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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Worth the early start to see the Bristol Ballon Fiesta #Bristol

Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

What a treat - this is the third time the Shark Bay dolphins have made the cover of @pnas.org! You can read more about our new paper - led by @alicebouchard.bsky.social in the current issue www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @researchdolphin.bsky.social

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

New paper in @pnas.org - using playback experiments we provide further evidence that bottlenose dolphins can use individual identity signals + social memory to guide decision-making. Female dolphins use individual vocal labels to track coercive males | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Just finished an incredible two month field season in Shark Bay #Gathaagudu - big thank you to all my wonderful team members 🙏🏻 So much appreciation for the animals and the time I get to spend with them. You have my heart Shark Bay 🫶

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

One month of amazing fieldwork with some of my favourite people - 33 playbacks done for our next whistle study and some lovely observations of dolphin behaviour. Always such a privilege to be here and we are lucky enough to have another month of fieldwork ahead of us 🙏🏻 #sharkbay #gathaagudu

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

So happy to be back in Shark Bay #Gathaagudu for two months of fieldwork 🫶

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New OA paper @royalsocietypublishing.org: What can we learn from bonobos and bottlenose dolphins about the evolution of between-group cooperation? royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... Lovely collab with @lirsamuni.bsky.social Martin Surbeck and Richard Connor.

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

A great privilege of my career is observing the Shark Bay dolphins. A firm favourite is Starlet - a 22 year old adult male whose father, Realnotch, dominated the alliance landscape. Starlet has inherited his father’s prowess and, with his allies, ranges widely to secure females and take on rivals.

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Very grateful to @leverhulme.ac.uk for awarding me a Research Fellowship to continue my work on dolphin communication and social cognition 🙏 @researchdolphin.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Incredible talk by @asab.org Christopher Barnard Award recipient @lirsamuni.bsky.social - beautiful talk that presented an impressive body of work. Research superstar 👏🏻🙌🏻

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

🐳 UPCOMING BOOK ALERT 🐬 The Evolution of Cetacean Societies Edited by @darrencroft.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social and myself Preorder available now press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #whale #dolphin #animalbehaviour

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Congratulations to Dr Laura Palmer for successfully passing her viva today with no corrections - what a wonderful achievement! 🥳🙌🏻 and big thanks to Steve Simpson and Claire Embling for examining @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @researchdolphin.bsky.social

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Officially moved over from the platform formerly known as Twitter. What have I been up to? Just got back from an incredible conference in Perth which ended with a trip to see these cuties! #quokka #quokkaselfie

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Hello Bluesky 👋🏻 Follow for dolphin and dog related content #animalbehaviour #cooperation #communication #dogs

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