Here are some examples of paralarvae with odd morphology that I will be studying in a few months! Figure from Vidal E. A. G. and Shea E. K. (2023) Cephalopod ontogeny and life cycle patterns. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1162735. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1162735

Thank you @invertebabe.bsky.social for sending me these! I really appreciate them and they look amazing!

Whuff that’s a GOOD squid

I have officially been accepted into the Master's program of Coastal and Oceanic Systems (PGSISCO) at Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)! I will be studying the morphology of mesopelagic squid paralarvae! The plan is to start in August. I'm flying to Alaska for work in the meantime!

Rare? they name is Joubiniteuthis! #molluscmonday #deepsea #okeanos youtu.be/ajjix-kemdw?...

Amazing idea, I love it! Thank you! Two versions as I'm not sure which I like better.

@echinoblog.bsky.social I have a starfish that I am struggling to identify. Could you please help? It is a super common sea star that is sold all over the place, and the only common name I could find is "White Finger Starfish", or "White Pencil Starfish", but no scientific name I could find.

そういう解釈のアマビエ(独自の主張)

Onychoteuthid from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 453 East Cortes Basin #designingthefuture2 #MarineLife

🐙📷Addison Emery Verrill, Schmidt Ocean

Idk if this is a different Cranchiid or the same as the post before. The chromatophores are showing nicely. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 895 #livingbioreactors #MarineLife

Because giant squid (Architeuthis dux) in the deep sea and humans do not, we don't interact with them much, leading some to believe that they are rare. However, the estimates for the total giant squid population are in the millions, with some of the higher estimates being over a hundred million.

Invertebrate DLC for Megaquarium WHAT www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH5r...

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

Life of a biologist

But now, when I hear "well, I use chatgpt because I can code in R / analyse my data / do literature review again", my answer is systematically: no, you cannot. I think the loss of technical skills is dangerous for research, because it prevents a sound understanding of feasibility.

Ive gotten involved with my local aquarium this past week, and since I dont have work at the moment Ive been able to volunteer almost every day. Currently working on a new exhibit using tons of shells and animal displays that were previously just gathering dust. Happy to be teaching about sea life!

"We float to the surface, and we see that there is more to the world than the ocean. We see stars." 🐙🌌🌟 Preorders for @reasie.bsky.social's cephalopod sci-fi MULTITUDE are LIVE! ✨ Plus a preorder exclusive: all paperback preorders include a cephalopod keychain designed by artist @stillroom.art!

I'm convinced squid know they are fabulous. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 889 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET

The deep ocean has a missing link and scientists finally found it | ScienceDaily

Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt

Cranchiid!!! 🥰 @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 884 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET

The team behind Climate.us aims to provide the same kind of reliable, fresh content that used to be available via Climate.gov. We hope you’ll support us. #ClimateForUs

www.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/devblog-50-m... The scientifically accurate evolution simulator/Spore-like game Thrive has finally reached 1.0.0, meaning the microbe stage is complete! After over a decade of volunteer work, and the last couple years of paid Dev work, the microbe stage is finished!

🦑📷hewittdoesit (inaturalist.ca/observations...)

Absolutely beautiful first ever footage of Batoteuthis sp. from @schmidtocean.bsky.social ! Well done on this finding, truly a beautiful and very rare specimen! www.youtube.com/watch?si=WQN...

EPIRBs xkcd.com/3169/

🪐Children of Strife 🪐 Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social The only spiders I would like in my bookshelf are these ones. Problem is, then I become emotionally attached to them but hey ho, I'm looking forward to Kern's rivals 💜 Publishes March 2026 #Gifted by @panmacnews.bsky.social

Field Journal: Nov 17th 2025

Field journal: Nov 10th 2025

I have started a field journal of my local beach. Just did the second day of exploration. I'm going to start posting pictures in a thread on my profile cause I find this valuable practice for my observation skills and I want to share the cool biology I find with y'all! Summary of day 1 & 2 below:

The most colorful #squid I’ve ever seen! And such a cooperative poser too! #🦑 #cephalopod #chromatophores #calamari #underwater #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #blackwatervideo #kumeisland #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug

The end of an era: the Tree of Life Web Project is going dark after 3 decades. Anyone interested in communicating phylogeny online should read David's account of goals, history, and future. @bembidion.bsky.social subulatepalpomere.com/2025/11/02/t...

For those who get audibooks through Audible, Children of Ruin is part of the monthly deal for November in the UK.

Annual plug for the fabulous phylopic.org website with tens of thousands of easily searchable silhouette images for almost every life form imaginable. They make nice additions to your biology plots!

Might make my own little audio lesson for last minute cramming on the flight over. "Ok, Sarah. Repeat after me. Would you like a squid zine? イカのジンはいかがですか？ Which way to the squid? イカはどこですか？ Thank you for the squid! イカありがとう! No octopus please, I only like squid. タコはやめて、イカだけが好きです。"

The Newfoundland and Labrador public libraries continue to make the absolute best free pins that you can just have if you go to borrow a book

The smooth transition of perspectives in a chapter of Children of Ruin was done so expertly well. Chapter was Ch 7 of Past III

Love that someone tried naming the Giant Squid "Dinoteuthis" in 1875. Terrible Squid is funny to me

Happy Pride Month!! 🩷💜💙

@sarahmackattack.bsky.social Just got the Save Our Freaks shirt!!

Who knew a fish could express "What the fuck was that?" with such ease.

These shirts are back by popular demand. I wish it was under better circumstances. The US government is all in on deep sea mining 🤮 Time for us to get loud about our beloved freaks. Start a conversation, get a shirt. Design by @coreydanks.bsky.social squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/save...

Fun fact, the worms have eyes, THEY CAN SEE YOU 👀 I can't tell for sure which type this species would have, but they are all cool 🧪🦑 www.cell.com/current-biol...

An attempt was made? I don’t know how successful I was at making it look like the squid. Transparent is hard! #SciArt 🐡

🦑 This baby is COLOSSAL! 🦑 First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

“Endangered species could be changed forever” Meanwhile nobody is giving them their territory and resources back. Nor do we live in a country that prioritizes having a livable planet in the first place. “We brought dire wolves back only for the planet to be on fire!” Smart call, George