Really looking forward to European Cetacean Society (ECS) in Dundee next week! If you're interested in seal diet and predation, Holly Armstrong and I will be presenting in the Advances in Dietary Studies workshop on Monday, and at both poster sessions later in the week. Come say hi š
Our new paper on the fine-scale effects of wind farm turbine foundations on demersal fish is out now in Frontiers in Marine Science bit.ly/47aJYMl.
Part of the OWEC #PrePAREDproject funded by @thecrownestate.bsky.social.
@exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @drmjwitt.bsky.social
š¢Job Vacancyš¢ SMRU are hiring a seal diet technician. Please share with potential candidates. Apply by 18/05/2026
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
We're having a fantastic weekend at the @mammalsociety.bsky.social annual conference in Inverness. Enjoying learning about all of the fantastic work going on across the UK on mammal conservation. Not to mention the energetic ceilidh last night. Can't wait to come back next year!
The NERC Special Committee on Seals (SCOS) 2025 report is now live on the SMRU website: www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2026/0....
Updated population trends analysis and advice to gov relating to management of UK seal populations š¦šš
@eva-mariab.bsky.social presenting her AMAZING PhD work on the effects of blood gases on peripheral perfusion in diving grey seals at the #ECS2026 š¦š¦š¦
š Featuring a fascinating orca & elasmobranchš¦imagery dataset from @mattidcarter.bsky.social and Maeva Terrapon
š¼ļøš„š doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
ššRead the #OpenAccess article here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social #MarMam #MarineMammals #OpenResearch
šØNew Paper Alert šØ
This study is the first paper out of our #NSF #NERC @ukri.org project on Antarctic crabeater seals š¦. It provides a new approach to detect seals and reports an alarming drop in seal density zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Iām pleased to share our new paper in Scientific Data!
We compiled the first open-access, image-based dataset capturing diverse interactions between killer whales and elasmobranchs š¦š (orca emoji coming soonā¦)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Studying overlap with fisheries can help highlight important areas for protection š§ Check out my little article! After spending so long learning to write for scientific audiences, it was an interesting experience learning how to write for the public but I highly recommend!
This study presents a semi-automated, rule-based image analysis pipeline to detect ice seals in aerial surveys of the Western Antarctic Peninsula during an unusually low sea ice year. By using simple...
