Thrilled to meet this huge #octopus during their boom this Summer in #Cornwall 🐙 Thanks to @fourthelementdive.bsky.social for kitting me out for UK #diving 🤿 🎥 David Palfrey

Calling scientists, surfers, swimmers and ocean lovers🌊 On Sunday 20 July 2025 I'll be hosting the largest paddle-out in the UK from Sennen Beach, Cornwall at 3pm. 🏊Swim or paddle out on your surf boards🏄, kayaks, canoes🛶 or cheer from the shoreline 🏖️ to #DefendtheDeep against #DeepSeaMining.

Paddle out to sea with us on 📅 Sunday 20th July to #DefendtheDeep 🌊 This day coincides with the International Seabed Authority’s council meeting, deciding the fate of our Deep Ocean 🦑 In this global paddle out we are calling on governments to say no to #DeepSeaMining. @deepseaconserve.bsky.social

🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal. Apply by 31st July 2025. #publishing #editor #job More details: www.asab.org/opportunities PLEASE share widely.

The prospect of deep sea mining is becoming very real very fast. #DefendtheDeep youtu.be/kpQ6wMlj_XY?...

Another reason to ban Deep sea mining Scientists Discover First Known Sea Spider Species That ‘Eat’ Methane With the Help of Bacteria New insights on interactions between creatures on the mysterious seafloor and sheds light on the methane cycle www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why

A new study by @cefasgovuk.bsky.social projects how such warm UK sea temperatures could cause a boom in endangered #sharks, #rays and #oysters 🦈. I enjoyed discussing these new insights just now on #BBCRadio5Live! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Memories like this make me miss fieldwork more than ever. 📸 Amy Jones #nighttimeecology #GreatBarrierReef

Happy World Seaweed Day from the depths* of Cornwall. 💚 *8 metres deep to be precise 🦀

📣 We’re hiring! Join OTN as our Data Operations Manager. Lead the ops side of a global aquatic tracking data team. Manage resources, drive projects, and coordinate people. Learn more & apply: oceantrackingnetwork.org/were-hiring-...

For this #SundayFishSketch we have the lovely vivid Neon damselfish, Pomacentrus coelestis.

Have you also get em dash anxiety recently? Or is it just me? I've come on here and ask you all if you too have used em dashes in your scientific writing and are now getting nervous of continuing to because it is considered an "indicator of ChatGBT use". www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

We have a number of grant deadlines approaching! Many of which are just under a month away. Get those applications in on time, to avoid disappointment! You can find out more information on our website: fsbi.org.uk/

And for today's #SundayFishSketch it is Sargocentron caudimaculatum in the spotlight. My favourite of the squirrelfishes I met in French Polynesia 🐠🏝️

Often find yourself questioning the true benefits of #AI? Then this is worth a watch. Ben Williams gave a superb #TEDtalk on how we can harness #machinelearning in underwater acoustics to help coral reef restoration efforts 🪸 youtu.be/GnB8OoT2UAE?...

When I'm not conducting, analysing and writing #scientific #research on #coral #reef #fishes, I want to illustrate it 🐠 I enjoyed exploring the detail in this Epinephelus merra for my latest graphical abstract. #SundayFishSketch Let me know if you'd like me to draw your science🖌️

Nice to see @plymouthmarine.bsky.social en-lightening folks!

Perhaps the deepest deep-dive on WTF (What's that fact?) ever... What is the biggest animal in the sea? Why are deep sea animals so BIG? 🐋 What is DEEP SEA GIGANTISM? 🦑 Always love a chat with BBC Hereford & Worcester concerning fishy facts 🐟 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

On International Women's Day (as on every day), I feel so lucky to be working with such talented #ECRs as Isla Davidson, Evie Croxford, @emweschke.bsky.social, Dominique Baptiste, Emily Lane, Clemency White, Cathy Hobbs & Amy Morris-Drake #IWM2025 #WomeninStem @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Women don't dress for men, we dress for fish.

Science (and science policy, and conservation) friends, I need your help! We are collecting *specific, clear* examples of harms caused by the Trump administration's attacks on science, to be included in an open letter. Can be links to news stories/social media posts. 🧪🦑🌎 #SciComm #SciPol

Lovely to celebrate the brilliant #PhDs of @emweschke.bsky.social & Harry Suter and the wonderful #Masters by Research of Evie Croxford & Lauren Vane. Amazing people; fantastic research... but sad it's the end of an era. Looking forward to seeing what they all do next... @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

How it started 🐠 ➡️ how it's going 🎓 Dead proud of us 🥹 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @andyradford.bsky.social

Marine heatwaves imperil emblematic reef fishes by altering the energetic landscape of coral reefs New paper from @thecaseylab.bsky.social in @animalecology.bsky.social #science #ecology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

My mate, the creative prodigy Brook Tate, has imagined a new vibrant method for learning #maths to help those who usually struggle🧮. Tune in to @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social tomorrow morning to hear all about it, or read it here: bbc.co.uk/news/article... ❤️🧡💙💚

Each January, @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour publishes its 'Guidelines for the ethical treatment of nonhuman animals in behavioural research and teaching': www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Please read and implement. #AnimalEthics #AnimalBehaviour

Still hope for coral reefs. Using 28-years of data in Seychelles, we find reefs recovering 4-5 years faster from the 2016 bleaching event, than they did after 1998. Also, a reef that had regime-shifted to macroalgae for over 15 years, is recovering to coral. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Check out this #PhD opportunity with us here in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social...

#bioacoustics #neuroecology #neuroethology #bioengineering 🚨PhD Position available🚨 in our lab at La Trobe University in Melbourne @latrobeuni.bsky.social, Australia. Project on fish hearing systems. 🦈🐟🔊👂 All details ➡️ drive.google.com/file/d/1I6k_... Please share!

We want you to work with us! Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences: bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

🚨Do not watch if eating a #noodle based dish 🍜 Is there a #marine #invertebrate #biologist who can explain what is happening here? 🪱 We weren't anticipating our #anemonefish to fend off a nighttime attack from the #spaghetti kingdom🍝

Hello Bluesky 👋 In our group, we study cooperation, conflict, vocal communication, social behaviour, noise & light pollution and coral reef restoration. #animalbehaviour #globalchangebiology We work around the world on land and in the sea. And we study a range of wonderful creatures, including...

🚨 New review on lunar cycle effects on #tuna 🐟, #billfish 🐟, #sharks 🦈 & #rays with @sammy-shark.bsky.social & others! 🚨 🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔 🌕 🌖 🌗 🌘 🌑 We reviewed 190 studies that showed animals moved deeper with increasing lunar illumination. Check out our paper for best practices! doi.org/10.1007/s111...

🚨 NEW paper 🚨 🐠Coral reef nightlife becomes more predatory with light pollution💡 My first publication from my @thefsbi.bsky.social PhD at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social is out TODAY in @globalchangebio.bsky.social! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧵(1/6)

Congratulations to Dr Laura Palmer for successfully passing her viva today with no corrections - what a wonderful achievement! 🥳🙌🏻 and big thanks to Steve Simpson and Claire Embling for examining @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @researchdolphin.bsky.social