Denise Risch
@denrisch.bsky.social
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We are hiring: #PhD fellow in Ecosystem-based management and marine connectivity🐋🧪🛰️
Want to work with tracking data from migratory species to identify ecological corridors and help inform biodiversity conservation priorities?
Apply by Dec 7th!
@bioprotectproject.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ytfmfhfc
Want to work with tracking data from migratory species to identify ecological corridors and help inform biodiversity conservation priorities?
Apply by Dec 7th!
@bioprotectproject.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ytfmfhfc
PhD Fellow in Ecology/Ecosystem-Based Management (289259) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Job title: PhD Fellow in Ecology/Ecosystem-Based Management (289259), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Sunday, December 7, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We are hiring: #PhD fellow in Ecosystem-based management and marine connectivity🐋🧪🛰️
Want to work with tracking data from migratory species to identify ecological corridors and help inform biodiversity conservation priorities?
Apply by Dec 7th!
@bioprotectproject.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ytfmfhfc
Want to work with tracking data from migratory species to identify ecological corridors and help inform biodiversity conservation priorities?
Apply by Dec 7th!
@bioprotectproject.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ytfmfhfc
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New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
The evolutionary genomics of life-history adaptations in pinnipeds - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Project summary Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals and walrus) are keystone marine predators, and sentinels for marine ecosystem health. Advances in genomic technology open up the possibility to u...
yes-dtn.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
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🐋 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!
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!
🐬 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
#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🐋 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!
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!
Reposted by Denise Risch
🐬 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
#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
October 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🐬 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
#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
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‼️ (amazing) Post doc alert!
Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻
July 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
‼️ (amazing) Post doc alert!
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New paper
Exploring the biodiversity of cetacean communities along the western North Atlantic Ocean shelf-break
led by Samara Haver.
One finding:
"beaked whale species [were] the most significant driver of differences among cetacean communities"
🐳🌍🦑🧪
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Exploring the biodiversity of cetacean communities along the western North Atlantic Ocean shelf-break
led by Samara Haver.
One finding:
"beaked whale species [were] the most significant driver of differences among cetacean communities"
🐳🌍🦑🧪
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
July 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
New paper
Exploring the biodiversity of cetacean communities along the western North Atlantic Ocean shelf-break
led by Samara Haver.
One finding:
"beaked whale species [were] the most significant driver of differences among cetacean communities"
🐳🌍🦑🧪
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Exploring the biodiversity of cetacean communities along the western North Atlantic Ocean shelf-break
led by Samara Haver.
One finding:
"beaked whale species [were] the most significant driver of differences among cetacean communities"
🐳🌍🦑🧪
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Interesting development in the whales-and-wind saga. Someone's playing this one very smart.
Repeating - anyone who tries to shut down offshore wind for right whale conservation and does nothing about entanglements is either a fool or has a motive other than whale conservation.
🐳🌍🦑
1/2
Repeating - anyone who tries to shut down offshore wind for right whale conservation and does nothing about entanglements is either a fool or has a motive other than whale conservation.
🐳🌍🦑
1/2
Green Oceans and Three Tribes Petition NOAA to Revoke Offshore Wind Companies’ Authorizations That Harm 61% of the Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales While Building their Projects
Three Native American tribes, the Shinnecock Nation, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah, the Narragansett Tribe, ACK for Whales, and Green Oceans have ...
www.businesswire.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Interesting development in the whales-and-wind saga. Someone's playing this one very smart.
Repeating - anyone who tries to shut down offshore wind for right whale conservation and does nothing about entanglements is either a fool or has a motive other than whale conservation.
🐳🌍🦑
1/2
Repeating - anyone who tries to shut down offshore wind for right whale conservation and does nothing about entanglements is either a fool or has a motive other than whale conservation.
🐳🌍🦑
1/2
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We are looking for a Research Assistant to contribute to our ongoing analysis of dolphin acoustic data from West Wales - collaboration between @wtsww.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 🐬
Deadline is 29th June - please share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Deadline is 29th June - please share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
June 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We are looking for a Research Assistant to contribute to our ongoing analysis of dolphin acoustic data from West Wales - collaboration between @wtsww.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 🐬
Deadline is 29th June - please share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Deadline is 29th June - please share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Interested in biology and comparative psychology, and working in an interdisciplinary project and research team? I’m advertising two PhD positions on the evolutionary origins of cooperative sociality and communication (start 1.10.) at the University of Konstanz👇 links below!
May 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Interested in biology and comparative psychology, and working in an interdisciplinary project and research team? I’m advertising two PhD positions on the evolutionary origins of cooperative sociality and communication (start 1.10.) at the University of Konstanz👇 links below!
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🐳Come join us for a Whale of a Weekend in Dundee from 26-29 June! Some of our team will be part of a panel on June 28, sharing tales about studying whales in South Georgia 🐳
🧪@southgeorgiahertiagetrust @FOSGI
Go to for more information: sght.org/woaw/
🧪@southgeorgiahertiagetrust @FOSGI
Go to for more information: sght.org/woaw/
WoaW - South Georgia Heritage Trust
sght.org
May 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🐳Come join us for a Whale of a Weekend in Dundee from 26-29 June! Some of our team will be part of a panel on June 28, sharing tales about studying whales in South Georgia 🐳
🧪@southgeorgiahertiagetrust @FOSGI
Go to for more information: sght.org/woaw/
🧪@southgeorgiahertiagetrust @FOSGI
Go to for more information: sght.org/woaw/
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Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) has just unveiled field recordings (and compositions that incorporate them) for 270 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and one of mine is included (responding to Horses at Machu Picchu). There's a lot to listen to! citiesandmemory.com/heritage/
Sonic Heritage - the sounds of the world's most famous sights
Sonic Heritage is a global tour to examine the role sound plays in the UNESCO-listed spaces deemed the world’s most culturally significant.
citiesandmemory.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) has just unveiled field recordings (and compositions that incorporate them) for 270 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and one of mine is included (responding to Horses at Machu Picchu). There's a lot to listen to! citiesandmemory.com/heritage/
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Exciting news! 🌴🔊 The Tropical Bioacoustics School TBS2025 is right around the corner!
#TropicalBioacoustics #SoundScience #Conservation #bioacoustics
www.tropbioacschool.com
#TropicalBioacoustics #SoundScience #Conservation #bioacoustics
www.tropbioacschool.com
Tropical Bioacoustics School
www.tropbioacschool.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Exciting news! 🌴🔊 The Tropical Bioacoustics School TBS2025 is right around the corner!
#TropicalBioacoustics #SoundScience #Conservation #bioacoustics
www.tropbioacschool.com
#TropicalBioacoustics #SoundScience #Conservation #bioacoustics
www.tropbioacschool.com
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Please join us for the upcoming Open Forum Session by the Marine #AI Forum!
The session titled Understanding the Current State of #SouthernOcean #Benthic Ecosystems Using #DeepLearning Computer Vision with Dr Cameron Trotter (@bas.ac.uk) will be taking place online on Thurs 3 Apr at 10 am UTC.
The session titled Understanding the Current State of #SouthernOcean #Benthic Ecosystems Using #DeepLearning Computer Vision with Dr Cameron Trotter (@bas.ac.uk) will be taking place online on Thurs 3 Apr at 10 am UTC.
MASTS Open Forum Session "Deep Computer Vision & Benthic Ecosystems" - MASTS
MASTS invites everyone to this free Open Forum Session hosted by the Marine Artificial Intelligence Research Forum.
masts.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Please join us for the upcoming Open Forum Session by the Marine #AI Forum!
The session titled Understanding the Current State of #SouthernOcean #Benthic Ecosystems Using #DeepLearning Computer Vision with Dr Cameron Trotter (@bas.ac.uk) will be taking place online on Thurs 3 Apr at 10 am UTC.
The session titled Understanding the Current State of #SouthernOcean #Benthic Ecosystems Using #DeepLearning Computer Vision with Dr Cameron Trotter (@bas.ac.uk) will be taking place online on Thurs 3 Apr at 10 am UTC.
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Science benefits everyone. Demonising & defunding it hurts everyone. That's why I'll be joining #standupforscience2025 in Montpellier, France
La science profite à tous. La diaboliser & la financer nuit à tout le monde. C'est pourquoi je rejoindrai #standupforscience2025 à Montpellier, en France
La science profite à tous. La diaboliser & la financer nuit à tout le monde. C'est pourquoi je rejoindrai #standupforscience2025 à Montpellier, en France
March 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Science benefits everyone. Demonising & defunding it hurts everyone. That's why I'll be joining #standupforscience2025 in Montpellier, France
La science profite à tous. La diaboliser & la financer nuit à tout le monde. C'est pourquoi je rejoindrai #standupforscience2025 à Montpellier, en France
La science profite à tous. La diaboliser & la financer nuit à tout le monde. C'est pourquoi je rejoindrai #standupforscience2025 à Montpellier, en France
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2025. #DEI - ‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown. Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown
Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.
www.nature.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
2025. #DEI - ‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown. Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Meanwhile, in the world of #whales -
Steps taken to reduce the likelihood of shipping killing individual Gulf of Mexico whales (Balaenoptera ricei) have been rescinded
~50 or so is the best estimate of the abundance of this species
🐳🌍🦑
Steps taken to reduce the likelihood of shipping killing individual Gulf of Mexico whales (Balaenoptera ricei) have been rescinded
~50 or so is the best estimate of the abundance of this species
🐳🌍🦑
Endangered Rice's Whale At Risk As Protection Efforts Are Rescinded
After BOEM rescinded its protection efforts aimed at slowing ship traffic, there is little to save the whale from extinction.
www.thetravel.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Meanwhile, in the world of #whales -
Steps taken to reduce the likelihood of shipping killing individual Gulf of Mexico whales (Balaenoptera ricei) have been rescinded
~50 or so is the best estimate of the abundance of this species
🐳🌍🦑
Steps taken to reduce the likelihood of shipping killing individual Gulf of Mexico whales (Balaenoptera ricei) have been rescinded
~50 or so is the best estimate of the abundance of this species
🐳🌍🦑
Reposted by Denise Risch
Small things we can do to help US gov scientists
Journal editors - how about we don't ask US gov folks to referee manuscripts now. They have more than enough to deal with.
Other scientists - pick up that refereeing to help out.
When asked, please agree to review.
One idea
🐳🌍🦑🧪
Journal editors - how about we don't ask US gov folks to referee manuscripts now. They have more than enough to deal with.
Other scientists - pick up that refereeing to help out.
When asked, please agree to review.
One idea
🐳🌍🦑🧪
February 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Small things we can do to help US gov scientists
Journal editors - how about we don't ask US gov folks to referee manuscripts now. They have more than enough to deal with.
Other scientists - pick up that refereeing to help out.
When asked, please agree to review.
One idea
🐳🌍🦑🧪
Journal editors - how about we don't ask US gov folks to referee manuscripts now. They have more than enough to deal with.
Other scientists - pick up that refereeing to help out.
When asked, please agree to review.
One idea
🐳🌍🦑🧪
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Amazing work 🐋🧪 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
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/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
February 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Amazing work 🐋🧪 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
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Nice to see @denrisch.bsky.social talking about humpbacks...
🐳🌍🦑
🐳🌍🦑
Why humpback whales are flocking to the UK
Sightings of humpback whales cruising the British coast are rising – and causing debate amongst conservationists researching the cause
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Nice to see @denrisch.bsky.social talking about humpbacks...
🐳🌍🦑
🐳🌍🦑
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Donald Trump has declared the U.S. is in a “national-energy emergency.” “The actual emergency, obviously, is with the climate,” @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
nyer.cm/pmI58Hh
nyer.cm/pmI58Hh
January 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Donald Trump has declared the U.S. is in a “national-energy emergency.” “The actual emergency, obviously, is with the climate,” @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
nyer.cm/pmI58Hh
nyer.cm/pmI58Hh
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🌟JOB ALERT🌟
We're hiring lecturers/senior lecturers @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Themes: ‘Evolution of life’, ‘Anthropogenic change’, ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ & ‘Sustainable food production’
That very much includes #AnimalBehaviour
Deadline: 24th Jan 2025
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We're hiring lecturers/senior lecturers @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Themes: ‘Evolution of life’, ‘Anthropogenic change’, ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ & ‘Sustainable food production’
That very much includes #AnimalBehaviour
Deadline: 24th Jan 2025
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
bristol.ac.uk
January 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🌟JOB ALERT🌟
We're hiring lecturers/senior lecturers @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Themes: ‘Evolution of life’, ‘Anthropogenic change’, ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ & ‘Sustainable food production’
That very much includes #AnimalBehaviour
Deadline: 24th Jan 2025
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We're hiring lecturers/senior lecturers @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Themes: ‘Evolution of life’, ‘Anthropogenic change’, ‘Reversing the biodiversity crisis’ & ‘Sustainable food production’
That very much includes #AnimalBehaviour
Deadline: 24th Jan 2025
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Tomorrow 6 January: kick-off for the 9th edition of the Bioacoustics Winter School! => 2 weeks of intensive courses given by around 30 international researchers. See the timetable 👇.
www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-...
#bioacoustics #prattle
www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-...
#bioacoustics #prattle
Bioacoustics Winter School | ENES lab
Home
www.eneslab.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Tomorrow 6 January: kick-off for the 9th edition of the Bioacoustics Winter School! => 2 weeks of intensive courses given by around 30 international researchers. See the timetable 👇.
www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-...
#bioacoustics #prattle
www.eneslab.com/bioacoustic-...
#bioacoustics #prattle
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Admissions to the International Master of Bioacoustics MoBi for the 25-26 academic year are now open ! Information about the program (eligibility, schedule and application process): 👇
Do not hesitate to disseminate this info!
www.masterofbioacoustics.com
#bioacoustics #prattle
Do not hesitate to disseminate this info!
www.masterofbioacoustics.com
#bioacoustics #prattle
International Master of Bioacoustics
Home page of the International Master of Bioacoustics
www.masterofbioacoustics.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Admissions to the International Master of Bioacoustics MoBi for the 25-26 academic year are now open ! Information about the program (eligibility, schedule and application process): 👇
Do not hesitate to disseminate this info!
www.masterofbioacoustics.com
#bioacoustics #prattle
Do not hesitate to disseminate this info!
www.masterofbioacoustics.com
#bioacoustics #prattle
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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...
#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...
www.whoi.edu
January 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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...
#Bioacoustics
www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/e...