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Shark Bay Dolphin Research Project

@sb-dolphins.bsky.social
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Protecting the dolphins of Monkey Mia and Shark Bay, Australia through research | led by Georgetown University, University of Queensland, and Texas A&M University

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Shark Bay Dolphin Research Project @sb-dolphins.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Congrats to Ellen Jacobs and coauthors for getting their work featured in the Royal Society's top 10 papers of 2025!
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Shark Bay Dolphin Research Project @sb-dolphins.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The Shark Bay dolphins are featured in another great collaborative paper on density-dependent features of societies across the animal kingdom!
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Shark Bay Dolphin Research Project @sb-dolphins.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
New paper led by recent graduate Dr. Ellen Jacobs showing new insights into the potential cognitive demands of tool use in dolphins
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Shark Bay Dolphin Research Project @sb-dolphins.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
New paper! Synchronized breathing data and network models show that age and sex shape infection risk in bottlenose dolphins—critical insight for protecting marine wildlife from future outbreaks. Collab w/ @bansallab.bsky.social rdcu.be/epHE8
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Breathing synchrony shapes respiratory disease risk in bottlenose dolphins
Communications Biology - Social network modeling of wild dolphins reveals how age- and sex-structured contact patterns shape infection risk, offering insight into disease vulnerability and...
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Shark Bay Dolphin Research Project @sb-dolphins.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The 2025 field season has officially begun!
Two dolphins bowridingFour marine biologists on a boat
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Vivienne Foroughirad @vforoughirad.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
New paper: Network indicators of cultural resilience to anthropogenic removals in animal societies comparative analysis with data from @amboselibaboonrp.bsky.social, @sb-dolphins.bsky.social and the Samburu Elephant Project doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0144
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Network indicators of cultural resilience to anthropogenic removals in animal societies | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Social learning, information transmission and culture play vital roles in the lives of social animals, influencing their survival, reproduction and ability to adapt to changing environments. However, the effect of anthropogenic disturbances on these ...
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