Many thanks to @tangeolsen.bsky.social for years of support! 🐳🦑🧪
A very happy camper after successfully defending my PhD at @seamammalresearch.bsky.social! MASSIVE thanks to my PhD dream team @lrendell.bsky.social, Oscar Gaggiotti, @tangeolsen.bsky.social, @marinemolecol.bsky.social & @bcwhales.bsky.social! 🐋🐋 #PhDone
I can't believe you caught this on a camera trap, and front stage centre! 🤯 Absolutely incredible, well done @thomasluypaert.bsky.social and co-authors! The video is embedded in the #openaccess paper for those that are curious 🐆
Thomas Luypaert@thomasluypaert.bsky.social · last yr.Ever wondered what a jaguar’s love life looks like? Neither had we — until we captured the first-ever video of jaguar mating in the wild, featuring a rare black jaguar. 🐆😍🐈⬛ 🧪🌏🌐🍁. Check out the full video here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Ecology #Conservation #Biodiversity #Wildlife
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
Cell Press: STAR Protocols
STAR Protocols is an open access, peer-reviewed journal from Cell Press. We offer structured, transparent, accessible, and repeatable step-by-step experimental and computational protocols from all are...
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#MarMam #conservationgenomics #PopulationGenomics
Morten Tange Olsen@tangeolsen.bsky.social · last yr.Curious about the impact of historic decline and recent recovery of grey seal genetic diversity? Check out our new paper! Congrats @marinemolecol.bsky.social and Kristina Cammen onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Also excited to join this #COST Action — the recent kickoff meeting left me buzzing 🐝 much looking forward to seeing the impact on both European policy and genetic monitoring from this conservation genetics #consgen initiative! 🎊 #conservation #popgen #GENOA
Francesca Raffini Lab@francescaraffini.bsky.social · last yr.Thrilled to join the #COST Action #genoa! 🧬⛵🔬 We aim to advance genetic diversity research, monitor and protect biodiversity, and support the use of genetic data across Europe. Looking forward to impactful conservation efforts! 🤩 #consgen #popgen #BiodivMon ℹ️ shorturl.at/VsCDW
** New Indigenous Representation Subcommittee of the SMM DEI Committee seeking members! See thread below for more info! ** Reposting this to highlight it in the #MarMam feed now that I'm a contributor -- thanks @daryllmarie.bsky.social! 🦭 🐋 #MarineMammals #SMM #marinemammalscience
Éadin O'Mahony, PhD@eadinomahony.bsky.social · last yr.‼️ 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)