🎉 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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Super excited to have presented today at Ocean Science Meeting in Glasgow on some of my PhD work 🌊🧊! Was so much fun to talk all things polynyas and sea ice 🦭❄️ thank you to everyone who came to have a listen! #OSM26

That’s a wrap for #UKIRSC26! Thank you to everyone who came to Plymouth for our 20th Annual UKIRSC Conference! It was a pleasure meeting everyone and hearing all of the amazing presentations! 🦭🐬🐋

And shoutout to our UKIRSC committee for organising this year’s conference #UKIRSC26 🙌 @beth-harvey.bsky.social @oshuwilson.bsky.social @miahurst.bsky.social @eva-mariab.bsky.social @isha-just-isha.bsky.social @rebeccahdudley.bsky.social @crday-reader.bsky.social @ellenlhayward.bsky.social

Had a great time helping to host the UKIRSC 2026 conference this week 🐋🦭🐬 and really enjoyed presenting a poster of the first chapter of my PhD #UKIRSC26 ✨

UKIRSC Marine Mammals@ukirsc.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Our winner for best poster at #UKIRSC26 was our very own @miahurst.bsky.social “An automated method for polynya detection using a geomorphon algorithm” 🏆🧊 Thank you to Seiche and Whales et al. ART for sponsoring this prize!

🐋 Registration Deadline Extended 🦭 We've extended the deadline for registration until the 21st November, so there's still time to sign up if you thought you'd missed it! Head to our website or scan the QR code in the poster to get to the form. Hope to see you all in January!

UKIRSC Marine Mammals@ukirsc.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🐬 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

Reminder that registration closes this week! Follow the link in the thread to sign up 🧵

UKIRSC Marine Mammals@ukirsc.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🐬 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

🐬 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

📣 SAVE THE DATE! 📣 The 20th UKIRSC Conference will take place 13 - 16th Jan 2026 at the University of Plymouth. A free event for students in marine mammal science to share research, network, and be inspired. More details coming soon! #UKIRSC #MarineMammals #StudentScience @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social

Are you an early career marine mammal scientist? We've created a list for you! Ask to be added ⬇️ and follow to keep up to date with marine mammal research, boost your science and connect with other PhD students/ECRs 🐬🐋🧪🌍 (If not - please still share widely!) bsky.app/profile/did:...

🌊 Introducing Our Committee for #UKIRSC2026 🐋 Next up is new committee member Mia!

@miahurst.bsky.social I’m a PhD student at St Andrews, studying how climate change affects the Amundsen Sea, one of Antarctica’s most productive regions. My work focuses on polynyas, open-water areas within sea ice, that form vital habitat for species like phytoplankton, seals, and penguins.