The Commission has released an update on the large #whale strandings along the U.S. East Coast. NOAA Fisheries mmc.gov/wp-content/upl…

Statement from the Marine Mammal Commission regarding recent standings of large whales along the Atlantic coast. mmc.gov/wp-content/upl…

Come work with us! The Center for Whale Research is looking to bring on an intern for the 2023 summer field season. Housing and a modest stipend provided. Deadline March 19th! More information here: whaleresearch.com/internship (Video by Monika Wieland-Shields)

What a pleasure to be part of Ettore Camerlenghi's wonderful work, out now in Current Biology, showing graded cooperative investment following the structure of superb fairy-wren multilevel social structure. What does this really mean? A🧵. cell.com/current-biolog…

Exciting job opportunity - The Center for Whale Research is seeking a year-round Outreach & Education Manager to join its team and lead its Outreach & Education Center in Friday Harbor, San Juan Island. Application deadline: March 31, 2023 whaleresearch.com/osc-manager

‼️Last call‼️ We are seeking recent post-bacs (2021-2023 grads) to join our dolphin research team for the Aug-Dec 2023 season! Application open March 20-27th, see our website for more details and contact info monkeymiadolphins.org/join-us/ 💦🐬 Apply: forms.gle/9vHGtYgrXs3csA…

Update: I'll review applications for this position (below) on March 27.

My first paper from my PhD is officially published!🐟🐟🐟 Our findings suggest that social network structure may be important for the divergence between 'white' and 'common' stickleback ecotypes -(1/4) academic.oup.com/beheco/advance…

Dugongs and Drones PhD opportunity with Christophe Cleguer James Cook Uni

Incredible reporting from Radiolab Latif Nasser Lulu Miller The interested public needs to know how published scientific knowledge is disseminated and controlled. open.spotify.com/episode/1aIQ0H…

Undergraduates! There's still time to apply to our Chrysalis Internship! Come gain research experience, networking opportunities, and professional development experience! Link is in our bio! The deadline is April 17th, 2023!

How can we make urban transport compatible with staying under 1.5C? New research in Nature: "We conclude that, in addition to emission-reducing changes in vehicle design, a rapid and large-scale reduction in car use is necessary." nature.com/articles/s4146…

CONGRATS to Dr Jordan Hart who passed his PhD viva yesterday with flying colours (7 data chapters, no corrections😮🥳🤩) and eventually also smashed the cork popping and ceiling signing too. Thanks Sune Lehmann Tom Currie for acting as examiners!

Brilliant to see BISoN now roaming out in the wild! 🦬 BISoN is a fully Bayesian approach to social network analysis that captures and propagates uncertainty through the entire stats workflow: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Great to see this finally out! We've necessarily spent some time showing why the SRI and permutations are often unsuitable for SNA, and it's feels good to be part of a solution.🦬

Out today "Postreproductive female killer whales reduce socially inflicted injuries in their male offspring" Led by Charli Grimes (not on twitter?). Complete with data, code, DAG. shorturl.at/grzT0

Another wonderful study from this hugely talented group: Charli Grimes Darren Croft University of Exeter Lauren Brent 🐬Michael Weiss🐋 Dan Franks and Whale Research Killer whale moms protect their sons from fights with other whales | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

After seeing reports of orcas that appeared to have adopted baby pilot whales, I was curious to know how & why this might happen. This was such a fun one to write and I can’t thank 🐬Michael Weiss🐋 and Robin Morrison enough for their insight Live Science livescience.com/animals/why-do…

🚨NEW SCIENCE ALERT🚨 "For decades, fish-eating killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have been observed harassing and even killing porpoises without consuming them — a perplexing behavior that has long intrigued scientists." A new study investigates: ucdavis.edu/climate/news/w…

Very pleased to see our paper taking a comparative approach to understand the evolution of menopause in toothed whales published today in nature . Couple of slides below talking through the key results but all the details here: nature.com/articles/s4158…