Rachel Lennon

As well as my wonderful co-authors: Jennifer Storm, Rylyn Koger, Elleigh Thompson, @rosiewilliams.bsky.social, Mark Dagleish, @simonab.bsky.social, @mariel-td.bsky.social, Nick Davison and Andrew Brownlow.

As always, thank you to the amazing SMASS volunteers and everyone who supported this work along the way including Sea-Changers who funded an intern to support data collection - this study wouldn’t have been possible without you! 🙏

🚨New Paper🚨

Excited to share my latest @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD research with @strandings.bsky.social which used machine learning to reveal patterns in harbour porpoise pathology, showing how necropsy data can provide population level insights into cetacean health

👉 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

As well as my wonderful co-authors: Jennifer Storm, Rylyn Koger, Elleigh Thompson, @rosiewilliams.bsky.social, Mark Dagleish, @simonab.bsky.social, @mariel-td.bsky.social, Nick Davison and Andrew Brownlow.

As always, thank you to the amazing SMASS volunteers and everyone who supported this work along the way including Sea-Changers who funded an intern to support data collection - this study wouldn’t have been possible without you! 🙏

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Did you catch our recent radio interviews with @drheatherferg.bsky.social , @rachlenn.bsky.social and Dr Andrew Brownlow (both @strandings.bsky.social. Catch them while you can 👂

Heather
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (18:45)
Rachel 33 mins/Andrew 1hr47mins
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (17:47)

🙏 Huge thanks to all the SMASS volunteers and everyone who has reported stranded animals, this work would not have been possible without you!!

And a big thank you to my co-authors: @mariel-td.bsky.social @rosiewilliams.bsky.social @simonab.bsky.social

📢 New paper out!
Cetacean strandings in Scotland have risen 125% over the past 30 years. Our study gives the first comprehensive picture of when, where, and which species strand, providing a baseline to guide conservation.

👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @strandings.bsky.social

Still buzzing from an inspiring weekend at the Marine Forum
@strandings.bsky.social @whalesorg.bsky.social
🌊

So great to meet so many brilliant people – and put faces to names! Huge thanks to everyone who shared their work & time and @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social for such a beautiful setting! 🐬

Ever wondered what hoverfly sperm look like? 🪰💡… Well, me neither!

But as you might imagine, they are really tiny: around 15 microns. 🔬 That’s approximately 100 times smaller than a 1mm measurement you’d find on a ruler. 📏

Female marmalade hoverflies store sperm (left pic) in spermathecae (right).

Multiple factors contribute to female dominance in migratory bioflows | Open Biology Migration is a widely observed phenomenon supported by morphological, physiological and behavioural traits that vary with season and sex in many species. Recently, the genetic components underpinning migration in the marmalade hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)...

New paper out today from our lab. doi.org/10.1098/rsob...

We unpick the morphological 🧑‍🧒, physiological 🔬, behavioural 📟 and transcriptomic 🧬 differences contributing to female sex bias in migrating #hoverflies. See my work on flight performance in this paper 🪰💪🪽

@uniexecec.bsky.social

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
We are so proud to have many incredible women working across disciplines as part of Exeter Marine. 🩵

🦑🦤🌎🌐🧪🤿🌊
#WomeninSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky

A great PhD with a great team at a great University - what more could you want?! Highly recommend applying to this if you are interested in #viruses and/or #marinemammal health 🦠🐬
@uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social

Download the new @strandings.bsky.social app, Beachtrack! 📲

By recording beach walks you can easily & effectively help monitor Scottish coastlines. Knowing where people are and aren't walking gives us a clearer picture of what’s happening along the shore🦭🌊

WDC & SMASS Marine Forum 2025 A day of talks & workshops focusing on citizen science data collected from across Scotland to aid the protection of the marine environment.

🌊The Marine Forum is back!🌊
We’re excited to announce that this year we will be at NMS, Edinburgh, on 1st March 2025! Organized by WDC and SMASS, this year’s theme, "Sea Change” will focus on the evidence and action we need to drive meaningful progress.

Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wdc-smass-...

Mass seal deaths in southern Atlantic confirmed as bird flu Scientists warn further spread could threaten fragile ecosystem, as tests show seals died of H5N1 on South Georgia island

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

✨ New Research! ✨ Efficacy of artificial nest shading as a #climatechange adaptation measure for marine #turtles at Ascension Island from postgraduate researcher Jack Wiggins & team 🐢

Read #openaccess here: wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#ExeterCEC #ExeterMarine 🌏 🧪 🦑