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Izzy Langley @izzylangley.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Check out this excellent article written in Science magazine about our note on grey seal cannibalism at Sable Island!
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SMRU @seamammalresearch.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
@science.org news article coverage of work led by SMRU's @izzylangley.bsky.social: Scientists ID ‘corkscrew killer’ behind gruesome seal deaths www.science.org/content/arti... Read the paper in @marinemammalogy.bsky.social journal here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Scientists ID ‘corkscrew killer’ behind gruesome seal deaths
Bizarre injuries were not caused by sharks or boat propellers, but a more surprising culprit
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SMRU @seamammalresearch.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The NERC Special Committee on Seals (SCOS) 2025 report is now live on the SMRU website: www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2026/0.... Updated population trends analysis and advice to gov relating to management of UK seal populations 🦭📈📉
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Izzy Langley @izzylangley.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Really excited to see this out and have contributed to a fascinating story in marine mammal science! Fab collab between SMRU and the Sable Island team, bringing together seal scientists from both sides of the Atlantic. Thanks to @oceanfrontier.bsky.social for my visiting fellowship!
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SMRU @seamammalresearch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Another new paper led by SMRU's @izzylangley.bsky.social: First observations of grey seal cannibalism at Sable Island, inc. a comparison of carcass pathology to cases in Scotland. Collab between SMRU, DFO and @dalhousie.bsky.social with support from @oceanfrontier.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/mms....
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Gray Seal Cannibalism at the Largest Colony in the World, Sable Island
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Jessica Montabaranom @jessmontabaranom.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🦭 We have a new paper out! We developed an accessible framework for assessing the risk of collision between seals and operating tidal turbines. ⏭️ We found that most seal tracks moved near the turbine without collision. Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/aqc.... @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
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SMRU @seamammalresearch.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
New publication led by SMRU's @izzylangley.bsky.social on competition between grey & harbour seals in Scotland using 20+ yrs of diet data. Many thanks to all who collected samples, and collaborators from the Lighthouse Field Station and Institute of Marine Research #OA Paper: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
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Temporal changes in the dietary niche of sympatric seals provides insight into the role of competition in population declines
Competition theory suggests that interspecific prey competition can result in changes to the dietary niche, but obtaining timeseries of data from sympatric species experiencing temporal variation in ...
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SMRU @seamammalresearch.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
📣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... 🦭🗺️
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Luke Rendell @lrendell.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
New paper 🚨 very excited to see Angela Amlin's first PhD paper confirming the underwater vocal repertoire of Mediterranean monk seals published 🦑🦭🐋 @gordonhastie.bsky.social @joan-gonzalvo.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/art...
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Confirmed vocal activity of Mediterranean monk seals in the Inner Ionian Sea Archipelago, Greece
Mediterranean monk seals (Monachus monachus) are the world's rarest seal species, with fewer than 1000 individuals remaining across fragmented subpopulations. M
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Dr Julia Sutherland @jcqsutherland.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
PhDone! 🎓 Huge thank you to everyone who contributed to #ECOPredS and helped this research come to fruition, it's been a whale of a journey 🐋 Stay tuned for subsequent publications! In the meantime, thesis available here: research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023...
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SMRU Consulting @smruc.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
New research from the NMMF, the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment and LKARTS-Norway shows #minke whales can hear sound frequencies as high as 45-90 kHz, higher than previously believed and one of the first real-world measurements of hearing in baleen whales. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Direct hearing measurements in a baleen whale suggest ultrasonic sensitivity
Predicting and mitigating the impacts of anthropogenic ocean noise on marine animals is hindered by a lack of information on hearing in these species. We established a catch-and-release program to tem...
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Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 6th January 2025 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals #consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
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The evolutionary genomics of life-history adaptations in pinnipeds - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Project summary Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals and walrus) are keystone marine predators, and sentinels for marine ecosystem health. Advances in genomics technologies are opening up the possib...
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