Happy to share our latest paper about the cost of foraging in harbour porpoises! Check out the threat for details!

METABOLIC MESSENGER | Sinha & Yen (Duke-NUS Medical School) The authors provide a comprehensive overview of #thyroid hormones & their role in development & in regulation of whole-body metabolic homeostasis. ✨ nature.com/articles/s4225…

Interesting paper using stranded Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin to link population decline to endocrine disrupting chemicals and hormones pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

The Marine Mammal EcoPhysiology group was selected for not 1 but 2 oral talks!! Keep an eye out for our PhD student Devonne and group leader Jo Kershaw. See you soon at #PerthSMM2024 School of Biological Sciences Marine Mammalogy

Incredible new work comparing hematological responses to apnea between elite human free-divers and northern elephant seals AJP-Regulatory, Integrative Comparative Physiology journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…

Happy to share our #newpaper on Souther Ocean humpback #whale trophic ecology! We combined multiple #stableisotope methods to get a better idea of what these guys 🐋 are eating 🦐🐟 and where ❄️🌊🧊 int-res.com/abstracts/meps… UOW #science #marinemammals

Deadline for this PhD position on acoustic monitoring of small delphinids is coming up on June 1st! #bioacoustics #pam #conservation

Exciting day today as we are dropping off samples from SMASS at the Aberdeen Proteomics facility for Alexandra Tranganida's PhD project! School of Biological Sciences University of Aberdeen wimms #marinemammals #proteomics #womeninmmsci

Our new paper linking basic diving metrics to estimate body condition of Weddell seals just came out today! ExeterMarine University of Exeter CEC @ianjonsen.bsky.social Clive McMahon Daniel P Costa 🦭🇦🇶 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mm…

Well well well....this is cool. Ovary MRIs coming in, kickstarting some cool UofG SBOHVM UofG MVLS collaborative work, from investigating luteolysis processes in cetaceans to life history indicators and potential post-reproductive life stages 😎 #teamworkmakesthedreamwork Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Join us (please share)! 2-year postdoc fellowship. Aim: to establish a satellite-based, cost-effective humpback whale population monitoring approach for Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. Apply 14July. Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology Marine Mammalogy Dr. Elizabeth Madin mmrphawaii.org/post/come-join…

Why do dolphins expend so much energy on play? Perhaps because it prepares them for the future: A new study finds that the most playful young male dolphins go on to father the most offspring. Learn more in #ScienceAdviser, our daily #newsletter: scim.ag/7jU

The MMEP group is attending the Computational Mass Spectrometry Workshop organised by Marine Biodiscovery Centre, UoA. Amazing sessions on all things metabolomics. Can't wait for more! School of Biological Sciences

Our new paper is out today, fresh out of the oven! ExeterMarine University of Exeter CEC LECMMAR.UV Combining potential and realized distribution modeling of telemetry data for a bycatch risk assessment - Frantz - 2024 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

New paper by Liah McPherson et al. Study provides estimates of abundance, survival and emigration rates for spinner dolphins found off Waiʻanae, Oʻahu. Scientific Reports: nature.com/articles/s4159…

Brilliant new paper by Emily Hague 🚢🐳🐬 and co.

I think we are all pretty excited to be out of these coveralls, head home, and do some serious laundry… 🐳🧦🧼 #StrandingsTeamAssemble #Orkney

Great new review focussing on the best practices for collecting and preserving marine mammal biological samples in the ‘omics era onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mm…

A wee clip of some dolphins taken from the Lighthouse Field Stn research boat at the start of the month (much calmer weather!) Thanks to Barbara and Rob for a lovely day on the water.