Kate Sprogis
@katesprogis.bsky.social
Australian marine mammal researcher and Lecturer in Marine Mammal Science at the University of Western Australia 🐳🐋🐬🦭
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🌍🦋 Across 6 continents, 21 sites & 15,000 paper moths, we joined a worldwide experiment led by @wlallen.bsky.social & Iliana Medina, showing how ecological context shapes the evolution of animal colouration.
Proud to be part of this global team effort: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Proud to be part of this global team effort: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🌍🦋 Across 6 continents, 21 sites & 15,000 paper moths, we joined a worldwide experiment led by @wlallen.bsky.social & Iliana Medina, showing how ecological context shapes the evolution of animal colouration.
Proud to be part of this global team effort: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Proud to be part of this global team effort: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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Frontiers | A global review of operational fishery interactions with killer whales (Orcinus orca): dynamics, impacts, and management strategies
Frontiers | A global review of operational fishery interactions with killer whales (Orcinus orca): dynamics, impacts, and management strategies
Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are cosmopolitan, apex predators that sometimes interact with commercial fisheries. These fishery interactions can affect killer...
www.frontiersin.org
September 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Frontiers | A global review of operational fishery interactions with killer whales (Orcinus orca): dynamics, impacts, and management strategies
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Wild map: all the places in the world where killer whales take fish from fishing activities, often right off hooks on lines
By @emmaluck22.bsky.social et al.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
By @emmaluck22.bsky.social et al.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
September 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Wild map: all the places in the world where killer whales take fish from fishing activities, often right off hooks on lines
By @emmaluck22.bsky.social et al.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
By @emmaluck22.bsky.social et al.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
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🎉BREAKING: The High Seas Treaty has reached 60 ratifications — enough to enter into force!
This landmark agreement creates a pathway to help protect the high seas — waters beyond any one country’s authority that cover nearly half our planet. https://oceana.ly/3VqpI2Y
This landmark agreement creates a pathway to help protect the high seas — waters beyond any one country’s authority that cover nearly half our planet. https://oceana.ly/3VqpI2Y
September 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🎉BREAKING: The High Seas Treaty has reached 60 ratifications — enough to enter into force!
This landmark agreement creates a pathway to help protect the high seas — waters beyond any one country’s authority that cover nearly half our planet. https://oceana.ly/3VqpI2Y
This landmark agreement creates a pathway to help protect the high seas — waters beyond any one country’s authority that cover nearly half our planet. https://oceana.ly/3VqpI2Y
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🐬 Dolphins & whales depend on sound to survive, but industrial noise is drowning them out 🔊
🐋 @whalesorg.bsky.social's new report 'Towards Quieter Seas' shows how noise pollution from industries like oil & gas disrupt vital behaviours
#EndOffshoreDrilling
👉 https://bit.ly/4nlxlUo
🐋 @whalesorg.bsky.social's new report 'Towards Quieter Seas' shows how noise pollution from industries like oil & gas disrupt vital behaviours
#EndOffshoreDrilling
👉 https://bit.ly/4nlxlUo
September 20, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🐬 Dolphins & whales depend on sound to survive, but industrial noise is drowning them out 🔊
🐋 @whalesorg.bsky.social's new report 'Towards Quieter Seas' shows how noise pollution from industries like oil & gas disrupt vital behaviours
#EndOffshoreDrilling
👉 https://bit.ly/4nlxlUo
🐋 @whalesorg.bsky.social's new report 'Towards Quieter Seas' shows how noise pollution from industries like oil & gas disrupt vital behaviours
#EndOffshoreDrilling
👉 https://bit.ly/4nlxlUo
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There is increasing interest in using AI tools not only to listen in on animal speech, but also to potentially talk back
go.nature.com/4mtVo2u
go.nature.com/4mtVo2u
AI is helping to decode animals’ speech. Will it also let us talk with them?
Nature - The complexity of vocal communication in some primates, whales and birds might approach that of human language.
go.nature.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
There is increasing interest in using AI tools not only to listen in on animal speech, but also to potentially talk back
go.nature.com/4mtVo2u
go.nature.com/4mtVo2u
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New research in #AusMammalogy compared the whiskers of wombats, finding that southern hairy-nosed wombats have longer, thicker whiskers.
Without a rhinarium, the study's authors suggest they may depend more on whiskers to navigate & interact.
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25025
@womsat.bsky.social
Without a rhinarium, the study's authors suggest they may depend more on whiskers to navigate & interact.
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25025
@womsat.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
New research in #AusMammalogy compared the whiskers of wombats, finding that southern hairy-nosed wombats have longer, thicker whiskers.
Without a rhinarium, the study's authors suggest they may depend more on whiskers to navigate & interact.
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25025
@womsat.bsky.social
Without a rhinarium, the study's authors suggest they may depend more on whiskers to navigate & interact.
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25025
@womsat.bsky.social
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🌐🧪🦤 Considering prey availability has the exciting potential to improve marine conservation efforts, as evidenced in this case study modeling the habitat of critically endangered North Atlantic #RightWhales. #OceanScience #Maine #ProtectOurOceans #BluePlanet. bit.ly/esr_58_67
September 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
🌐🧪🦤 Considering prey availability has the exciting potential to improve marine conservation efforts, as evidenced in this case study modeling the habitat of critically endangered North Atlantic #RightWhales. #OceanScience #Maine #ProtectOurOceans #BluePlanet. bit.ly/esr_58_67
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NEW RESEARCH
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
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Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
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September 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
NEW RESEARCH
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
🦑🧪🌍🐟
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
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New study by @exetermarine.bsky.social
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social
@zslofficial.bsky.social underscores the critical importance of Very Large Marine Protected Areas for safeguarding wide-ranging marine species. #MPAs
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social
@zslofficial.bsky.social underscores the critical importance of Very Large Marine Protected Areas for safeguarding wide-ranging marine species. #MPAs
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
Chagos study highlights value of vast Marine Protected Areas
Large ocean animals can be protected throughout much of their lifecycle by huge Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), new research shows. Scientists tracked sea turtles, manta rays and seabirds – all of whic...
news.exeter.ac.uk
August 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
New study by @exetermarine.bsky.social
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social
@zslofficial.bsky.social underscores the critical importance of Very Large Marine Protected Areas for safeguarding wide-ranging marine species. #MPAs
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
@heriotwattuni.bsky.social
@zslofficial.bsky.social underscores the critical importance of Very Large Marine Protected Areas for safeguarding wide-ranging marine species. #MPAs
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
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B.C. researchers can now determine a #whale’s sex from its wake vancouversun.com/news/how-bc-... via @vancouversun.bsky.social
B.C. researchers can now determine a whale’s sex from its wake
Ocean Wise recently published a first-of-its-kind study on decoding the sex of whales from environmental DNA.
vancouversun.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
B.C. researchers can now determine a #whale’s sex from its wake vancouversun.com/news/how-bc-... via @vancouversun.bsky.social
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Rising Heat, Rising Risks: Understanding the Nexus of Marine Heatwaves, Fishing Dependence, and Vulnerability to Coastal Communities
🔗 buff.ly/wrmWoS0
🔗 buff.ly/wrmWoS0
September 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Rising Heat, Rising Risks: Understanding the Nexus of Marine Heatwaves, Fishing Dependence, and Vulnerability to Coastal Communities
🔗 buff.ly/wrmWoS0
🔗 buff.ly/wrmWoS0
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One in six species on Earth experienced extraordinarily high temperatures across more than 25% of their range in 2024--the hottest year on record. For most, this was the second year of extreme heat, likely compounding risks. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One in six species on Earth experienced extraordinarily high temperatures across more than 25% of their range in 2024--the hottest year on record. For most, this was the second year of extreme heat, likely compounding risks. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
🐳 Collecting small skin samples from southern right whales to examine questions on genetics, diet, sex and age. With @robharcourt.bsky.social and @emma-carroll.bsky.social. 🔗 tohoravoyages.ac.nz/welcome-to-m... 🇦🇺 #southernrightwhale
September 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🐳 Collecting small skin samples from southern right whales to examine questions on genetics, diet, sex and age. With @robharcourt.bsky.social and @emma-carroll.bsky.social. 🔗 tohoravoyages.ac.nz/welcome-to-m... 🇦🇺 #southernrightwhale
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"Bottom trawling is one of the most widely used, & most destructive, fishing practices in the world" 🎣
Yet it's allowed in most of our marine protected areas.
Check out this new BBC podcast for more info 🌊👇
www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
Then TAKE ACTION 🪸🔽
only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
Yet it's allowed in most of our marine protected areas.
Check out this new BBC podcast for more info 🌊👇
www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
Then TAKE ACTION 🪸🔽
only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
September 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Bottom trawling is one of the most widely used, & most destructive, fishing practices in the world" 🎣
Yet it's allowed in most of our marine protected areas.
Check out this new BBC podcast for more info 🌊👇
www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
Then TAKE ACTION 🪸🔽
only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
Yet it's allowed in most of our marine protected areas.
Check out this new BBC podcast for more info 🌊👇
www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
Then TAKE ACTION 🪸🔽
only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
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By being large and fat, baleen whales can endure long periods with little or no prey 🌐🌏🧪🌱
We found that:
🐋 A southern right whale in average condition could survive up to 17 months without feeding.
🐋 But a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale may only last about 50 days.
🔗 to paper:
We found that:
🐋 A southern right whale in average condition could survive up to 17 months without feeding.
🐋 But a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale may only last about 50 days.
🔗 to paper:
www.int-res.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
By being large and fat, baleen whales can endure long periods with little or no prey 🌐🌏🧪🌱
We found that:
🐋 A southern right whale in average condition could survive up to 17 months without feeding.
🐋 But a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale may only last about 50 days.
🔗 to paper:
We found that:
🐋 A southern right whale in average condition could survive up to 17 months without feeding.
🐋 But a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale may only last about 50 days.
🔗 to paper:
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Our recent study in the #MarineEcologyProgressSeries
highlights how body size, condition, and human impacts shape the survival of right whales & why they are so vulnerable to prey limitation and disturbance 🐋
🔗 in thread
#Conservation #WhaleResearch #RightWhales #OceanHealth #MarineScience 🌐🌏🧪🌱
highlights how body size, condition, and human impacts shape the survival of right whales & why they are so vulnerable to prey limitation and disturbance 🐋
🔗 in thread
#Conservation #WhaleResearch #RightWhales #OceanHealth #MarineScience 🌐🌏🧪🌱
September 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Our recent study in the #MarineEcologyProgressSeries
highlights how body size, condition, and human impacts shape the survival of right whales & why they are so vulnerable to prey limitation and disturbance 🐋
🔗 in thread
#Conservation #WhaleResearch #RightWhales #OceanHealth #MarineScience 🌐🌏🧪🌱
highlights how body size, condition, and human impacts shape the survival of right whales & why they are so vulnerable to prey limitation and disturbance 🐋
🔗 in thread
#Conservation #WhaleResearch #RightWhales #OceanHealth #MarineScience 🌐🌏🧪🌱
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🔊 Paper alert! 🐬🎧
Noise of high-speed vessels 🚤 impairs the #biosonar ability of #harbourporpoises 🐬 - making it more difficult for them to
🤯 sense surroundings,
🧭 navigate and
🐟 hunt prey
within several hundred meters.
🥳Huge contribution to understanding masking effects!
🌐 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
Noise of high-speed vessels 🚤 impairs the #biosonar ability of #harbourporpoises 🐬 - making it more difficult for them to
🤯 sense surroundings,
🧭 navigate and
🐟 hunt prey
within several hundred meters.
🥳Huge contribution to understanding masking effects!
🌐 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
March 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🔊 Paper alert! 🐬🎧
Noise of high-speed vessels 🚤 impairs the #biosonar ability of #harbourporpoises 🐬 - making it more difficult for them to
🤯 sense surroundings,
🧭 navigate and
🐟 hunt prey
within several hundred meters.
🥳Huge contribution to understanding masking effects!
🌐 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
Noise of high-speed vessels 🚤 impairs the #biosonar ability of #harbourporpoises 🐬 - making it more difficult for them to
🤯 sense surroundings,
🧭 navigate and
🐟 hunt prey
within several hundred meters.
🥳Huge contribution to understanding masking effects!
🌐 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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Check out this huge international initiative to enhance whale conservation: bluecorridors.org. 🐋 Such a great example of global collaboration towards an important goal. So excited to get to be part of this cool group of people! 🤗
x.com/WWF/status/1...
x.com/WWF/status/1...
June 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Check out this huge international initiative to enhance whale conservation: bluecorridors.org. 🐋 Such a great example of global collaboration towards an important goal. So excited to get to be part of this cool group of people! 🤗
x.com/WWF/status/1...
x.com/WWF/status/1...
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New paper alert!🚨Satellite tracking reveals southern right whales🐋feed in key high seas area, outside of existing protections. shorturl.at/2Vgst
Funders: @aucklanduni.bsky.social @royalsocietynz.bsky.social LiveOcean @docgovtnz.bsky.social IWC-SORP ASOC @Macquarie_Uni RaeFamilyFoundation
Funders: @aucklanduni.bsky.social @royalsocietynz.bsky.social LiveOcean @docgovtnz.bsky.social IWC-SORP ASOC @Macquarie_Uni RaeFamilyFoundation
August 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
New paper alert!🚨Satellite tracking reveals southern right whales🐋feed in key high seas area, outside of existing protections. shorturl.at/2Vgst
Funders: @aucklanduni.bsky.social @royalsocietynz.bsky.social LiveOcean @docgovtnz.bsky.social IWC-SORP ASOC @Macquarie_Uni RaeFamilyFoundation
Funders: @aucklanduni.bsky.social @royalsocietynz.bsky.social LiveOcean @docgovtnz.bsky.social IWC-SORP ASOC @Macquarie_Uni RaeFamilyFoundation
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Giving a talk on Mirnong Southern Right #Whales @UWA Albany with @robharcourt.bsky.social and Kate Sprogis
www.tohoravoyages.ac.nz
www.tohoravoyages.ac.nz
September 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Giving a talk on Mirnong Southern Right #Whales @UWA Albany with @robharcourt.bsky.social and Kate Sprogis
www.tohoravoyages.ac.nz
www.tohoravoyages.ac.nz