Gina Lonati, PhD
@eubalaenagina.bsky.social
#Whale #biologist 🐋 | #Drone pilot 🛸 | #Volleyball player/coach 🏐 | she/her 🇺🇸🇨🇦
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Thrilled to start my new position as a #Cetacean #Conservation #Biology #Scientist with The Marine Mammal Center - stay tuned for more updates on fieldwork and new #whale #research on the west coast! 🐋💙
Reposted by Gina Lonati, PhD
We are seeking volunteer ASL Interpreters (or students working towards certification) to join monthly, virtual meetings and facilitate translation of spoken language (English) to American Sign Language and sign language to spoken language. Knowledge of marine mammal sciences is not required. (1)
September 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
We are seeking volunteer ASL Interpreters (or students working towards certification) to join monthly, virtual meetings and facilitate translation of spoken language (English) to American Sign Language and sign language to spoken language. Knowledge of marine mammal sciences is not required. (1)
Excited to hear all about the excellent #marinemammal #science happening thanks to the Marine Mammal Commission and the Marine Mammal Protection Act - which right now are tragically on the federal chopping block
Link to join the public meeting: www.mmc.gov/events-meeti...
Link to join the public meeting: www.mmc.gov/events-meeti...
September 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Excited to hear all about the excellent #marinemammal #science happening thanks to the Marine Mammal Commission and the Marine Mammal Protection Act - which right now are tragically on the federal chopping block
Link to join the public meeting: www.mmc.gov/events-meeti...
Link to join the public meeting: www.mmc.gov/events-meeti...
📣 ATTN (please share!) 📣
The #DEI Committee of the Society for @marinemammalogy.bsky.social is currently seeking volunteer American Sign Language Interpreters (or students working towards certification).
#ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage #marinemammals
@dolphinwhisperer.bsky.social
The #DEI Committee of the Society for @marinemammalogy.bsky.social is currently seeking volunteer American Sign Language Interpreters (or students working towards certification).
#ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage #marinemammals
@dolphinwhisperer.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
📣 ATTN (please share!) 📣
The #DEI Committee of the Society for @marinemammalogy.bsky.social is currently seeking volunteer American Sign Language Interpreters (or students working towards certification).
#ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage #marinemammals
@dolphinwhisperer.bsky.social
The #DEI Committee of the Society for @marinemammalogy.bsky.social is currently seeking volunteer American Sign Language Interpreters (or students working towards certification).
#ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage #marinemammals
@dolphinwhisperer.bsky.social
The summary of @noaa.gov's #SpeciesInTheSpotlight Whale Health Assessment workshop is now available!
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
It reviews new technologies, avenues of research, and long-term monitoring results that can help us protect these incredibly precious and threatened species.
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
It reviews new technologies, avenues of research, and long-term monitoring results that can help us protect these incredibly precious and threatened species.
Workshop Targets High-Tech Ways to Assess Endangered Whale Health
Advanced technology can give us more complete data on the health of endangered whale populations, which helps us figure out how to most effectively support their recovery.
www.fisheries.noaa.gov
August 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The summary of @noaa.gov's #SpeciesInTheSpotlight Whale Health Assessment workshop is now available!
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
It reviews new technologies, avenues of research, and long-term monitoring results that can help us protect these incredibly precious and threatened species.
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
It reviews new technologies, avenues of research, and long-term monitoring results that can help us protect these incredibly precious and threatened species.
Honored to have been a part of the collaborative #smartWhales initiative aiming to detect rare and critically endangered #rightwhales using #satellite imagery.
Check out our new paper showcasing our work with Hatfield Consultants, AltaML, University of New Brunswick & Canadian Wildlife Federation!
Check out our new paper showcasing our work with Hatfield Consultants, AltaML, University of New Brunswick & Canadian Wildlife Federation!
July 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Honored to have been a part of the collaborative #smartWhales initiative aiming to detect rare and critically endangered #rightwhales using #satellite imagery.
Check out our new paper showcasing our work with Hatfield Consultants, AltaML, University of New Brunswick & Canadian Wildlife Federation!
Check out our new paper showcasing our work with Hatfield Consultants, AltaML, University of New Brunswick & Canadian Wildlife Federation!
A devastating blow to #marinemammals, their ecosystems & anyone who enjoys/depends on the #ocean. My colleagues & I are distraught and will not stand idly by. Please join us in supporting marine #conservation in whatever way you can.
🐋🐬🦭🐻❄️🦦
#radicalhope
🐋🐬🦭🐻❄️🦦
#radicalhope
May 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A devastating blow to #marinemammals, their ecosystems & anyone who enjoys/depends on the #ocean. My colleagues & I are distraught and will not stand idly by. Please join us in supporting marine #conservation in whatever way you can.
🐋🐬🦭🐻❄️🦦
#radicalhope
🐋🐬🦭🐻❄️🦦
#radicalhope
A previously undocumented 1️⃣1️⃣th North Atlantic #rightwhale calf was spotted off Massachusetts by the Center for Coastal Studies yesterday!
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
Mother is #2460 (Monarch)🦋
Survey teams have now observed 7 mom-calf pairs in Cape Cod Bay this spring 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
Mother is #2460 (Monarch)🦋
Survey teams have now observed 7 mom-calf pairs in Cape Cod Bay this spring 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞
April 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A previously undocumented 1️⃣1️⃣th North Atlantic #rightwhale calf was spotted off Massachusetts by the Center for Coastal Studies yesterday!
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
Mother is #2460 (Monarch)🦋
Survey teams have now observed 7 mom-calf pairs in Cape Cod Bay this spring 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
Mother is #2460 (Monarch)🦋
Survey teams have now observed 7 mom-calf pairs in Cape Cod Bay this spring 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞
Attention Society for @marinemammalogy.bsky.social members - don’t forget to vote in the general elections by APRIL 18! (You may see a familiar face on the ballot for Secretary!)
Link to ballot: marinemammalscience.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...
#SMM #MarineMammals #MarineMammalScience
Link to ballot: marinemammalscience.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...
#SMM #MarineMammals #MarineMammalScience
April 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Attention Society for @marinemammalogy.bsky.social members - don’t forget to vote in the general elections by APRIL 18! (You may see a familiar face on the ballot for Secretary!)
Link to ballot: marinemammalscience.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...
#SMM #MarineMammals #MarineMammalScience
Link to ballot: marinemammalscience.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...
#SMM #MarineMammals #MarineMammalScience
North Atlantic #rightwhale calving season summary, courtesy of Florida Fish & Wildlife and the #NARW Consortium
🔟 total calves spotted this winter
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This is *below* the 10-year average of 12 calves/year
#conservation #radicalhope #whale
🔟 total calves spotted this winter
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
This is *below* the 10-year average of 12 calves/year
#conservation #radicalhope #whale
April 8, 2025 at 5:51 AM
North Atlantic #rightwhale calving season summary, courtesy of Florida Fish & Wildlife and the #NARW Consortium
🔟 total calves spotted this winter
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
This is *below* the 10-year average of 12 calves/year
#conservation #radicalhope #whale
🔟 total calves spotted this winter
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
This is *below* the 10-year average of 12 calves/year
#conservation #radicalhope #whale
Thrilled to start my new position as a #Cetacean #Conservation #Biology #Scientist with The Marine Mammal Center - stay tuned for more updates on fieldwork and new #whale #research on the west coast! 🐋💙
April 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Thrilled to start my new position as a #Cetacean #Conservation #Biology #Scientist with The Marine Mammal Center - stay tuned for more updates on fieldwork and new #whale #research on the west coast! 🐋💙
Proud & honored to be a part of the #marinemammalogy community. Willing to help support others in any way I can, so please reach out 💙🐋🦭🦦🐻❄️🐬💙
#radicalhope #solidarity #marinemammals
#radicalhope #solidarity #marinemammals
For the full statement, please visit the Society for Marine Mammalogy's webpage: marinemammalscience.org/diversity-in...
#SMM #marinemammalscience #missionstatement
#SMM #marinemammalscience #missionstatement
March 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Proud & honored to be a part of the #marinemammalogy community. Willing to help support others in any way I can, so please reach out 💙🐋🦭🦦🐻❄️🐬💙
#radicalhope #solidarity #marinemammals
#radicalhope #solidarity #marinemammals
In light of many friends and colleagues losing their jobs in the #biology sector, I have mixed feelings sharing the latest update in my life... 💙 (1/4)
March 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In light of many friends and colleagues losing their jobs in the #biology sector, I have mixed feelings sharing the latest update in my life... 💙 (1/4)
Reposted by Gina Lonati, PhD
‼️The #whales need our help‼️
Later today, a US committee is meeting to review the #MarineMammal Protection Act - a leading reason #marinemammals can survive in a human-exploited ocean.
Contact your local representatives to support the #MMPA!
🆘🐋🐬🦭❤️
us.whales.org/policy/save-...
Later today, a US committee is meeting to review the #MarineMammal Protection Act - a leading reason #marinemammals can survive in a human-exploited ocean.
Contact your local representatives to support the #MMPA!
🆘🐋🐬🦭❤️
us.whales.org/policy/save-...
Save the Marine Mammal Protection Act - Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA
us.whales.org
February 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
‼️The #whales need our help‼️
Later today, a US committee is meeting to review the #MarineMammal Protection Act - a leading reason #marinemammals can survive in a human-exploited ocean.
Contact your local representatives to support the #MMPA!
🆘🐋🐬🦭❤️
us.whales.org/policy/save-...
Later today, a US committee is meeting to review the #MarineMammal Protection Act - a leading reason #marinemammals can survive in a human-exploited ocean.
Contact your local representatives to support the #MMPA!
🆘🐋🐬🦭❤️
us.whales.org/policy/save-...
Just arrived in Granada, Spain for the first ever international #Drones and Un[crewed] Systems Conference! 🇪🇸🛸🐋
Excited to network and learn how we can advance #whale #research with this evolving #technology. #DAUS2025 #womenwhodrone
Excited to network and learn how we can advance #whale #research with this evolving #technology. #DAUS2025 #womenwhodrone
February 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Just arrived in Granada, Spain for the first ever international #Drones and Un[crewed] Systems Conference! 🇪🇸🛸🐋
Excited to network and learn how we can advance #whale #research with this evolving #technology. #DAUS2025 #womenwhodrone
Excited to network and learn how we can advance #whale #research with this evolving #technology. #DAUS2025 #womenwhodrone
As a female #drone pilot & a huge proponent of gender-inclusive language, this is enraging and humiliating.
When referring to #drones as “UAVs”, please still avoid:
❌ unmanned aerial vehicles
Instead:
✅ unoccupied aerial vehicles
✅ uncrewed aerial vehicles
#womenwhodrone #drones #UAV #UAS
When referring to #drones as “UAVs”, please still avoid:
❌ unmanned aerial vehicles
Instead:
✅ unoccupied aerial vehicles
✅ uncrewed aerial vehicles
#womenwhodrone #drones #UAV #UAS
So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?
February 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
2024 was the deadliest year for North Atlantic #rightwhales in the past 5 years.
What do we do now?
This week, the Canadian #Wildlife Federation has brought #scientists, #fishers, #managers & #nonprofits to the table to discuss the ongoing problem and brainstorm more solutions.
What do we do now?
This week, the Canadian #Wildlife Federation has brought #scientists, #fishers, #managers & #nonprofits to the table to discuss the ongoing problem and brainstorm more solutions.
February 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
2024 was the deadliest year for North Atlantic #rightwhales in the past 5 years.
What do we do now?
This week, the Canadian #Wildlife Federation has brought #scientists, #fishers, #managers & #nonprofits to the table to discuss the ongoing problem and brainstorm more solutions.
What do we do now?
This week, the Canadian #Wildlife Federation has brought #scientists, #fishers, #managers & #nonprofits to the table to discuss the ongoing problem and brainstorm more solutions.
@leilafouda.bsky.social rocked the Sirenian 101 lecture in her #MarineMammals class today! Lots of thoughtful questions from the students, too. Had me missing my time working with these amazing animals #manatees 💙
January 31, 2025 at 12:43 AM
@leilafouda.bsky.social rocked the Sirenian 101 lecture in her #MarineMammals class today! Lots of thoughtful questions from the students, too. Had me missing my time working with these amazing animals #manatees 💙
I’m into #whales and I want #windmills
“There is no evidence linking whale deaths to offshore wind farms, experts say…”
www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...
“There is no evidence linking whale deaths to offshore wind farms, experts say…”
www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...
Is offshore wind driving whales ‘crazy?’ Science says no
Just hours after his inauguration on Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting new federal leases for offshore wind projects. He cited, as one reason, the impact offshore wind m...
www.capeandislands.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I’m into #whales and I want #windmills
“There is no evidence linking whale deaths to offshore wind farms, experts say…”
www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...
“There is no evidence linking whale deaths to offshore wind farms, experts say…”
www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...
Today, I think the news needs more #hope (aka more #whales) -
The 7th #rightwhale calf of the season has been spotted in Florida! 🥰 This is the first calf for mother “Check Mark” (Catalog #3705), who is 18 years old
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
📷: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission under NOAA permit 26919
The 7th #rightwhale calf of the season has been spotted in Florida! 🥰 This is the first calf for mother “Check Mark” (Catalog #3705), who is 18 years old
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
📷: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission under NOAA permit 26919
January 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Today, I think the news needs more #hope (aka more #whales) -
The 7th #rightwhale calf of the season has been spotted in Florida! 🥰 This is the first calf for mother “Check Mark” (Catalog #3705), who is 18 years old
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
📷: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission under NOAA permit 26919
The 7th #rightwhale calf of the season has been spotted in Florida! 🥰 This is the first calf for mother “Check Mark” (Catalog #3705), who is 18 years old
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
📷: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission under NOAA permit 26919
So desperately needed this good news - #rightwhale calf #6 has been sighted in Florida 💙🥳
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
In the face of #climatechange and backwards politics, these #whales still find a way. Their resilience is an inspiration. #radicalhope
bit.ly/49ekQnz
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In the face of #climatechange and backwards politics, these #whales still find a way. Their resilience is an inspiration. #radicalhope
bit.ly/49ekQnz
2024–2025 North Atlantic Right Whale Mother and Calf Pairs - New England Aquarium
Meet the new right whale mother and calf pairs for 2024–2025.
bit.ly
January 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
So desperately needed this good news - #rightwhale calf #6 has been sighted in Florida 💙🥳
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
In the face of #climatechange and backwards politics, these #whales still find a way. Their resilience is an inspiration. #radicalhope
bit.ly/49ekQnz
🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
In the face of #climatechange and backwards politics, these #whales still find a way. Their resilience is an inspiration. #radicalhope
bit.ly/49ekQnz
Reposted by Gina Lonati, PhD
Congrats @samandscience.bsky.social & @liam-brennan.bsky.social from the Davies Lab for delivering fantastic #MSc proposals to the UNB #Biology department today! You did swimmingly! 🐋🦈🦐🌊
January 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Congrats @samandscience.bsky.social & @liam-brennan.bsky.social from the Davies Lab for delivering fantastic #MSc proposals to the UNB #Biology department today! You did swimmingly! 🐋🦈🦐🌊
Another devastating blow to #rightwhales and their #conservation. Grappling with how we can address societal values 💔😓
gcaptain.com/noaa-withdra...
gcaptain.com/noaa-withdra...
NOAA Withdraws Critical Right Whale Protection Rule Changes
NOAA Fisheries has withdrawn its proposed vessel speed rule update aimed at protecting the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from deadly vessel strikes. The proposed regulation, initia...
gcaptain.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Another devastating blow to #rightwhales and their #conservation. Grappling with how we can address societal values 💔😓
gcaptain.com/noaa-withdra...
gcaptain.com/noaa-withdra...
Reposted by Gina Lonati, PhD
The shark doctor is in! Ask me anything!
Have questions about sharks? About marine biology, or ocean conservation? About me? About…anything?
For the next couple of hours, ask me anything!
Please share, and tag friends who have questions.
🌎🧪🦑🐠🦈 #SciComm
Have questions about sharks? About marine biology, or ocean conservation? About me? About…anything?
For the next couple of hours, ask me anything!
Please share, and tag friends who have questions.
🌎🧪🦑🐠🦈 #SciComm
January 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The shark doctor is in! Ask me anything!
Have questions about sharks? About marine biology, or ocean conservation? About me? About…anything?
For the next couple of hours, ask me anything!
Please share, and tag friends who have questions.
🌎🧪🦑🐠🦈 #SciComm
Have questions about sharks? About marine biology, or ocean conservation? About me? About…anything?
For the next couple of hours, ask me anything!
Please share, and tag friends who have questions.
🌎🧪🦑🐠🦈 #SciComm