@eva-mariab.bsky.social presenting her AMAZING PhD work on the effects of blood gases on peripheral perfusion in diving grey seals at the #ECS2026 🦭🦭🦭

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

Our new publication with @strandings.bsky.social & #SMRUsealpred contributors. A first attempt at quantifying grey seal predation of marine mammals and the potential impact on declining harbour seal populatons. Check it out! doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Intraguild predation in sympatric seals and the effect on a declining population

This study examined the prevalence, spatial extent, and temporal trends of grey seal intraguild predation (IGP). We demonstrated the utility of integrating disparate datasets to address conservation ...

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SMRU@seamammalresearch.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New study led by SMRU's @izzylangley.bsky.social in collaboration with @strandings.bsky.social: evidence for grey seal predation of grey seals, harbour seals and harbour porpoises across Scotland, at levels that could prevent recovery of depleted populations. tinyurl.com/4r3wka6a

🎉 Exciting to see this paper published using @smruinstrument.bsky.social tags to study diving behaviour and physiology of free divers! Congrats to the authors! 👏🔬📡 @smruecophys.bsky.social @chrismcknight.bsky.social Read the paper here: www.cell.com/current-biol...

SMRU Ecophysiology Lab@smruecophys.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New @seamammalresearch.bsky.social & @smruinstrument.bsky.social research out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social, using #NIRS integrated into SMRU phone tags to measure the diving behaviour and physiology of the most incredible human divers - the all-female Haenyeo www.cell.com/current-biol...

Fascinating new research led by @smruecophys.bsky.social researcher @chrismcknight.bsky.social

SMRU Ecophysiology Lab@smruecophys.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New @seamammalresearch.bsky.social & @smruinstrument.bsky.social research out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social, using #NIRS integrated into SMRU phone tags to measure the diving behaviour and physiology of the most incredible human divers - the all-female Haenyeo www.cell.com/current-biol...

New @seamammalresearch.bsky.social & @smruinstrument.bsky.social research out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social, using #NIRS integrated into SMRU phone tags to measure the diving behaviour and physiology of the most incredible human divers - the all-female Haenyeo www.cell.com/current-biol...

Some of our recent @smruecophys.bsky.social research covered by BBC www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Record-breaking divers are pushing human limits and reshaping scientists' view of our species

Humans have a long history of diving to forage from the seabed and today elite freedivers are reaching greater depths than ever. Some researchers argue humans belong in the sea.

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🦤🌐🧪 Minke whales feeding in the Jacques Cartier passage over summer are predominantly pregnant females. From 2007–2015 pregnancy rates remain stable despite fluctuating prey availability, suggesting some resilience to environmental change @smruecophys.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

New paper in @nature.com led by @patricepottier.bsky.social! We demonstrated global vulnerability of amphibians to warming, threatening 10% of >5,000 species examined. How did we do it? See thread🧵 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🐳 UPCOMING BOOK ALERT 🐬 The Evolution of Cetacean Societies Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social and myself Preorder available now press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour

We're pleased to share our work at @seamammalresearch.bsky.social, published in @science.org last week, showing that seals perceive circulating oxygen levels to adjust their diving behaviour. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

When did the lubricated joints that allow our skeleton to swivel, rotate and bend evolve? @crumplab.bsky.social explores a new @plosbiology.org paper by @neelimasharma.bsky.social &co that pinpoints their origin to the earliest jawed vertebrates 🧪 Paper: plos.io/3CTC8La Primer: plos.io/4kkhXa6

California Coyotes Spotted Hunting #Seal Pups explorersweb.com/california-c...

California Coyotes Spotted Hunting Seal Pups » Explorersweb

Now we can add something new to the many foods that coyotes eat. For the first time, scientists have captured footage of them hunting harbor seals.

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Yellow-breasted capuchins use stones as nutcrackers, often inadvertently creating sharp-edged flakes, like those associated with early hominids, in what the authors suggest is a possible mechanism for the emergence of hominin stone tools. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Great new paper from one of our alumni Joanne Morten and Exeter Marine's Dr Lucy Hawkes! #seabirds #AcademicSky 🦤🦑🧪🌐🌍

BirdLife Marine@birdlifemarine.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways using #seabird #tracking data & novel analytical methods ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪 #ornithology #migration #BLScience @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social We are grateful to GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social for funding the project 🧵1/5

New blog post: Seals avoid an operating tidal turbine 🦭 Important implications for developers & regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine at higher flow speeds during operation decreases the potential for fatal collisions & injuries 📉🌎🧪 🔗 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/02/06/s...

Seals avoid an operating tidal turbine

Authors of a recently published study discuss how their research discovered that seals exhibit avoidance of turbines during operation. This finding is important for industry developers and regulato…

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We wrote a wee blog post detailing the findings of our most recent study @seamammalresearch.bsky.social and why the results are important! Give it a read below ⬇️

Journal of Applied Ecology@jappliedecology.bsky.social · last yr.

New blog post: Seals avoid an operating tidal turbine 🦭 Important implications for developers & regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine at higher flow speeds during operation decreases the potential for fatal collisions & injuries 📉🌎🧪 🔗 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/02/06/s...

Humpback whale songs have statistical patterns in their structure that are remarkably similar to those seen in human language. www.newscientist.com/article/2467...

Humpback whale songs have patterns that resemble human language

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be because of how they are learned

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SO very excited about new paper with @simonkirby.bsky.social and @ellengarland.bsky.social: We used infant-inspired tools to analyze eight years of humpback whale song, finding recurring parts with a Zipfian frequency distribution. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure

Humpback whale song is a culturally transmitted behavior. Human language, which is also culturally transmitted, has statistically coherent parts whose frequency distribution follows a power law. These...

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Andy Whiten and I wrote a @science.org perspective about a cool new study from @inbalarnon.bsky.social @simonkirby.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social et al! They found humpback whale song has language-like statistical structure, using methods inspired by infant language learning 🐋🎶 Links below ⬇️

We uncovered the same statistical structure that is a hallmark of human language in whale song, published today in Science. @inbalarnon.bsky.social @simonkirby.bsky.social @jennyallen13.bsky.social @clairenea.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

SMRU researchers are appealing for the public to help us understand why UK Harbour seals are in steep decline news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-a...

Polar bear fur has a built-in deicing feature | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Polar bear fur has a built-in deicing feature

An analysis of the Arctic animals’ fur reveals chemical clues to how they stay ice-free

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Anais Bliault presents the ventilatory adjustments of seals to physiological disturbance

How do you spot a leopard? Listen to its roar🐆 Research led by ‪@jonathan-growcott.bsky.social shows for the first time that leopards have unique roars, meaning individuals can be identified through bioacoustic monitoring, a potentially significant advance in leopard conservation.

Leopards reveal their identity through a distinct roar

Scientists reveal how leopards' unique roars aid conservation in Tanzania, using cutting-edge technology to track and protect these big cats.

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Do you work in wildlife health & conservation? We are seeking participants for an online survey of practitioner/researcher attitudes to parasite conservation. Open to all roles and experience levels. DM me for more info and links. Please help us reach as many folk as possible by reposting. 🧪🌍🪱🪰🦟

Some more of our lab’s recently published work - @eva-mariab.bsky.social used #NIRS and underwater arterial blood sampling to investigate depth-dependent effects on cardiovascular and blood oxygen regulation during freediving t.co/tB6iZ5y0Xm

Among the most agile of flying creatures, dragonflies have evolved to perform quick aerial maneuvers both to attract mates and to catch prey midair. Now, researchers have documented and explained a unique stunt the insects perform so quickly most people never see it. scim.ag/40mKKBI

Some of our group’s research published last November quantifying and reducing the costs from animal-borne tags on study animals #biologging royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

An x-ray analysis of bony scales shows vertebrates developed the ability to remodel and repair bone much earlier than previously thought.

Ancient fish fossil suggests ‘living skeletons' evolved 460 million years ago

X-ray analysis of bony scale shows vertebrates developed ability to remodel and repair bone much earlier than thought

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