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Izzy Langley
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Ecologist @seamammalresearch.bsky.social interested in competition/predation between #greyseals & #harbourseals | @OceanFrontier fellow @DalScience | She/her | Grey seal predation --> https://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2024/12/smru-seal-pred.pdf
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We’re looking for an enthusiastic #PhD candidate to explore the resilience of sea turtle populations in a changing climate, supervised by Leo Clarke and myself. Interested in sea #turtles, #marine #biology, #conservation & #fieldwork in Cape Verde. Funded by ACCE+ NERC DLA tinyurl.com/dm573yrm
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Postdoc position in eDNA/eRNA based in beautiful Faroe Islands, with some time in Greenland for fieldwork and research visit. “Tracking spatial and temporal distribution of marine mammals in the Atlantic Arctic with environmental DNA”
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October 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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New study, collab with @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social: reduced adult survival for harbour seals in areas of pop. decline in Scotland. tinyurl.com/ys4hc3jw Mark-recapture models applied to photo-ID data from 3 sites with contrasting pop. trajectories to generate concurrent survival and fecundity rates.
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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...
October 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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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
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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October 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A wonderful conference for ECRs working in marine mammal science in the UK! Share far and wide 😍
🐬 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
October 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Great talk by @philippawright.bsky.social at CWW - fish for thought!
September 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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🐋 FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AND CHECKS!🐋

Help us develop a global atlas collating worldwide examples of the variety of ways citizen and community scientists have contributed to marine mammal research!

Check out the current map here: bit.ly/CitSciMap And read below for submission info 🌊
September 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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🚀 Upcoming Talk! 🚀

Dr Lars Boehme from SMRU (@seamammalresearch.bsky.social) will share how SMRU Instrumentation tags and seals can help advance marine science. 🦭

📍 Discovery Point, Dundee.
📆 Sat 13 & Sun 14 September
🕧 12:30 pm both days

More info: www.dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/event/how-se...
Getting the Seal of Approval: Marine Animals as Ocean Scientists - Dundee Heritage Trust
From weather forecasting to understanding climate change, Dr Lars Boehme from the Sea Mammal Research Unit will discuss how seals can help us.
www.dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Please share!
We are still looking for more mentors for @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social Guillemates!

Are you a mid-career seabirder (or beyond) wanting to help support ECRs and can run 4 sessions throughout the year🐧🐥👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Sign up here: forms.gle/MuQLcdaZHtxU...
August 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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🎉 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...
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...
August 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Fab day meeting the scientists researching the whales of South Georgia at the gorgeous @vadundee.bsky.social ‪yesterday! 🐋 #whaleofaweekend @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social @polarbiome.bsky.social @jlkershaw.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Tired but happy after a fantastic few days discussing all things UK seal populations with the NERC Special Committee on Seals (SCOS). Delighted to host such a brilliant group of scientists and government advisors and policy makers at SMRU
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @ukri.org
June 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Amazing new resource for anyone interested in the distribution and density of seals around Scotland! Check it out 😎
📣Announcing the launch of SealMAP: Seal Mapping & Analysis Platform. This SMRU app allows you to explore & download the latest grey & harbour seal distribution maps for Scotland. You can also get estimates of density for your area of interest. Happy mapping! arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/shiny/smru/s... 🦭🗺️
June 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Another great day full of seal chat at the #SCOS25 Science Day 🤓 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
24 hours in England to talk about seals and the wider marine ecosystem at #EastME25 🦭
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May 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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We are hiring a chair/professor in our Ecology & Enviro Modelling group at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Scotland is lovely, and my colleagues are fantastic! Reach out if you are interested in joining the CREEM family ☺️

Working link this time 👇
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Chair/Reader in Statistical Ecology – AC2503NK
Chair/Reader in Statistical Ecology – AC2503NK, School of Mathematics and Statistics Salary: By negotiation* Start Date: 1 August 2025 or as soon thereafter Full time: 36.25hrs per week, <p style="tex...
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk
April 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Honoured to be amongst some fab women at the #WOWiSta Women in Ocean Science in St Andrews event at the Scottish Oceans Institute today 💪 @jessmontabaranom.bsky.social @philippawright.bsky.social @molliestefanek.bsky.social @monicaarso.bsky.social @carolsparling.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Great talk by @kateywhyte.bsky.social from @bioss.bsky.social at the SOI today. So 👏 much 👏 data 👏 Such an exciting project! @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Wonderful day celebrating the marine environment and citizen-science at the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society's 2025 conference @PorcupineMNHS #pmnhs2025 🦔⛵@seamammalresearch.bsky.social @strandings.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/sealpred/ind...
March 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Ever wondered why seals don't drown? New groundbreaking research from @smruecophys.bsky.social led by @chrismcknight.bsky.social published in @science.org reveals that, unlike other mammals, seals can sense blood oxygen levels.
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
March 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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It's been a pleasure to virtually attend the International Orca Symposium this week 🐳 Many an interesting talk on killer whale biology, ecology, and conservation from researchers around the world 🌍 My presentation on my PhD research with #ECOPredS can be seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLjJ...
Predator-prey interactions of killer whales and seals in inshore Shetland
YouTube video by ECOPredS Project
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February 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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🦭 Have you spotted a grey seal killing or eating harbour seals or grey seal pups in the UK? Please send your footage and reports to SMRUsealreports@st-andrews.ac.uk ! 🦭
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...
January 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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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...
January 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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📢 Webinar alert! I'll be presenting my PhD research as part of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust Winter Webinar series on Weds 22th Jan.

Sign up here on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/killer-wha...
January 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM