Deborah Vicari

Ph.D. in 3D Ecomorphology of Toothed Whales
Fixed-term Assistant Professor (RTDA)- UNICT
Young Researchers 2024 – Seal Of Excellence- MSCA (2025)

[Springer Nature @SpringerNature]

A vast whale graveyard stretching 1,200 kilometres across the floor of the Indian Ocean has been discovered, according to research published in @Nature.

[Deborah Vicari @deborah_vicari]

https://t.co/GaPuGzEl50

[Deborah Vicari @deborah_vicari]

We are on the cover of @JZoology!
https://t.co/cPAwRIUX9p
#ZSL @LucaPaleo

[Deborah Vicari @deborah_vicari]

𝗝𝗮𝘄-𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀: our new paper highlights how feeding mode influences mandibular shape in delphinids! This study emphasises the role of the precoronoid crest in feeding mechanisms, offering new insights into delphinids evolution.

https://t.co/cPAwRIUX9p
@LucaPaleo

[LJMU_ZOO @LJMU_ZOO]

New study in @MammRes with @LJMU_BES, @ScienceLeeds, @UniSapienza, @IMIB, and @ClinicZoo uses camera traps to assess the body condition of endangered Apennine brown bears 🐻. Thanks @parcoabruzzo! Check it out: https://t.co/fPAzG4djiI #Conservation #WildlifeResearch #BrownBears

[LJMU_ZOO @LJMU_ZOO]

We are grateful to #BritishEcolSoc for supporting our work on Madeiran wall lizard. Our article @CommsBio found beach populations to be highly divergent from inland.
https://t.co/SlqimLmtwy

[SI Scholarly Press @ScholarlyPress]

New Release! In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 655: Authors Jefferson et al. untangle the twisted taxonomy of beaked and sperm whales (families Ziphiidae, Physeteridae, Kogiidae).
https://t.co/QopeAJ9rui

[Deborah Vicari @deborah_vicari]

Our latest research on 3D toothed whale skull morphology has just been published with
@SpringerNature in Journal of Mammalian Evolution. Read here: https://t.co/eF7WEff2fJ

[Deborah Vicari @deborah_vicari]

I have been interviewed by Erica Wirth for her podcast @BreachingExtin1 about our recent publication on the Narluga skull Morphology.
Listen now wherever you stream podcasts!
https://t.co/QC5UpNtyfc

[Deborah Vicari @deborah_vicari]

We are pleased to share our new publication on the hybrid NARLUGA. We studied its morphology to understand which was its dominant phenotype. The 3D skull of the NARLUGA can be downloaded from the supporting information.
#openaccess #NHMD https://t.co/J1Gfz46jEL

[Dr Ashleigh Wiseman @ArchaeoAshleigh]

Our new paper dropped today!

We discuss 17 trackways from Formby Point, England (total 181 footprints!) discovered during field seasons in 2016-2018!

What's even better? ALL 3D data is open access!

https://t.co/t20bcvhGMV

@deborah_vicari @ichnomatteo @DeGrooteI
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[Dr Ashleigh Wiseman @ArchaeoAshleigh]

Happy Friday! Woke up to a "Your paper was accepted" email 🥳🥳🥳

Stay tuned for some 👣 news...

@deborah_vicari @ichnomatteo @DeGrooteI

[Meghan Holst @MegHolst]

Hey #whale Tweeps, help me identify this bone! Looks like... A skull? Part of a skull? This #shark biologist is stumped and equally amazed 🐳

[Liverpool John Moores University @LJMU]

Great to see @ljmubiology research featured as Editor's Choice in @cdnsciencepub ⬇

Take a look at their findings from analysing 3D skull variations between male and female false killer whales.

@deborah_vicari #ecology #EvolutionaryAnthropology

[Canadian Science Publishing @cdnsciencepub]

NEW | Editor's Choice Canadian Journal of #Zoology. Skull morphological variation in a British stranded population of false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens): a three-dimensional geometric morphometric approach: https://t.co/Px6NaXVuLg
@LJMU @NHM_London #killerwhale

[Liverpool John Moores University @LJMU]

New research on how feeding #ecology and mode of #evolution impact skull shape in carnivores https://t.co/fEQZIngiFr @ZoolJLinnSoc @ljmubiology
#mammals #conservationbiology #research

[Deborah Vicari @deborah_vicari]

We are pleased to announce that our paper has been selected to be the EDITORS CHOICE for this month and it is now #OpenAccess.
We analyzed 3D skull variation in false killer whales from a population that was stranded in 1927 in Scotland at @NHM_London
https://t.co/MKagNapftO

[Icelandic Orca Project @icelandic_orcas]

The lighthouse of Þrídrangar was built in 1939 (!) and has been an inspiration for many. It even includes a helipad! The orcas can often be seen near Þrídrangar particularly in the early part of the summer.

📷 by Sara Tavares

[zeezoogdieren.org @zeezoogdieren]

Narluga comes from a narwhal-beluga love story https://t.co/6lILex6RwX

[Dr Ashleigh Wiseman @ArchaeoAshleigh]

I wrote a blog post about this paper! So if you're interested in the backstory to this research and to hear a bit more about what the paper is about, check out: https://t.co/RTgjcgjFTK

@OliverDemuth @JohnRHutchinson