ICYMI, yesterday we reported the major decline of the Antarctic fur seal on Bird Island - a 40% drop in the population since 2009 🦭 Here's population biologist Jaume Forcada to introduce the story ⬇️ Full article and film: ow.ly/C8Sh50PXJOc

New paper on the genetic and fitness consequences of an extreme bottleneck on northern elephant seals nature.com/articles/s4155…

Our lab's #SPP1158 project members at the SPP coordination workshop (including Ramona on the poster, who unfortunately could not be there) @SPPAntarktis

Some of our lab members visited the Marine Mammal conference in Perth, Oz. They had a great time (and the ones staying at home are very jealous! 😉) #PerthSMM2024 Marine Mammalogy

Dear all, we have moved to BlueSky, connect with us on @thehoffmanlab.bsky.social🦋 The old twitter account will be discontinued. Thank you for following us and we hope to see you on BlueSky!