Social bonds decrease epigenetic age in male bottlenose dolphins - Communications Biology Across 40 years of behavioural and epigenetic data, male dolphins with stronger social relationships show lower epigenetic ages and therefore appear to age slower compared to those with weaker social ...

🐬 Can friendship slow ageing?

In wild bottlenose dolphins, strong social relationships aren’t just important for social life — they may actually influence biological ageing.
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www.nature.com/articles/s42...

New research out! 🐬

We tested 16 NZ toothed whale species to see if habitat predicts PFAS levels.

Results:
• Habitat = weak predictor
• Sex & age = stronger predictors
• Even remote oceans aren’t safe from PFAS

doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
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➡ Stranded archives can reliably calibrate epigenetic clocks 🔬

This opens exciting new pathways for population modelling, health assessments & long-term conservation.

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