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Ben D’Antonio

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(He/Him) Research Scientist at the #Shark Research Foundation 🦈 Interested in the biophysical drivers of the movement and behaviour of #MarineMegafauna 🐋🐢🦭🐟

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Ben D’Antonio @bendantonio.bsky.social · Mar 26

🚨 New #Shark Pub available #OpenAccess in @natureportfolio.nature.com journal #ScientificReports 🚨

Here we reveal the dynamic physical processes that drive suitable habitat for Tiger Sharks in a subtropical coastal embayment🦈
🔗link here: rdcu.be/eeZG5
🧵 Thread for more: (1/6)
🎥: @jakemasondiving

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

Fishermen fear for their lives after US strikes in the Caribbean 🐠🦑

Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago fear for their lives and jobs after US strikes in the Caribbean

Fishermen worry their boat could be mistaken for a drug-smuggling vessel.

www.bostonherald.com

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Colin Simpfendorfer @sharkcolin.bsky.social · 6d

New #sharkscience out in @currentbiology.bsky.social by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social and colleagues.
Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras. A must read for this looming threat to many already threatened species.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
@iucnshark.bsky.social

Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras

Judah et al. identify 30 species of chondrichthyans that overlap with proposed deep-sea mining activities, nearly two-thirds of which are already threatened with extinction. Precautionary management o...

www.cell.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6d

"God will ask us if we have cultivated and cared for the world that he created for the benefit of all and for future generations, and if we have taken care of our brothers and sisters - what will be our answer, my dear friends?"

Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming

In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

www.bbc.com

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Dr Chris Clements @expecocons.bsky.social · 7d

🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting 1/1/26

Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈

👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8

#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats

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Emily Lester @emilylester.bsky.social · 10d

Sharp rise in US whale entanglements after NOAA cut-backs oceanographicmagazine.com/news/sharp-r...

Sharp rise in US whale entanglements after NOAA cut-backs - Oceanographic

The NOAA has reported a steep increase in large whale deaths by entanglement in fishing gear, news that follows federal budget cut backs

oceanographicmagazine.com

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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · Sep 4

PNAS paper about this year's missing #ocean #upwelling along the coast of #Panama

share.google/pWxTjMwVl5Lh...

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emma-carroll.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social · Aug 23

southern right #whales in #NZ & #Australia are a conservation success story

& our new paper shows their offshore feeding grounds

if the #highseastreaty #bbnj is ratified we can protect that, plus sharks, seabirds and other marine predators:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Large-scale differences, mesoscale similarities: Neighbouring marine predator populations provide insights into Southern Ocean productivity

Understanding how marine predators explore dynamic ocean environments is key for assessing the ecological significance of different habitats and for i…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Erin Spencer, PhD @etspencer.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thanks SyFy for sharing our recent great hammerhead energetics paper! And for pairing it with a Sharknado promo, which feels like the bigget win of all. 🌊🐟🧪🦑

www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/ho...

How Great Hammerheads Survive on a Diet of Other Sharks

Great hammerhead sharks eat other large sharks. They can survive on a single blacktip shark every few weeks. Here's what you need to know!

www.syfy.com

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Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Jul 6

2024 saw a global bleaching event, but bleaching doesn't always mean corals die. Using drones, we found the 2024 bleaching event killed over 90% of shallow corals at Lizard Island. 🧪🦑🧵

We have to act now.

@griffith.edu.au JCU MQ @geonadir.bsky.social CSIRO

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Coral bleaching and mass mortality at Lizard Island revealed by drone imagery - Coral Reefs

Quantitatively assessing mortality post coral bleaching at scale is inherently difficult, yet can be achieved with georeferenced imagery from aerial drones. Here, we assess the coral bleaching mortali...

link.springer.com

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Aaron O'Dea @odealab.bsky.social · Jul 1

🐠🦈 Just out: In this paper we ask "How has reef trophic structure changed since humans started removing predatory fishes from Caribbean coral reefs?".

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com

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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · Jun 26

Bumping to the Fishes! and Science feeds.🐟🧪

Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · Jun 25

Evolution of endothermy in marine fishes is related to competition with cetaceans. This incredible paper is a masterpiece of phylogenetic comparative methods and a future classic for marine biologists

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ecological interactions and genomic innovation fueled the evolution of ray-finned fish endothermy

Cetacean interactions, body size, and genomic innovations shaped endothermy evolution in ray-finned fishes in the Eocene-Miocene.

www.science.org

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Prof David Sims @thesimslab.bsky.social · Jun 5

NEW in @science.org Global tracking #MarineMegafauna shows <8% of areas used overlap w/ existing MPAs, while >75% of important areas overlapped by threats like #fishing #shipping & ocean warming - 30x30 goal will be insufficient for their conservation www.megamove.org @thembauk.bsky.social

Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets

The recent Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals but no clear pathway for how zero loss of important biodiversity areas and halting human-induced extinction of thre...

science.org

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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · Jun 5

Hey Siri, what does “conflict of interest” mean?

reneweconomy.com.au/oil-and-gas-...

Oil and gas industry thinks Australia has done enough on climate change

A survey of oil and gas industry CEOs ahead of a national conference concedes climate and environmental requirements are “increasingly challenging to meet.”

reneweconomy.com.au

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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · Jun 1

Academics & NSW government employees last year published analysis showing shark-bite mitigation (including nets & drumlines) has ZERO EFFECT on bite probability since 2000s

doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

Decision not driven by evidence, but (wrong) public perception

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Lowlandsbeach @lowlandsbeach.bsky.social · May 23

Link here to email PM & environment minister www.acf.org.au/our-work/cli...

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · May 13

Animal migrations are extensive and crucial for ecosystem health but are in decline. A study in Nature Communications identifies 1,787 sites and links among them for 109 marine species, providing policymakers with essential knowledge for effective conservation. 🌊 🧪

Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean - Nature Communications

Animal migrations are extensive and crucial for ecosystem health but are in decline. This study identifies 1,787 sites and links among them for 109 marine species, highlighting the need for international cooperation and providing policymakers with essential knowledge for effective conservation.

go.nature.com

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Isabella Reeves @bellareeves.bsky.social · May 13

Last call ⏳🚨

If you have any elasmobranch and killer whale interaction records we want to hear about it!

Please reach our team with the email below, would love to include them in our global review!

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Sammy Andrzejaczek @sammy-shark.bsky.social · May 6

🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We used acoustic telemetry to track 355 white sharks over a 15 year period in California, describing differences in seasonal trends among demographic groups. DM if you need a copy, and huge thanks to all collaborators - it took a village!

www.publish.csiro.au/WR/WR24136

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Science Magazine @science.org · Apr 29

These sea turtles dance for joy when they magnetically sense it’s snack time.

Learn more on #InternationalDanceDay: scim.ag/42VqsSz

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Apr 29

📣Call for Proposals📣

🔋Our cross-journal special feature with
@animalecology.bsky.social "Energy trade-offs under changing environments" is open to proposals!

💡This feature aims to understand essential energy processes in the context of environmental change

👉Find out more: buff.ly/gvMdp1C

🧪🌍

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ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · Apr 13

Aboriginal entrepreneurs harness ancient knowledge for new businesses: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-14/aboriginal-entrepreneurs-businesses-based-on-cultural-knowledge/105149946

Aboriginal entrepreneurs harness ancient knowledge for new businesses

In far west New South Wales, two Aboriginal men are drawing on the traditional knowledge of their ancestors to generate a source of income.

www.abc.net.au

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Colin Simpfendorfer @sharkcolin.bsky.social · Mar 30

New #sharkscience from Carlo Cattano et al.
Predatory teleosts shadow sandbar sharks to enhance predation opportunities.
#yawnshark
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@iucnshark.bsky.social

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Charlie Huveneers @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social · Mar 30

Ever thought about using shark jaws for stable isotopes from teeth? This is a must read: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

#StableIsotopes @meyer-sci.bsky.social @sawsharkman.bsky.social

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Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Mar 30

The awesome thing about this study is it shows we can use old, preserved shark jaws to do ecological studies!

Charlie Huveneers @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social · Mar 30

Ever thought about using shark jaws for stable isotopes from teeth? This is a must read: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

#StableIsotopes @meyer-sci.bsky.social @sawsharkman.bsky.social

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SharkScience @sharkscience.bsky.social · Mar 28

Salinity drives the distribution of a top-order predator, the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), in an inverse estuary 🦑🌎🐟🦈 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Salinity drives the distribution of a top-order predator, the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), in an inverse estuary - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Salinity drives the distribution of a top-order predator, the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), in an inverse estuary

www.nature.com

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