Filipa Samarra
@fipsamarra.bsky.social
scientist, mum | Director of the Westman Islands Research Centre, University of Iceland| marine mammal behavioural ecology and acoustic communication | PI at Icelandic Orca Project
icelandic-orcas.com
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Check out 👇 the @sciam.bsky.social article on our recent research on interactions between neonate pilot whales and killer whales. Thank you @marinacoladas.bsky.social
So excited for first story with @sciam.bsky.social!
Baby pilot whales have been spotted swimming among a pod of orcas three times now. But were the interactions predatory or playful? 👶🐬🤷♀️
www.scientificamerican.com/article/icel...
Baby pilot whales have been spotted swimming among a pod of orcas three times now. But were the interactions predatory or playful? 👶🐬🤷♀️
www.scientificamerican.com/article/icel...
Baby Pilot Whales Are Swimming with Iceland's Orcas. No One Knows Why
Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them
www.scientificamerican.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Check out 👇 the @sciam.bsky.social article on our recent research on interactions between neonate pilot whales and killer whales. Thank you @marinacoladas.bsky.social
At the #ECSconference2025! After two full days of workshops the official opening ceremony was today kicking off this year’s conference organized by my alma mater the University of the Azores. Amazing to be back here after so many years!
May 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
At the #ECSconference2025! After two full days of workshops the official opening ceremony was today kicking off this year’s conference organized by my alma mater the University of the Azores. Amazing to be back here after so many years!
Hydrophone successfully recovered by our team today! 🥳 After 8 months at sea, I can’t wait to find out what it recorded! 🐋🐟
April 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hydrophone successfully recovered by our team today! 🥳 After 8 months at sea, I can’t wait to find out what it recorded! 🐋🐟
Proud supervisor ☺️ The second paper of @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social PhD is out, this time describing even more fascinating interactions between pilot whales and killer whales. Check it out 👇
New paper about unusual encounters in Icelandic waters…
In June 2022 and 2023, neonate pilot whales were observed swimming alone among groups of killer whales off south Iceland - with no other pilot whales in sight.
🧶⬇️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
In June 2022 and 2023, neonate pilot whales were observed swimming alone among groups of killer whales off south Iceland - with no other pilot whales in sight.
🧶⬇️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Interactions Between Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) and Neonate Long‐Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas) off South Iceland
This study documents two encounters off south Iceland where neonate pilot whales were observed in the company of killer whale groups, with no other pilot whales in the vicinity. The interactions invo...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Proud supervisor ☺️ The second paper of @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social PhD is out, this time describing even more fascinating interactions between pilot whales and killer whales. Check it out 👇
Really looking forward to reading this book when it’s released! Amazing work by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and @stephanielking.bsky.social 👏
The Evolution of Cetacean Societies
Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social and myself
Preorder available now
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Will share more details closer to release date
#whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour
Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social and myself
Preorder available now
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Will share more details closer to release date
#whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour
March 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Really looking forward to reading this book when it’s released! Amazing work by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and @stephanielking.bsky.social 👏
I wrote a little piece for @natureecoevo.bsky.social on how I ended up studying killer whales and why they’re so fascinating! ☺️
New Species Spotlight:
Filipa Samarra @fipsamarra.bsky.social of the Icelandic Orca Project explains her fascination for Killer Whales rdcu.be/d9Q5s
Filipa Samarra @fipsamarra.bsky.social of the Icelandic Orca Project explains her fascination for Killer Whales rdcu.be/d9Q5s
Killer whale (Orcinus orca)
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Filipa Samarra is hooked on killer whale behaviour.
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February 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I wrote a little piece for @natureecoevo.bsky.social on how I ended up studying killer whales and why they’re so fascinating! ☺️
Reposted by Filipa Samarra
First publication from @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social in
@heredityjournal.bsky.social. Until recently North Atlantic herring stocks were thought to be genetically indistinguishable. This study shows similar gene flow among the killer whales that follow the Icelandic and Norwegian herring stocks.
@heredityjournal.bsky.social. Until recently North Atlantic herring stocks were thought to be genetically indistinguishable. This study shows similar gene flow among the killer whales that follow the Icelandic and Norwegian herring stocks.
🧬 New Paper 🧬
Together with Eve Jourdain, @andrewfoote.bsky.social, @fipsamarra.bsky.social et al. we investigated how ecological & spatio-temporal factors shape gene flow in killer whales from Greenland to Norway. 🧶⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Together with Eve Jourdain, @andrewfoote.bsky.social, @fipsamarra.bsky.social et al. we investigated how ecological & spatio-temporal factors shape gene flow in killer whales from Greenland to Norway. 🧶⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Kinship clustering within an ecologically diverse killer whale metapopulation - Heredity
Heredity - Kinship clustering within an ecologically diverse killer whale metapopulation
www.nature.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
First publication from @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social in
@heredityjournal.bsky.social. Until recently North Atlantic herring stocks were thought to be genetically indistinguishable. This study shows similar gene flow among the killer whales that follow the Icelandic and Norwegian herring stocks.
@heredityjournal.bsky.social. Until recently North Atlantic herring stocks were thought to be genetically indistinguishable. This study shows similar gene flow among the killer whales that follow the Icelandic and Norwegian herring stocks.
Check out @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social latest paper! Congratulations! 🙌
🧬 New Paper 🧬
Together with Eve Jourdain, @andrewfoote.bsky.social, @fipsamarra.bsky.social et al. we investigated how ecological & spatio-temporal factors shape gene flow in killer whales from Greenland to Norway. 🧶⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Together with Eve Jourdain, @andrewfoote.bsky.social, @fipsamarra.bsky.social et al. we investigated how ecological & spatio-temporal factors shape gene flow in killer whales from Greenland to Norway. 🧶⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Kinship clustering within an ecologically diverse killer whale metapopulation - Heredity
Heredity - Kinship clustering within an ecologically diverse killer whale metapopulation
www.nature.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Check out @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social latest paper! Congratulations! 🙌
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨
Our latest paper, led by our former student Giorgia Giovannini, is out now! It looks in detail at killer whale sound production during feeding on spawning herring in Iceland. 🐳🐟 Find out more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
Our latest paper, led by our former student Giorgia Giovannini, is out now! It looks in detail at killer whale sound production during feeding on spawning herring in Iceland. 🐳🐟 Find out more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
January 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨
Our latest paper, led by our former student Giorgia Giovannini, is out now! It looks in detail at killer whale sound production during feeding on spawning herring in Iceland. 🐳🐟 Find out more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
Our latest paper, led by our former student Giorgia Giovannini, is out now! It looks in detail at killer whale sound production during feeding on spawning herring in Iceland. 🐳🐟 Find out more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
We recently launched a video series talking about Icelandic killer whales 📹 🐳 🇮🇸 the first episode features our PhD student @annaselbmann.bsky.social talking about acoustics and interactions with pilot whales. Check it out 👇
Recently, the Icelandic Orca Project started a video series about our research and the tools we use. First up was me on acoustic research and interactions between killer whales and pilot whales. 🎵🐳 More cool videos to come soon! 🤓
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBEf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBEf...
Acoustics & Interspecific interactions
YouTube video by Westman Islands Research Centre (WIRC)
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January 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We recently launched a video series talking about Icelandic killer whales 📹 🐳 🇮🇸 the first episode features our PhD student @annaselbmann.bsky.social talking about acoustics and interactions with pilot whales. Check it out 👇
Reposted by Filipa Samarra
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
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#Bioacoustics
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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...
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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...
Very cool animal movement workshop in a stunning location!
Animal movement workshop alert! A line of speakers difficult to beat with John Fieberg, Marie Auger-Méthé, Brett McClintock & Inês Silva and the location is definitely a place that makes you "move" for it: lovely Madeira. 19-23 May 2025. Just after the ECS in Azores. It's PT islands 2025. See you?
Animal movement workshop
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December 24, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Very cool animal movement workshop in a stunning location!
Online meetups for casual conversations about animal bioacoustics 🤩
Introducing "Sonic Connexions", a series of online meetups designed for casual conversations about animal bioacoustics. It is open to anyone, so join us and become part of this vibrant community!
First meetup on January 29th, 2025!
Sign up here: forms.office.com/r/qhPcMUKz6w
🧪🔉🐟🐋🦜🪳
First meetup on January 29th, 2025!
Sign up here: forms.office.com/r/qhPcMUKz6w
🧪🔉🐟🐋🦜🪳
Microsoft Forms
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December 23, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Online meetups for casual conversations about animal bioacoustics 🤩
Reposted by Filipa Samarra
Beginning in February 2025, the VOCS international Marie-Skłodowska Curie network for research in the voice sciences will begin its recruitment of 19 PhD students to study acoustic communication. Visit the project website for more details: www.vocs.eu.com
#bioacoustics
#bioacoustics
VoCS – A Doctoral Network in Voice Communication Sciences
www.vocs.eu.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Beginning in February 2025, the VOCS international Marie-Skłodowska Curie network for research in the voice sciences will begin its recruitment of 19 PhD students to study acoustic communication. Visit the project website for more details: www.vocs.eu.com
#bioacoustics
#bioacoustics
🔔 NEW PAPER 🔔
Our latest paper is out, led by our student Giulia Bellon, using passive acoustic monitoring to investigate the occurrence of killer whales in Icelandic waters. You can read all about it (open access) here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our latest paper is out, led by our student Giulia Bellon, using passive acoustic monitoring to investigate the occurrence of killer whales in Icelandic waters. You can read all about it (open access) here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Killer whale (Orcinus orca) occurrence in Icelandic waters revealed by passive acoustic monitoring
The distribution and occurrence of killer whales around Iceland are primarily studied in coastal herring grounds, with limited knowledge beyond these areas. This study employed opportunistic passive ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:01 PM
🔔 NEW PAPER 🔔
Our latest paper is out, led by our student Giulia Bellon, using passive acoustic monitoring to investigate the occurrence of killer whales in Icelandic waters. You can read all about it (open access) here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our latest paper is out, led by our student Giulia Bellon, using passive acoustic monitoring to investigate the occurrence of killer whales in Icelandic waters. You can read all about it (open access) here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Filipa Samarra
5 exciting PhD opportunities to join the Center for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter in Sept 2025. www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro...
December 5, 2024 at 11:01 PM
5 exciting PhD opportunities to join the Center for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter in Sept 2025. www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro...
Reposted by Filipa Samarra
Exciting new NERC funded PhD opportunity available with us on #killerwhale #orca #behaviour and #conservation, co-supervised by Stephanie King, Sam Ellis and Dan Franks in partnership with The Center for Whale Research USA
exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
November 29, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Exciting new NERC funded PhD opportunity available with us on #killerwhale #orca #behaviour and #conservation, co-supervised by Stephanie King, Sam Ellis and Dan Franks in partnership with The Center for Whale Research USA
exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
Reposted by Filipa Samarra
Did you know that Arctic cod make sound? Listen to the CodCast, a podcast telling the story of the research conducted by my friends at the University of Victoria trying to unravel the sounds of the Arctic cod. 🧪🐟🔉 #fishsounds
dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/2076f2...
dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/2076f2...
The Codcast
This four episode podcast series explores the discovery of a sound. It is a faint but distinct sound produced by a fish, the Arctic cod. Only recently have scientists realized how important sound is in the lives of fishes. The Arctic cod was never thought of as a sound producing, or soniferous species, until researchers from the Juanes Lab put a recording device in an Arctic cod tank. The sound they heard was clearly biological, produced by the fish in the tank, and is now known as a 'grunt'. This one discovery launched a multi-year investigation into the sound producing ability of this species. Why do they produce sound? How do they produce sound? When do they produce sound? Is noise pollution interfering with their sound production in the wild? These are the questions this series will dive into, getting accounts from the investigating scientific team, bioacousticians, and fish sound experts. This series also explores noise pollution in the ocean more broadly, and how it is affecting not just fish, but all sound producing marine species.
dspace.library.uvic.ca
November 29, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Did you know that Arctic cod make sound? Listen to the CodCast, a podcast telling the story of the research conducted by my friends at the University of Victoria trying to unravel the sounds of the Arctic cod. 🧪🐟🔉 #fishsounds
dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/2076f2...
dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/2076f2...
Reposted by Filipa Samarra
Still time to apply 🎣🐙🌊🦭
Fully funded four year PhD position. Drivers of bycatch in Icelandic fisheries. Deadline Dec 4th #TeamFish www.hafogvatn.is/is/midlun/fr...
Doktorsnemi í sjávarlíffræði óskast
Hafrannsóknastofnun óskar eftir að ráða doktorsnema til starfa við rannsóknir í sjávarlíffræði í verkefni sem snýr að þáttum sem hafa áhrif á meðafla sjáva
www.hafogvatn.is
November 28, 2024 at 7:21 AM
Still time to apply 🎣🐙🌊🦭
Reposted by Filipa Samarra
Hello! We are FishSounds, an effort to study and communicate about fish and other underwater sounds, centered on the website FishSounds.net. To celebrate our first post, I hope you enjoy the sounds of the Bocon toadfish, the calls of one of the grumpy toadfish cuties that inspired our logo!
November 24, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Hello! We are FishSounds, an effort to study and communicate about fish and other underwater sounds, centered on the website FishSounds.net. To celebrate our first post, I hope you enjoy the sounds of the Bocon toadfish, the calls of one of the grumpy toadfish cuties that inspired our logo!
Reposted by Filipa Samarra
📢 If you're an acoustician or have computational skills and are interested in unlocking the secrets of underwater soundscapes of critical habitats, the application deadline has been extended.
Application details can be found here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/294128
🦑🌎🧪 🔈🌐
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Application details can be found here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/294128
🦑🌎🧪 🔈🌐
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
November 26, 2024 at 11:22 PM
📢 If you're an acoustician or have computational skills and are interested in unlocking the secrets of underwater soundscapes of critical habitats, the application deadline has been extended.
Application details can be found here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/294128
🦑🌎🧪 🔈🌐
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Application details can be found here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/294128
🦑🌎🧪 🔈🌐
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Reposted by Filipa Samarra
Hello Bioacousticians,
Turns out there wasn't a bioacoustics starter pack.
Just realised I myself am following the bare minimum number required to make a starter pack.
Please share & nominate yourself!
Hoping to see this pack grow.
go.bsky.app/2Qmjek6
Turns out there wasn't a bioacoustics starter pack.
Just realised I myself am following the bare minimum number required to make a starter pack.
Please share & nominate yourself!
Hoping to see this pack grow.
go.bsky.app/2Qmjek6
November 20, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Hello Bioacousticians,
Turns out there wasn't a bioacoustics starter pack.
Just realised I myself am following the bare minimum number required to make a starter pack.
Please share & nominate yourself!
Hoping to see this pack grow.
go.bsky.app/2Qmjek6
Turns out there wasn't a bioacoustics starter pack.
Just realised I myself am following the bare minimum number required to make a starter pack.
Please share & nominate yourself!
Hoping to see this pack grow.
go.bsky.app/2Qmjek6
Reposted by Filipa Samarra
New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you!
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
June 11, 2024 at 5:00 PM
New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you!
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
Reposted by Filipa Samarra
🚨 Job alert!
There is still some time! Join the Seaphony team working on marine soundscapes to study key habitats within the European TREC and Biocean5D projects.
Job application here: luciadiiorio.site/wp-content/u...
#postdoc #acoustics
November 22, 2024 at 9:37 PM
🚨 Job alert!
There is still some time! Join the Seaphony team working on marine soundscapes to study key habitats within the European TREC and Biocean5D projects.
Job application here: luciadiiorio.site/wp-content/u...
#postdoc #acoustics
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New #IAPETUS UK #PhD opportunity! Mapping Arctic marine mammal distributions ❄️🐳 🐋🦭❄️ with ship & satellite surveys, investigating their interactions with vessels
Led by @heriotwattuni.bsky.social w @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @bas.ac.uk and Hurtigruten Expeditions 🚢 ❄️ tinyurl.com/mt6vuakx. 👇👇
Led by @heriotwattuni.bsky.social w @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @bas.ac.uk and Hurtigruten Expeditions 🚢 ❄️ tinyurl.com/mt6vuakx. 👇👇
Mapping Arctic Marine Mammals: understanding the distribution of species in a rapidly changing north
iapetus2.ac.uk
November 20, 2024 at 10:07 AM
New #IAPETUS UK #PhD opportunity! Mapping Arctic marine mammal distributions ❄️🐳 🐋🦭❄️ with ship & satellite surveys, investigating their interactions with vessels
Led by @heriotwattuni.bsky.social w @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @bas.ac.uk and Hurtigruten Expeditions 🚢 ❄️ tinyurl.com/mt6vuakx. 👇👇
Led by @heriotwattuni.bsky.social w @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @bas.ac.uk and Hurtigruten Expeditions 🚢 ❄️ tinyurl.com/mt6vuakx. 👇👇