Elephant seals take short naps while on deep dives. On the way to 7000 ft below, they fall asleep while diving in spirals downwards. When they get there, they wake up and forage for food https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-04-21-elephant-seals-drift-sleep-while-diving-far-below-ocean-surface […]

'How Water Makes Climate': engaging 12-minute animation on why we should all pay attention to water cycles & retention, what's gone wrong, & how we could start to restore nature's balance. https://www.waterislovefilm.org/animation #rewilding #water #animation

While a majority of New Zealanders across every party overwhelmingky want bottom trawling to be banned and more of the ocean to protected. :blobcat_whistle: 💅 Fisheries emerges as unlikely election battleground […]

Which #martialarts resemble the graceful fighting of #ghostpipefish? https://vimeo.com/12310912 #iconicfishes #dance #choreography

Singapore otter census https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/otters-count-population-census-watchers-5929341 #Science #otters #nature #animals #singapore #tootsea

New paper out! We used toxin measurements in mussels to identify a threshold of abundance for a harmful plankton, Alexandrium, associated with toxin rising above background levels. We then used that threshold to look at other harmful algae in SF Bay and what […] [Original post on scicomm.xyz]

Restoring native oysters to Chichester Harbour, to clean the water & promote local biodiversity: https://www.harbouroysters.com/ 🧵 1/ #harbouroysters #Chichester #emsworth #oysters #wilding

"Once people become inspired to clamour for real rivers, then the hard-won science that has been developed can be brought to bear on the problems. Yet, without that public advocacy, science can be easily ignored. Both are critical for having real rivers.” Kurt Fausch […]

The Nuculidae, or nut clams, are small, funky little guys. They do not filter-feed, instead extending tentacle-like labial palps to draw food to their mouths (deposit feeding). Most other clams have evolved to grab food with their gills, having internalized the […] [Original post on scicomm.xyz]

Sea lion camera reveals mother taking pup on educational foraging expedition in the wild https://phys.org/news/2026-02-sea-lion-camera-reveals-mother.html 🦭 #pinnipeds #marinemammals #marinelife #marinebiology #sealion #Science

"Nature is not separate from the economy. It is the enabling environment within which economic activity takes place. When ecosystems degrade, the effects are macroeconomic. Agricultural output declines. Infrastructure becomes more vulnerable. Water crises threaten industry and supply chains […]

Just learned that some sea birds track storms instead of avoiding them. This image shows the flying path of streaked shearwaters during Typhoon Cimaron, in August 2018. The GPS tracking data showed 3 birds flying toward the eye of the storm through some of […] [Original post on merveilles.town]

Giving nature a legal voice is cool and badass. Ask the river Waikato and the mount Taranaki. See? A law for the tohorā: New Zealand bill seeks personhood for whales https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/new-zealand-bill-seeks-personhood-for-whales/ #goodnews #oceans #ProtectTheOcean

Many parasitic plants produce tiny seeds as light as dust: you can barely even see them. But zoom in with a powerful enough microscope, and suddenly they reveal a hidden trove of jewels. (Thanks to Renata Piwowarczyk for the photos; microscopy by Justyna Kasińska)

I still learn new #clamFacts all the time. TIL of the rosy bitterling! Freshwater mussel larvae are famed for grabbing onto fish to ride upstream attaching to the gills or other surfaces and often stealing resources from the host fish. The rosy bitterling fish […] [Original post on scicomm.xyz]

The research identified six main types of hazards caused by glacier surges, which can result in damage to infrastructure and in some cases loss of life. [These include] River blockages—surging glaciers dam rivers, creating dangerous lakes that can release devastating floods Meltwater […]

Researchers seek photos of poorly understood dolphin species to improve knowledge and aid conservation efforts https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/news/researchers-seek-photos-of-poorly-understood-dolphin-species-427303/ 🐬 #cetaceans #marinemammals #marinelife #marinebiology #dolphins #Science #scotland

"In the River Hamble, a native oyster reef built in 2023 is now thriving, attracting spider crabs, fish and a host of other marine life. Seagrass has been successfully replanted in the river for the first time in more than a century. Saltmarsh restoration trials in Chichester Harbour are […]

Happy Bivalventines 💗 Heart cockles are the flatfish of bivalves, opening on their sides. They partner with symbiotic algae to get part of their nutrition! #clamfacts

And now for some #goodnews on how the ocean can recover when it is given a chance to and how indigenous led initiatives can be the way forward for ocean protection. Sea life returns to Maitai Bay, eight years after local hapū declares unofficial fishing ban […]

“We are seeing ‘phase shifts,’ where reefs once dominated by corals are being taken over by zoantharians... Understanding how they spread helps us forecast what the reefs of the future will look like.” […]

A recent paper I was a part of with SFEI and USGS partners came out last month, telling the story of the ecological and environmental factors behind the enormous 2022 harmful algal bloom that forever changed our understanding of SF Bay […]

I just watched Anton Petrov’s introduction to some recent discoveries in electrostatic ecology. At smaller scales electrostatic forces are very important and we’re increasingly discovering how lots of small animals (and plant parts like pollen) make use of electrostatic forces to jump and fly […]

Seahorse in Chichester? I love this artwork, & the wide range of creative collabororators in 'Songs of the Solent'. In https://solentseascape.com/songs-from-the-solent-the-inspiration-behind-the-music/ each place is a clickable link to its song. 🧵 1/3 […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]

One of a bivalve's most important organs: its gills. The gills are covered by tiny micron-scale cilia in feather-like branching patterns, which wave in the water, grabbing prey and carrying them down to be sorted and eaten, or spat back out. The clam controls the […] [Original post on scicomm.xyz]

MakerTube is open for public registrations! It's a peertube video instance for #makers, #musicians, #artists and #diy content #creators. If you thought of trying out a video platform besides big corp now is the time! The site is funded by people like you! If […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

BOOST OR QUOTE THIS! Trying to find out how many people see a post without hashtags. Thank you!

It turns out that fungus growing termites sometimes cultivate Termitomyces titanicus. This is an excellent scientific name. It's a fungi farmed by termites (like ants they do not allow it to produce "fruiting bodies" or mushroom caps while the colony is active […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

Inside the historic effort to keep the Great Barrier Reef alive #Climate

"For many in the carbon accounting community, these associations sit uneasily alongside the need for credible, independent and science-based climate work" - reputational damage, along with the climate violence... London's Science Museum can't afford to keep taking the money #fossilcapital […]

Thank goodness!!!! Fast track panel declines Taranaki seabed mining over risk to marine life | RNZ News https://share.google/5DgBqLYpOXvQC3RLB #nzpol #environment #seabedmining #moana #shamejones

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The corals in the depths of the ocean around Aotearoa are truly special. That's why they should not be wrecked by indiscriminate bottom trawling. 🪸🌊 They're too precious to lose! Great article here, including the current record breaking swim by Jono Riddler to stop bottom trawling. 🏊 Largest […]

I hear there's another swell of newcomers to the Fediverse / Mastodon. I have no idea what "forkiverse" means, but new people means an opportunity for a reminder: There is no algorithm here. You see nothing but the posts from accounts and hashtags you follow, and things that those accounts […]

Morning coffee today at VCR Ritchie in Kuala Lumpur. Is your barista Inspired by Iconic Fishes? Is the proprietor dreaming of them? See the Inspiration Kit at https://iconicfishes.art/ & join the movement! #iconicfishes #seahorse #coffeeart #oceanart #cafeculture #cafe #malaysia

Our Planet has two Lungs, one is Blue the other is Green

Big mural features message in a bottle: a call to action for the UK government to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty & establish large marine sanctuaries. https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/greenpeace-uk-unveils-new-mural/ #oceanart #richt #sussex #greenpeace #marineprotectedarea #ocean […]

Great to see #algae recognised - but missing the call to #ClimateAction "Forget rainforests for a moment, it's the tiny plants - more accurately algae - called phytoplankton in the world's oceans that take up most of the carbon dioxide we’ve spewed out since the Industrial Revolution" […]

Many of you might have already seen the ultra cute "sea sheep" (Costasiella kuroshimae), but yesterday I learned 2 mind-blowing facts about the family of sea slugs they belong to: 1. They incorporate chloroplasts (the organelles in plant cells that do the […] [Original post on berlin.social]

h-net.social has been offline for days (5?) - does anyone know what's happening there? It's part of h-net.org (also down), hosted by the University of Michigan... #fedihelp @FediTips

🌏 This is THE thing that some people really really don't seem to get: “...it’s taken 100 years to get the oceans that warm at depth,” he says. “Even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, it’s going to take hundreds of years for that to circulate through the ocean...” […]

"The ocean’s calendar is being rewritten, and human activity is holding the pen. Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have discovered that we are fundamentally altering the seasonal rhythm of the world’s oceans. The new findings reveal that seasonal swings in these […]

"Our research has uncovered the hidden world of the tiny organisms living in the bark of trees. We discovered they are quietly helping to purify the air we breathe and remove greenhouse gases. These microbes “eat”, or use, gases like methane and carbon monoxide for energy and survival. Most […]

This is a beautiful, hypnotising bit of footage of a lobate ctenophore from @schmidtocean.bsky.social 🧪 🦑 #MarineLife. And no, it's not a jellyfish, it's a comb jelly

"At the most recent UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, the ocean moved from the margins to the mainstream of climate governance. This shift in the global agenda was likely inevitable, as the ocean increasingly suffers the effects of absorbing over 90% of the excess heat trapped by […]

Made a series of prints, one for each chapter of an essay submitted today on 'illustrating complex information'. Still hate writing papers, still love making prints. Turns out I really like doing spot illustrations in an editorial style to fit with the text 🖤 This first one is the cover pic...

Fun and engaging video on the CABIN procedure for sampling aquatic invertebrates in beautiful upper tributaries of the #athabasca river https://lnkd.in/eUVJZyTG As always I recommend you download the #freetube app to watch videos from Youtube without giving Google your data #aquaticecology […]

I really really hate QR codes. But a lot of people really like them. And they're useful during a talk for the people who really like them (I'm also including the text of the link, though, dammit!) But... I have never done this before, and a lot of the "free QR code generators" look kind of […]

On Jan. 17, 2026, the High Seas Treaty takes effect, marking a sea change for some of the wildest and most remote parts of our planet, where illegal fishing, human rights abuses and ecological destruction have occurred for decades. Read more from @euronews: https://flip.it/CkUXWo #science […]

YOUR CLAM YEAR IN REVIEW - There are over ten thousand known species of clams and tens of thousands more undescribed. Please do your part and find a few species next year. - Cultured bivalves alone help remove over 49,000 tons of nitrogen from our waterways every year, along with other […]