Emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals declared endangered, due to climate change (Gift article) wapo.st/3PYVV1M

Sharing this again in honor of the #Artemis II lunar flyby today

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

Regardless of the issue, it's always the same story: commercial interests allowed to ride roughshod over everything and everyone else. Faced with the urgent need for action, successive governments twiddle their thumbs. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Extraordinary footage of a sperm whale birth shows coordinated help from family and non-family members for hours after birth, social behavior usually associated with primates www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

Nature shapes our health, economy, and daily lives—and it’s changing fast. TheNatureRecord.org national assessment is open for public comment, and your perspective matters. Learn how to review and contribute: naturerecord.substack.com/p/how-to-rev... Add your voice. Please share widely! 🙏

We wrote about farmed and wild salmon, dolphin health, and human health from a One Health perspective in Canada’s Pacific region @oceansinitiative.org @seadocsociety.org academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

We were profoundly moved by @jayapal.house.gov’s speech honoring the life and legacy of the late, great Nancy Nordhoff. We hope you’ll watch and share it. What an example of a generous life, well-lived. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrss...

Killer grey seals suspected of claiming first dolphin in Welsh waters www.bbc.com/news/article...

Wonderful quote at #worldoceansummit on marine conservation financing: the ocean doesn’t need our sympathy; it needs to be respected as a valuable, irreplaceable asset. - Ian McFadzen, CEO, Ocean Conservation Trust (UK)

Great quote from @worldwildlife.org ‘s excellent Lucy Holmes at @theeconomistevents.bsky.social’s #WorldOceanSummit: to solve global environmental problems, incrementalism is no longer an option.

Terrific conversation about governing the central Arctic Ocean before industrialization from Sheena Kennedy from Oceans North #wos2026

The BBNJ Treaty affects 95% of the world’s biosphere by volume! Great point by @noc.ac.uk ‘s Alex Rogers at @theeconomistevents.bsky.social World Ocean Summit. #worldoceansummit

A return to traditional fishing methods may be needed to reduce bycatch of Risso’s dolphins and angel sharks in Irish crayfish fisheries www.independent.ie/life/climate...

How policy hurts the ecosystems. “Revising the ESA to expand exemptions prioritizes short-term economic interests over science, threatening coral reefs, eroding marine mammal protections” #OneHealth @naohun.bsky.social @oceansinitiative.org www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...

Every other summer we run a fish biomechanics course at Friday Harbor Labs. It is an awesome opportunity to learn the tools of biovisualization while experiencing the rich fish diversity of the Salish Sea. Come join us! 🧪

Small New Zealand charity takes big swing at US government in bid to protect endangered dolphins www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Thanks SeaLegacy for this great intro to the work we do to turn conservation science into action! For every minute watched, WaterBear will donate $1 to our nonprofit, so please share. #killerwhales #ocean #conservation www.waterbear.com/title/wfi-pr...

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

It is hard to overstate how critical @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is to climate science in the US and around the world. It's the beating heart of our field. Generations of scientists have trained there, and almost everyone I know relies on deep collaborations with NCAR scientists. It's end is unthinkable.

We love this! 100 scientists share the kids’ books that inspired their careers. What a gift list! wapo.st/4pETRc3 (gift article)

"Forever chemicals" are also "everywhere chemicals". New study finds PFAS and other contaminants in whales and dolphins in coastal and offshore habitats. phys.org/news/2025-11...

Our paper in Bioscience shows that dolphins carry pathogens that could affect multiple species, plus antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... 📷 Ryan Tidman

Southern resident killer whales need us to redouble our efforts to restore salmon and habitat—or we will lose them One point missing from this excellent @seattletimes.com editorial: we also need to invest in orca health monitoring www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

The latest efforts to save Hope, the young #humpback whale stranded on an Oregon beach, appear to have failed. A veterinarian is preparing for euthanasia. Amidst the sadness, it’s been inspiring to see so many people invested in this one whale’s fate 🧵 www.opb.org/article/2025...

The International Pacific Halibut Commission is losing funds for stock assessment surveys just as stocks appear to be near record lows. Fascinating read on the role of science & scientific debate in resource management decision making www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

First, the frogs died. Then people got sick. #onehealth wapo.st/47Slsij (🎁 article)

Our new paper, estimating the impact of the bird flu on elephant seals in South Georgia, came out today. The virus caused a decline of 47% of the adult female population 🦭🦑🌎🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

An amazing success story: the recovery of humpback whales 50-60 years after we stopped whaling on them.

🌏 Strengthening marine protection in Southeast Asia. With the the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, we’re training regional teams to use Marine Manager—co-developed with @donabertarelli.bsky.social —to plan and monitor MPAs through open data and satellite tech. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4ovrRak

A moving interview with Lynda Mapes on @kuow.org about oil drilling in the Western Arctic. Joni said it best: you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone. www.kuow.org/stories/a-vi...

Bipartisan laws for fisheries resulted in greater sustainability and profits in the US. Successes due to fishers, NGOs, and of course the many dedicated NOAA and state scientists collecting data, assessing status, and setting catch levels. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... Check out this important new open-access paper in #BioScience

Looks like there's still time to buy tickets to watch (virtually) the incomparable @edyong209.bsky.social 's talk, "Becoming a Birder." Tomorrow at 630pm Pacific, via @townhallseattle.bsky.social & @uwnews.uw.edu www.washington.edu/lectures/eve...

How bowhead whales live for centuries—and how we might borrow some of their biology to extend our healthy lifespan. Gift link to my new column: nyti.ms/4hyD9ry

Great new work led by @oceansinitiative.org! Proud to be part of it.

Broadening disease surveillance to include wild dolphins and killer whales: novel components of One Health. Dr @erinashe.bsky.social led a study in @aibsbiology.bsky.social's BioScience, exploring pathogens in Pacific white-sided dolphins 🧵 academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Is your sleep getting worse? It's not your imagination. It's climate change. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Are you sneezing way more from allergies than you used to be? It's not your imagination. It's Climate Change. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California 2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin. ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003

Have you ever fantasized about getting away from <all this>? Do you have mad #offgrid skills? The wonderful Salmon Coast Field Station is hiring in the beautiful Broughton Archipelago, BC, Canada. PS the place is full of dolphins! 🇨🇦 ❤️ salmoncoast.org/join-us/work/

The world has lost a truly great hero today. Dr Jane Goodall inspired generations to study animals as living individuals—and more importantly, to listen to what non-human animals have to teach us. www.reuters.com/business/env...

Continually impressed with the work, innovation, and the leadership at @projectdrawdown.bsky.social

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonize its grid in just five years. With an award from Climate Breakthrough, he aims to help the next 50 countries do the same wapo.st/4gzNqUa

A duck says quack. A cow says moo. What does the fish say? Terrific article (with video & audio) of the wonderful work of @cornellbirds.bsky.social, @fishsounds.bsky.social at @uvic.ca. (Gift article) wapo.st/3IAhN03

Important news out of the UN today! The Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) will now enter into force, strengthening conservation & management of 40% of the earth’s surface & 64% of the ocean www.un.org/sg/en/conten...

The Society for Conservation Biology - Marine Global Program is excited to announce that #IMCC8 will take place in #Edinburgh, Scotland from November 13-17, 2026! Join us to help Make Marine Science Matter! #marinescience #conservation #conference

Orca J36 observed pushing another dead calf through Salish Sea waters. This is what “bright extinction” looks like @whaleresearch.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

When desperate times call for desperate measures. Marine mammal researchers are trialing a bird flu vaccine for endangered Hawaiian monk seals www.marinemammalcenter.org/news/the-new...