My program is ending very soon. I thought I was going to hate Massachusetts because of the cold, but it's grown on me. I really hope I come back some day!

🤿 Portknockie earlier this week, the visibility wasn’t bad at all! Lovely to see the new kelp growth looking golden in the sun! 🦞 Other highlights included a chilled out lobster and a well camouflaged sea scorpion. #snorkelling #freediving #underwaterphotography #marinelife #scotlandunderwater

the question's not whether teenagers are interested in books, it's whether they have adequate time, support, bandwidth to take them seriously

This is advice for starting a research-based career in the U.S. and is not general life advice. My general life advice is not to put your life on hold in pursuit of a graduate degree, and don’t worry about doing it fast. Feel free to chime in with your own advice if you’ve got any.

Laerke the polar bear is making a splash while showing off her toy-stacking skills, because enrichment isn’t just play, it’s brainwork. Balancing, carrying, and arranging objects helps keep her mind and body active in ways that mirror natural behaviors. 🐻‍❄️ 📸: Animal care staff Kacie

What do we love more than chunky orca babies? Chunky AIRBORNE orca babies! Check out these spectacular shots of 2-year-old T46B2B "Takaya" taken a few days ago in Port Susan, Washington by Bart Rulon of @pugetsoundexpress.com.

Piece in the @sydmorningherald.bsky.social on whales off Sydney, and how to deal with vessel strike. In 2018 when I led @fisheries.noaa.gov Northeast whale team, we won a US Public Sector Innovation Award for taking bleeding edge tech & making it simple to use for mitigating ship strike 🐳🌍🦑🧪 1/🧵

"I Contain Multitudes" This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today. The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)

today’s 4-minute movie off Maui: Humpback Elegance youtu.be/hTzAkaIBECw?...

Update: I am definitely hiring 2 PhD students; preference to those who can start spring 2027, but reach out if you’re looking to start in Fall 27. Want to start earlier? Reach out and we can talk about technician positions starting as early as this summer.

Shoutout to Rice University for their researchers bringing us one step closer to addressing #PFAS pollution! Review the research here: doi.org/10.1002/adma...

This simple design could save oyster reefs worldwide www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... 🌎🧪🦑

Stand against genocide of any people, of any culture or religion, anywhere. There are no excuses. There can be no place for eliminationist rhetoric by any one. Human rights are for all people, everywhere, all the time, with no exceptions.

@itsachronicthing_

Not only will you work on birds, but also bats, skinks, geckos & frogs. This research would come up with conservation strategies & a climate change extinction risk atlas for #NewZealand. Applications close 27th April 🦜🦇🦎🐸

“Aquaculture has enormous potential to support global food systems and environmental goals, but our findings show that current production trends are moving us in the wrong direction,” said UBC's Dr. William Cheung. @ubcoceans.bsky.social science.ubc.ca/news/2026-04...

"Be skeptical of unsourced or questionable-source news stories that you see on social media and try to confirm if they're actually true before sharing them" is excellent advice that does not just apply to April Fools Day.

The “Fraud Squad” is a more accurate name. And this is horrible for Rice’s Whale and other endangered wildlife.

How squid survived Earth’s biggest extinction and took over the oceans www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... 🧪🌎🦑

Happy Trans Day of Visibility, a day that makes it sound like trans people are magical beings who live unseen on the peripheries of your consciousness, which may be true for you (I don't know your life) but trans folks exist and need to work and use bathrooms safely and drive and have rights

Out now and led by the impeccable GJ Jeunen: a new way to squeeze #eDNA sequences from preserved natural samplers! NO need to damage the old specimens: just take out the DNA leached into the ethanol! Also: we have a new entry into the #nsDNA world: #bryozoa! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

In the mood for something disturbing and scary (albeit fictional). Any grimdark or horror recommendations? #booksky #🩸

"David, what do you mean it's a problem when well-intentioned but uninformed people try to guess how to solve a conservation problem?"

Happy #DolphinAwarenessMonth! Anyone else get confused with the taxonomy of Killer Whales and other whale species that are actually dolphins that are technically whales? Meme by @awhalefact.bsky.social #WhaleTales

It was International Day of the Seal yesterday and NOBODY told me?!

MSc Opportunity: The Bimiizii Project — Indigenous Relationships with Sea Lamprey in the Great Lakes Hosted within the Ndaakendaaswen Gamig (Lab) at the University of Guelph and supervised by Dr. Susan Chiblow ses.uoguelph.ca/msc-opportun...

Three PhD positions are open at NINA: seabird ecology in a changing arctic (25 mar), areal planning and land use change (15 apr) and geospatial AI tools for fine-scale ecosystem accounting (15 apr). Study applied ecology at a major research institute in Norway! nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs

It’s never been more important for scientists to break out of the ivory tower and engage with the public. I am excited to announce that I’m now booking professional development workshops focusing on public science engagement for summer and fall 2026! #Scicomm 🧪🦑🌎

In a world shaped by climate change and the biodiversity crisis, you're far more likely to actually purchase ocean front property in Arizona from George Strait than resurrect the dodo from extinction

Mass pilot whale stranding in Indonesia raises questions about ocean health news.mongabay.com/short-articl... 🌎🦑🧪

Loved working on this #animation with the Tantrwm crew! 🎥 We dive into the science of dolphin diets in #CardiganBay, from sample collection to 💩 analysis 🐟 🐬 💩 🧪 🧬 🗣️ Narrated by the wonderful @iolowilliams.bsky.social 👉 youtu.be/dofMHvMeqVM?... #DolphinDietDetectives #NatureNetworksFund #CBMWC

Looking for an MSc student to start in Sept 2026 with possible summer employment this May. We're looking for a student to apply stable isotopes to a small mammal community to test hypotheses related to variation in diet among species and habitats. Please DM if you or anyone you know are interested.

Killer Whales certainly know the value of the “woman’s” perspective. They are one of the only species on Earth who’s females continue to live once they are no longer able to reproduce. This is thought to be because of the key role the elder females play in leading their social groups.

Some exciting news to share: very soon, NOAA Research will be hiring new federal employees into science positions across the agency! A couple of notes: 1) They will only be open on USAJobs for seven days. 2) Multiple positions at different sites may be in one posting. (1/2)

Anybody else??? 🙋‍♀️ #WhaleWednesday

Just an FYI that climate doom is brewing on social media right now, and it all stems from the UN water bankruptcy report. Multiple viral videos have convinced young people that the whole world will run out of freshwater over the next decade, and they are refusing to listen to experts about it.

My degree requires I finish an internship before I graduate. Does anyone know where I can get some good marine mammal medicine experience? Preferably one that's not too hard on the joints? 🦑 #MarMam

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My degree requires I finish an internship before I graduate. Does anyone know where I can get some good marine mammal medicine experience? Preferably one that's not too hard on the joints? 🦑 #MarMam

*frustrated, despairing sigh* A lot of people need to get the hell off the internet and go read some fuckin’ books.

THIS. ❤️

Nothing freaks out the fish of Coral City more than the birds! Death from above! Look out grunts! Beware!! 🐦‍⬛😱🐟🐟🐟🐟 #cormorant #doublecrestedcormorant #tomtate #coralcity #dfa

What does it take to land a quadruple lutz? ⛸️ We break down the science behind figure skating’s high-scoring skills and what makes them so hard to master.

Hey Storytellers! Did you know we take stories from all over the world? The majority of our stories are near our home in Canada but we have stories from the UK, Hawaii, Iceland, & even Antarctica! Whatever cetacean you saw, whenever or wherever you saw it, we would love to hear your #WhaleTales!⠀

Two PhD positions in dolphin genomics and behavioral ecology are available at the University of Zurich, starting May/June 2026. Applicants must have relevant degrees and experience. More info: www.michaelkruetzenlab.org. #phd

Happy World Whale Day! Sharks get a whole week. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-w...

Here for the false killer whales as always!

Here is the first batch of Artists into shenanigans! It will grow and I will repost link regularly. Feel free to dm me if you think you'd fit in that gang of nuts ❤️

Parents - what's the best way to rekindle romance? Take a tip from the pygmy seahorse! Holding tails and swaying in perfect harmony, the pair strengthens their bond through this mesmerizing dance. ⁠ Go a little deeper with these courtship tips from beneath the waves: go.whoi.edu/ocean-lovers

I saw a live birthed harbor seal pup for the first time in my life today. I thought it would be horrifying because I have a weak stomach, but it turned to UNGODLY CUTE very fast! Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑