Jean Utzurrum
@jean8rum.bsky.social
work in progress / I should be writing
#Philippines marine biology and #scicomm
All things #sharks n' rays, #TeamFish, and marine mammals
#Philippines marine biology and #scicomm
All things #sharks n' rays, #TeamFish, and marine mammals
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Jean Utzurrum
@jean8rum.bsky.social
· Apr 12
#NewPaperAlert 📣 — out now in Coral Reefs, a research paper on Benham Bank 🇵🇭 #MCEs that our Life Begins At 30 Deep team collaborated on using #BRUVS data we collected in 2019. We are happy to finally see this published!
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#MesophoticPH
#LifeBeginsAt30Deep
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#MesophoticPH
#LifeBeginsAt30Deep
Just a reminder that
1) science can co-exist with indigenous beliefs,
2) indigenous beliefs sometimes (if not often) are rooted in science.
PS. Maybe things got lost in translation but Sierra Madre does indeed protect the east coast of Luzon in its own way, by lessening the impacts of typhoons.
1) science can co-exist with indigenous beliefs,
2) indigenous beliefs sometimes (if not often) are rooted in science.
PS. Maybe things got lost in translation but Sierra Madre does indeed protect the east coast of Luzon in its own way, by lessening the impacts of typhoons.
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Just a reminder that
1) science can co-exist with indigenous beliefs,
2) indigenous beliefs sometimes (if not often) are rooted in science.
PS. Maybe things got lost in translation but Sierra Madre does indeed protect the east coast of Luzon in its own way, by lessening the impacts of typhoons.
1) science can co-exist with indigenous beliefs,
2) indigenous beliefs sometimes (if not often) are rooted in science.
PS. Maybe things got lost in translation but Sierra Madre does indeed protect the east coast of Luzon in its own way, by lessening the impacts of typhoons.
Life updates:
- marked safe from typhoons Ragasa and Bualoi
- marked safe from last night's deadly 6.9M earthquake in Northern Cebu
- not marked safe from thesis
Diving into the last quarter of the year, and into typhoon season...
- marked safe from typhoons Ragasa and Bualoi
- marked safe from last night's deadly 6.9M earthquake in Northern Cebu
- not marked safe from thesis
Diving into the last quarter of the year, and into typhoon season...
September 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Life updates:
- marked safe from typhoons Ragasa and Bualoi
- marked safe from last night's deadly 6.9M earthquake in Northern Cebu
- not marked safe from thesis
Diving into the last quarter of the year, and into typhoon season...
- marked safe from typhoons Ragasa and Bualoi
- marked safe from last night's deadly 6.9M earthquake in Northern Cebu
- not marked safe from thesis
Diving into the last quarter of the year, and into typhoon season...
This past week and a half, I subbed for a teacher. Today's sked:
💪🏽 9AM-12PM lab learning applied physics through a game of tug-o-war and Giant Jenga
🧠 1-3PM lab playing Pilaut, a behavioural research game I co-created with Wildlife Coexistence Quest last year.
Tired, but in a good way.
💪🏽 9AM-12PM lab learning applied physics through a game of tug-o-war and Giant Jenga
🧠 1-3PM lab playing Pilaut, a behavioural research game I co-created with Wildlife Coexistence Quest last year.
Tired, but in a good way.
August 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This past week and a half, I subbed for a teacher. Today's sked:
💪🏽 9AM-12PM lab learning applied physics through a game of tug-o-war and Giant Jenga
🧠 1-3PM lab playing Pilaut, a behavioural research game I co-created with Wildlife Coexistence Quest last year.
Tired, but in a good way.
💪🏽 9AM-12PM lab learning applied physics through a game of tug-o-war and Giant Jenga
🧠 1-3PM lab playing Pilaut, a behavioural research game I co-created with Wildlife Coexistence Quest last year.
Tired, but in a good way.
People who don't have airconditioning, how do you stay focused and working in this °C heat? 🥵
July 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
People who don't have airconditioning, how do you stay focused and working in this °C heat? 🥵
Cool new paper about terrestrial vertebrates endemic to the 🇵🇭 Philippines ⬇️
New paper out in @envconsjournal.bsky.social! I reviewed availability of genetic data for all 769 endemic vertebrate species in the Philippines.
Read: doi.org/10.1017/S037...
July 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Cool new paper about terrestrial vertebrates endemic to the 🇵🇭 Philippines ⬇️
I've been working in conservation for 22 years. It's disheartening to see there are still foreigners conducting one-off trainings in the Philippines 🇵🇭 with little to no Filipino participants and *zero* Filipino experts as resource persons or facilitators. Seems very 🚩 #ColonialScience 1/2
July 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I've been working in conservation for 22 years. It's disheartening to see there are still foreigners conducting one-off trainings in the Philippines 🇵🇭 with little to no Filipino participants and *zero* Filipino experts as resource persons or facilitators. Seems very 🚩 #ColonialScience 1/2
Yesterday, I learned cake icing decoration. I probably failed at techniques, but I managed to make a whale shark. #SharksNearMe
July 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Yesterday, I learned cake icing decoration. I probably failed at techniques, but I managed to make a whale shark. #SharksNearMe
To celebrate #SharkAwarenessDay here is a snippet from my talk last Saturday at #PAMS18. As of 2023, the 🇵🇭 Philippines has 166 species of sharks and rays and 95 of these are IUCN Threatened Species. However, only 45 species are protected nationwide. Still lots of work to do to #ConservePHSharks
July 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
To celebrate #SharkAwarenessDay here is a snippet from my talk last Saturday at #PAMS18. As of 2023, the 🇵🇭 Philippines has 166 species of sharks and rays and 95 of these are IUCN Threatened Species. However, only 45 species are protected nationwide. Still lots of work to do to #ConservePHSharks
ATM at #PAMS18 — one of the largest gathering of marine scientists and conservation workers in the Philippines! I'll try to post live updates over the next 3 days.
July 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
ATM at #PAMS18 — one of the largest gathering of marine scientists and conservation workers in the Philippines! I'll try to post live updates over the next 3 days.
Where my #PinoyScientists at? If you're heading to Cebu for #PAMS18 be sure to bookmark these talks by yours truly and colleagues from @mwwphilippines.bsky.social! See you soon 🌊🦈
July 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Where my #PinoyScientists at? If you're heading to Cebu for #PAMS18 be sure to bookmark these talks by yours truly and colleagues from @mwwphilippines.bsky.social! See you soon 🌊🦈
#FlashbackFriday to last week's training in Bohol 🇵🇭 with colleagues from BALYENA.ORG 🐳 I talked about marine ecosystems and ofc #sharks! It was especially meaningful to see participants from LGUs with emerging whale shark tourism so eager to learn proper guidelines 🦈
July 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#FlashbackFriday to last week's training in Bohol 🇵🇭 with colleagues from BALYENA.ORG 🐳 I talked about marine ecosystems and ofc #sharks! It was especially meaningful to see participants from LGUs with emerging whale shark tourism so eager to learn proper guidelines 🦈
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Happy Pride Month! You know who doesn't change their brand image to rainbow just for June?
Ctenophores. They make their gay little rainbows all year. It's a Pride parade in the ocean every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. 366 every four years.
🦑🐙
Ctenophores. They make their gay little rainbows all year. It's a Pride parade in the ocean every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. 366 every four years.
🦑🐙
June 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Happy Pride Month! You know who doesn't change their brand image to rainbow just for June?
Ctenophores. They make their gay little rainbows all year. It's a Pride parade in the ocean every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. 366 every four years.
🦑🐙
Ctenophores. They make their gay little rainbows all year. It's a Pride parade in the ocean every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. 366 every four years.
🦑🐙
Today is 🪸 Coral Triangle Day! DYK the #Philippines is one of 6 countries in this global epicenter of marine biodiversity? I was lucky to see this pair of mating Olive Ridley #seaturtles during a survey of Iliana Bay (a.k.a. Iranun Bay) 🇵🇭 last April with BALYENA.ORG
June 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Today is 🪸 Coral Triangle Day! DYK the #Philippines is one of 6 countries in this global epicenter of marine biodiversity? I was lucky to see this pair of mating Olive Ridley #seaturtles during a survey of Iliana Bay (a.k.a. Iranun Bay) 🇵🇭 last April with BALYENA.ORG
Reposted by Jean Utzurrum
New #sharkscience
Megamouth shark babies
Megamouth shark babies
Remember that first global record of megamouth shark pups? It's finally published in a scientific journal! Read all about it here: doi.org/10.31398/tpjf
This study was partly supported by @mwwphilippines.bsky.social #AtingPating grants. Congratulations to the authors!
This study was partly supported by @mwwphilippines.bsky.social #AtingPating grants. Congratulations to the authors!
May 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New #sharkscience
Megamouth shark babies
Megamouth shark babies
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So cool! 🐟 🦑 🦈 🧪
Remember that first global record of megamouth shark pups? It's finally published in a scientific journal! Read all about it here: doi.org/10.31398/tpjf
This study was partly supported by @mwwphilippines.bsky.social #AtingPating grants. Congratulations to the authors!
This study was partly supported by @mwwphilippines.bsky.social #AtingPating grants. Congratulations to the authors!
May 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So cool! 🐟 🦑 🦈 🧪
Remember that first global record of megamouth shark pups? It's finally published in a scientific journal! Read all about it here: doi.org/10.31398/tpjf
This study was partly supported by @mwwphilippines.bsky.social #AtingPating grants. Congratulations to the authors!
This study was partly supported by @mwwphilippines.bsky.social #AtingPating grants. Congratulations to the authors!
May 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Remember that first global record of megamouth shark pups? It's finally published in a scientific journal! Read all about it here: doi.org/10.31398/tpjf
This study was partly supported by @mwwphilippines.bsky.social #AtingPating grants. Congratulations to the authors!
This study was partly supported by @mwwphilippines.bsky.social #AtingPating grants. Congratulations to the authors!
#NewPaperAlert 📣 — out now in Coral Reefs, a research paper on Benham Bank 🇵🇭 #MCEs that our Life Begins At 30 Deep team collaborated on using #BRUVS data we collected in 2019. We are happy to finally see this published!
1/4
#MesophoticPH
#LifeBeginsAt30Deep
1/4
#MesophoticPH
#LifeBeginsAt30Deep
April 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#NewPaperAlert 📣 — out now in Coral Reefs, a research paper on Benham Bank 🇵🇭 #MCEs that our Life Begins At 30 Deep team collaborated on using #BRUVS data we collected in 2019. We are happy to finally see this published!
1/4
#MesophoticPH
#LifeBeginsAt30Deep
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#MesophoticPH
#LifeBeginsAt30Deep
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Mark Schwartz has launched a bite-sized podcast series spotlighting new #conservation papers—tailored for busy practitioners. Each 3–6 min episode breaks down a recent study with real-world relevance, saving you time + helping you stay informed.
Tune in & subscribe: www.youtube.com/@Conservatio...
Tune in & subscribe: www.youtube.com/@Conservatio...
Engaging policymakers
YouTube video by Innovations in Conservation Practice
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April 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Mark Schwartz has launched a bite-sized podcast series spotlighting new #conservation papers—tailored for busy practitioners. Each 3–6 min episode breaks down a recent study with real-world relevance, saving you time + helping you stay informed.
Tune in & subscribe: www.youtube.com/@Conservatio...
Tune in & subscribe: www.youtube.com/@Conservatio...
Great to be back volunteering for Balyena.org — this time, we're in Mindanao for a short exploratory survey of 🐬🐋 marine mammals in Pagadian Bay 🇵🇭 Wish us lots of good sightings 🤞🏽
April 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Great to be back volunteering for Balyena.org — this time, we're in Mindanao for a short exploratory survey of 🐬🐋 marine mammals in Pagadian Bay 🇵🇭 Wish us lots of good sightings 🤞🏽
An unidentified shark spotted on the Balyena.org drone in the Babuyan Marine Corridor! Is it white shark? Let us know 👇🏽
Video on their IG and FB:
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Video on their IG and FB:
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April 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
An unidentified shark spotted on the Balyena.org drone in the Babuyan Marine Corridor! Is it white shark? Let us know 👇🏽
Video on their IG and FB:
www.instagram.com/share/reel/B...
Video on their IG and FB:
www.instagram.com/share/reel/B...
March 2025
2 weeks fieldwork
2 weeks KO 💤
1 conference abstract accepted
1 co-authored manuscript accepted
1 journal article reviewed
4 grant reports reviewed
0 thesis progress 🫠🤷🏽♀️
2 weeks fieldwork
2 weeks KO 💤
1 conference abstract accepted
1 co-authored manuscript accepted
1 journal article reviewed
4 grant reports reviewed
0 thesis progress 🫠🤷🏽♀️
April 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
March 2025
2 weeks fieldwork
2 weeks KO 💤
1 conference abstract accepted
1 co-authored manuscript accepted
1 journal article reviewed
4 grant reports reviewed
0 thesis progress 🫠🤷🏽♀️
2 weeks fieldwork
2 weeks KO 💤
1 conference abstract accepted
1 co-authored manuscript accepted
1 journal article reviewed
4 grant reports reviewed
0 thesis progress 🫠🤷🏽♀️
#NewPaperAlert — the Sandbar Shark, a.k.a. #BestShark according to @whysharksmatter.bsky.social, is now confirmed to be present in the Philippines 🇵🇭
#PatingKaBa
#PatingKaBa
March 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
#NewPaperAlert — the Sandbar Shark, a.k.a. #BestShark according to @whysharksmatter.bsky.social, is now confirmed to be present in the Philippines 🇵🇭
#PatingKaBa
#PatingKaBa
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Please enjoy part 1 of a series of blog posts written by myself and @brettfavaro.bsky.social offering our advice on how scientists can effectively speak with jouranlists about our areas of expertise. Part 2 is coming next week.
Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪
Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪
Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 1
By David Shiffman and Brett Favaro. Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness of…
www.southernfriedscience.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Please enjoy part 1 of a series of blog posts written by myself and @brettfavaro.bsky.social offering our advice on how scientists can effectively speak with jouranlists about our areas of expertise. Part 2 is coming next week.
Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪
Please read and share!
www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪
Although we've had lots of leads from fishers, my team and I have still yet to see an actual shark or ray on this trip. Cats have tried their best to keep us entertained, though.
March 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Although we've had lots of leads from fishers, my team and I have still yet to see an actual shark or ray on this trip. Cats have tried their best to keep us entertained, though.
Reposted by Jean Utzurrum
A complete and all-out attack on NOAA. Without a functioning NOAA there is no function seafood industry, no functioning radar network, no functioning weather models (US or otherwise). Would you cut a personal investment that saved you 70 times over your original investment every single year? (1/3)
More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut (Gift Article)
Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service’s ability to produce lifesaving forecasts, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A complete and all-out attack on NOAA. Without a functioning NOAA there is no function seafood industry, no functioning radar network, no functioning weather models (US or otherwise). Would you cut a personal investment that saved you 70 times over your original investment every single year? (1/3)