"The behaviors that we're seeing — in supporting the mom, in supporting the newborn — reflect a complex cooperative society that can't just be explained by 'Oh, you're related,'" Gero said. "There's something richer there — in which they live in a society where the expectation is 'I will help you so you will help me.'"

#Whales #Birth #MarineScience
Witnessing a sperm whale birth, scientists find a remarkable amount of teamwork : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/27/nx-s1-5762978/sperm-whale-birth-cooperation-coordination-marine-mammals-science

New Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme Piloted in Orkney

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/03/22/new-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-piloted-in-orkney/

Scientists Race To Decode The Atlantic Floor Before It Changes Forever

https://www.olamnews.com/research-report/3398/deep-sea-atlantic-floor-expedition/

#ThrowbackThursday 2022.
Working on #PenderIsland with #OceanNetworks #Canada to raise more public awareness & support to respect & protect our #marine #ecosystems 💙💚💙🌊
Education about ecosystems & ocean #biodiversity of botanicals/creatures/critters.
Information about importance of #MarineProtectedAreas - #MPAs & why a lot of grassroots organizations patrolling & doing stewardship is essential for ocean protection work, going forward.

#Conservation #Oceans #Environmentalists #WildFirst #ProtectTheWild #SaveOurOceans #MarineBiology #MarineScience #seal #GulfIslandsPreserve #wildlife #MarineLife

Attention early career ocean researchers 🐳

Stay tuned and keep an eye on our socials! We will be opening our Call for Abstracts soon so if you want to share your research this year at ICYMARE 2026 at University of Bremen and connect with your peers, make sure to submit an abstract and join one of our many sessions! 🦐 🌍

#ICYMARE2026Bremen #ECRS #earlycareerresearchers #ECOP #oceandecade #marinescience #oceanscience

“We are seeing ‘phase shifts,’ where reefs once dominated by corals are being taken over by zoantharians... Understanding how they spread helps us forecast what the reefs of the future will look like.”
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/02/11/reefs-future-uh-scientists-discover-evolution-defying-marine-creatures/

Paper: https://doi.org/10.21425/fob.19.174247

#zoanthid #zoantharian #hexacoral #MarineBiology #MarineScience

Analysis of seawater for DNA of rare and endangered hammerhead sharks has been used to infer their presence or absence at multiple locations throughout their range. No sharks were captured or observed; accuracy of the inferred distributions depends on the presumed degradation of environmental DNA in hours or days.

Summary: https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-find-endangered-hammerhead-sharks-without-seeing-a-single-one/

Original paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1688088/full

#Science #MarineScience #EnvironmentalMonitoring #EnvironmentalDNA #Hammerheads