Globally, large numbers of marine mammals are entangled and drowned in fishing gear every year. Much of this mortality is associated with illegal and unregulated
Category: Conservation
Ferries and marine eDNA
Innovative new approach could open up marine biodiversity discovery and monitoring In a new paper with Dr Elena Valsecchi from the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy,
Understanding how icebreaking vessels can impact on breeding seals and what to do about it
By Simon Goodman & Sue Wilson In our new open access paper, just published in Biological Conservation, we examined the impact of icebreaking vessels passing
Icebreakers and ice-breeding seals
By Susan Wilson & Simon Goodman This article originally appeared in WWF’s magazine covering environmental and conservation issues in the Arctic, The Circle 03.16. See
When scientists bake – viva cakes reloaded
Another PhD student from my lab, the awesome Dr Rebecca Thomas, defended her PhD thesis in May 2017. Her work focused on the molecular epidemiology
Short film: Caspian seals moulting in Komsomolets Bay, Kazakhstan
Komsomolets Bay on the north eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan, is a remote area of shallow water, with countless small inlets among extensive