New MEPS #FeatureArticle A population comparison of right whale body condition, measured using drone photogrammetry, reveals poor state of North Atlantic right whales. A reduction of human-induced stressors is urgently needed to save them from extinction. bit.ly/meps_640_1

Special delivery! Lots of #whales have #stranded in Norway recently. Samples have arrived at the #toxicology lab at @UniNMBU to be analysed for #pollutants 🤓👩‍🔬 We used our favourite method to keep cold during delivery - frozen peas! Cheap, effective & makes a great soup 😜😁

Watch out narwhals! As the #Arctic warms and sea ice disappears in #Nunavut, a new study University of Manitoba says a population of 136-190 #killerwhales is eating as many as 1,500 #narwhals every summer—or more than Inuit hunters can take in a year #climatechange nunatsiaq.com/stories/articl…

Important new study propose that whale watching guidelines should be based on noise levels rather than distance alone. Well done Kate Sprogis @SimoneVidesen and Peter T Madsen

New Research: Climate Change Will Re-draw the Map for Marine Megafauna and the People Who Depend on Them: Climate change is expected to dramatically alter the distribution of many marine megafauna, impacting the people and economies that… frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #MarineScience

Whales need some peace and quiet. In the latest #eLifePodcast, Kate Sprogis tells us about research that has highlighted the need for new guidelines for noise levels from whale-watching boats 🎧 elifesciences.org/podcast/episod…

Exciting work w/ Dr. KC Bierlich - we just finished >12,500 #morphometric measurements for 275 individual #Antarctic #humpback #whales! Drones + #MorphoMetriX made it possible to easily & non-invasively obtain measurements from such a large sample size. #opensource #drones4good

Spent the last few weeks camped on Peak Island with the Qld Turtle Monitoring Program. The Peak Island flatback nesting population has been monitored by Dr. Col Limpus since the 80s, so it was a real privilege to be invited to contribute to this very groovy longterm data set!🐢

Tried to make the last 3 days of the ANZSCSMM conference slightly less virtual with @AlexisLevengood 😅. A great way to kick start 2021, listening to some incredible #marinemammal #science going on! 🦭🐋

Scientists have a two week window to study the humpback whales which make their annual migration here from the colder waters of Alaska. KHON2 got a look at the human effort needed learn more about the humpback whales and their behaviors. #HawaiINews trib.al/x8wfj2M

Antarctic research sail-drone washes up on Victorian beach after being lost for two years - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2021-04-2…

One of my roles with Sunshine Coast Council is to support their TurtleCare citizen science program, monitoring Sunshine Coasts marine turtle nesting population - proud to say TurtleCare vols are highly trained, passionate and enormously dedicated conservationists!🐢 youtube.com/watch?v=CvdWOM…

Very thankful to be able say our crews second jab is done and dusted here in the Nullarbor thanks to the Royal Flying Doctor Service 🙏 #COVID19

It's published! I am so happy to share such a huge collaborative effort This open access paper is a contribution to MEASO discussing the current progress, prognoses & potential future priorities for #SouthernOcean food web modelling & policy makers frontiersin.org/article/10.338…

Excited to be working with the team at Pacific Whale Foundation, with a birds eye view of the beautiful waters off Fraser Coast 🚁🐋

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Nozomi Kobayashi to Hervey Bay! Nozomi is a whale researcher from the Okinawa Churashima Foundation that is collaborating with PWF to study the potential impacts of whale-watch tours and swim-with-whale tours in Okinawa, Japan.