🎉 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... ⬇️

Characterization of cooperative feeding dynamics and a novel acoustic indicator of prey capture in herring-eating killer whales

Abstract. Group hunting is a widespread phenomenon, fundamentally shaping predator social dynamics and trophic interactions with their prey. The foraging b

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New paper on wind- and shipping-driven underwater noise in the St. Lawrence Estuary 🌊🔊 We look at how different noise sources impact key marine mammal habitat across frequencies. 📄 doi.org/10.1121/10.0...

Wind-dependent and traffic-generated noise in marine mammal habitat: Assessment across three frequency bands in the St. Lawrence estuary

Underwater sound is crucial for cetaceans, aiding behaviors such as foraging, communication, navigation, and reproduction. The St. Lawrence Estuary (eastern Can

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The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states. The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor. One collision and the whale is dead. We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍

Still buzzing from this! Thanks for the cheerleading 🎊 I loved presenting my work on humpback whale song in New Caledonian lagoon at #ECS2026 🐋 Such a great conference, with inspiring discussions all around.

Luke Rendell@lrendell.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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

Great time at the 37th ECS conference presenting my first PhD chapter on climate-driven changes in the New Caledonia soundscape and humpback whale acoustics 🐋 Loved the discussions, feedback, and new connections. Special mention to the ceilidh to wrap up this wonderful week. On to the next!

🦭 We have a new paper out! We developed an accessible framework for assessing the risk of collision between seals and operating tidal turbines. ⏭️ We found that most seal tracks moved near the turbine without collision. Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/aqc.... @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

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

New 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

Paper alert 🚨🚨🚨 We’ve developed a remotely operated device for collecting blood samples and administering sedatives in freely moving seals 🦭 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/2041... A thread 🧵👇 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Amazing footage from @asociaciontursiops.bsky.social shows two young males and a smaller female calf - is their boisterousness part of the explanation why males leave/are isolated from the social units they were born in, because they bring threat od injury to vulnerable calves? 🐳🦑🧪

Alecburslem@alecburslem.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Using the overhead vantage point offered by drones, we were able to capture headbutting on video, as well as other examples of head-led contact of varying force, raising intriguing questions about the function of such behaviour and its consequences for group cohesion and social dynamics.

📢 SURVEY: Do you use - or have you ever used - drones in marine mammal research? 🐳🐋If so, please complete our short survey and help us map the growing range of ways UAVs are being used around the world for marine mammal monitoring and research: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/uhi/drones...

Big Science 🙂 Many of our friends and colleagues made this happen. Shout-out to Mike Donoghue and to my husband, Scott Baker who, 20 years ago, organized a consortium of South Pacific whale researchers to track whale biology and movements using old-school techniques, like photo ID.

Bringing whale superhighways to life - a new digital platform a game-changer for ocean conservation — WWF Protecting Whales & Dolphins Initiative

In a major advance for marine conservation, WWF and a global coalition of leading scientists, civil society, governments, and tech innovators have launched BlueCorridors.org —a dynamic new platform...

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