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A St Catharine’s postgraduate student has been alternating biology and baseball during his four years at Cambridge. Henry Slesser (a Molecular Ecology PhD student) was interested in both marine biology and baseball when he joined St Catharine’s as a PhD student in 2022. He has since been involved in important research with humpback whales and an impressive series of wins with the Cambridge University Baseball Squad.

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...

Recordings by biologist Heike Vester reveal how oil and gas exploration as well as cruises, fishing boats and even whale-watchers are adding to the din underwater