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Support the MMSP this Thursday! Waterline Brewing Company, 7pm. $1/pint purchased will support the UNCW Marine Mammal Stranding Program!🍻🐋

Sanctuary researchers are asking for help in locating 2 missing research "tags" used to study large whales. The units are ~6 in, look like a toy bug, with suction cup feet and antennae on its "head." The tags could wash ashore anywhere along the MA Coast. (1/2)

If you find the tag, use the contact information on the unit or email [email protected]. The sanctuary staff and research partners appreciate your help in getting this tag back home. (2/2)

Check out our work highlighted on pages 17-18 of this report! Funding through the Prescott Grant Program allows us to continue investigating marine mammal strandings and collaborating with research partners. These activities are vital for marine conservation. 🐋

It's very concerning to hear about how bad the sea ice conditions are this year from a captain that has been coming down to #Antarctica for the last 30 years, Data supports what they and we are seeing. The impacts from #climatechange are already here. #weneedtodobetter

We are down in #Antarctica in the middle of winter, south of the Antarctic Circle, and it’s 8.6C (47.5F). This is not ok… There is no ice. We need to do better. #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #B038 #ClimateEmergency #research UNCW @ExeterMarine

saying “i am bad at this” -defeatist -will make you sad -removes the possibility for improvement saying “a whale would be impressed by my ability” -encouraging -always true because whales don’t even have thumbs and also appreciate effort -makes you think about whales

whales are so good at high fives if they gave you one you would probably need to go to the hospital

Congratulations to Dr. Brian Arbogast on being awarded the Joseph Grinnell Award for outstanding contributions to Education in Mammalogy.

Artificial lights near nesting beaches threaten adult female sea turtles hauling out to nest. As they're approaching a beach from the sea, they will instinctively seek out dark places to deposit their eggs. Bright lights can deter them from coming ashore at all. #FunFactFriday

Whale Fall help feed critters at the bottom of the sea

Click the link below to learn more about our work down in Antarctica, and other research going on in my lab at UNCW!whqr.org/show/the-newsr… @LuisHuckstadt UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department UNCW_CMS UNCW @ExeterMarine U.S. National Science Foundation

Check out this interview with our director, Dr. Michael Tift, to learn more about marine mammal research at UNCW!

So cool!! One of the seals we worked with a couple months ago was seen again by colleagues at the Ukrainian Station Vernadsky. Looks healthy!!! Visit antarctic-seals.com to see his tracking data! 🦭

JOIN US on Sept. 12, 6:30 p.m., Planet Ocean Mike Tift, UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department! An Overview of Marine Mammal Research at UNCW! RSVP to attend in-person: [email protected] or 910-962-2408 Need to join via zoom: uncw.zoom.us/webinar/regist…