Two fascinating talks from the @bas.ac.uk this Friday at @plymuni.bsky.social. Open to all staff & students! Discover how baleen whales are recovering in South Georgia and how blue carbon ecosystems are helping the Southern Ocean fight climate change🌊31 Oct🕐1-2 pm📍Devonport LT

Staff from @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social ready for Thursday’s graduation of Zoology and Conservation Biology students. Quite a mixed set of gowns, special mention to Anne Plessis French military university outfit, complete with sword. You can work out which one she is!

🌊 Delighted to share that our first-ever #GirlsintoOceanScience event is now fully booked! We have 93 girls registered to join us at the @marine-station.bsky.social on Friday, 31st October. www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/gir... #GiOS #MarineScience #WomenInSTEM #UoP🧪🌍🦑

As one of the organising committee for the UK & Ireland student chapter of @marinemammalogy.bsky.social, I'm especially pleased to share that the next event will take place at my own stomping ground @plymuni.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social. Keen to welcome everyone here, spread the word!

Big news from the Indian Ocean! First sighting of the incredibly rare Omura’s whale, confirming previous acoustic recordings in the Chagos Archipelago. Project to determine cetacean 🐋 diversity by @iomarinescience.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Photos by me 🧪 🌍 🧵1/5

🚤 Big news! Our #USV Cetus at @plymuni.bsky.social has just been granted a General Exemption under MCA MGN705 - it is now free to operate within wider UK waters. This unlocks exciting new opportunities for teaching, research, and collaboration in #MarineAutonomy here in #Plymouth 🌊

Our Marine Science degrees kicked off their induction with a trip to Newquay, where they could choose between a coastal walk, coasteering, or surfing! ✨ The trip included students from: 🌊 Ocean Science 🗺️ Ocean Exploration & Surveying 🐬 Ocean Science & Marine Conservation

LAST CHANCE to fill out our #octopus surveys! Fishermen & divers of the UK, have your say if you haven't already, surveys close at midnight tonight, Sunday 21st September! @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @pml.ac.uk @plymuni.bsky.social Please share 🐙

👀 Spotted an #octopus off the #SouthWest coast? #Fishermen & #divers, we want to hear from you! 🐙 Take part in this survey (closing Sun 21 Sept) & help us study this year’s unusual #CommonOctopus bloom: 🎣 Fishers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90884550/... 🤿 Divers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/...

🦀 Hairy claws make hermits braver! BBC has featured a paper by PhD researcher Ari Drummond (et al.) in Proceedings B, revealing how shell traits can boost confidence in hermit crabs. #PhDLife #HermitCrabs #AnimalBehaviour #SoBMS #UniversityOfPlymouth #BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🌎🧬 Last week, two of our postgraduate researchers from @plymuni.bsky.social attended @nerc-eof.bsky.social Metabarcoding & eDNA wetlab and bioinformatics workshop at @sheffielduni.bsky.social! #eDNA #TrainingCourse #NEOF #NERCFunded #PhDLife #Metabarcoding #Bioinformatics @victoriamann.bsky.social

Fishermen & divers of the UK we need YOU! Our #octopus bloom surveys have been extended to Sept 21st. If you haven't already done so, please fill out the fishermen's survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90884550/... or divers survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/... Thank you! Please share widely! 🐙

Well done to Franz Bauer for collecting the 2 year dataset on the biodiversity colonising the Living Seawalls in Plymouth. Fucoid algae continues to dominate. 🤎 Many new species moving in..🦀🐌🪸

A pleasure as always to drop in to @3rrrfm.bsky.social Radio Marinara in Melbourne this morning to share the latest marine news from the UK. This time, it was all about the #octopus bloom 🐙 The whole show is great. You can hear my interview at about 13 minutes in: www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...

“If there’s a risk that these chemicals can harm #coral and other #MarineLife, if there’s less harmful compounds out there that we can use instead, then we need to establish what they are,” says Anneliese Hodge. news.mongabay.com/2025/08/suns...

Our next round of student bursaries is now open! ⭐🌎 MBA student bursaries have helped turn ambition into action—removing financial barriers & unlocking access to global events, groundbreaking research, & career-shaping connections. 🗓️ Deadline: 31st October 2025 at 12pm Apply here ➡️ buff.ly/3TuxcPm

#Fishermen of Devon & Cornwall - have higher numbers of #octopus affected your catch? The MBA and partners are gathering your experiences on the impact - positive and negative. Take part in our survey, which will guide future support. bit.ly/3V2lVbR Image c. South Devon and Channel Fishermen Ltd.

Our latest Podcast is out. Don & Howard chat to an old friend and @arrancoast.bsky.social research collaborator @bd-stew.bsky.social @reviveourocean.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social 1st Bryce has to plant a tree. youtu.be/NgpmERb10D0

Delighted to share this interview on the @incomingtide.bsky.social. Huge thanks to Don MacNeish for saving a tree for me & @howardlwood.bsky.social for chatting with me about my involvement with @arrancoast.bsky.social over the past 20 years youtu.be/NgpmERb10D0?... #mpaswork #bemorescallop 🪸 🐟🐙🌱🦀🦞

🌿 Join us in celebrating Plymouth’s fantastic achievement in the Botanical University Challenge, taking 2nd place in a very close national final yesterday! 🥈 You can watch the intense finals here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX_s... @bucbotany.bsky.social #BUC2025 #BotanicalUniversityChallenge #Botany

Through funding from #ResearchEngland and @plymuni.bsky.social, #CRISPS has opened the new Marie Lebour Marine Research Facility and our eDNA & Metabarcoding facility! #foodproduction #aquaculture #eDNA #metabarcoding #eDNAsequencing 🧪 www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/new-fac...

🐙Have you spotted a Common Octopus in South West England? We’d love to hear from you - share your sightings by completing our short survey: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/... #CitizenScience #Octopus #OctopusBoom #SouthWest #Diver #Snorkeling #MarineLife #AnimalBehaviour 🧪🌍

Huge congratulations to the team from Plymouth @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social led by the fabulous @botanycornwall.bsky.social!

The July issue of #TheMarineBiologist is out now! We explore the 'octopus bloom''; a rare habitat of glass sponges; inshore fishing regulation as well as the latest developments in marine biology research and news from the MBA. Become a member and get exclusive access bit.ly/4onqdb4 #MarineBiology

Thanks to Oceanographic mag for this article on our new project on the UK #octopus bloom & to Plymouth City Council, Devon County Council & Defra for their financial support oceanographicmagazine.com/news/extraor... @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @pml.ac.uk 🐙

Record warm seas help to bring extraordinary new species to UK waters. Pleased to be interviewed about the "canaries in the coal mine" for this article www.bbc.com/news/article... @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social #climatechange #fisheries #octopus 🌊 🔥 🐙

NEW PAPER: Mainstreaming Habitat Management Objectives in an Ecosystem-Based Approach to Management of #Scallop #Fisheries www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Delighted to share this study by former PhD student Mairi Fenton @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @heriotwattuni.bsky.social

A six-year, study led by #PaigntonZoo with the @plymuni.bsky.social represents one of the most ambitious undertakings in modern #ZooResearch, screening more than 27,000 articles a process that could transform how endangered species are cared for across the globe! www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/world-f...

Huge thank you to placement student Jimi Boyd from @plymuni.bsky.social for conducting surveys of #sandmartins using wall cracks in River Lee. Cork. 🐦‍⬛🪺🏙️ #urban #ecology. International placements are great for students to broaden knowledge, skills & experience.🇮🇪🇬🇧 @ucc.ie @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social

Aquaculture isn't just about #FoodProduction "It can also restore environments and support local fisheries" Dr Emma Sheehan is researching the potential restorative benefits of offshore shellfish aquaculture and monitoring its interactions with the marine ecosystem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzMe...

Maybe think twice before taking a deep breath of sea air? Check out our news release about this fascinating study by @laurenbiermann.bsky.social Clive Sabel, Dave Moffat & Tom Stovin, published in Scientific Reports. www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/are-sew... 🦑🧪 #Marine #SouthWest #Plastic @pml.ac.uk

NEW PAPER: Globalism, localism and blue food systems – How can cross-scale tensions be reduced? A production perspective from UK seafood stakeholders www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... How can & should we get more people to eat more local seafood? @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social

Just out! 10-yr labour of love exploring how Plymouth’s coastline transformed over centuries by land reclamation & how changes are often forgotten. Shout out to incredible crack team: historians, geologists, remote sensors, archaeologists, artists, ecologists🧠🌍🎨 www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

Our team attended the BIAZA Research Conference at Chester Zoo! Joanna Newbolt celebrated 20 years of our MSc Zoo & Aquarium Conservation Biology, and PhD student Aimee Holland presented research on big cat vocalisations. A great week of conservation & collaboration! #BIAZA2024

Congratulations to PhD student Tom Wright for winning award for his poster on #connectivity at #ITRS. 🙌 @benthicecol.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social

Well done Laura Bachmeier for showcasing exciting community connectivity model #ComCon at #ITRS. @benthicecol.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social

Identifying life in the deep ocean 🪸🔍 Professor Kerry Howell (@deepseaecol.bsky.social) is currently aboard OceanX’s (@oceanxorg.bsky.social) ship the Ocean Explorer, supporting deep-sea exploration in partnership with the Cape Verdean government.

Carbon neutrality in eco-engineering matters! Franz Bauer from @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social presenting his @livingseawalls.bsky.social in Plymouth work on Carbon storage in algae #ITRS (terrible lighting for photos in this room). @benthicecol.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social

So cool to see MSc student Ethan Quah @algalmania.bsky.social discussing the role of calcifying bryozoans on #kelp in the carbon cycle at the International Temperate Reefs Symposium #ITRS. @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social

FMRI Coastal Autonomy Workshop in Plymouth tomorrow hosted by the NCCA - National Centre for Coastal Autonomy. A strong showing from the marine autonomy & innovation community 🌊🧪 Great to see Plymouth now recognised as the UK’s National Centre for Marine Autonomy. noc-events.co.uk/fmri-keynote...

Thanks so much to Oceanographic Magazine for this excellent article on the pink sea fan reef we discovered during the filming of Ocean with David Attenborough oceanographicmagazine.com/news/flouris... @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social #oceanfilm #attenborough 🪸

📣 SAVE THE DATE! 📣 The 20th UKIRSC Conference will take place 13 - 16th Jan 2026 at the University of Plymouth. A free event for students in marine mammal science to share research, network, and be inspired. More details coming soon! #UKIRSC #MarineMammals #StudentScience @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social

Cowabunga! I'm delighted to have played a part in the discovery of this amazing sea fan reef - and to finally be able to share the news www.mba.ac.uk/extraordinar... #biodiversity #marinebiodiversity #conservation #oceanfilm @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social 🪸

Marine fungi culture collections (such as the one we have at @thembauk.bsky.social) are helping unlock the possibility for finding new solutions to many of the world’s biggest challenges 🌊🍄=💊🥓🪲 @uk.theconversation.com @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu 👉 theconversation.com/marine-fungi...

A vibrant #SeaFan reef has been discovered off the Southwest coast of England during filming for #Ocean with #DavidAttenborough! 🪸 Discovered with @bd-stew.bsky.social‬, Silverback Films & Open Planet Studios, this "little sanctuary" is vital for marine life. 🔗 www.mba.ac.uk/extraordinar...

New research led by the University reveals huge gaps & biases in ocean biodiversity data! Most records come from depths shallower than 100 m, the northern hemisphere and vertebrate species. 🌊🦑🌍 #DeepSea #Ocean #Biodiversity

Thrilled that, along with our partners at Offshore Shellfish Ltd, we have won the Collaboration category at the #UKAquacultureAwards 2025. For over a decade, our team has been carrying out long-term ecological monitoring into the ecosystem benefits of the UK’s first large-scale mussel farm.

One week left to apply for our next round of student bursaries! Apply here ➡️ buff.ly/3TuxcPm

Prof Michael Cunliffe, Prof Marine Microbiology discusses the fascinating world of marine fungi on BBC’s Secrets of the Sea Listen now👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0lc61pm @thembauk.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #MarineFungi #SecretsOfTheSea #Fungi 🌊🦑🍄

We have been ranked among the world’s top 100 universities and 14th in the UK in the 2025 @timeshighered.bsky.social Impact Rankings! These rankings measure how more than 2,500 universities are contributing to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs #THEGlobalImpact #THEUniRankings