Travelling back from Newcastle University after carrying out examinations of two harbour porpoises for class of undergraduates alongside CSIP colleagues Dr Paul D Jepson Matt Perkins and Per Berggren. Diagnosed grey seal predation in one and parasitic pneumonia in other. #CSIoftheSea

"Environmental campaigners say 1,100 mutilated dolphins have been found since January, but the real figure could be 10 times higher as many bodies sink without trace." All killed by seabass fishers. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Take a look at this fantastic clip of a pod of #dolphins, captured by our Tug Master, Darren aboard our tug boat in #Newhaven this afternoon! #ShorehamPort #HappyTuesday

While this new fossil discovery from Peru doesn't look like a typical whale, scientists believe that the remains of this curious, otter-like creature may have been an early cetacean that had not yet fully transitioned to live in the water. 🐋 nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/…

Narwhals' long, beautiful tusks have earned them the nickname 'unicorns of the sea'. There's still lots that scientists don't know about them - but we know their home is threatened. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as anywhere else on Earth. #OurPlanet nhm.ac.uk/discover/narwh…

Some incredible footage of Bottlenose Dolphins seen in Littlehampton sent by one of our supporters Mark Cramer. It is a family pod, including a calf!! This is really exciting for us, as it will go towards building up our database of Dolphin sightings in Sussex.

Just picked this porpoise up from Shellness, Sheppey. necropsy to be held next week Zach Slootsky #CSIofthesea

Join our fantastic team! Two maternity cover posts in #CitizenScience are currently being advertised. Deadline Weds 24th April. Take a look: Citizen Science Manager careers.nhm.ac.uk/templates/CIPH… and Project Coordinator careers.nhm.ac.uk/templates/CIPH… #Jobs Natural History Museum LEARN CitSci

Our Hoylake RNLI Lifeboat Station volunteers, along with teams from BDMLR and@MCA_media were united in a common 'porpoise' earlier this week when they went to the aid of one of the sea mammals which was stranded ashore 😊

Just discovered it's #NationalDolphinDay , so thought I would share this clip of a Bottlenose dolphin spotted off Portland Bill last year. Have you seen any #dolphins in #Dorset ? Let us know #DWTMarine Dorset Wildlife Trust

Third of all dolphin and porpoise killed in Cornwall had contact with fishing nets - Cornwall Live #bycatch #welfare #WeCanFixThis cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-…

Fantastic news for North Atlantic Right Whales! 🐳 bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…

Today is my last day as the Research Assistant for the Strandings project at the Museum! 🐳 A new person will be in the role soon and will take over the account - watch this space for more cetacean updates! Thanks ~ Kate

#CSIoftheSea action featured on this mornings #WildInside episode on BBC Radio 4 with Prof Ben Garrod and Dr Jess French

#CSIoftheSea work features in tomorrows @BBCradio4 @Costingtheearth episode. Go Toxic Free investigates the potential link between strandings and chemical pollutants with Rosie Williams SMASS and others bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Funky smells, brutal sounds and a soup of issues... many thanks to Go Toxic Free for covering the work of the CSIP in this The Guardian article about a harbour porpoise examination earlier this year. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Thanks everyone who notified us about this unusual shark stranding in Hampshire yesterday. Sadly, someone removed the head and fins last night, not much left... Huge thanks to Dan Snow for securing the remains, we'll do what we can to #CSIoftheSea learn more with whats left

Really pleased to see this significant #CSIOfTheSea paper published today in Environmental Science & Technology Journals. Led by my CSIP colleague Rosie Williams with Cefas and multiple other partners- long term #contaminants monitoring in multiple UK stranded marine mammals. #pollutionisstillaproblem

We're running a ZSL Science public event at ZSL next Wednesday evening on pollution. Tickets to this free event are still available (both in person and online), come join us to learn more about the impacts of chemical, physical and acoustic pollution 👇zsl.org/news-and-event…