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. 🦭 🦑

In the era of deregulation, it's nice to have a reminder that environmental regulation really does work. I'll be using this little piece of hope as motiviation to fight back against all this deregulation, and I hope you do the same.

NEW PUBLICATION ALERT | 158 Important Shark and Ray Areas Identified Across Australia and the Southeast Indian Ocean With this, almost 1,000 ISRAs have been delineated, involving over 1,500 contributors!

Don't lose sight of the good stories. We can make the world better with science and coordinated policy!

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Follow these awesome women ocean scientists, many of whom I'm proud to call colleagues and delighted to call friends. 🧪🦑🌍🐟 go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo

Happy international day of women and girls in STEM to all my lovely ladies in STEM! You all are awesome

Massachusetts is the only state run by Democrats that still partners with ICE. I dug into this and found that it’s had profound and very troubling consequences: at least 164 people funneled straight from state prisons to ICE since 2023 alone. New in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/massachusett...

And remember - do not approach harbor seal pups if you see them in the wild! It's not an issue of stress for them but the mothers go off foraging and will see you from the water - and if you linger too long, they might abandon their pup. Enjoy them from afar!

Happy Superb Owl day to all who celebrate.

New scientific review highlights the complex and culturally rich social lives of beluga whales: #belugas live in multilevel, dynamic societies shaped by kinship, sex, and culture. www.raincoast.org/2026/02/soci...

📣 Grad student wanted PhD position in avian evolution, with emphasis on phylogenetics, macroevolution, Neotropical radiations, flight and dispersal. Based at the University of New Orleans (soon to be LSU New Orleans). Start: September 2026. Contact me if interested. claramuntlab.org

Entanglement is one of the greatest threats to whales around the globe. It's a complex problem, but we hope Canada's new "whalesafe" strategy finds success on the east coast, and that similar action will be taken on the west coast soon. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Looking for Australian (UTC+10) individuals who would be willing to serve as mentors for the #DisabledInSTEM program as we have two individuals currently without mentors!

Baby Bao ate his very first shrimp and absolutely crushed it. 🦐 Watching him figure it out is even cuter! 💙 📹: Animal care staff Katie

We have an open position for a bioinformatics/theoretical microbial ecology PhD student to study viral strategies in the global Microverse! Join us at the @microverse.bsky.social at @uni-jena.de, please apply through this link: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/9...

Tell me five classes you took in college: Animal behavior Ecoimmunology Leadership in YA fantasy Ecofeminism Marine biology

Her name is a little on the nose, don't you think? (and such a boop-able nose, too). Annette, the harbour #seal, rescued from netting around her neck in West Vancouver www.squamishchief.com/bc-news/anne... via @squamishchief.bsky.social

Some good news underlying this. At least 36 awards are in response to previously "expired" Notices of Funding Opportunity. If you don't believe pushing back and litigation matters, these are real investigators (primarily graduate students at this point) whose careers have been concretely improved.

Grey wolves

New Anti-ICE Song by the Drop Kick Murpheys youtu.be/PUj2pAIQA6c?...

If anyone is looking for tv recs there's an amc show on Netflix called Turn. It's about the Culper spy ring which has always interested me

Everyone - it’s Penguin Awareness Day! That means you absolutely should spend 24 minutes watching BBC Earth's best penguin moments 🐧 champ.ly/7ZZyHBxm

THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.

Lots of newborn elephant seal pups on the beach! They struggle to nurse, but succeed well enough. Another pregnant female comes ashore in the background. Beautiful day after the storm, extremely low tide. Tomorrow at 8 am the tide will be one of the higher of the year, a King Tide. 🦭🦊 #MarineMammal

It's #FunFactFriday! Did you know that Harbour Porpoises have a serrated edge on the front of their dorsal fins? This helps increase their aerodynamics when they are travelling! Photo by Ashley #WhaleTales

IT ALL GOES BACK TO FOSSIL FUELS AND THE POWER THAT INDUSTRY HAS OVER LITERALLY EVERYTHING!!!

I'm a pirate on a liveship now! Honestly sounds fun if it weren't for the dangers. (Fantasy might not be the right genre to do this meme too lol)

I only applied to one PhD program this year. Its nerve wracking as I applied to more the last two cycles. But it only takes one yes, right?

First ROV science mission for R/V David Packard ✅ After months of work to integrate the ROV Doc Ricketts, our team conducted the first ROV science dives from our flagship research vessel during an expedition with our partners at @montereybayaquarium.org. Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-c...

New paper alert: chemicals from plastics are endochrine disrupers to coral larvae affecting larval survival and settlement. Research from Keiko Williams and Bob Richmond, Kewalo Marine Lab, Hawaii news.mongabay.com/2025/12/anot...

The #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program has almost an equal number of applicants for mentees and mentors! Just sad to see interest extremely low this year. I’m not sure how I could reach people better so please share within your networks! 💜

Siren songs are enchanting! 🦑

In a study by the University of Exeter, nearly 70 blue, porbeagle and tope sharks were tagged to track their behaviour after being caught recreationally using the catch-and-release technique. The result: most sharks survived after being released. www.bbc.com/news/article...