Dr Jenny Allen
jennyallen13.bsky.social
Dr Jenny Allen
@jennyallen13.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher at @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social studying culture and social learning in whales. Feminist, Whovian, bookworm, expert tree climber. She/her.
Research in @science.org showing structures in whale song thought to be uniquely human! Why? We think cultural learning!

Led by @inbalarnon.bsky.social with @simonkirby.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @clairenea.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social and me!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
February 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We found one of the most robust examples of cultural learning in an animal species! Over 30 years, humpback whales in the Gulf of Maine learned a feeding behaviour from one another and its spread through the population based on who spends time together.

www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
December 4, 2024 at 9:55 PM