Dr. Michelle Shero

Ecologist. Physiologist. Professional seal wrangler.

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

Excited for this one hot off the press (& while we happen to be at #SMM2022)! Iron and dive capacity as a novel cost of reproduction in a marine mammal. Today at @NatureComms https://t.co/rZnMCd4TUJ…. @WHOI @NSF (NMFS 17411)

[Communications Biology @CommsBio]

🦭Antarctic Weddell seals may strategically time their most extreme dives, minimizing surface time and maximizing foraging time during daylight hours. @michellershero @WHOI @DanielPCosta2
https://t.co/VHs567nK29

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

https://t.co/rWjYZjLE2o

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

New paper out today 😊

Weddell seals offset their most extreme dives from mid-day, so they can spend less time recuperating and more time diving during prime foraging conditions.

https://t.co/7xPnKUY3MW

[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) @WHOI]

🦭How does iron impact seal pup survival? #WHOI biologist @michellershero + partners spent much of the winter investigating this question on a remote barrier island off #NovaScotia, supervised by a band of feral horses.

Read all about it: https://t.co/6ZBmcLJze8

[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) @WHOI]

⁉️🦭🗺️ #InternationalSealDay Trivia: How far can a gray seal pup travel on its own in a month?

📲 Find out– and see more awesome pics of seals, wild horses, and field work from @michelleshero: https://t.co/NDeecwy5LK

📸 taken under permits DFO 23-28A and NMFS 25794 © #WHOI

[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) @WHOI]

🦭🐴 What do you get when you cross gray seal pups + wild horses?

An amazing photograph, for one! But for #WHOI marine biologist @michellershero, it’s just what happens when she collaborates with @FishOceansCAN on #SableIsland, NS!

#NSFfunded with @NSF @TexasTech @UA_System

[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) @WHOI]

The remotely-operated vehicle #ROVJason was just beginning its descent to the #WestMataVolcano, off Samoa when the volcano exploded!

Jason dives have yielded no shortage of breathtaking adventure stories– check out 3 of the most memorable: https://t.co/K0FyMNdQMM

#NSFfunded

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

A great example showing why all these Antarctic science projects are so important!
These seals helped map the local bathymetry --- critical to knowing how water masses will interact with warming ice shelves too.

[Rob Harcourt @RobHarcourt]

Seals help in assessing the bathymetry around Antarctica - Argos ⁦@IMOS_AUS⁩ ⁦@clive_mcmahon⁩ ⁦@AntarcticSciAus⁩ ⁦@Macquarie_Uni⁩ ⁦@IMASUTAS⁩ https://t.co/rJzjuR3Ran

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

@TomaDesvignes @Varsani_lab @ScienceMagazine @NewsfromScience Thank you Thomas. I hope you all fared better than we did. We'll be rooting for all our friends and colleagues who make it down this year, to get everything they can in the face of all the squeezes!

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

Thank you @ScienceMagazine @NewsfromScience for telling our story. Antarctic science is more important than ever in today's changing world. We just feel 'gutted' by this huge loss. https://t.co/zSc45m6VA3

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

@tjy511 @NSF Thank you TJ. I hope you are doing well getting set up at St Andrew’s!

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

@RobHarcourt @ScienceMagazine @NewsfromScience Exactly! I was very disheartened to hear the news about the Australian program. I hope the world isn’t content to sit by and watch Antarctica simply melt away —- you would think all the countries would be stepping up!, not backing away

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

The U.S. Antarctic research program is in trouble, as canceled field seasons imperil data sets and demoralize researchers. #LongReads https://t.co/fB3vWrQuJT

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

Woohoo! 🙌 Go Macquarie seal team!

[David Green @DavoBGreen]

It’s been a month since seal tagging on Macquarie Island 🦭 with the Seal Team and @AntarcticSciAus, @IMOS_AUS , @SydneyMarine, @AusAntarctic. Time for an update... 🧵 (1/3)

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

@LuisHuckstadt Given the post-COVID era logistics down there I think four years sounds fantastic 😂😂😂

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

@LuisHuckstadt Up to 6 - woohoo! 🙌

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

@clive_mcmahon @IMOS_AUS @AntarcticSciAus @SydneyMarine @GOOSocean @ani_bos @AusAntarctic @RobHarcourt @DavoBGreen @drfabulous1 Way cool!!

[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) @WHOI]

🦭 Cuteness alert! 🦭⁠
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A #WHOI-led study found that nursing Weddell seals provide so much iron to their pups that they have to limit diving & eating. Sound familiar, moms?⁠
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Learn more: https://t.co/0mil0GzPi7
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📸 @michelleshero NMFS permit 17411-03⁠
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#NSFfunded

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

@LuisHuckstadt @ExeterMarine @UniExeCEC @uncwtiftlab @UNCWilmington @NSF @DanielPCosta2 @ucsc does that mean you found crabbies already?!

[Dr. Michelle Shero @michellershero]

@Zachkess13 @CincinnatiZoo @WHOI Close! @caroline_rzu took that picture with Fiona 😊