Brittany Visona

Marine biologist @OceanWise Research. 🌊Whale nerd 🐋🐳🤓 conducting drone-based killer whale research off Canada’s West Coast

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

By studying both Northern Resident and Southern Resident killer whales, we can compare why one population is doing so much better than the other #Conservation #orcas #northernresidentkillerwhales #southernresidentkillerwhales #lookingforanswers #canada #oceanwise

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

@PGLSBA @EBTSOYP @OceanWiseEdu @ocsbDL Look at all the potential marine biologists! Re: our biggest discover: this would have to be the occurrence of Leatherback sea turtles! Sightings reported to the BC Cetacean Sightings Network https://t.co/jgNDWJfnL3 show that Leatherbacks range across the entire BC coast!

[Ocean Wise @OceanWise]

“I want to be a #marinebiologist when I grow up.” Thanks to aquariums and films like “Flipper” and “Free Willy”, many kids aspire to be a marine biologist when they grow-up. Join our research biologist Brittany, as she shares her daily tasks. Register: https://t.co/GKSZxzMizp

[Kaylee Arnold, PhD @Black_Ecologist]

New (and old) followers! Just stopping by to say hey. I’m a strong Black woman and disease ecologist doing my PhD at Georgia. I focus on gut microbiomes of vectors. I’m mostly in these streets to promote diversity in STEM, #scicomm esp outreach, and intersectionality👋🏾

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

So proud to be apart of this killer team of talented ladies ! 👩‍💼✊🐳🐟🐠🦑🦀🐙🐡oceanwiseresearch oceanwise #internationalwomensday #womensupportingwomen #womeninscience #womeninstem #marinebiologist #oceanresearchinstitute https://t.co/WLIYhKu4zb

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

Streaming now! Check out the latest episode of @CBC’s #TheNatureofThings which features some of my @OceanWise team’s #drone-based #killerwhale #research.

[CBC Docs @cbcdocs]

Orcas have one of the most complex and emotional brains of the animal kingdom. And now scientists are trying to find out what they're talking about.

Watch 'Listening to Orcas' next Friday at 9 pm on CBC: https://t.co/JsA9R6Y7ts #TuesdayThoughts

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

@VirginRadioVan @jonasbrothers This would be the highlight of my birthday !!! 🎂I’m going to the show to celebrate my 28th! My friend (who hasn’t had a girls night since she had her daughter a year ago) and I will be in section 114, row 15, seats 101-102. #SOS #ImaSuckerfor @jonasbrothers @VirginRadioVan

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

Check out this new paper on using drones to assess the health of killer whales. Just some of the great research the @OceanWise research team is working on. https://t.co/SsCss8ums9

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

19 days into our second photogrammetry field season and we finally broke the record: 11 drone flights, 13 hours, 16 #killerwhales, 8 #humpbacks and #FreeWilly to finish the day. #northernresidents #A30s #I4s #Biggs #Tranisents #T18 #T19s #T60D #T60E @OceanWise

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

Haven’t found the perfect Mother’s Day gift yet? Why not get a gift that funds research and conservation of wild killer whales ?! Adopt a wild killer whale for your… https://t.co/CAZru16SMc

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

Just some of the #research my amazing colleagues and I are involved with @OceanWise #oceansprotectionplan #fisheriesandoceanscanada #oceanconservation https://t.co/clmHl1Sohd

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

Check out the amazing study I’m lucky to be a part of (I’m the #ninja catching the #drone 🤓) @OceanWise #savethesouthernresidents #killerwhales #research #orcas #aerialphotography https://t.co/3GCUBUj7Vm

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

You think #orcas are the #killers of the #sea? Now imagine if this guy was still alive! Over 34 million years ago, 18-metre long #Basilosaurus was the largest apex #predator in the ocean https://t.co/wZBhFsPQqq

[Kiera 🦋 @KieraGorden]

137 years of #climate data visualised. Wait for it...

#ClimateChange

[Hakai Magazine @hakaimagazine]

A behavior known as trap feeding is spreading among these humpbacks: https://t.co/6R2d1b8GVO

@mersociety

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

Check out @OceanWise’s marine mammal researchers Dr. Valeria Vergara @Marine_Valeria and Marie-Ana Mikus’s latest publication on #beluga whale contact calls

[Valeria Vergara @Marine_Valeria]

A nice article from ⁦@BaleineMagazine⁩ about my very recent publication! Putting a Face to a Call: Identifying Belugas Acoustically | Whales online https://t.co/Qinwha6RG0

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

Have you heard of the WhaleReport Alert System? It’s the newest tool @OceanWise’s BC Cetacean Sightings Network has developed to reduce ship strikes and underwater noise. Watch https://t.co/UuiqTu9Aye to hear more and go to https://t.co/OOgPzFjQzK to learn how you can help.

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

Not sure what to give your special someone for #Christmas? Why not adopt them a wild #killerwhale! Funds directly support #research and #conservation. Go to https://t.co/YFZQ9AA9KO #GivingTuesday #southernresidents #donate #charitytuesday @OceanWise

[Alannah Biega @alannahbiega]

Lots of updates from the @OceanWise Coastal Ocean Research Institute this year! @brittany_visona gives an update on photogrammetry and genetic killer whale research #BCMMS26

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

#underwaternoise strikes again. A recent study by Tsujii et al. showed that #shipping noise causes male #humpback #whales to alter their #singing behaviour, ultimately impacting their ability to #communicate and find mates https://t.co/zD4HCr5Nnj

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

@RhiannonCMoore I’m torn between wanting and not wanting to know 🙄

[Brittany Visona @brittany_visona]

Earwax from #whales is also shown to contain hormones that correlate with stressful events such as #whaling https://t.co/i2TGfJ4TdY