This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end! It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍

This all women, all early career team is officially on its way to the Wedell Sea, Antarctica to study sea ice and plankton!! Wish us luck in the dreadful Drake Passage 🤞🌊🐧🇦🇶 #oceanography #iceXplankton Krill pun shirts were gifts from co-I Tricia Thibodeau 💗

Did you know that the PR agency for #COP30 also works for fossil fuel companies like Shell? We made a meditation app to help them sleep at night. Try it for yourself here oilwell.app

this is soooo good

Where are my folks engaged in marine science/conservation in Belize? I’d love to connect with people in this arena, w/ two niche areas of special interest: work on fish (parrotfish et al) as reef engineers, and the protection of spawning aggregations (Nassau grouper etc). Grateful for any leads!

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Paid internship @montereybayaquarium.org in the water quality lab - great people and great opportunity - www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here: www.etsy.com/listing/798775628

Doodled at the request of a musician/scientist friend

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

ICE funding expires January 30. Call Congress to say whether you think it should be continued. US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.

In addition to making new art this year, I'm going to dust off and share old art! This one was inspired by the interesting colors of marine invertebrate eggs. Drawn during the Embryology course at Friday Harbor Lab in 2008--15 years before the publication of NURSERY EARTH! 🐡🦑

Obsessed with this juxtaposition

It’s the last day to get a 2025 donation in to @skypeascientist.bsky.social, just in case oops you forgot this year oops! We do a lot with whatever you give us 🥰 Donations support artists who create science messaging projects & help us keep our matching program going! givebutter.com/SupportSAS25

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book! Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz... #Art #SciArt

Some breaking news via me & @aniloza.bsky.social. The Trump administration has agreed to reconsider frozen and denied NIH grant submissions related to DEI. Our latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/12/29/n...

ATTN: Los Angeles! @ologies.bsky.social & I are hosting an evening of ART & ACTIVISM. We're going to be creating art that communicates important messages & learning about work happening in your city. RSVP here: luma.com/fp919u5x Poster by the amazing @nicolegoux.bsky.social! Please repost, LA!

You ready for our 2026 Valentines?? The art is ready for ya 😍 As with everything on our shop, sales of these valentines support @skypeascientist.bsky.social! This year's cards were designed by Philly artist @aprilfinfrock.bsky.social! Obsessed with how these turned out. order at SquidFacts.net

Mods are asleep, post blobby Qing dynasty cats

We are now advertising for the position of Assistant Professor of Marine Invertebrate Organismal Biology @uwsafs.bsky.social The position will be based out at Friday Harbor Labs in the San Juan Islands. See the ad below for details. @csucoast.bsky.social apply.interfolio.com/178804

Thanks to Jim Moylan, who pulled a borrowed car into a filling station on the wrong side on a rainy day & vowed to protect the rest of us from that annoying fate. What are some of your favorite inventions that make life just a smidge better?

I sold my bird feeder to buy my wife a binocular strap, but she sold her binoculars to buy me some bird seed 😤

The gift of the magpie

Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts

My daughter made me an octopus who's upset about being anatomically incorrect 😭

that well-known species, the Big Whale.

Pervushovisaurus and Baculites friends

Orthoceras (big) and Lituites

Diplomoceras (the clippy) and Pseudocenoceras

Many get sick while traveling. One major reason is they don’t realize mass transit is high risk because airline CEOs lied about viral spread early in the pandemic and lobbied the CDC to lower precautions. To make the most of your holiday, take precautions like wearing a mask when you travel!

Normal yule log? Boring. Expected. Overdone. Lithium-ion battery yule log? Relevant. Unexpected. Educational. youtu.be/rc6Txma85Ac?...

ah yes a true holiday classic

I love classic literature.

I’m literally one item away from 1500 pieces of art sold this year…

Reposting since it’s a fish-deoxygenation insult but frankly the whole thread is splendid

If I haven't responded to your email, it's because I was first convincing an AI vending machine that it exists in the basement of Moscow State University in 1962 and then executing a boardroom coup against its AI CEO. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

First ROV science mission for R/V David Packard ✅ After months of work to integrate the ROV Doc Ricketts, our team conducted the first ROV science dives from our flagship research vessel during an expedition with our partners at @montereybayaquarium.org. Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-c...

Join us at Caveat for an evening of stories about the science we don’t talk about enough. Five voices. Five stories that need to be heard. 🎤 Hosted by Diana Li & Paula Croxson (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 ✨ In person + livestreamed 🎟 Early bird tix available until Jan 19 https://ow.ly/tipP50XJMNc

I wrote to my representatives @hirono.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social, and Ed Case to tell them to stop the dismantlement of NCAR. You can do the same with your representatives at this link.

It is time to bring an old tradition back from the dead. A thread of Benoit Blanc as different cephalopods. First up, Benoit Blanc as a Blue Ringed Octopus. CC: @rianjohnson.bsky.social

Most of the scientists at the nonprofit that I cofounded, including my two cofounders, came from NCAR. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this place for climate science.

Library of Alexandria level destruction

It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Marine STEM Internship Q&A Webinar highlighting seven paid summer internship opportunities & Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) across the United States. Monday, Jan 12, 2026; 11am-12pm (Pacific time); Virtual webinar (To register, please visit: bit.ly/Marine-Showc...)

Each summer, I lead a week-long creative retreat for environmental researchers & academics on Catalina Island. We develop your most ambitious project ideas. It's truly life-changing. Applications for the 2026 Storymakers fellowship are now open! Deadline is Feb 1. dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/enga...

Echinoderm aficionados, please help - I’m looking for antibody advice! Has anyone used the 12G10 or E7 tubulin antibodies from DSHB to stain cleavage stage embryos? I’m planning a sea urchin cytokinesis module for my cell biology lab next semester and want the students to do beautiful IF stains.

We're at... 67 submissions Though technically the submission deadline is the end of the year, the sooner we reach 100, the earlier I can start doing the layout and have my holiday. So please submit early!

I used this owl photo of mine as a reference for the face. laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/goo...

Stonington Lobster Trap Tree!