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Endangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination from illegal gold mining and deforestation.

Endangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon!Fernando Trujillo a #VoiceforWetlands directs the Omacha Foundation, a conservation group focused on aquatic wildlife & river ecosystems and leads health evaluations of river dolphins.

Read more: apnews.com/article/amaz...

Motherfucking wind farms…

National Whale and Dolphin Watch Second Evening of Talks Join us for an evening of fascinating talks by experts in the marine field during the 2025 National Whale and Dolphin Watch event!

Interested to learn about the east coast of Scotland bottlenose dolphin population? I'm excited to be giving a talk this Thursday 30th alongside some great speakers in support of The Sea Watch Foundation's NWDW event 2025 (tickets via donation) tinyurl.com/ypvztx24

We are looking for a Research Assistant to contribute to our ongoing analysis of dolphin acoustic data from West Wales - collaboration between @wtsww.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 🐬
Deadline is 29th June - please share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

🚀 Just launched: SealMAP

A web application for exploring the latest seal distribution maps for Scotland that I’ve been working on for @seamammalresearch.bsky.social is now live!

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🌐 Try it here: arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/shiny/smru/s...

#WebDev #Launch #SMRU #Shiny

📣Announcing the launch of SealMAP: Seal Mapping & Analysis Platform. This SMRU app allows you to explore & download the latest grey & harbour seal distribution maps for Scotland. You can also get estimates of density for your area of interest. Happy mapping! arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/shiny/smru/s... 🦭🗺️

🌊🚤Excited to share our latest paper, showing the types of vessels overlapping and interacting with marine mammals around Scotland, highlighting how to reduce your disturbance (check out the @naturescot.bsky.social Scottish Marine Wildlife Watching Code)🐳🚢

Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Latest Bass Rock gannet census reveals continued decline The latest Northern Gannet census at Bass Rock, Lothian, has revealed that the number of occupied nests continues to decline. Results for the 2024 Bass Rock Gannet Count showed a total of 46,045 apparently occupied sites, equating to a decrease of 6.7% on the 2023 figure. The Scottish Seabird Centre has suggested that Bass Rock's famous gannet population has not yet started to recover from the impact of the avian flu outbreak in 2022.

The latest Northern Gannet census at Bass Rock, Lothian, has revealed that the number of occupied nests continues to decline:

Basking shark historical sketch.

Friends, I am seeking a historian in either Irish or Scottish lore specialized in leviathans, basking sharks, or any other marine creatures.

Culture and conservation in baleen whales | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Culture, defined as information or behaviours shared within a population and acquired from conspecifics through social learning, acts as a second inheritance system which has important implications for species' ecology and evolution. Understanding the ...

New paper:
Culture and conservation in baleen whales

@ellengarland.bsky.social, @petercorkeron.bsky.social, Mike Noad, Briana Abrahms, @jennyallen13.bsky.social, @rconstantine.bsky.social, @lrendell.bsky.social, Renata Sousa-Lima, Kate Stafford, @emma-carroll.bsky.social

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#JobOpportunity! Are you passionate about migratory animals? Do you have experience in environmental project management?

Join the CMS Secretariat as Programme Management Officer at its Abu-Dhabi, UAE office.

🖱️ Apply by 23 April. More details here: careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...

Great to see recognition for #outreach #education #environmentalscience #STEM #smallbusinesses #UKbusinesses #independentbusinesses

Hi, please could I be added to this? 🐬

#JobAlert 🚨
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#Research #Scientist focused on #seabirds and #prey interactions, with #SEATRACK, #Norwegian #Polar Institute, and Norwegian Institute for #Nature Research.

3-year term based in #Tromso, #Norway. 🇳🇴

More information here:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Lecturer in Marine Science (ATR1697) in University of East Anglia | UEA View details and apply for this Lecturer in Marine Science (ATR1697) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science School of Environmental Sciences Lecturer in Marine Science Ref:...

Excellent job opportunity at University of East Anglia
Hiring for a Lectureship in Marine Science based in the School of Environmental Sciences, in collaboration with CEFAS.

Closing date: 2 May 2025

vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/11...

📣We are recruiting two(!) Ecological Statisticians to join our Offshore Renewables Group at @bioss.bsky.social.

If you have an interest in developing and applying statistical methods to ecological data, do check out the advert below. Please share with anyone who may be interested! 🙏

Student Bursary Scheme launched for 2025 | Berwickshire & Northumberland Marine Nature Partnership The Berwickshire and Northumberland Marine Nature Partnership is inviting applications for a new student bursary scheme. The scheme will award small grants of up to £300 for successful applications to...

The Berwickshire and Northumberland Marine Nature Partnership's Student Bursary Scheme is now open for applications for this year.

An application form and further details can be downloaded at www.xbordercurrents.co.uk/student-burs...

Annual migrations, vertical habitat use and fidelity of Atlantic bluefin tuna tracked from waters off the United Kingdom - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Annual migrations, vertical habitat use and fidelity of Atlantic bluefin tuna tracked from waters off the United Kingdom

Insightful paper led by colleagues at @exeter.ac.uk on behaviour of Atlantic bluefin tuna tracked from waters off the United Kingdom
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@exetermarine.bsky.social @twhorton.bsky.social @drmjwitt.bsky.social @garzonfrancesco.bsky.social @owenexeter.bsky.social #LucyHawkes

Grey seals, minke whales and bluefin tuna: is the North Sea bouncing back to its glory days? Hollywood stars once came for the big-game fishing, but the return of a host of species to the depleted waters around Britain’s coast is a cause for quiet optimism

Grey seals, minke whales and bluefin tuna: is the North Sea bouncing back to its glory days? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines The result showing that seals exhibit avoidance of the turbine during operation is important for industry developers and regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine reduces the potenti...

🦭🔍 New paper alert in @jappliedecology.bsky.social! I'm excited to share my 1st first author paper, showing how seals avoid tidal turbines when they're operating! doi.org/10.1111/1365... 🧵

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Graphical abstract of the methods and main results of the publication. It includes a photograph of a group of several humpback whales competing to be closest to the female of the group.

New paper on "Patterns of paternity: insights into mating competition and gene flow in a recovering population of humpback whales." 🐋🧬
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