Wildlife is telling us the state of our planet. We listen. We take action.
UW, Seattle
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Congrats to Erik, Dee, and Briana on their paper! doi.org/10.1111/ele.14473
Dee made the Champions for Our Planet Gift Guide! Thanks @IndyPrize for recognizing Dee's commitment to conservation #GivingTuesday
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Center for Ecosystem Sentinels retweeted
Thousands of whales are injured or killed each year by ships.
“Collisions have typically only been studied at a local or regional level,” said Anna Nisi, @SentinelSpecies. “Our study is an attempt to understand the risk of ship strikes on a global level."
washington.edu/news/2024/11/…
ALT A humpback tail is seen as whale dives near a cargo ship off the coast of British Columbia. Photo: Ocean Wise
Congrats @anna__nisi and @GlobalFishWatch on your latest research being featured in The Guardian!
Guardian Article: theguardian.com/environment/…
UW News: washington.edu/news/2024/11/…
Link to study: doi.org/10.1126/science.adp1…
Make sure to check out Leigh West's blog post about her latest paper, “Droughts reshape apex predator space use and intraguild overlap” 🐾
"Discover how drought impacts the behavior of Botswana’s large carnivores, leading them to adapt their space use. Our research offers valuable insights for conservation in a changing climate."
Read the full blog post here: buff.ly/489hvFR
Congrats Leigh West on lead author in @AnimalEcology! Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14…
Congrats to @WillOestreich, @MBARI_News, and
@NPS_Monterey on the latest article! The Center's Dr. Briana Abrahms helped develop the methods for this paper.
New paper out today: "Evidence for seasonal migration by a cryptic top predator of the deep sea"
We explore foraging & migration in a cryptic top predator of the deep sea, the sperm whale: movementecologyjournal.biome…
And news story from @MBARI_News here: mbari.org/news/sound-provide…
1) "Males miss and females forgo: Auditory masking from vessel noise impairs foraging efficiency and success in #killerwhales," a 🧵
📸 Candice Emmons, @NOAAFisheries
A male #orca travels quickly near a large cargo ship transiting through the #SalishSea.
ALT A male #orca travels quickly near a large cargo ship transiting through the #SalishSea.
7) To learn more about these killer whales you can read the whole paper in @GlobalChangeBio: buff.ly/4dXtybx
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We end our celebration of #WorldAfricanWildDogDay with a student-made video! buff.ly/3yTc6Wa
Read about how we use a spatial capture–recapture model to study #AfricanWildDogs buff.ly/4dUrf8w [📸 Leigh West]
Contuing our celebration of #AfricanWildDogs, we have our latest AWD research! Read how a change in ambient temperature can change the timing of a wild dog's activities, resulting in more interactions with other carnivores: buff.ly/3Mn3vOw [📸 Leigh West]
Happy World #AfricanWildDog Day! Or, as others like to say, happy #worldpainteddogday 🐾 In honor of these beautiful endangered creatures, we've curated some of our favorite videos and papers for you to peruse.
First up, a student-made video: buff.ly/474lGSY