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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/...
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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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!
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Travel grants are also available to help keep conference costs down!
🐬 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 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Travel grants are also available to help keep conference costs down!
Another fantastic postdoc opportunity....
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”
setur.totalview.cloud/recruitment/...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Another fantastic postdoc opportunity....
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Great albeit exhausting fun representing @seamammalresearch.bsky.social on the Developing Young Workforce/Hope the Whale roadshow this with colleagues from WDC. 3 days, 3 schools, ~900 students ... aaaaand breath...🤣🐳
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Great albeit exhausting fun representing @seamammalresearch.bsky.social on the Developing Young Workforce/Hope the Whale roadshow this with colleagues from WDC. 3 days, 3 schools, ~900 students ... aaaaand breath...🤣🐳
Amazing opportunity for a post doc, fantastic team to work with, and a brilliant project... opportunities like this don't come up every day ......
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 🙏🏻
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Amazing opportunity for a post doc, fantastic team to work with, and a brilliant project... opportunities like this don't come up every day ......
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
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.
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A much nicer day today for some #marine #science with @uniofstandrews.bsky.social students at the @seamammalresearch.bsky.social.
@smruinstrument.bsky.social tags being used again.
Learning about #oceanography and #ecosystem #management.
@smruinstrument.bsky.social tags being used again.
Learning about #oceanography and #ecosystem #management.
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A much nicer day today for some #marine #science with @uniofstandrews.bsky.social students at the @seamammalresearch.bsky.social.
@smruinstrument.bsky.social tags being used again.
Learning about #oceanography and #ecosystem #management.
@smruinstrument.bsky.social tags being used again.
Learning about #oceanography and #ecosystem #management.
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 ....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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
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🐬 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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First trip out with students of @uniofstandrews.bsky.social as part of their #marine #ecology training this semester. Dry but windy.
We might even have collected some useful data 😊
Thanks to @seamammalresearch.bsky.social for letting us use their boat.
@smruinstrument.bsky.social tags as CTDs 😳
We might even have collected some useful data 😊
Thanks to @seamammalresearch.bsky.social for letting us use their boat.
@smruinstrument.bsky.social tags as CTDs 😳
October 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
First trip out with students of @uniofstandrews.bsky.social as part of their #marine #ecology training this semester. Dry but windy.
We might even have collected some useful data 😊
Thanks to @seamammalresearch.bsky.social for letting us use their boat.
@smruinstrument.bsky.social tags as CTDs 😳
We might even have collected some useful data 😊
Thanks to @seamammalresearch.bsky.social for letting us use their boat.
@smruinstrument.bsky.social tags as CTDs 😳
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Had an amazing weekend at the '100 Years of RRS Discovery' celebrations in #Dundee
Thanks for the support from @seamammalresearch.bsky.social and @smruinstrument.bsky.social
#RRS100 #Discovery100
Thanks for the support from @seamammalresearch.bsky.social and @smruinstrument.bsky.social
#RRS100 #Discovery100
September 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Had an amazing weekend at the '100 Years of RRS Discovery' celebrations in #Dundee
Thanks for the support from @seamammalresearch.bsky.social and @smruinstrument.bsky.social
#RRS100 #Discovery100
Thanks for the support from @seamammalresearch.bsky.social and @smruinstrument.bsky.social
#RRS100 #Discovery100
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Scottish Dolphins
YouTube video by OceanLars
youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!
Want to share your marine mammal research at one of Scotland's biggest scientific conferences? Submit an abstract to present a poster or talk at the MASTS Annual Science Meeting, in Glasgow in November.
Deadline for submissions: 29th August (tomorrow!)
lnkd.in/eihhpB3j
Want to share your marine mammal research at one of Scotland's biggest scientific conferences? Submit an abstract to present a poster or talk at the MASTS Annual Science Meeting, in Glasgow in November.
Deadline for submissions: 29th August (tomorrow!)
lnkd.in/eihhpB3j
August 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!
Want to share your marine mammal research at one of Scotland's biggest scientific conferences? Submit an abstract to present a poster or talk at the MASTS Annual Science Meeting, in Glasgow in November.
Deadline for submissions: 29th August (tomorrow!)
lnkd.in/eihhpB3j
Want to share your marine mammal research at one of Scotland's biggest scientific conferences? Submit an abstract to present a poster or talk at the MASTS Annual Science Meeting, in Glasgow in November.
Deadline for submissions: 29th August (tomorrow!)
lnkd.in/eihhpB3j
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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...
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
🚀 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...
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...
Important new analysis of bycatch patterns in UK fisheries by @fayehelenmoyes.bsky.social continuing the legacy of the late Professor Simon Northridge. An unexpected result: 'pinger' use, although decreasing cetacean bycatch, may actually increase seal bycatch
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
August 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Important new analysis of bycatch patterns in UK fisheries by @fayehelenmoyes.bsky.social continuing the legacy of the late Professor Simon Northridge. An unexpected result: 'pinger' use, although decreasing cetacean bycatch, may actually increase seal bycatch
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
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A very special humpback whale field season in Mo'orea with the best team @michaelpoolewhales.bsky.social @renee4cetaceans.bsky.social Mike Noad 🐳🎶 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A very special humpback whale field season in Mo'orea with the best team @michaelpoolewhales.bsky.social @renee4cetaceans.bsky.social Mike Noad 🐳🎶 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Fascinating new research led by @smruecophys.bsky.social researcher @chrismcknight.bsky.social
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...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
August 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Fascinating new research led by @smruecophys.bsky.social researcher @chrismcknight.bsky.social
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Spotting whales for the boat team at the lighthouse in the Southern Lagoon, New Caledonia 🐳 🎶 @solenederville.bsky.social @francae.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Spotting whales for the boat team at the lighthouse in the Southern Lagoon, New Caledonia 🐳 🎶 @solenederville.bsky.social @francae.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social
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Humpback whale fieldwork 2025: the season is well underway in the Southern Lagoon, New Caledonia @solenederville.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social @francae.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Humpback whale fieldwork 2025: the season is well underway in the Southern Lagoon, New Caledonia @solenederville.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social @francae.bsky.social
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New paper alert... abundance estimates for O'ahu spinner dolphins now published. Full text available: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
August 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
New paper alert... abundance estimates for O'ahu spinner dolphins now published. Full text available: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
📣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 9:05 AM
📣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... 🦭🗺️
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
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @ukri.org
June 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @ukri.org
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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
Another great day full of seal chat at the #SCOS25 Science Day 🤓 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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As part of my MSc with @seamammalresearch.bsky.social and @uniofstandrews.bsky.social we had the opportunity join HWDT on the Silurian for a couple of days in the Inner Hebrides. Even though the weather didn’t agree with us it was a fun experience. Thank you HWDT!
June 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
As part of my MSc with @seamammalresearch.bsky.social and @uniofstandrews.bsky.social we had the opportunity join HWDT on the Silurian for a couple of days in the Inner Hebrides. Even though the weather didn’t agree with us it was a fun experience. Thank you HWDT!
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New output from the ONR/LMR-funded #ACCURATE project by @popigk.bsky.social in @asa-news.bsky.social
#passiveacoustics #densityestimation #beampattern #biosonar
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
@au.dk #CREEM #JASA
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
#passiveacoustics #densityestimation #beampattern #biosonar
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
@au.dk #CREEM #JASA
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
Sensitivity of density estimates to off-axis beam pattern assumptions in deep-diving odontocetes
Density estimation from passive acoustic monitoring requires knowledge of the sound production rates and signal characteristics of animal calls. This study expl
doi.org
June 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New output from the ONR/LMR-funded #ACCURATE project by @popigk.bsky.social in @asa-news.bsky.social
#passiveacoustics #densityestimation #beampattern #biosonar
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
@au.dk #CREEM #JASA
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
#passiveacoustics #densityestimation #beampattern #biosonar
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
@au.dk #CREEM #JASA
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...