Finding a PhD on marine mammals is not an easy task, and not everyone succeeds. But that doesn’t mean your dreams of doing marine mammal research have to come to an end! As someone who has worked on marine mammals, birds, and terrestrial mammals, I give you eight reasons for why doing a PhD on […]
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If you arrived on this page, you could be looking for tips on how to prepare for grad school. You are in the right place! Whether you are about to enter a graduate program on whale science, environmental science, or any kind of biological/chemical science, I think you will enjoy this post. Here is one
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Hello all! It’s me, Naomi, wanting to further elaborate on the previous post on how to find the right master program. The tips are helpful and essential to understand and compare to your own future searches. It is best to try and think of them as early as you can when trying to pave your
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Hello everybody, it’s Anaïs, writing from Montréal, Canada. Quebec just rose to 40 000+ COVID-19 cases between early March and early May. We are under non-strict confinement which basically means social distancing and working from home. McGill University closed its doors mid-march. I have now been working on my PhD from home for six weeks
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Being a whale scientist is pretty cool and can be perceived as a “sexy job”. However, a lot of clichés and misconceptions exist about whale scientists. 1 – “I want to be a whale scientist, because whales are fun” Maybe you watched wonderful dolphin movies (free willy, etc.) when you were a kid and you
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Recently, we’ve personally been asked questions from undergrad students wanting tips on how to find the right master program in marine mammal science. We are here to tell you it’s ok to have it not figured out yet. What you need to know is that there is no secret magic recipe to become a whale
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It can be incredibly difficult and frustrating to find a summer internship or a volunteering position. We have been there and we definitely feel your pain. However, we want to give you some of our personal tips, strategies that have worked for us over the years. Internships and volunteering are for the most part unpaid
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The idea of working on whales and dolphins fascinates most people. And when I talk to people about what I do, I see their eyes twinkle with excitement. I usually spend the next few minutes answering crazy questions about whales or dolphins. And since I am crazy passionate about my research and cetaceans as a
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