Hot off the press! 📢 🦈 🐟 Our paper looking at the dynamics of marine predators off Réunion Island is just out in Marine Biology! More evidence that killing tiger sharks is not the answer for mitigating risk of bites Rob Harcourt Marine Predator Lab @MQBiology link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New paper exploring #seabird & #seal overlap with proposed #falklands Marine Managed Areas. Exciting time for South Atlantic marine conservation & management. Blog soon. SAERI esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Postdoc Job! CSIRO Fellowship in Quantitative Coastal Marine Ecology. #GenerationRestoration, Seascape ecology, Ecological facilitation. Aus&NZ applicants. Apply by 31Aug21. Christopher Doropoulos Brian Silliman. jobs.csiro.au/s/TNz1pZ

Getting lost in the crowd can be a problem when you’re an #endangered sea lion pup. Taronga behavioural ecologist Ben Pitcher & collaborators are decoding #Australian #sealion communication to understand how mothers and pups recognise each other in a busy colony #ScienceWeek

Australian sea lions use a combination of sound, sight and smell to communicate and recognise their pups. Mothers can use the size and colour patterns in pup coats to help located their offspring in a colony royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.109… Royal Society Publishing #AnimalCommunication

Smell is critical to recognition. Mums will smell pups they encounter while searching the colony to confirm which pup is their own offspring. Each sea lion has a unique smell and mums learn the odour of their pup sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #AnimalCommunication

The combination of sensory information like sound and smell is important and the different signals carry information over different distances to help mothers and offspring reunite in busy colonies sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Animal Behavior Society

The international collaborative research team supported by CNRS 🌍 is now working to decode the information in sea lion smells & to understand how the evolution of this unique #endangered Australian #seal has shaped how the species communicates. #AnimalCommunication #SensoryEcology

As #ScienceWeek ends, we hope you’ve enjoyed this slice of Taronga #science & our collaborative #conservation partnerships & programs. To celebrate, here's a short video showcasing our glamorous (& not-so glamorous) work #ForTheWild. Credit: Ben Pitcher youtube.com/watch?v=cKDb2D…

My thesis chapter that led to the development of RSP #RStats 📦 has just been accepted for publication! 🤩🤩 Looking forward to sharing this paper on 🦈 🐟 🐠 movements soon! @hugomflavio Rob Harcourt Amy Smoothey Kim Aarestrup Marine Predator Lab @MQBiology github.com/YuriNiella/RSP

I was a PhD student when this Cartoon came out- now I’m retired- our governments have failed us abysmally - there are no excuses 👇🏼

#Falklands fur seal pups clocking up the miles as they disperse from natal colonies - amazing feats by tiny critters #DPLUS139 Wildlife Computers Marine Predator Lab SAERI @Darwin_Defra

We got front cover Ecological Applications!! At-sea distribution of #Falklands #seabirds on the #Patagonian shelf - please also check out our blog post. Happy holidays! blogs.oregonstate.edu/seabirdoceanog… esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ea… Marine Predator Lab @Darwin_Defra Falkland Islands Gov SAERI

🚨PhD OPPORTUNITY 🚨 Join us on this very, very cool MQ-Uow-NSW DPI joint project using AI to track recreational fishing facility use, coupled with acoustic telemetry to assess assoc. impacts on coastal fish species (incl. rays 😁), funded by the NSW Recreational Fishing Trust

Hot off the press- we review 16 years of animal communication research on our unique, iconic Aussie sea lion #MPRG Ben Pitcher Science and Engineering @ MQU Taronga Zoo

New #OpenAccess paper just out in fsbi 🚨 Ontogenetic changes in the tooth morphology of bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) Rob Harcourt Amy Smoothey Macquarie University School of Natural Sciences Marine Predator Lab 👇👇👇

A visual story of #furseals in #SydneyHarbour via The Sydney Morning Herald. A beautiful #science snapshot of these furry #marinemammals in our backyard. Learn about V Morris #PhD research project & Wildsydneyharbour! Prof Rob Harcourt Ben Pitcher #citizenscience Angus Dalton smh.com.au/interactive/20…

If you see a #furseal or #dolphin in #SydneyHarbour, let Wildsydneyharbour know about it using #wildsydneyharbour

Narrang update 📣! Since her release, Narrang has made her way up the Northern Beaches and is now with the other #furseals at #Barrenjoey. If you’re on the water this weekend, please keep an eye out for her. Remember to tag us using #wildsydneyharbour 📸Dr Ben Pitcher

The team continue to remotely spy on Narrang the released #furseal. She’s still hanging around #Sydney today! Let Wildsydneyharbour know if you see her this weekend. #wildsydneyharbour #wildoz Marine Predator Lab Taronga Zoo @nswenviromedia