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Lorraine Shuttleworth

Lorraine Shuttleworth

Conservation physiologist and Head of Research at Dyer Island Conservation Trust; PhD in Zoology from University of Pretoria specializing in southern right whale bioenergetics and marine conservation

Jul 15, 2026

3:32
Um, but could you maybe explain it in a way that we can understand why, why, why these species, and why the focus o- o- on your PhD?
3:43
Right.
3:44
So, um, where I did my fieldwork in Hermanus, which is also a smaller town sort of close to Cape Town, um, that's one of the calving grounds for southern right whales.
3:55
And people will always...
3:57
They, they'll come to Hermanus for whale watching, and they're always super excited during the winter.
4:02
It's whale season.
4:02
It's amazing.

7 MINS LATER

10:39
And as someone who has been in it, how have these technologies that assist us with, you know, collecting this data, for example, drones, satellite tracking, photo identification, and AI, how have they changed the way we monitor marine wildlife of h- o- over the past decade? And, um, is it making it any more easier? Uh, uh, what are your thoughts on this?

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