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whiteheadlab.bsky.social @whiteheadlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Current Whitehead Lab PhD students, Ana Eguiguren (@anaeg.bsky.social) and Christine Clarke (@cmk-clarke.bsky.social) brought their expertise to the recent update of Dale Rice’s foundational 1989 chapter on sperm whales. Reach out to Ana or Christine for a copy.
Photo of a group of sperm whales; taken by TA Jefferson; Fig 7.6 of the published book chapter.
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Luke Rendell @lrendell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
New paper! Dialect variation in Mediterranean sperm whales shows evidence of cultural evolution in an isolated population tinyurl.com/yrfepekh with @taylorhersh.bsky.social @asociaciontursiops.bsky.social and the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute 🐋🦑🧪 @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
A group of sperm whale adult and calves at the surface taken from above. Credit Asociación Tursiops
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anaeg.bsky.social @anaeg.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Paper out of the oven! 🥖 We (David Gaspard, @cmk-clarke.bsky.social, and Hal Whitehead @whiteheadlab.bsky.social) used drone photogrammetry to infer sperm whale age and sex based on sperm whales' massive sexual dimorphism 📏🐳🚁 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Inferring sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sex and developmental stage using aerial photogrammetry - Scientific Reports
Demographic data (i.e. sex and age) are fundamental for analyzing behaviour patterns and evaluating the reproductive potential of a population. However, determining these traits in the wild can be cha...
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whiteheadlab.bsky.social @whiteheadlab.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Next up for our lab member introduction is Madison Sliwa! www.linkedin.com/in/madison-s... Madi is a fifth-year undergraduate honours student completing her degree in Marine Biology. Madi is studying sperm whales in the Galápagos Islands.
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whiteheadlab.bsky.social @whiteheadlab.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Our next lab member introduction is Katija Newton!! Katja is a fourth year undergraduate student majoring in Marine Biology. As a co-op student last semester, Katija identified and catalogued 2025 field photos for the northern bottlenose whale project. www.linkedin.com/in/katija-ne...
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whiteheadlab.bsky.social @whiteheadlab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Next up for lab member introductions is: Charlotte Powell www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte... Charlotte is a fifth year undergraduate student studying Marine Biology and Ocean Sciences.Last semester, she completed an Independent Study with the Whitehead Lab.
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Luke Rendell @lrendell.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
More coverage of ‪Éadin's paper: oceanographicmagazine.com/news/immigra... 🐳🦑
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‘Immigrant whales’ bring feeding culture to Canadian humpbacks
'Cultural knowledge’ crucial for survival of whales, underscoring need to integrate animal culture into marine management
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Luke Rendell @lrendell.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
New paper!🚨 Social dynamics of group bubble net feeding in humpbacks. Congratulations Éadin for such an awesome first PhD paper!! 🐳🧪🦑
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whiteheadlab.bsky.social @whiteheadlab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Next up for our lab member introductions is: David Gaspard www.linkedin.com/in/david-gas... David is a M.Sc. student in the Whitehead Lab using drone imagery to measure northern bottlenose whales' body condition in the Scotian Shelf, offshore Newfoundland, and the Arctic.
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whiteheadlab.bsky.social @whiteheadlab.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Congratulations to Christine @cmk-clarke.bsky.social on completing her ATC exam!🎉 Christine is a PhD candidate researching the mysterious movement and behaviour of male sperm whales, in collaboration with researchers around the globe.
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