Dr Vanessa Pirotta

It’s National #ScienceWeek! And I’m proud to be an ambassador for the best week of the year.

Everyone’s journey is different. It doesn’t always go in a straight line and that’s OK!

Visit ScienceWeek.net.au for an event near you! I’ll be migrating all over Aus this week.

I am beyond PROUD of future scientist April Allende for not only starting university this week (!!) but for also taking home her very FIRST grant! Wow!

Thank you Blue World Bondi, @seamuseum_ and Wilderlabs Aus #wildsydneyharbour #community #weekend #nextgen #photo #scienceweek

Here’s something fun for your #humpday!

Play School’s Science Time Series 4 is out and airing over the next two weeks!

All the episodes are FREE and available NOW here: iview.abc.net.au/show/play-sc...

Macquarie University Science & Technology Australia

#whale #whales #humpbackhighway

HUGE announcement! For the second time in my life and pre @nationalscienceweek, I’m extremely PROUD to announce that I’ve joined Play School once again- this time in the lab for a brand new season of #PlaySchool’s Science Time!

@eurekaprizes.bsky.social @mqsociology.bsky.social

I scuttled like a crab for Australia’s next gen, you can do you part too by voting for Play School for a Logie Award for Best Children's Program!

Voting closes tonight, Friday 7pm!
👉 tvweeklogies.com.au (url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/5xyOC3QNl1...)

@abckids #PlaySchool #Logies

@drvanessapirotta.bsky.social is a finalist in the Celestino Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science.

Learn more: youtu.be/vw0iFeij1tY

#EurekaPrizes @wildsydharbour

Whale-y exciting news! I'm a proud finalist in the 2025 Australian Museum @eurekaprizes.bsky.social in the Celestino Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science

Congratulations to fellow finalists 🧠 Dr Lila Landowski! AND 🐸Dr Jodi Rowley!
australian.museum/eurekaprizes
 
#EurekaPrizes

The next generation right here.

Being a mum in science has changed the way I see the world. For the better.

Be what you can see.

#mum #mumsoftiktok #womeninstem #weeknd #mumlife #womeninscience

Let’s use #SharkWeek to positively rewrite the way humans view sharks.

In the whale world, we need sharks to help breakdown their dead bodies. Sharks also play important ecosystem roles for us all.

We also need to media to bring sharks to the everyday. The media can help us do that.

Hey Nonna and @sammyjcomedian, humpback whales under #Melbourne’s Westgate Bridge.

Photo on the bottom from me of another humpback whales everywhere. Similar to the one pictured here.

I’ve never known this to happen. The whale world this July in Australia- wow.

#whale #westgatebridge

Southern right whale update.

Southern right whales are fabulous to watch from land. If you spot them, please tell NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 1300 072 757 (13000 PARKS).

#whale #whales #humpbackhighway #scicomm

Mum and calf are OK! Pictured here this afternoon eye to eye. I told everyone I saw today when whale watching from land. Why? Because what you’re looking at in this photo is cross generational.

Thank you @nswnationalparks and @transportfornsw

#sydney #whales

Whale-kly wrap for you today on @sunriseon7
www.instagram.com/reel/DMUZBwd...

Delighted to have joined Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC Governor of New South Wales to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations.

A fabulous event last night at Government House with a wonderful community.

Women NSW

Let’s keep whales safe in Australian waters.

New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service are working with community to ensure we keep whales safe.

#whaleon #humpbackhighway #ocean #boat #whalewatching #operationketos #schoolholidays #weekend #boatlife

Legend. #freewilly

Where’s Migaloo? We don’t know but there’s a few white whales popping up around the world and people are fascinated by them!

Read the Migaloo publication online now and free:

meridian.allenpress.com/australian-z...

#migaloo #whitewhale #whale #whaleon #humpbackhighway #mahina #suru

Sharks play really important ecosystem services in the ocean. This includes eating the bodies of dead whales.

Amazing capture by @Dronesharkapp. Yesterday we featured on @ABC News Australia AM program. Full story by Dijana Damjanovic.

#shark #sharks #sharkweek #whales #whale #whalefall

This corner of the earth…..

Cue jamiroquai backing track. Watch until the end.

#ocean #whale #whales #humpbackwhale #research #islandlife #scientist #womeninstem #superstarsofstem

Explainer: #killerwhales using tools and grooming others. Let’s dive in with a touch of 90s nostalgia.

Now that’s my kinda of scicomm!

Paper by Weiss et al. 2025

Read The Conversation article here:
theconversation.com/drone-footag...

I’ve either created a montage of my weekend or a darn good @destination_nsw promo for #Sydney- cue the motivational music.

Words can’t describe how fabulous this year’s winter solstice weekend was.

So many amazing things. My calves got to see it with me.

#humpbackhighway

Where to watch the whales this weekend. - ABC listen Whale scientist, Dr Vanessa Pirotta joins Dom for a chat about whale watching season in Sydney.

Listen on the way to the ocean:

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

#humpbackhighway

The longest, shortest day for me. The winter solstice did not disappoint.
Morning sesh with @dronesharkapp and @abcinsydney - did you hear it?!
Afternoon offshore sesh on the humpback highway with my two calves (being a mum) AND I saw the dolphins AND fur seal in Sydney Harbour.
#humpbackhighway

New research by Shuttleworth et al. 2025 finds Southern right whale pregnancies are longer than we first thought.

Find out what this means.

#explainer #rightwhales #southernrightwhales #learn #education #marinemammalscience #ocean #conservation #stemtok #stem #steam #mum #pregnancy

My reflection on the UN Ocean Conference and future hopes as a scientist.

United Nations 🇺🇳

#UNOC3 #SDG14 #dreams #hope #ocean #sea #oceans #whale #reflect #reflection #quote #nature #future #nextgen #blue #underwater #australia #oceania

The reality of what people over in Nice, France are discussing right now at the UN Ocean conference.

Right here, looking after life below the water and a HUGE well done to the trained disentanglement team at Sea World

#whale #un #unoc3 #nice #france #goldcoast

LIVE #whale disentanglement efforts off #GoldCoast, #Australia.

We don't know why whales become entangled in fishing gear. Anywhere you have whales and gear, there is the potential for overlap.

Just in case you were missing our whale-y cool marine facts, here's some more for your Wednesday.

Via @mqsociology.bsky.social #humpday #scicomm #whaleon #whale #UNOC3

Hey @doctorkarl, did you know whales have bellybuttons?!

It’s always an honour to have the opportunity to speak to #teachers. Today I delivered a keynote as part of the inaugural Sydney STEM Teachers Festival.

United Nations Ocean Conference must give attention to marine wildlife trafficking: a joint call by leading experts.

Read the full statement here: endwildlifecrime.org/wp-content/u...

Watch the full session here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw4y...

#UNOceanConference #UNOC2025 #sdg14