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Vivienne Foroughirad

@vforoughirad.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor studying cetacean genetics and social networks at Texas A&M University at Galveston | PI @sb-dolphins.bsky.social

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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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Greg Albery @gfalbery.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Celebrating the publication of our big collaborative spatial-social meta-analysis of density-dependent transmission effects, out now in Nature Eco Evo! doi.org/10.1038/s415... (or rdcu.be/eD6eB)
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 17/07/2025
‘Sponging’ allows dolphins to protect their beaks and flush fish from their hiding places, but scientists have found that the technique is mentally taxing
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Dolphins hunt wearing fake noses — but only the clever ones
‘Sponging’ allows dolphins to protect their beaks and flush fish from their hiding places, but scientists have found that the technique is mentally taxing
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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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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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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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Chris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
🚨RT! The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/
The Social & Cognitive Origins Group at Johns Hopkins University studies how humans and other animals think.The Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University in full spring bloom.
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Lauren D. Pharr 🐦‍⬛ @ldpharr.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
My Nonprofit Field Inclusive is happy to offer THREE $500 Research Grants for 2024! Two research grants are available for any natural science research, while one is available only for climate-focused research. Learn more and apply: www.fieldinclusive.org/research-gra... Plz share w/ your networks.
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Vivienne Foroughirad @vforoughirad.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
I'm excited to announce the Foroughirad Lab will be opening at Texas A&M - Galveston in January 2024! I'm actively recruiting grad students to work on cetacean behavior and ecology - see my website for more details!
foroughiradlab.github.io
Foroughirad Lab
Foroughirad Lab at Texas A&M University → Galveston.
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