Society for Marine Mammalogy News

May 15, 2025

Remembering Ian Stirling (1941–2024)

Dear Colleagues, 14 May 2024 marked the first anniversary of the passing of Dr. Ian Stirling. The Society for Marine Mammalogy pauses to remember and celebrate his extraordinary life and enduring legacy. Ian was a pioneer in polar bear ecology and one of the world’s foremost authorities on Arctic marine mammals. Over a career spanning […]

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March 17, 2025

EBS Award Application Deadline Extended – Apply by March 28, 2025 (Midnight UTC)

  The application deadline for the Emily B. Shane (EBS) Award has been extended to March 28, 2025, at midnight (00:00 UTC). The EBS Award supports conservation-oriented, non-invasive field research on free-ranging odontocetes and sirenians. The award honors Emily B. Shane (1924–1995), a dedicated conservationist and amateur naturalist. Funding is awarded to projects with clear […]

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March 10, 2025

A Message to our Members

  Dear Members, The Board of Governors and I reaffirm the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s unwavering commitment to advancing marine mammal science and maximizing its impact on education, conservation, and management, while promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our field is strengthened by the diversity of individuals who contribute to it—across all ages, career stages, nationalities, […]

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February 4, 2025

Navigating Impostor Syndrome as an Early-Career Marine Mammal Researcher

on behalf of the author: Anaïs Remili  Impostor syndrome (the persistent self-doubt and feeling of inadequacy) is something many of us know all too well. As early-career researchers in marine mammal research, we often find ourselves wrestling with self-doubt, fearing that we don’t truly belong in this field, and questioning whether our successes are just […]

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November 5, 2024

Prof Kit Kovacs Receives the 2024 SMM Kenneth S. Norris Lifetime Achievement Award

I am thrilled to announce that Prof Kit Kovacs has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious 2024 Norris Award. This career achievement award, given in honour of our founding president, recognises individuals who have made exemplary lifetime contributions to marine mammalogy through research, teaching, and service. Prof Kovacs, currently based at the Norwegian […]

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