🤍 Parenthood and Caregiving in Marine Mammal Science — Part 2 We are proud to share Part 2 of our article series on parenthood and caregiving in marine mammal science: Later Career: Staying, Adapting, and Asking for More.
Filipa Samarra
@fipsamarra.bsky.social
scientist, mum | Director of the Westman Islands Research Centre, University of Iceland| marine mammal behavioural ecology and acoustic communication | PI at Icelandic Orca Project icelandic-orcas.com
‼️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... ⬇️
Check out this nice infographic on our recent study on killer whale responses to pilot whales sounds. Thanks @whalescientists.bsky.social for putting this together and spreading the word! 🤓🐳🔈 #bioacoustics #MarineMammals #whales #SciCom
Whale Scientists@whalescientists.bsky.social · 6mo agoNew research reveals something unexpected: when killer whales hear the calls of long-finned pilot whales, they don’t investigate — they leave. Fast.
Proud supervisor moment. The last chapter of @annaselbmann.bsky.social PhD is now published, well done Anna!! 👏👏 Find out more👇
Anna Selbmann@annaselbmann.bsky.social · 7mo agoA top predator on the run! New paper on aversive responses of killer whales to the sounds of long-finned pilot whales – out now in Scientific reports – open access: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Below a short summary of the main results. 🔈🐳🤓 #bioacoustics #MarineMammals #whales
Check out 👇 the @sciam.bsky.social article on our recent research on interactions between neonate pilot whales and killer whales. Thank you @marinacoladas.bsky.social
Marina Wang@marinacoladas.bsky.social · last yr.So excited for first story with @sciam.bsky.social! Baby pilot whales have been spotted swimming among a pod of orcas three times now. But were the interactions predatory or playful? 👶🐬🤷♀️ www.scientificamerican.com/article/icel...
At the #ECSconference2025! After two full days of workshops the official opening ceremony was today kicking off this year’s conference organized by my alma mater the University of the Azores. Amazing to be back here after so many years!
Hydrophone successfully recovered by our team today! 🥳 After 8 months at sea, I can’t wait to find out what it recorded! 🐋🐟
Proud supervisor ☺️ The second paper of @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social PhD is out, this time describing even more fascinating interactions between pilot whales and killer whales. Check it out 👇
@cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social · last yr.New paper about unusual encounters in Icelandic waters… In June 2022 and 2023, neonate pilot whales were observed swimming alone among groups of killer whales off south Iceland - with no other pilot whales in sight. 🧶⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Really looking forward to reading this book when it’s released! Amazing work by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and @stephanielking.bsky.social 👏
Andy Foote@andrewfoote.bsky.social · last yr.The Evolution of Cetacean Societies Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social and myself Preorder available now press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... Will share more details closer to release date #whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour
I wrote a little piece for @natureecoevo.bsky.social on how I ended up studying killer whales and why they’re so fascinating! ☺️
Nature Ecology & Evolution@natecoevo.nature.com · 2y agoNew Species Spotlight: Filipa Samarra @fipsamarra.bsky.social of the Icelandic Orca Project explains her fascination for Killer Whales rdcu.be/d9Q5s
First publication from @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social in @heredityjournal.bsky.social. Until recently North Atlantic herring stocks were thought to be genetically indistinguishable. This study shows similar gene flow among the killer whales that follow the Icelandic and Norwegian herring stocks.
@cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social · 2y ago🧬 New Paper 🧬 Together with Eve Jourdain, @andrewfoote.bsky.social, @fipsamarra.bsky.social et al. we investigated how ecological & spatio-temporal factors shape gene flow in killer whales from Greenland to Norway. 🧶⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check out @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social latest paper! Congratulations! 🙌
@cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social · 2y ago🧬 New Paper 🧬 Together with Eve Jourdain, @andrewfoote.bsky.social, @fipsamarra.bsky.social et al. we investigated how ecological & spatio-temporal factors shape gene flow in killer whales from Greenland to Norway. 🧶⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 Our latest paper, led by our former student Giorgia Giovannini, is out now! It looks in detail at killer whale sound production during feeding on spawning herring in Iceland. 🐳🐟 Find out more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
We recently launched a video series talking about Icelandic killer whales 📹 🐳 🇮🇸 the first episode features our PhD student @annaselbmann.bsky.social talking about acoustics and interactions with pilot whales. Check it out 👇
Anna Selbmann@annaselbmann.bsky.social · 2y agoRecently, the Icelandic Orca Project started a video series about our research and the tools we use. First up was me on acoustic research and interactions between killer whales and pilot whales. 🎵🐳 More cool videos to come soon! 🤓 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBEf...
Are you an undergrad student interested in gaining experience in marine bioacoustics? Apply for the Summer Student Fellowship at @whoi.bsky.social and come work with me. Application deadline: February 5, 2025. Reach out to me if you are interested. #Bioacoustics www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/e...
Summer Student Fellowship - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The Summer Student Fellow program brings bright, talented students to Woods Hole to learn more about ocean science, attend lectures by Woods Hole scientists, and conduct independent research working a...
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Very cool animal movement workshop in a stunning location!
Tiago A. Marques@talom.bsky.social · 2y agoAnimal movement workshop alert! A line of speakers difficult to beat with John Fieberg, Marie Auger-Méthé, Brett McClintock & Inês Silva and the location is definitely a place that makes you "move" for it: lovely Madeira. 19-23 May 2025. Just after the ECS in Azores. It's PT islands 2025. See you?
Online meetups for casual conversations about animal bioacoustics 🤩
Xavier Mouy@xaviermouy.bsky.social · 2y agoIntroducing "Sonic Connexions", a series of online meetups designed for casual conversations about animal bioacoustics. It is open to anyone, so join us and become part of this vibrant community! First meetup on January 29th, 2025! Sign up here: forms.office.com/r/qhPcMUKz6w 🧪🔉🐟🐋🦜🪳
Beginning in February 2025, the VOCS international Marie-Skłodowska Curie network for research in the voice sciences will begin its recruitment of 19 PhD students to study acoustic communication. Visit the project website for more details: www.vocs.eu.com #bioacoustics
VoCS – A Doctoral Network in Voice Communication Sciences
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🔔 NEW PAPER 🔔 Our latest paper is out, led by our student Giulia Bellon, using passive acoustic monitoring to investigate the occurrence of killer whales in Icelandic waters. You can read all about it (open access) here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Killer whale (Orcinus orca) occurrence in Icelandic waters revealed by passive acoustic monitoring
The distribution and occurrence of killer whales around Iceland are primarily studied in coastal herring grounds, with limited knowledge beyond these areas. This study employed opportunistic passive ...
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5 exciting PhD opportunities to join the Center for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter in Sept 2025. www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro...
Exciting new NERC funded PhD opportunity available with us on #killerwhale #orca #behaviour and #conservation, co-supervised by Stephanie King, Sam Ellis and Dan Franks in partnership with The Center for Whale Research USA exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
Did you know that Arctic cod make sound? Listen to the CodCast, a podcast telling the story of the research conducted by my friends at the University of Victoria trying to unravel the sounds of the Arctic cod. 🧪🐟🔉 #fishsounds dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/2076f2...
The Codcast
This four episode podcast series explores the discovery of a sound. It is a faint but distinct sound produced by a fish, the Arctic cod. Only recently have scientists realized how important sound is in the lives of fishes. The Arctic cod was never thought of as a sound producing, or soniferous species, until researchers from the Juanes Lab put a recording device in an Arctic cod tank. The sound they heard was clearly biological, produced by the fish in the tank, and is now known as a 'grunt'. This one discovery launched a multi-year investigation into the sound producing ability of this species. Why do they produce sound? How do they produce sound? When do they produce sound? Is noise pollution interfering with their sound production in the wild? These are the questions this series will dive into, getting accounts from the investigating scientific team, bioacousticians, and fish sound experts. This series also explores noise pollution in the ocean more broadly, and how it is affecting not just fish, but all sound producing marine species.
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Hello! We are FishSounds, an effort to study and communicate about fish and other underwater sounds, centered on the website FishSounds.net. To celebrate our first post, I hope you enjoy the sounds of the Bocon toadfish, the calls of one of the grumpy toadfish cuties that inspired our logo!
📢 If you're an acoustician or have computational skills and are interested in unlocking the secrets of underwater soundscapes of critical habitats, the application deadline has been extended. Application details can be found here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/294128 🦑🌎🧪 🔈🌐 #prattle 💬 #bioacoustics
Hello Bioacousticians, Turns out there wasn't a bioacoustics starter pack. Just realised I myself am following the bare minimum number required to make a starter pack. Please share & nominate yourself! Hoping to see this pack grow. go.bsky.app/2Qmjek6
New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you! Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
🚨 Job alert! There is still some time! Join the Seaphony team working on marine soundscapes to study key habitats within the European TREC and Biocean5D projects. Job application here: luciadiiorio.site/wp-content/u... #postdoc #acoustics
New #IAPETUS UK #PhD opportunity! Mapping Arctic marine mammal distributions ❄️🐳 🐋🦭❄️ with ship & satellite surveys, investigating their interactions with vessels Led by @heriotwattuni.bsky.social w @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @bas.ac.uk and Hurtigruten Expeditions 🚢 ❄️ tinyurl.com/mt6vuakx. 👇👇
Mapping Arctic Marine Mammals: understanding the distribution of species in a rapidly changing north
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I've started a marine mammal reseachers starter pack. It focuses on researchers and labs studying marine mammals. Feel free to ask to be added :) go.bsky.app/MWiR9uS