Dr Vanessa Pirotta
@drvanessapirotta.bsky.social
Wildlife scientist 🐋 | Woman in STEAM | author | vessel operator | Sydney | 🇲🇹🇮🇹 | 🐳🐳 calves
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A Night at the Museum here at the @smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington DC- with one of Australia’s greatest gifts to the US, Dr Rebecca Johnson AM!
#US #washington #dc #superstarsofstem #scicomm #education #womeninscience #ausmus #nightatthemuseum
#US #washington #dc #superstarsofstem #scicomm #education #womeninscience #ausmus #nightatthemuseum
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A Night at the Museum here at the @smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington DC- with one of Australia’s greatest gifts to the US, Dr Rebecca Johnson AM!
#US #washington #dc #superstarsofstem #scicomm #education #womeninscience #ausmus #nightatthemuseum
#US #washington #dc #superstarsofstem #scicomm #education #womeninscience #ausmus #nightatthemuseum
I did it! I delivered my first TEDx Global Search Idea talk! I presented on my teams land based research using AI for the detection of illegal wildlife trafficking.
THANK YOU to the other nine speakers who are now part of my support family. Thank you @tedx_official, @ted, @tedxsydney
THANK YOU to the other nine speakers who are now part of my support family. Thank you @tedx_official, @ted, @tedxsydney
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I did it! I delivered my first TEDx Global Search Idea talk! I presented on my teams land based research using AI for the detection of illegal wildlife trafficking.
THANK YOU to the other nine speakers who are now part of my support family. Thank you @tedx_official, @ted, @tedxsydney
THANK YOU to the other nine speakers who are now part of my support family. Thank you @tedx_official, @ted, @tedxsydney
Join me on @abcnews_au after 820 LIVE for a Siale the white humpback whale update.
Catching my with fellow woman in STEAM Jemima from Play School @abckids
#siale #whale #whitewhale #scicomm #humpbackhighway #happywhale
Catching my with fellow woman in STEAM Jemima from Play School @abckids
#siale #whale #whitewhale #scicomm #humpbackhighway #happywhale
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Join me on @abcnews_au after 820 LIVE for a Siale the white humpback whale update.
Catching my with fellow woman in STEAM Jemima from Play School @abckids
#siale #whale #whitewhale #scicomm #humpbackhighway #happywhale
Catching my with fellow woman in STEAM Jemima from Play School @abckids
#siale #whale #whitewhale #scicomm #humpbackhighway #happywhale
White whale, NSW South coast, Australia via Kate Rogers 5 Nov 2025
@k8osm8os
You can report your white whale sightings to Migaloo.com.au website.
#migaloo #whitewhale #whale #whales
@k8osm8os
You can report your white whale sightings to Migaloo.com.au website.
#migaloo #whitewhale #whale #whales
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
White whale, NSW South coast, Australia via Kate Rogers 5 Nov 2025
@k8osm8os
You can report your white whale sightings to Migaloo.com.au website.
#migaloo #whitewhale #whale #whales
@k8osm8os
You can report your white whale sightings to Migaloo.com.au website.
#migaloo #whitewhale #whale #whales
Let’s go #PMPrizes 2025! I’m 💯 here to celebrate our greatest in science!
Let’s go! @albomp.bsky.social
#canberra #albo #science #steam #superstarsofSTEM #womeninscience #celebrate #australia #tiktok
Let’s go! @albomp.bsky.social
#canberra #albo #science #steam #superstarsofSTEM #womeninscience #celebrate #australia #tiktok
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Let’s go #PMPrizes 2025! I’m 💯 here to celebrate our greatest in science!
Let’s go! @albomp.bsky.social
#canberra #albo #science #steam #superstarsofSTEM #womeninscience #celebrate #australia #tiktok
Let’s go! @albomp.bsky.social
#canberra #albo #science #steam #superstarsofSTEM #womeninscience #celebrate #australia #tiktok
My smallest calf if turning three! Im so proud of his ability to name different whale species.
Being a mum in science is a HUGE juggle. I’ve learnt so much already, so much more to learn.
Are you doing the juggle scientist parents?!
#mumlife #muminscience #weekend #children #ocean
Being a mum in science is a HUGE juggle. I’ve learnt so much already, so much more to learn.
Are you doing the juggle scientist parents?!
#mumlife #muminscience #weekend #children #ocean
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
My smallest calf if turning three! Im so proud of his ability to name different whale species.
Being a mum in science is a HUGE juggle. I’ve learnt so much already, so much more to learn.
Are you doing the juggle scientist parents?!
#mumlife #muminscience #weekend #children #ocean
Being a mum in science is a HUGE juggle. I’ve learnt so much already, so much more to learn.
Are you doing the juggle scientist parents?!
#mumlife #muminscience #weekend #children #ocean
Reposted by Dr Vanessa Pirotta
Australia’s “humpback comeback” is making waves globally. Numbers of whales on the east coast have rebounded to an estimated 50,000 from a historic low. Wildlife scientist and whale expert @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social joins me on the podcast this week @mongabay.com to chat about this achievement:
Australia celebrates ‘humpback comeback,’ but a main food source is under threat
News of Australia’s “humpback comeback” is making waves globally. Numbers of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on the nation’s east coast have rebounded to an estimated 50,000 from a historic l...
news.mongabay.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Australia’s “humpback comeback” is making waves globally. Numbers of whales on the east coast have rebounded to an estimated 50,000 from a historic low. Wildlife scientist and whale expert @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social joins me on the podcast this week @mongabay.com to chat about this achievement:
United Nations Association of Australia - NSW Division at 80 event!
Not only was I on a panel with legend Veena Sahajwalla AO, I was able to listen to fellow Macquarie University academic Peter Greste and my Maltese 🇲🇹 media savvy academic friend Monica Attard.
#unat80 #UN #learn #education #world
Not only was I on a panel with legend Veena Sahajwalla AO, I was able to listen to fellow Macquarie University academic Peter Greste and my Maltese 🇲🇹 media savvy academic friend Monica Attard.
#unat80 #UN #learn #education #world
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
United Nations Association of Australia - NSW Division at 80 event!
Not only was I on a panel with legend Veena Sahajwalla AO, I was able to listen to fellow Macquarie University academic Peter Greste and my Maltese 🇲🇹 media savvy academic friend Monica Attard.
#unat80 #UN #learn #education #world
Not only was I on a panel with legend Veena Sahajwalla AO, I was able to listen to fellow Macquarie University academic Peter Greste and my Maltese 🇲🇹 media savvy academic friend Monica Attard.
#unat80 #UN #learn #education #world
I’m excited to announce that I’ve been selected as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (@scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org)!
Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
October 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’m excited to announce that I’ve been selected as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (@scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org)!
Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
October 19, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Shaking up this years @sxswsydney NEXT WEEK with a super cool and informative panel. This will not be boring.
#sxswsydney
#climatechange
#hope
#conservation
#sxswsydney
#climatechange
#hope
#conservation
October 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Shaking up this years @sxswsydney NEXT WEEK with a super cool and informative panel. This will not be boring.
#sxswsydney
#climatechange
#hope
#conservation
#sxswsydney
#climatechange
#hope
#conservation
POV with a revised estimate of the east coast Australian humpback whale population.
New estimates by @DrWallyFranklin and Dr Lyndon Brooks - at least 50,000 individuals.
#humpbackhighway #whales #australia #science #POV
New estimates by @DrWallyFranklin and Dr Lyndon Brooks - at least 50,000 individuals.
#humpbackhighway #whales #australia #science #POV
October 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
POV with a revised estimate of the east coast Australian humpback whale population.
New estimates by @DrWallyFranklin and Dr Lyndon Brooks - at least 50,000 individuals.
#humpbackhighway #whales #australia #science #POV
New estimates by @DrWallyFranklin and Dr Lyndon Brooks - at least 50,000 individuals.
#humpbackhighway #whales #australia #science #POV
Vale Dr @janegoodallinst. You have inspired us all with your humility, kindness and hope for the future.
At a time like this, it’s important we reflect and as scientists, we join forces to celebrate a great.
Published here: theconversation.com/only-if-we-h...
At a time like this, it’s important we reflect and as scientists, we join forces to celebrate a great.
Published here: theconversation.com/only-if-we-h...
October 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Vale Dr @janegoodallinst. You have inspired us all with your humility, kindness and hope for the future.
At a time like this, it’s important we reflect and as scientists, we join forces to celebrate a great.
Published here: theconversation.com/only-if-we-h...
At a time like this, it’s important we reflect and as scientists, we join forces to celebrate a great.
Published here: theconversation.com/only-if-we-h...
Reposted by Dr Vanessa Pirotta
A solemn day as we pay our respects to Dr Jane Goodall and her extraordinary legacy. Vale, Jane, we promise to keep fighting for all that you loved and fought for too!
theconversation.com/only-if-we-h... With @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social, Marissa Parrott, @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social & Zara Bending.
theconversation.com/only-if-we-h... With @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social, Marissa Parrott, @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social & Zara Bending.
‘Only if we help shall all be saved’: Jane Goodall showed we can all be part of the solution
Jane Goodall showed tremendous courage in charting her own course as a pioneering researcher – and working to spread hope wherever she went.
theconversation.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
A solemn day as we pay our respects to Dr Jane Goodall and her extraordinary legacy. Vale, Jane, we promise to keep fighting for all that you loved and fought for too!
theconversation.com/only-if-we-h... With @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social, Marissa Parrott, @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social & Zara Bending.
theconversation.com/only-if-we-h... With @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social, Marissa Parrott, @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social & Zara Bending.
There’s something special about early morning. It really is the best time of the day.
Early morning whale watch with the @gamayrangers at my very first humpback whale study site, Cape Soldander, Kurnell, Australia.
#whaleon #humpbackhighway #goodmorning #gamayrangers
Early morning whale watch with the @gamayrangers at my very first humpback whale study site, Cape Soldander, Kurnell, Australia.
#whaleon #humpbackhighway #goodmorning #gamayrangers
September 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
There’s something special about early morning. It really is the best time of the day.
Early morning whale watch with the @gamayrangers at my very first humpback whale study site, Cape Soldander, Kurnell, Australia.
#whaleon #humpbackhighway #goodmorning #gamayrangers
Early morning whale watch with the @gamayrangers at my very first humpback whale study site, Cape Soldander, Kurnell, Australia.
#whaleon #humpbackhighway #goodmorning #gamayrangers
A HUGE thank you and good luck to all HSC students! You got this… and two whale facts.
Please share this with a student who needs a kind reminder that it will be ok.
Back to the science and being a mumma.
#goodluck #thankyou #narwhal #bellybutton #womeninscience #hsc #school
Please share this with a student who needs a kind reminder that it will be ok.
Back to the science and being a mumma.
#goodluck #thankyou #narwhal #bellybutton #womeninscience #hsc #school
September 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A HUGE thank you and good luck to all HSC students! You got this… and two whale facts.
Please share this with a student who needs a kind reminder that it will be ok.
Back to the science and being a mumma.
#goodluck #thankyou #narwhal #bellybutton #womeninscience #hsc #school
Please share this with a student who needs a kind reminder that it will be ok.
Back to the science and being a mumma.
#goodluck #thankyou #narwhal #bellybutton #womeninscience #hsc #school
Remember the @channel10au science show Scope?! Hosted by Dr Rob Bell.
Continuing the theme from my @pressclubaust to build strong foundations in STEAM foundational education.
What will your kids come home from school and watch this afternoon?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsL...
Continuing the theme from my @pressclubaust to build strong foundations in STEAM foundational education.
What will your kids come home from school and watch this afternoon?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsL...
September 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Remember the @channel10au science show Scope?! Hosted by Dr Rob Bell.
Continuing the theme from my @pressclubaust to build strong foundations in STEAM foundational education.
What will your kids come home from school and watch this afternoon?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsL...
Continuing the theme from my @pressclubaust to build strong foundations in STEAM foundational education.
What will your kids come home from school and watch this afternoon?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsL...
This week I delivered my first National Press Club address.
Using my personal story of what it’s like to be a marine scientist, I was raw and vulnerable. Even detailing some of the lowest lows.
Watch: m.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsL...
Photos by @fernandapedroso.photography
Using my personal story of what it’s like to be a marine scientist, I was raw and vulnerable. Even detailing some of the lowest lows.
Watch: m.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsL...
Photos by @fernandapedroso.photography
IN FULL: Dr Vanessa Pirotta's Address to the National Press Club of Australia
YouTube video by National Press Club of Australia
m.youtube.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This week I delivered my first National Press Club address.
Using my personal story of what it’s like to be a marine scientist, I was raw and vulnerable. Even detailing some of the lowest lows.
Watch: m.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsL...
Photos by @fernandapedroso.photography
Using my personal story of what it’s like to be a marine scientist, I was raw and vulnerable. Even detailing some of the lowest lows.
Watch: m.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsL...
Photos by @fernandapedroso.photography
Reposted by Dr Vanessa Pirotta
Sunday Watch: This week @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social, Honorary Research Associate at the Maritime Museum and leading wildlife scientist gave a National Press Club Address about Australia’s Scientific Future.
https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2511C033S00
https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2511C033S00
National Press Club Address: Dr Vanessa Pirotta - Wildlife Scientist
Dr Vanessa Pirotta, leading wildlife scientist, addresses the National Press Club of Australia on the topic of Australia's Scientific Future: Built on Education, Connection and Investment.
iview.abc.net.au
September 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Sunday Watch: This week @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social, Honorary Research Associate at the Maritime Museum and leading wildlife scientist gave a National Press Club Address about Australia’s Scientific Future.
https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2511C033S00
https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2511C033S00
Interim post regarding my National Press Club of Australia this week. Currently juggling motherhood and science.
I will make a wrap up thank you post when I come back up for air.
Watch it now:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsL...
I will make a wrap up thank you post when I come back up for air.
Watch it now:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsL...
September 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Interim post regarding my National Press Club of Australia this week. Currently juggling motherhood and science.
I will make a wrap up thank you post when I come back up for air.
Watch it now:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsL...
I will make a wrap up thank you post when I come back up for air.
Watch it now:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsL...
Tomorrow npc.org.au/events/dr-va...
September 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Tomorrow npc.org.au/events/dr-va...
Tomorrow I deliver a talk to the nation at the National Press Club.
Join me and the one and only @SabraLane live on @abcnews at 1230pm AEST humpday 17th Sept.
npc.org.au/events
#NPC #nationalpressclub #pressclub #canberra #womeninstem #womeninscience #superstarsofSTEM
Join me and the one and only @SabraLane live on @abcnews at 1230pm AEST humpday 17th Sept.
npc.org.au/events
#NPC #nationalpressclub #pressclub #canberra #womeninstem #womeninscience #superstarsofSTEM
September 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Tomorrow I deliver a talk to the nation at the National Press Club.
Join me and the one and only @SabraLane live on @abcnews at 1230pm AEST humpday 17th Sept.
npc.org.au/events
#NPC #nationalpressclub #pressclub #canberra #womeninstem #womeninscience #superstarsofSTEM
Join me and the one and only @SabraLane live on @abcnews at 1230pm AEST humpday 17th Sept.
npc.org.au/events
#NPC #nationalpressclub #pressclub #canberra #womeninstem #womeninscience #superstarsofSTEM
Next gen whale free diving fins. Thank you to @naomi.gittoes_artist
These fins celebrate the next generation in my world and the whale world.
My calves loved it.
📸 Thank you to @marine_images for the fabulous free diving shot.
#underwater #freedive #fins #lifebelowwater #womeninscience
These fins celebrate the next generation in my world and the whale world.
My calves loved it.
📸 Thank you to @marine_images for the fabulous free diving shot.
#underwater #freedive #fins #lifebelowwater #womeninscience
September 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Next gen whale free diving fins. Thank you to @naomi.gittoes_artist
These fins celebrate the next generation in my world and the whale world.
My calves loved it.
📸 Thank you to @marine_images for the fabulous free diving shot.
#underwater #freedive #fins #lifebelowwater #womeninscience
These fins celebrate the next generation in my world and the whale world.
My calves loved it.
📸 Thank you to @marine_images for the fabulous free diving shot.
#underwater #freedive #fins #lifebelowwater #womeninscience
Reposted by Dr Vanessa Pirotta
Celebrating the 2025 Eureka Prizes:
@drvanessapirotta.bsky.social for marine science advocacy,
@livingseawalls.bsky.social for eco-engineering, and Fission Chips for nanosensor innovation. Science in Public worked with these teams to share their stories: australian.museum/get-involved...
@drvanessapirotta.bsky.social for marine science advocacy,
@livingseawalls.bsky.social for eco-engineering, and Fission Chips for nanosensor innovation. Science in Public worked with these teams to share their stories: australian.museum/get-involved...
September 9, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Celebrating the 2025 Eureka Prizes:
@drvanessapirotta.bsky.social for marine science advocacy,
@livingseawalls.bsky.social for eco-engineering, and Fission Chips for nanosensor innovation. Science in Public worked with these teams to share their stories: australian.museum/get-involved...
@drvanessapirotta.bsky.social for marine science advocacy,
@livingseawalls.bsky.social for eco-engineering, and Fission Chips for nanosensor innovation. Science in Public worked with these teams to share their stories: australian.museum/get-involved...