Australian marine mammal ecologist 🐋🐬🇦🇺 @UWAnews @UWAAlbanyCentre @UWAoceans
Noongar Boodjar, Australia
Joined August 2015
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🐳 Southern right whale migration routes 🐳
🇦🇷 Argentina, Siguiendo Ballenas
🇳🇿 New Zealand, Tohorā Voyages
🇦🇺 Australia, Mirnong Maat
🇿🇦 South Africa, Whale Unit
🇬🇸 South Georgia Right Whale Project
by L.Oliveira, Instituto Aqualie #rightwhale southernrightwhaleconsortium… – at Antarctica
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In July 2023, researchers on a whale watching expedition in the Caribbean Sea encountered an unusual scene: 11 sperm whales clustered tightly at the water’s surface.
The animals began to inch closer and closer together in the waters off the island of Dominica, with their attention turned to one individual, until a burst of blood tinted the water.
At first, the scientists—part of @ProjectCETI, a nonprofit that studies how sperm whales interact—thought the animal had been attacked. But then they saw a tiny tail pop out of the water.
The researchers quickly realized they had in fact observed a group of whales helping a calf take its first breath. Even more fortuitous, they had captured it on video from a drone.
Read more: scim.ag/4lVlIDO @NewsfromScience
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🐋Have you ever seen an upside-down whale? Southern right whales are the only whales known to engage in this odd behaviour, but nobody knew why. @UWAresearch may have figured it out, and it's a reason any tired mum of a newborn can relate to.
🔗 uwa.au/td6zhn
Southern right whales resting upside-down, why?
New research paper in Mammalian Biology: doi.org/10.1007/s42991-026-0…
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This behaviour is unique, rather perplexing and not reported in other large whales. @KateSprogis @FChristiansen83 @uwanews theconversation.com/upside-d…
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New study quantifies how body size and condition affect fasting endurance in right whales. Southern right whales can fast ~17 months, but a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale may only survive ~50 days. #RightWhales #marinescience
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ALT Two aerial photographs side by side. Left: a southern right whale in clear blue water, wide and rounded with smooth curves, showing healthy condition. Right: a thin North Atlantic right whale in darker water, spine visible, entangled in fishing rope that cuts into its body.
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🎉 Historic day for the ocean! With ratifications from Sri Lanka, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Sierra Leone & Morocco, the High Seas Treaty has hit 60 ratifications, triggering its entry into force. 🌊💙
Read our press release: highseasalliance.org/2025/09…
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Big ocean conservation news: 60 countries have ratified the landmark #HighSeasTreaty, paving the way for countries to establish a network of high seas marine protected areas and helping governments meet global #30x30 goals.
📸 Francois Baelen/Ocean Image Bank
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🎉BREAKING: The High Seas Treaty has reached 60 ratifications — enough to enter into force!
This landmark agreement creates a pathway to help protect the high seas — waters beyond any one country’s authority that cover nearly half our planet. oceana.ly/3VqpI2Y
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Body size & condition set fasting limits in right whales. A healthy southern right whale may endure ~17 months without food, while an entangled North Atlantic right whale could survive only ~50 days doi.org/10.3354/meps14914 Photos: FC & Center for Coastal Studies (NOAA 24359)
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New paper alert!🚨
Satellite tracking reveals southern right whales🐳feed in key high seas area, outside of existing protections.
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Funders: @AucklandUni @royalsocietynz LiveOcean @docgovtnz @AntarcticaSouth @iwc_int SORP @Macquarie_Uni RaeFamilyFoundation
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🐋Discover how new #UWA research on whale feeding grounds and how they are used can help shape the recovery and long-term resilience of the species.🐳@UWAresearch @BiolSci_UWA @uwaoceans @AucklandUni @UWAAlbanyCentre @KateSprogis
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🌊#UWA students had a whale of a time on their Marine Mammal Science field camp 🐋🐬🐳 on Merningar/Menang Boodjar in Kinjarling/Albany, WA️.
More details ▶️ uwa.au/y6pbht
@UWAAlbanyCentre @uwaoceans @BiolSci_UWA
#MarineMammalScience #UWAmarinemammalscience
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The Society for Marine Mammalogy’s Official List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies has been updated.
Visit the SMM website for the full list: marinemammalscience.org/scie…
Image: Uko Gorter 2025
#SMM #Marinemammal
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To protect life on Earth, we must safeguard the ocean.
In his lifetime, Sir David Attenborough has seen the ocean go from mystery to what he calls Earth's most vital ecosystem.
In #OceanFilm, he recalls his first dive – a moment of awe. #UNOC @Silverback_Films @OpenPlanetOrg
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BlueCorridors.org, a new platform that maps 30 years of whale tracking alongside threats & real-world solutions, offers hope.
RT if you ❤️whales! 🐋
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A spectacular photo of the moon rise behind Corndarup/Mt Clarence over Princess Royal Harbour on Australia Day, taken by our reader Kate Sprogis. Send your photos to [email protected] for the chance to be featured in the paper.
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Australia's most endangered marsupial and rarest marsupial in the world, the Gilbert's potoroo, is back thanks to 30 years of conservation efforts. ow.ly/4TB050UVnB9
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Male Amazon river dolphins have been documented rolling upside down and firing urine into the air - and other dolphins seem to follow the stream. newscientist.com/article/246…
