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Stable isotopes and mercury in baleen plates
PhD dissertation by Malia Smith
www.proquest.com/docview/3283...
PhD dissertation by Malia Smith
www.proquest.com/docview/3283...
December 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Stable isotopes and mercury in baleen plates
PhD dissertation by Malia Smith
www.proquest.com/docview/3283...
PhD dissertation by Malia Smith
www.proquest.com/docview/3283...
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NASA Scientists Zoomed In on the Ocean — Then Spotted a Tiny Red Creature That Keeps Whales Alive indiandefencereview.com/nasa-zoomed-...
NASA Scientists Zoomed In on the Ocean — Then Spotted a Tiny Red Creature That Keeps Whales Alive
Off the New England coast, critically endangered whales are feeding on invisible swarms of red plankton—now suddenly visible from hundreds of miles above.
indiandefencereview.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
NASA Scientists Zoomed In on the Ocean — Then Spotted a Tiny Red Creature That Keeps Whales Alive indiandefencereview.com/nasa-zoomed-...
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#fossilfriday If you want to read more about the fossil record of "surfboard whales", check out my recent blog post on the fossil baleen whales of New Zealand: coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#fossilfriday If you want to read more about the fossil record of "surfboard whales", check out my recent blog post on the fossil baleen whales of New Zealand: coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
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Drones detect deadly virus in Arctic whale breath
By using drones to collect exhaled breath from the blow holes of some of the world’s largest whales, scientists hope to monitor their health www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
By using drones to collect exhaled breath from the blow holes of some of the world’s largest whales, scientists hope to monitor their health www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Drones detect deadly virus in Arctic whale breath
By using drones to collect exhaled breath from the blow holes of some of the world’s largest whales, scientists hope to monitor their health
www.thetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Drones detect deadly virus in Arctic whale breath
By using drones to collect exhaled breath from the blow holes of some of the world’s largest whales, scientists hope to monitor their health www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
By using drones to collect exhaled breath from the blow holes of some of the world’s largest whales, scientists hope to monitor their health www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Fish-eating killer whales really really dislike eating pink salmon, even thought they are by far the most abundant species in the Gulf of Alaska. No instances of consumption there, mostly Chinook salmon.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
December 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Fish-eating killer whales really really dislike eating pink salmon, even thought they are by far the most abundant species in the Gulf of Alaska. No instances of consumption there, mostly Chinook salmon.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Meet Eba, the goodest girl in killer whale conservation, and go behind the scenes with scientists trying to save the majestic creatures in our latest TikTok
The southern resident killer whales are one of the most endangered populations of animals on Earth. Today, only 74 of them remain. Researchers like Amy Van Cise, Kim Parsons and Deborah Giles—along wi...
TikTok video by Scientific American
www.tiktok.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Meet Eba, the goodest girl in killer whale conservation, and go behind the scenes with scientists trying to save the majestic creatures in our latest TikTok
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Great talk by @izzylangley.bsky.social of @seamammalresearch.bsky.social at #BES2025 on intraguild predation and UK seal population trends. Check the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
December 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Great talk by @izzylangley.bsky.social of @seamammalresearch.bsky.social at #BES2025 on intraguild predation and UK seal population trends. Check the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Happy science story:
Dolphins with good mates* age slower.
More awesome work from @researchdolphin.bsky.social
Led by @liviagerber.bsky.social
@stephanielking.bsky.social @kjpeters.bsky.social
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*the Australian meaning of mate - after all, they're Australian dolphins
Dolphins with good mates* age slower.
More awesome work from @researchdolphin.bsky.social
Led by @liviagerber.bsky.social
@stephanielking.bsky.social @kjpeters.bsky.social
🐳🦑🧪
*the Australian meaning of mate - after all, they're Australian dolphins
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Happy science story:
Dolphins with good mates* age slower.
More awesome work from @researchdolphin.bsky.social
Led by @liviagerber.bsky.social
@stephanielking.bsky.social @kjpeters.bsky.social
🐳🦑🧪
*the Australian meaning of mate - after all, they're Australian dolphins
Dolphins with good mates* age slower.
More awesome work from @researchdolphin.bsky.social
Led by @liviagerber.bsky.social
@stephanielking.bsky.social @kjpeters.bsky.social
🐳🦑🧪
*the Australian meaning of mate - after all, they're Australian dolphins
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🐬 Can friendship slow ageing?
In wild bottlenose dolphins, strong social relationships aren’t just important for social life — they may actually influence biological ageing.
@liviagerber.bsky.social
#ScienceCommunication #MarineMammals #Ageing #MAVELab
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
In wild bottlenose dolphins, strong social relationships aren’t just important for social life — they may actually influence biological ageing.
@liviagerber.bsky.social
#ScienceCommunication #MarineMammals #Ageing #MAVELab
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Social bonds decrease epigenetic age in male bottlenose dolphins - Communications Biology
Across 40 years of behavioural and epigenetic data, male dolphins with stronger social relationships show lower epigenetic ages and therefore appear to age slower compared to those with weaker social ...
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🐬 Can friendship slow ageing?
In wild bottlenose dolphins, strong social relationships aren’t just important for social life — they may actually influence biological ageing.
@liviagerber.bsky.social
#ScienceCommunication #MarineMammals #Ageing #MAVELab
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
In wild bottlenose dolphins, strong social relationships aren’t just important for social life — they may actually influence biological ageing.
@liviagerber.bsky.social
#ScienceCommunication #MarineMammals #Ageing #MAVELab
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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From the new issue: Meet the scientists (and a very good dog named Eba) rushing to save southern resident killer whales off the coast of Washington State
These Orcas Are on the Brink—And So Is the Science That Could Save Them
Inside the desperate rush to save the southern resident killer whales
www.scientificamerican.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
From the new issue: Meet the scientists (and a very good dog named Eba) rushing to save southern resident killer whales off the coast of Washington State
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New @jappliedecology.bsky.social paper: SMRU researchers @mattidcarter.bsky.social & @djfrussell.bsky.social led a large collaborative team to map the distribution of grey and harbour seals at sea across the Northwest European Shelf 🦭 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
At‐sea distribution of seals on the Northwest European Shelf: Towards transboundary conservation and management
This study provides the first comprehensive, regionally scalable distribution estimates for pinnipeds across the NWES and its constituent countries. The modelling framework is adaptable to other cent....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
New @jappliedecology.bsky.social paper: SMRU researchers @mattidcarter.bsky.social & @djfrussell.bsky.social led a large collaborative team to map the distribution of grey and harbour seals at sea across the Northwest European Shelf 🦭 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New blog post! Fossil whales from New Zealand, part 2: baleen whales! I review the eomysticetid whales reported in my various doctoral thesis publications as well as Mauicetus, Horopeta, and others. #whaleontology 🦖🐋🧪
The fossil record of early cetaceans from New Zealand, 2: baleen-bearing whales from the Oligocene and early Miocene
For an introduction to the geology, stratigraphy, archaeocetes, and toothed mysticetes of mid-Cenozoic Zealandia, see part 1 here. For part ...
coastalpaleo.blogspot.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New blog post! Fossil whales from New Zealand, part 2: baleen whales! I review the eomysticetid whales reported in my various doctoral thesis publications as well as Mauicetus, Horopeta, and others. #whaleontology 🦖🐋🧪
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Rare footage shows dolphins helping orcas hunt off B.C. coast #Vancouver #Canada
globalnews.ca/video/115764...
globalnews.ca/video/115764...
Rare footage shows dolphins helping orcas hunt off B.C. coast | Watch News Videos Online
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globalnews.ca
December 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Rare footage shows dolphins helping orcas hunt off B.C. coast #Vancouver #Canada
globalnews.ca/video/115764...
globalnews.ca/video/115764...
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Killer whales and dolphins may be helping each other hunt of B.C. coast: new report #BritishColumbia
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/12/11/k...
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/12/11/k...
Killer whales and dolphins may be helping each other hunt of B.C. coast: new report
HALIFAX — Scientists have found evidence that two unlikely collaborators — killer whales and dolphins — may be helping each other find and feast on salmon off the coast of British Columbia. Sarah Fort...
halifax.citynews.ca
December 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Killer whales and dolphins may be helping each other hunt of B.C. coast: new report #BritishColumbia
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/12/11/k...
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/12/11/k...
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Good to see some realism in the discussion of the latest (detected) #rightwhale entanglement
'“Division’s entanglement is significant and life-threatening,” said Heather Pettis,'
(New England) 'Aquarium scientists said fishing gear and ropes deeply embedded in Division’s blowhole...
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'“Division’s entanglement is significant and life-threatening,” said Heather Pettis,'
(New England) 'Aquarium scientists said fishing gear and ropes deeply embedded in Division’s blowhole...
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Endangered North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing line off Georgia may not survive, scientists say - The Boston Globe
The 3-year-old male right whale was last spotted fishing gear-free in July.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Good to see some realism in the discussion of the latest (detected) #rightwhale entanglement
'“Division’s entanglement is significant and life-threatening,” said Heather Pettis,'
(New England) 'Aquarium scientists said fishing gear and ropes deeply embedded in Division’s blowhole...
1/2
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'“Division’s entanglement is significant and life-threatening,” said Heather Pettis,'
(New England) 'Aquarium scientists said fishing gear and ropes deeply embedded in Division’s blowhole...
1/2
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While the paper hasn't come out just yet, the news certainly has. Proud to announce our discovery of color patterning in a sauropod dinosaur. Will go in depth tomorrow.
December 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
While the paper hasn't come out just yet, the news certainly has. Proud to announce our discovery of color patterning in a sauropod dinosaur. Will go in depth tomorrow.
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Thar she blows! WHOI scientists are giving North Atlantic right whales a health checkup—with drones! 🐳
📲Find out how this non-invasive method of microbial sampling can help protect the critically endangered whale from @usatoday.com: go.whoi.edu/ut-whales
📲Find out how this non-invasive method of microbial sampling can help protect the critically endangered whale from @usatoday.com: go.whoi.edu/ut-whales
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thar she blows! WHOI scientists are giving North Atlantic right whales a health checkup—with drones! 🐳
📲Find out how this non-invasive method of microbial sampling can help protect the critically endangered whale from @usatoday.com: go.whoi.edu/ut-whales
📲Find out how this non-invasive method of microbial sampling can help protect the critically endangered whale from @usatoday.com: go.whoi.edu/ut-whales
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This latest entanglement - and partial disentanglement - makes the news. Interesting piece by Mary Landers.
From the photos this juvenile whale is in poor condition
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From the photos this juvenile whale is in poor condition
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In two-day effort at sea, team partially frees whale of fishing gear off Georgia coast - The Current
A team from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources disentangled a four-year-old male North Atlantic right whale, nicknamed Division, from commercial fishing gear after two days of exhausting and ...
thecurrentga.org
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This latest entanglement - and partial disentanglement - makes the news. Interesting piece by Mary Landers.
From the photos this juvenile whale is in poor condition
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From the photos this juvenile whale is in poor condition
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And it's happening here too. The UK's puffin population are suffering as sandeels are overfished.
Our oceans provide habitats and food for hundreds of thousands of species, as well as mitigate climate change impacts.
They need our protection. 🌊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our oceans provide habitats and food for hundreds of thousands of species, as well as mitigate climate change impacts.
They need our protection. 🌊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
And it's happening here too. The UK's puffin population are suffering as sandeels are overfished.
Our oceans provide habitats and food for hundreds of thousands of species, as well as mitigate climate change impacts.
They need our protection. 🌊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our oceans provide habitats and food for hundreds of thousands of species, as well as mitigate climate change impacts.
They need our protection. 🌊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Apparently there's a been an entangled right whale sighted recently. New entanglement is what I hear. Let's see if that gets confirmed and if so makes the news any time soon.
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Showing humanity to endangered North Atlantic right whales pays off
From the ocean to the classroom, from Atlantic Canada to the U.S. South, these people are finding ways to save a species before it vanishes
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Apparently there's a been an entangled right whale sighted recently. New entanglement is what I hear. Let's see if that gets confirmed and if so makes the news any time soon.
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New paper out in Heredity: 'Evidence of long-term purging of mutation burden in killer whale genomes'. Time calibration of purging was through inclusion of an ancient (7.5Kyr) genome which was close to directly ancestral to the present-day population with signature of purging.
rdcu.be/eM25j
rdcu.be/eM25j
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
New paper out in Heredity: 'Evidence of long-term purging of mutation burden in killer whale genomes'. Time calibration of purging was through inclusion of an ancient (7.5Kyr) genome which was close to directly ancestral to the present-day population with signature of purging.
rdcu.be/eM25j
rdcu.be/eM25j
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Very excited to share that our latest paper is out in Science! We show that the type specimen of Nanotyrannus—an isolated skull—is fully grown, showing that it is not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex but a distinct species (1/12)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Very excited to share that our latest paper is out in Science! We show that the type specimen of Nanotyrannus—an isolated skull—is fully grown, showing that it is not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex but a distinct species (1/12)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Early results, only 1 of 4 species, & only Ch 1... but the dissertation is finally giving me results I can share! 🥳🐳 I presented a promising acoustic+visual species distribution model for the North Atlantic right whale & discussed the role of bottom temp & silicate as important predictors! 🦑🧪🔊 #ASA
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Early results, only 1 of 4 species, & only Ch 1... but the dissertation is finally giving me results I can share! 🥳🐳 I presented a promising acoustic+visual species distribution model for the North Atlantic right whale & discussed the role of bottom temp & silicate as important predictors! 🦑🧪🔊 #ASA