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...

Mexico Finally Bans Fishing Of Threatened Atlantic Sharks

New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals #consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...

We know this feeling all too well! What do you love about cetaceans Storytellers?! 🎨 @theawkwardyeti.bsky.social #WhaleTales

The Lariviere lab at UMiami is recruiting PhD students! Incoming students will join us in studying host-microbe interactions in the honey bee gut, using molecular and genetic approaches. Please see the attached flyer for more details. #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs

Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.

Okay, yes, humanity did not enact the single best possible outcome in response to the single worst problem we have ever faced as a species In no way was it wrong to try, and in no way is it wrong to continue trying to jam a wrench in the greedy fossil fuel economy. Everything is still on the table

After a searing ocean heat wave in 2023, two of the most historically important coral species in Florida are functionally extinct from the state’s reef, scientists have found.

Atlantic dolphins are dying much younger. Scientists sound the alarm | ScienceDaily 🦑🧪

The goddess of prosperity visits us this night to remind us that we are the lamps that guide God home. Always be the light. Happy Diwali!

happy diwali, all. i hope more of us keep doing the work. i hope we keep choosing light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and love and solidarity over hate. 🪔

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Bobcat enrichment time! 🐾 Rescued bobcats, Tahoma and Tanner, got a special treat, pinecones covered in mountain goat fur! These natural scents encourage rolling, rubbing, and scent marking, a purrfect way for bobcats to show off their wild side. 😻 📹: Keeper Joelle

Friends, the Miami Seaquarium was a facility with a horrific animal welfare record. I will not miss it. But it shutting down is absolutely not "a huge milestone win for ocean conservation." Words mean things. Conservation refers to species or populations not going extinct.

This looks interesting

Jesus fucking Christ, it’s like a villain’s playbook.

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The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

Florida's 1,100 natural springs face threats from reduced flow, habitat loss, and excessive algae. Many popular springs are impaired by pollution, despite $357 million spent on restoration since 2011. A geographer explains how to restore them:

Even when she saw terrible, horrible things, she kept hoping and working and fighting for a better future. May we all carry some of her spirit into the work ahead.

You will be missed, Jane Goodall. I hope she knew how many people she inspired to go into science of all types

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

IMPORTANT!!! . . Snow Leopard blep at the @rwpzoo.bsky.social

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

A week later and prospective applicants are still awaiting the instructions for this year's #NSFGRFP. I checked in with NSF today and was told "I don’t have anything for you at the moment." #GradSchool

*taps the sign*

Everyone - I have great news... It’s World Manta Day! Like many animals, manta rays are threatened by, well, us. But today we’re not going to dwell on what’s going wrong. Today we’re celebrating what’s going right! Photo Credit: Jeff Hester / Ocean Image Bank 1/5

A girl in her natural habitat; a wetland

Bad romance: male octopuses inject deadly venom into their mates www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪🌎🦑

How do you watermelon? 🍉 Happy Watermelon Day from some of our coolest herps. 📸: Herpetology Keeper Julia

Recruiting PhD: Population Connectivity and Biological Assessment of Non-Target Fisheries Species in the Ross Sea You could hang out with us in our pretty little office in Nelson! See link for contact details: niwa.co.nz/about-niwa/s...

Sharing this impt call to provide valuable input (data, GIS expertise, etc.) to United by Nature, formerly the National Nature Assessment, CANCELLED by DOGE/Trump. Use the QR code or survey123.arcgis.com/share/8d1d79... cc @nature.org @natureserve.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com #gischat 🧪🌎🌍🌏

Imposter syndrome is hitting hard tonight fellas 😭

Without PBS Kids and their programming of Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, Scigirls, and Wild Krats/Zoboomafoo, I wouldn't have even gone into biology. It's breaking my heart seeing these programs defunded If you have some extra money, consider donating

Manatees in peril as human pressures push gentle giants toward the brink