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

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

Did you miss the deadline for submitting a poster or Bluesky abstract for #BOU2027? You still have a chance...we've extended the poster and Bluesky abstract submission deadline to 17 August Get that abstract in now! Avian disease ecology | 6-8 April 2027 bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology 🪶

Our Guillemates 2026/27 mentoring is now open for sign-up! 🐧 Join a colony of peers at a similar career stage 🤝 Be matched with a mentor (or become one!) 🎤 Take part in population-wide talks 🔹 Mentee sign-up: forms.gle/HyxYdjYz6Lgt... 🔹 Mentor sign-up: forms.gle/AQUHoa5NKa5h...

Just out! Spatial epidemiology of Avian flu in seabird populations. #HPAI, #Bayesian, #Conservation, #Panzootic, #Gannets, @jwejeglinski.bsky.social @heyjoode.bsky.social , @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @rspb.bsky.social @au.dk @heriotwattuni.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Between‐species contagion drives HPAI transmission and mass mortality in seabirds

Modelling the unprecedented avian panzootic caused by High-Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) across the Northeast Atlantic gannet breeding metapopulation, we estimated 28% (95% CI: 21%–34%) HPAI-r...

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🚨 APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED 🚨 We've extended the application deadline for this vacancy until 26th July, so there's a couple more weeks to get your application in! ✍ Please share with your contacts and networks. #AnimalMovement #StatisticalEcology #StatisticsJobs #Vacancy #Statistics

BioSS@bioss.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 We’re recruiting! 🚨 12‑month fixed‑term post for a senior ecological statistician with movement‑modelling expertise. The post is to build movement models for unique seabird + fish datasets, and contribute to major applied & methodological research on offshore renewable energy impacts.

🚨 1 WEEK LEFT TO APPLY 🚨 Don't miss this vacancy for an ecological statistician to join us and work on exciting animal movement modelling research. 🐧 #AnimalMovement #StatisticalEcology #StatisticsJobs #AcademicJobs #Statistics #PostDocChat

Dr Katherine Whyte@kateywhyte.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨JOB VACANCY 🚨 We're recruiting for a Senior Ecological Statistician with experience in animal movement modelling. This is an exciting 1-year post with a start date of 1st September. 📆Apply by 13th July Please share! ☺️ #AnimalMovement #StatisticalEcology #StatisticsJobs #Vacancy #Statistics

Two of the world’s largest Gannet colonies may not recover from the impact of bird flu until 2041 at the earliest, study finds Read a summary: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111887 #seabirds #hpai 🪶 🧪

💦 Work on aquatic ecosystems and fancy a late summer conference? Join us for the BES Aquatic Ecology SIG annual meeting! 📅 3–4 Sept 2026 📍 ZSL London Hear the latest research, present your work, network, and attend workshops 💦 Registration & abstract submission are OPEN: tinyurl.com/2rv3dzpw

🚨JOB VACANCY 🚨 We're recruiting for a Senior Ecological Statistician with experience in animal movement modelling. This is an exciting 1-year post with a start date of 1st September. 📆Apply by 13th July Please share! ☺️ #AnimalMovement #StatisticalEcology #StatisticsJobs #Vacancy #Statistics

BioSS@bioss.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 We’re recruiting! 🚨 12‑month fixed‑term post for a senior ecological statistician with movement‑modelling expertise. The post is to build movement models for unique seabird + fish datasets, and contribute to major applied & methodological research on offshore renewable energy impacts.

How to give a bad talk www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⛈️ Riding out the storm: Behavioural responses of a large herbivore to high-Arctic winds🦬❄️ 👇️ Read more buff.ly/H2wx9rZ

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

We were delighted to host a recent visit from Vikki Halliday, Deputy Director of RESAS (Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services of the Scottish Government) www.bioss.ac.uk/news-events/...

Visit from Vikki Halliday, Deputy Director of RESAS

Vikki Halliday, Deputy Director of RESAS (Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services of the Scottish Government) visited BioSS on Tuesday 5th May 2026.

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New review and meta-analysis of animal impacts on ecosystem function🖥️ 🌳 🌍 👇️ buff.ly/RTz1S0m

Our new review article “Calibration, Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Complex Ecological Models—A Review” now online and freely available in #EcologyLetters dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.... #Ecology #EcologicalModelling #SensitivityAnalysis #UncertaintyQuantification 🌐

Calibration, Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Complex Ecological Models—A Review

We provide a unified framework connecting sensitivity analysis, uncertainty analysis and model inversion or calibration, discuss their complementary roles in understanding and reducing uncertainty in....

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New paper in @esajournals.bsky.social Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment discussing the causes and consequences of "movement diversity" as a component of biodiversity: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Monitoring animal movement diversity as a component of biodiversity

Animal movement is increasingly being quantified in novel ways, with high potential for integration into broad-scale efforts to monitor biological diversity. Here, we define movement diversity as a f...

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Our Director @markjbrewer.bsky.social recently attended a meeting of the AI in Mathematical Sciences Working Group of the UK Knowledge Exchange Hub for Mathematical Sciences at Loughborough University. Click below to find out more!

BioSS at the UK Knowledge Exchange Hub for Mathematical Sciences' AI in Mathematical Sciences Working Group

Our Director Professor Mark Brewer attended a meeting of the AI in Mathematical Sciences Working Group of the UK Knowledge Exchange Hub for Mathematical Sciences at Loughborough University on the 26th...

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New publication led by SMRU's @izzylangley.bsky.social on competition between grey & harbour seals in Scotland using 20+ yrs of diet data. Many thanks to all who collected samples, and collaborators from the Lighthouse Field Station and Institute of Marine Research #OA Paper: doi.org/10.1002/oik....

Temporal changes in the dietary niche of sympatric seals provides insight into the role of competition in population declines

Competition theory suggests that interspecific prey competition can result in changes to the dietary niche, but obtaining timeseries of data from sympatric species experiencing temporal variation in ...

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🦭 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 PUBLICATION! 🐳🎉 Our new review paper, now published in Mammal Review, maps the the literature focusing on threats to 19 marine mammal species, to summarise volume of research, and highlight knowledge gaps (for species, locations, threats). Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/mam....

Marine Mammals in the Anthropocene: Developing a Systematic Evidence Base of Threats to Nineteen Species

Marine mammals are vulnerable to a variety of anthropogenic threats, yet a global systematic map of the literature for 19 species found both spatial and temporal disparity in research effort between ....

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Good decisions need good analysis! BioSS partnered with the Office for Environmental Protection to independently review how environmental trends are assessed. Read more on our website: www.bioss.ac.uk/case-studies... And the report: www.theoep.org.uk/commissioned...

New @jappliedecology.bsky.social paper: SMRU researchers @mattidcarter.bsky.social & @djfrussell.bsky.social led a large collaborative team to map the distribution of grey and harbour seals at sea across the Northwest European Shelf 🦭 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

At‐sea distribution of seals on the Northwest European Shelf: Towards transboundary conservation and management

This study provides the first comprehensive, regionally scalable distribution estimates for pinnipeds across the NWES and its constituent countries. The modelling framework is adaptable to other cent....

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Earlier this week, we came together in Edinburgh for our BioSS Rob Kempton Lecture & Annual General Meeting 2025. These two days were an excellent celebration of the diverse, impactful work BioSS continues to deliver for an ever-increasing range of stakeholders. Read more about it on our website:

BioSS Rob Kempton Lecture & Annual General Meeting 2025

Over Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th November, BioSS came together to meet in Edinburgh for our 2025 Rob Kempton Lecture and Annual General Meeting.

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Wild seabirds are more likely to split up in windy weather, new Edinburgh Napier-led research with UKCEH & @bioss.bsky.social shows. This is significant as climate change is bringing windier weather conditions. UKCEH's Francis Daunt spoke to BBC Scotland (~1hr 27m) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🧪

Lunchtime Live - 05/11/2025 - BBC Sounds

News updates from Scotland and beyond, plus all your lunchtime sport, travel and weather.

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Our colleagues Esther Jones and @kateywhyte.bsky.social contributed to delivering a multi-generational workshop, bringing together young people, educators, academics, and industry leaders. 🌍 Read more about the project here: www.bioss.ac.uk/case-studies... Funded by @sefariscot.bsky.social.

Adapting Education to the Climate Transition: A collaborative workshop for change

BioSS participated in a multi-actor and multi-generational workshop on rethinking how education meets the demands of the climate transition.

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📣 New publication in the journal Animal Behaviour from our Adam Butler led by @edinburghnapier.bsky.social in collaboration with @ukceh.bsky.social. 📰 Read the summary here: www.bioss.ac.uk/case-studies... 📕 Read the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Seabirds more likely to ‘divorce’ in bad weather

Wild seabirds are more likely to split up in windy weather, according to a newly published study led by Edinburgh Napier University, in collaboration with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)...

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UKIRSC Marine Mammals@ukirsc.bsky.social · last yr.

🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below #UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals

Great piece on the absurdity of brute force multiverse analyses. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Robustness is better assessed with a few thoughtful models than with billions of regressions | PNAS

Robustness is better assessed with a few thoughtful models than with billions of regressions

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