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What in the world just happened? Why were all the fish dead? Here’s a short thread as to how our latest paper, the last of my PhD at Yale EEB, came to be by starting at the beginning.

A team of us from UP Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences wrote a piece about the #Shell Seismic Surveys planned for the SA #WildCoast in The Conversation Africa. We need proper monitoring & continued research to understand the full scale of the effects & consultation with experts. Barend Erasmus #ShellSeismicSurveys

What if ectothermy is the derived condition? 🤔 doi.org/10.1111/brv.12…

News - Dr Mia Wege . Previous Marion Island field assistant now a lecturer and chosen as 1 of the "100 Women in Polar Science and Support" featured by WiPS. A true 'go-getter' and an inspiration to all! . Click on the link below for more!!sanap.ac.za/dr-mia-wege-fr…

Wowsers!

Chuffed to share my #FirstFirstAuthorPaper! #PFAS in British #otters suggests widespread PFAS pollution of freshwaters via wastewater effluent, sewage sludge spreading & PTFE manufacture In Environmental Science & Technology Journals: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Cardiff University School of Biosciences Otter Project Cefas UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

World's largest fish breeding area discovered in #Antarctica!🤩 The team led by #AWI deep-sea biologist Autumn Purser detects around 60 million nests of Antarctic #icefish over a 240 square kilometres area in the #WeddellSea 👉bit.ly/3fl0NsE

Read here about our latest paper (lead by Autun Purser with Lilian Boehringer) of the largest fish nest colony discovered and it was under the #Antarctic ice! Read it here below 👇You might wonder what is a seal biologist like me doing on a fish paper...let me tell you...👇🦭

Male elephant seals use a high-risk high-reward feeding strategy, or with great mass comes great mortality! Read our new (FINALLY OUT!) paper doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2… Royal Society Publishing Explainer thread below. Daniel P Costa Kienle Lab OpenAcademics #ScienceTwitter #Pinnipeds

Awesome stuff Mia Wege, PhD!

Congratulations to Prof. David Hedding (David W. Hedding) from the Dept of Geography who was awarded a C1 Rating by National Research Foundation of South Africa. We congratulate you on this fine achievement and wish you well with your #research. #unisa Unisa Research

This project was rather interesting from the behavioral and physiological context. Basically when sharks are around, seals become stressed and behave evasively. Now that sharks are gone, things have changed royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

A very motivated and innovative student of mine, Carmen Demmer - not on Twitter, is raising some funds to go towards her (currently unfunded) important research on endangered Grey Crowned cranes. Please share widely and donate/assist if you can! bit.ly/3xFPkhl

Carmen's off to a solid start with her fundraising, but could with more help. Please share widely visit the donation site if you can help in any way: backabuddy.co.za/champion/proje…

Have you been asked to be an editor of a Special Issue? Beware the parasites (MDPI Frontiers). They are after your influence and network to make money. Read on to know their game before you commit to becoming their unwitting agent. john.measey.com/Blog

Climate change has an enormous impact on biological processes and ecosystem functions in the Antarctic. 🌊🐋🐙🐟 ➡️ Make sure to read the new Antarctic Environments Portal Information Summary here: environments.aq/publications/t…

"Predator-derived bioregions in the Southern Ocean: Characteristics, drivers and representation in marine protected areas" is out now: bit.ly/3xIPxPy @cassandrafish databsurdist Bruno Danis @LuisHuckstadt @IanJonsen Prof. Mary-Anne Lea @GemmLabOSU Antonarctica and others!

Lewis et al. used camera traps to estimate African clawless otter population densities & activity in 6 areas in southern Africa. They found large variations between sites and their estimates suggest the species' numbers are lower than previously reported🦦 doi.org/n7v6