The 'blob' is back and it's much worse this time www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/c...

“Who me? As a tripod fish, I deal with stress and fear by transforming into an eyeless abyssal predatory elder god. What about you?” 🎥 Huge thanks to @frida.yolotzin for letting me use the baby tripod fish video, and @schmidtocean for permission to share the adult video.

Blue whales caught by Norway in the 20th century were recorded in Norwegian feet (0.2969 m) (= Swedish feet after 1835), instead of British feet (0.3048 m), and thus 2.6% shorter than the equivalent British foot length. Does anyone know if/when Norway switched to British feet, officially?

A pod of killer #whales sinks a tourist yacht off the coast of Portugal in yet another dangerous attack. The sailboat carrying five people went down after #orcas repeatedly rammed the hull of the vessel. www.news.com.au/travel/trave...

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

I want a prize for spelling "acquiesce" correctly in an email without using autocorrect or AI.

Fisheries is definitely a bipartisan cause... use of the word "fisheries" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party (Make your own plots at www.dcinbox.com)

I would like this to be the peak magnitude of scandal that is rocking our communities, not the current political catastrophes. Please and thank you.

2025 Peter A. Larkin Award Lecture will be held on Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 at 6:30 pm. Our speaker is Dr. Thomas P. Quinn ( @uwsafs.bsky.social l) who will discuss: Changing Themes in Salmon Conservation. Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-peter...

Stop Begging. Start Building As a reminder, I’m on the board at Bluesky, which means you should consider me extremely biased, even as this article isn’t really about Bluesky. The writer Jerusalem Demsas wants you to stay on Twitter. In "The case for staying on Twitter," she admits the site is…

We welcome Andrea Burton to @uofwa.bsky.social Marine Biology and @uwsafs.bsky.social, our newest faculty member. Andrea starts this month as an Assistant Teaching Professor, a specialist in climate change biology, using molecular and ecological approaches. marinebiology.uw.edu/2025/09/15/w...

The hidden layer of essential humans checking Google's AI outputs so that AI appears to be kind of smart. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The cost of skipping vaccines www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

I've been managing BHL's #Bluesky account for 4 months now. It's an honour to share such beautiful & significant content, particularly at this critical time. BHL's future is uncertain, but hopeful. Follow along @biodivlibrary.bsky.social & on the #BHLblog: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/tag/transition

Eat us! Bathy-nom-nom-nom-us!

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN. It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package. Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

True of fisheries departments too. And let me tell you about parasitologists... xkcd.com/3140/

This summer, I sent several OpenCTDs to colleagues in Ghana and South Africa. The Ghana team was gracious enough to do some side-by-sides with their commercial Valeport CTD. Valeports are great CTDs, but cost thousands of dollars and require commercial calibration.

The OpenCTD can be built for as little as $400 (I know, it used to be $350, tariffs are really hurting the small technology fabricators) and can be built, calibrated, and maintained by the end user. Learn more at Oceanography for Everyone: oceanographyforeveryone.com

This is what they said about razor blades too, and all the pundits were wrong.

IT'S ADORABLE! New fish species just dropped: the bumpy snailfish at 10,000 ft down in the ocean gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...

This is the version of the creature the hero encounters right before it unhinges its jaw and six smaller toothy heads pop out.

IT'S ADORABLE! New fish species just dropped: the bumpy snailfish at 10,000 ft down in the ocean gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...

Makes me wonder how they caught and shredded prey with those teeth. Like sure, it'd cause massive damage if prey is bitten, but like... how chew, swallow, digest?

Wow, incredible new database joining together 14 separate fisheries surveys in the NE Pacific from the tip of the Alaskan islands through British Columbia to southern California. Nice work @eric-ward.bsky.social peerj.com/articles/199...

Astronomers desperate for media attention turn to @whysharksmatter.bsky.social for more clicks www.space.com/stargazing/a...

Fish live in water, they said.

*Sigh* More unrealistic beauty standards in the media

Move over eDNA! 🧬 #eRNA technology is now capable of detecting #freshwater organisms in real time. RNA breaks down much faster, but this is its advantage and can provide greater insights into what #biodiversity is present 🌍 theconversation.com/how-environm...

Article link here! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Our drone team recently returned from a survey trip where they captured this large sea lion haul out on San Carlos Beach; a popular dive spot in Monterey. The beach was the scene of a similar large haul out at the same time last year. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social #drones

(you may have already seen Uropyia, it's the most leaf a moth can be)

🥇From the lab to the Ironman Our students do it all! Connor Quiroz, masters student at SAFS, shared how it is purposeful for him to see what he’s capable of in each of the different aspects of his life—be that academics, athletics, or something else.

We asked Americans about 16 federal agencies. The National Park Service and National Weather Service were among the most favorable. www.pewresearch.org/...

Harvard funding freeze ruled to be illegal www.cnbc.com/2025/09/03/t...

What?

Dark taxa www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

My advisor and her family have tragically lost their home and belongings in a fire. Please share this GoFundMe, and if you have the means, consider donating! www.gofundme.com/f/support-br...

The Southern Residents were present in inland waters for just 3 days from May through August 2025. Monika takes a moment in this blog post to reflect on just how much things have changed in the last 20 years. #whalesky #orcas #killerwhales

Periclimenes imperator lives mostly on the outside of its host, but sometimes it inquilinises the sea cucumber's butt. A guy was nice enough to capture all the butts for your reference: www.flickr.com/photos/pacif... Enjoy!

Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement

This is a terribly drafted (on purposes) survey designed to lead you to view Free File negatively. The survey is set up just to create a pretext to cancel the program. Participate, but be sure that all you answers prefer "the government" doing stuff over someone else doing that same stuff.

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

Our science photo book The Radiant Sea is out Sept 2nd!! 30 years of research, 10 years of "we should", and a year of collating pix and writing. Sönke and I show (mostly for the first time) images of how organisms produce, use, and interact with light in the sea. #bioluminescence #fluorescence 🦑🧪🌊

Obviously, and laughably wrong. Whales do not in fact fly into windmill blades. Entanglement in fishing gear, and getting hit by ships is the main cause of right whale deaths. And the other whale species are doing just fine in the Atlantic.

Friends, I am offering a free online 2-hour crash course in how to write and publish a scientific paper, perfect for early career scientists and students considering writing their first paper soon. All information can be found in this link: www.southernfriedscience.com/im-offering-... 🧪🌎🦑

#JobOpportunity: Tasmanian Government is #hiring… 🎣 Manager – Recreational Fisheries 🗓️ permanent, full time 💰 $129,302 to $136,089 👀 careers.pageuppeople.com/759/cw/en/jo... 🚨Deadline: Tue 02 Sep

The most chilling science video ever shot www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...

TIME LAPSE SNAIL HORDE DEVOUR FISH! WATCH NOW! #molluscmonday youtu.be/fYDw_T35tnQ?...

Today 14 scientific societies in #ecology #evolution and #marineScience are publishing the results of a survey that finds negative impacts of federal policies on food security, flood mitigation, infectious disease preparedness, and wildlife conservation: 🧪👩‍🔬 www.firsthandaccounts.org/impacts/2025...