Dr Vanessa Pirotta
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta
@drvanessapirotta.bsky.social
Wildlife scientist 🐋 | Woman in STEAM | author | vessel operator | Sydney | 🇲🇹🇮🇹 | 🐳🐳 calves

www.vanessapirotta.com

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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
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 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
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 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
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
@sxsw.com Sydney 2025 in less than a min!

#sxsw #sxswsydney #tech
October 19, 2025 at 5:32 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
October 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Tongan Whale Tourism Project is well underway in the Kingdom of Tonga.

This is a community driven project working directly with the Vava’u Environmental Protection Association (VEPA) and the Kingdom of Tonga Government.

#whale #tonga #research #tourism
September 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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
September 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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...
September 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
September 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The 2025 Australian Museum @eurekaprizes.bsky.social will be announced tomorrow. Here’s my 30 sec video....

Proud to say I will be standing on the shoulders of giants, with fellow finalists @rockatscientist and @jodirowley!

Live via lnkd.in/gTSDq5Vb
September 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Dolphins, spring and Sydney Harbour- Australia really turned it on this arvo…

Www.wildsydneyharbour.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Remember the LIVE whale disentanglement on the #GoldCoast back in June 2025?
 
I caught up with the Australian Sea World Foundation disentanglement team to learn more about how they do this and the specialised gear they used to keep both whales and humans safe.
 
#sharknet
August 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A recovering whale population needs to be understood from all angles. Are we now seeing new behaviours? Has this always been happening? Or, are we just better at documenting it.

Via @60minutes9:
For the full story, subscribe to the 60 Minutes Australia Youtube.

#humpbackwhale #humpbackhighway
August 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM