Wonderful new paper by our very own Svenja Marfurt - so proud of all the amazing work you are doing 🙌🏻

For the #SMM2024 conference, I am enjoying a journey out of my comfort zone! Come talk to me about epigenetics and culture at Thursday's poster session (B54)

Excited for the whole team to be attending Marine Mammalogy #SMM2024 in Perth on the land of the Whadjuk people. Our very own Dr Simon J Allen kicks things off as conference co-chair University of Zurich University of Bristol Biological Sciences

Great talk by Svenja Marfurt on seascape genomics, ecological change and adaptation in coastal bottlenose dolphins in WA #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024 University of Zurich

Incredible plenary by our very own Prof Richard Connor @DolphinAlliance - on the multi-level alliances in Shark Bay and our research over the last 40 years - you can’t beat Richard’s enthusiasm and knowledge of dolphin behavioural ecology ❤️#PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024

Great talk by Pernille M Sørensen on the function of vocal synchrony in allied male bottlenose dolphins - playback experiments provide support for the social bonding hypothesis #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024 University of Bristol Biological Sciences

Fantastic new insight into motor synchrony by Sam Hill-Cousins - synchronous displays strengthen social bonds in allied male dolphins #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024 University of Bristol Biological Sciences

Super cool talk by Emma Chereskin using AI deep learning tacking to understand interaction rules among allied male dolphins in a cooperative context #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024 University of Bristol Biological Sciences

Lovely talk by Kathryn G Holmes on early life adversity in male bottlenose dolphins #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024

Wonderful plenary by Ellen Garland on the cultural basis of humpback whale song. Such elegant work! #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024 SMRU (now posting at Bluesky)

So proud of all our team for presenting their research on the Shark Bay dolphins at #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024 🐬🐬🐬

Fabulous talk by @ManuelaBizzozz3 using remote sensing data and environmental DNA to study the ecology and behaviour of bottlenose dolphins #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024 University of Zurich

Very exciting talk by Riccardo Cicciarella presenting the first validation of UAV measures of volumetric body condition indices for investigating bioenergetics in wild bottlenose dolphins #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024

Excellent but sobering talk by Felix Smith on the impact of an extreme climatic event (marine heatwave) on the survival of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024

Check out Laura Palmer work on testing the acoustic adaptation hypothesis in Shark Bay’s bottlenose dolphins #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024

How does reproductive state influence female response to playbacks of male signature whistles? Go see Alice Bouchard poster to find out #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024

Interested in the epigenetics of a culturally transmitted foraging behaviour? Find out more at Danai Papageorgiou poster #PerthSMM2024 #SMM2024

So proud of Emma Chereskin for being awarded the Louis Herman Grant at #PerthSMM2024 for her work on vocal communication, coordination and cooperation in wild dolphins 🫶🙌🏻

Fun end to a great conference week with a team trip to Rottnest to see the quokkas - how cute are these guys 🤩

We are moving - catch up with all our news at the other place 👇🏻