Only 75 southern resident killer whales remain. Microsoft AI and bioacoustic buoys in the Salish Sea detect whale calls in real time—alerting ships to slow down and reduce deadly noise pollution.

Installation of all the monopile foundations for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm’s wind turbines is complete, marking a major milestone in the flagship Scottish project’s offshore construction. Inch Cape...

Want to know more about digital aerial survey data and cetaceans? SMRU Consulting and Ørsted are hosting a webinar on Tue 4th Nov to run through the findings of the recently completed 'IDEAS' project ...

SMRU Consulting’s Coastal Acoustic Buoys (CABs) have been busy listening for dolphins in the Scottish Highlands… Haventus has been leading the redevelopment of the Port of Ardersier, near Inverne...

Marine vessels are mandated or requested to reduce speed to meet operational, economic, and conservation goals. Vessel speed reduction (VSR) is a key strategy i

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In early March almost half of the St. Andrews-based Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Consulting team were away from the office on field-related work. In one effort we had a team of four in Cromarty set...

Density estimation from passive acoustic monitoring requires knowledge of the sound production rates and signal characteristics of animal calls. This study expl

Bringing whale superhighways to life: WWF and a global coalition of leading scientists, civil society, governments, and tech innovators have launched BlueCorridors.org—a new digital platform combining...

Increasing levels of anthropogenic noise in our oceans is concerning, especially in Antarctic waters where marine mammals are more naïve to sound sour…

Increasing levels of anthropogenic noise in our oceans is concerning, especially in Antarctic waters where marine mammals are more naïve to sound sour…

What do elite Navy SEALS, world-class free-divers, and marine mammals have in common? They all push the limits of breath-hold endurance—yet only one group evolved with the right warning system to avoi...

I'm delighted to announce that today is my first day as Managing Director at SMRU Consulting. It's a very exciting time for the company and I'm looking…

Haventus’ dredging operation at our Ardersier Energy Transition Facility is about to get underway, to ensure our harbour and approach channel are deep and wide…

Commercial ships support voluntary ‘slowdown’ in US waters to protect endangered species.

Posted FEB 2025 To celebrate the recent International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we interviewed three women at SMRU Consulting to learn about their journeys in science. At SMRU Consulting, w...

Male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) sing a slowly evolving, sexually selected song display socially learned from conspecifics. Within an ocean basin, song similarity between breeding populations can reveal the degree of connectivity among them. ...

Authors of a recently published study discuss how their research discovered that seals exhibit avoidance of turbines during operation. This finding is important for industry developers and regulato…

Managing Director role description SMRU Consulting About SMRU Consulting SMRU Consulting is a global leader in marine mammal consulting and research, delivering innovative, robust and environmentally ...

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...