Absolutely excited to announce that my first scientific paper has officially been published! You can officially check it out from my ResearchGate page :D. Enjoy! (sorry it's on worms and not my usual squids :( it's still good ole invertebrates though!!!) www.researchgate.net/profile/Aust...

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

The gentle Larger Pacific Striped Octopus 🐙 SculptedReef.com #Sculpture #Handmade #OOAK #Clay #Octopus #Space #Nebula #Stars 🦑🐡 #Art #ArtYear #ArtGallery

Today in the squidmobile I had: - 1 gaggle of drunk girls - 1 family - 1 man crossing a long cross walk - 1 single person in a car all honk for squid. The people of Philadelphia are in a GOOD. MOOD.

The king is once again feeling generous towards all you peasan-uh, we mean Architects, and is hosting another Gleam giveaway for a $50 Steam gift card! Enter via the link below, and may the odds be in your favor! #giveaway #steam #indiegames

Master Squidcrafter Heather has been at it again. Not sure #IntrepidTravel realized just what they were in for by having the #ProjectESCA team aboard--we brought a rather large stowaway! #colossalsquid @deepseapod.bsky.social @pure-ocean.bsky.social @AUTnews.bsky.social #Antarctica #deepsea

Science IRL decisions went out today! We were able to fund 13 of the 77 proposals that were submitted. They are communicating science in stage productions, boxes at bus stations, interactive frog statues, musical performances, farmers market tables, backs of cars, knitting clubs, and much more.

Gorgeous male octo (maybe Muusoctopus rigbyae?) at about 1120m in the Antarctic

Made this illustration highlighting some of the tissues in octopuses a year or so ago. It’s still one of my favorite things I’ve done 💅 🧪🐙🦑🐡

I try not to talk politics because it leads to nothing but chaos... but I am so MAD at the United States for allowing Donald Trump to do all the things he is doing. We should NOT be pulling out of WHO... we SHOULD keep DEI initiatives... We should NOT be pulling out of the Paris accord AGAIN.

Absolutely exciting to get to venture and work in my first ever museum collections! Delaware Museum of Nature & Science... our Brachioteuthid fun begins tomorrow!! Technically today... but it was only for thirty minutes! Also got to see my favorite (second) cephalopod up close! Vampyroteuthis!!!

Brachioteuthis squids have these extremely long necks as paralarva, which give them a very goofy appearance.

Ha... my Masters project originally included Chaetogaster! Until we found out that my collaborator accidentally told me and another lab to do it, and he forgot😅. Easy fix! And Dr. Bely and co did a fantastic job finding MANY new species in this family... 24 mostly cryptic species!! From 3 -> 24!

Rabbit hole of the week award goes to: Zoosporic Fungi Growing on Leeches (Hirudinea) #parasitology www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Writing year-end appeals for @skypeascientist.bsky.social donations feeling like Nancy Pelosi. We DO need a few more monthly donors to support free access to scientists though. I Just need 2600 people to give me $5/month. We're 1/3 there! Wanna give science ed $5-10/month? givebutter.com/uA8ubg

So do I have any awesome people from the Washington DC area that might want a fun squid roommate for 5/6 days in January? Can provide some cash, squid facts, and just general fun :D

We have a free server dedicated to livestreamed deep sea ROV dives that everyone is welcome to join! We share images from all the R/Vs who stream their dives, connect with other marine bio loving folks, & keep up with what's going on in the deep sea exploration. Invite link ⬇️ discord.gg/KUtbfZu7UY

Get the ocean lover in your life some art this holiday season 🫶 💕🦑 Marine art made by a marine biologist 🐙💕 Shirts, patches, stickers, prints. Something for everyone ✨ 🧪🦑🐙🐡 #scienceart Megmindlin.com/shop

There's a server dedicated to livestreamed dives where we share screenshots & video clips from streaming dives plus lots of other ocean content. We'll also be doing dive alerts here going forward if you don't want to join the server: @livestreamocean.bsky.social discord.gg/trNahM9c3a

Sharing this because if this isn't the cutest darn frog with the cutest genus name!! Just wanna boop his little snout a little bit.

Excellent Taonius/Galiteuthis from a recent livestream!! Such a gorgeous glass squid! #Cephalopod #Squid

Sending the best and warmest of wishes for a quick and safe recovery for legendary squid biologist powerhouse Mike Vecchione. There are very few people that are at the top of the Cephalopod ladder, but he definitely is. Get well soon Mike!!

Attending #COP29? Join us for a side event, "3 COPs, 1 Ocean" on 11/20! Hear from the UN Special Envoy for the Ocean, Portugal’s Lidia Bulcão, UNFCCC’s Cecilia Njenga and Ocean Azul CEO Tiago Cunha how the #RioTrio climate, biodiversity + desertification conferences all rely on ocean knowledge!

Also totally random! I'm thinking of doing a whole cephalopod themed podcast! Still in the beginning works of creating things so I don't know how long that will take... on top of a massive trip the next 3ish months. What would y'all like to see discussed? #Cephalopod #Squid #Octopus #Nautilus

Hey y'all! Sorry I like never touch this but with Twitters soon to be heavy downfall I'll try to use this more! Looking forward to doing my first decent sized conference showing off the amazing Brachioteuthidae... in 4 hours (At 11:30PM) fun times!! #Cephalopod #Brachioteuthis #Slosarczykovia

Greetings all! I never posted on here before but I have a friendly Discord server for Cephalopod researchers to join! Feel free to come and talk about your research and meet more in the community! discord.gg/XayKR8Rm3U We welcome all ranges from Undergrads -> Faculty -> Researchers! LGBTQ friendly!