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Stephanie Stack

@stephaniestack.bsky.social

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Marine scientist from Newfoundland, Canada studying whales in a changing climate. 💻 PhD candidate at Griffith University 📍 Brisbane, Australia and Maui, Hawai’i

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Stephanie Stack @stephaniestack.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

New paper! We describe humpback whale mom & calf’s associating with other mom & calf’s along Australia’s east coast. This contrasts what is seen on the breeding grounds - perhaps these “play dates” help older calves learn to socialize. Read here: www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/article/prev...

Two mother humpback whales swim side by side, each with a calf (baby whale) next to them.

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Stephanie Stack @stephaniestack.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

📢 New publication! 📢 We extend the known range of a critically endangered population of southern right whales by 1,500 km northward. Also the first known sighting of a southern right whale found north of the equator! 😲 With ~50 mature adults remaining, this has important management implications.

Aerial photograph of a stranded southern right whale lying on a sandy beach in Ecuador.

Aerial photograph of a southern right whale mother and calf.

Screenshot of the published article showing the title, author list, and the abstract.

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Stephanie Stack @stephaniestack.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

This week I presented at a stakeholder workshop in Okinawa to discuss responsible whale tourism. I have been studying whale-watch and swim-with-whale tourism in Japan since 2022. Whale tourism is growing steadily in Japan yet not govt regulated.

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