MBARI’s Video Lab has developed the first benchmark dataset for multi-object tracking in deep-sea video. 🤖🌊DeepSeaMOT tests machine learning models in real ocean environments. This publicly available tool will help advance AI for ocean exploration. Learn more: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.03499

Kathleen Jennings – whose first novel, 2020’s ‘Flyaway’, won a British Fantasy Award and was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award – imbues her narrative with a gloriously gothic sensibility. 'Honeyeater' is a book of real power and beauty. satpa.pe/Cc4uW0W

I’m giving a (rescheduled until Thursday) free public talk about marine biology, ocean conservation, and sharks! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 843 is live #uruguaysub200 #MarineLife www.youtube.com/live/ivhtYpA...

Here's the #InverteFest art book August 2025 cover posted in full - how many species can you identify in this piece? I'll post the answer later when I have the time to annotate the image.

Today in "When researchers finally look at autistic adults": "For [autistics] in midlife, menopause is a challenging transition. Many autistic people reported experiencing more severe physical & psychological menopause symptoms compared to non-autistic people." theconversation.com/what-we-do-a...

Fish is cute

happy to say my Man I Love Fish bumper stickers are back! These stickers are really so crazy cool in person (and funny too!) a repost to get this to any fellow fish lovers means a lot to me! #bsnm www.microbiomearts.com/product/man-...

Have you read the latest Deep Sea Round-Up? We share updates from #DeepOcean including: 🔹 Monitoring seafloor macrolitter, 🔹The influence of the Amazon River’s on the #DeepSea 🔹Plus join the DOSI Instagram Team! Read it here: buff.ly/NdmxPQ7

🌊 "The beauty of #Antarctica is really it's often seen as the bottom of the world, but it's really the centre of the world. It's one continent surrounded by an ocean that is connecting all the other oceans together." — Prof Delphine Lannuzel, AAPP @utas.edu.au ▶️ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

For your native bird print needs

Earlier this month, I had the privilege to present the initial results from my Honours research project at the #AMSA2025 conference. It was a daunting but amazing experience to be on stage, especially at a conference with so many outstanding presenters.

#SouthSandwichIslands Gorgonocephalus chilensis (brittle star or Ophiuroid distantly related to sea stars), w/amphipods and Sterecchinus neumayeri (urchin) hanging on a coral. Special thanks to @echinoblog.bsky.social for species IDs! Detailed caption on Instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DMOYlDM...

So many podocopida ostracods (aka seed shrimp) in my last sample. Some were HUGE! And some were weeny! And they were all 100% adorable! 🦑 #plankton

My presentation is today in the Physical Oceanography session! I'm talking about creating a biological index to track variability in the East Australia Current using copepod data! #amsa2025

And a teensy glass squid (cranchiid), Liocranchia #SQXmas2025

Jellies on the beach! It’s jellyfish season, and jellyfish are PLANKTON!! So obviously I’m obsessed! There were a few jellies washed up on the beach this evening, including this tiny lion’s mane (Cyanea capillata) and Moon (Aurelia aurita). 🦑 #plankton

Just thinking about Supergiants today- and really loving on them- cuties 🥰 4x6 graphite on paper, 2023 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean 🐡🦑 #drawing #artist #biggestandbest

Snailfish from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 696. For anyone who has touched these fish, is the skin normally smooth or bumpy? The skin on this one looks diff from the others I've seen. #nazcahighseas #MarineLife

You ready for this year's advent calendar? We're learning about EELS!!!!! This year's artist @ehrenenglish.bsky.social absolutely knocked it out of the park. Look at these eels!! These facts cover both biology & history of eels. Dive in with us here: squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/eel-...

You can spend a life time on a boat - and still be looking at new things every single day! Here is a quick glimpse of what’s just under our feet/boat!!

Forgot the tag! #amsa2025

Great talk by Oliver Peterson on mesophotic functional reefs and sponge grounds

They're here! The goblin mode goblin shark stickers have arrived! Be a goblin! Join my Patreon! Goblin Mode stickers ship this Friday! patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler

Excited to listen to A/Prof Nevill Barrett talking about lessons from 3 decades of MPA and coastal reef monitoring #amsa2025

Yesterday Sonja Repetti brought these amazing 3D models of algae. Such a great way to help visualise microscopic organisms #amsa2025

What scientists thought was one deep-sea isopod species turned out to be six—five of them brand new to science! Explore this cryptic group's discovery story and meet the whole isopod crew in the article below: www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-c... @sgn.one

AMSA 2025 will be kicking off with an Opening Plenary Panel! Joining us: 🔬A/Prof Anthony Boxshall 🌱 Dr James Fitzsimons 🦀 Professor Emma Lee OAM 🐳 Dr Kathleen McInnes This panel will set the tone for a week of deep discussion and collaboration in marine science. 🌊⭐️ #AMSA2025 #HarmonyinMarineSystems

We’re kicking off #AMSA2025 with a warm Welcome to Country from Uncle Ian Hunter and some great conversation over welcome drinks Tag yourself in the photos below & help us celebrate the start of a big week of marine science 🌊🐟 #AMSA2025 #WelcomeToCountry #HarmonyinMarineSystems #marinescience #naarm

Excited for a week of marine science at #amsa2025!

Absolute favourite quote from Professor Emma Lee at #amsa2025 : What can you do in your sphere of influence

Looks like the new Thames & Hudson book 'Ocean: from the Shore to the Abyss' is available for pre-order! It's edited by @ashadevos.bsky.social & has chapters from @helenscales.bsky.social, @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social, @drandrewthaler.bsky.social, & me: www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/ocean-... 🧪🌊🪸🐠🦑

🌟AMSA 2025 PROGRAM🌟 Check out our full program for #AMSA2025! We have lots of incredible plenaries, talks, poster sessions, workshops and social events lined up across the week for you 🎉 Head to the link in our bio to register 🤩 #AMSA2025 #HarmonyInMarineSystems

Learn all about the incredible biodiversity and unique challenges of #MesophoticReefs with @kaithefishguy.bsky.social on the new #DeepSea #Podcast episode. Plus, discover their unexpected links to the aquarium trade. Listen: deepseapod.podbean.com/e/mesophotic... 📷 Yi-Kai Tea #marinescience

The newly released BioTIME 2.0 is the world’s largest biodiversity time-series database 🦪 Data on plankton abundance was contributed by the IMOS Southern Ocean Time Series, National Reference Stations, and Australian Plankton Survey sub-Facilities. 🔗 bit.ly/3Tnm6h9 #NCRISImpact

I bet it would feel real good to have a Joubiniteuthis on your head... 🦑📷Schmidt Ocean

Finished! I made a husband for my anglerfish model. It's air dry clay so he's a bit clunky haha but I think he's cute. #sciart #deepsea #anglerfish #fish

Little sketch of a sea toad #SundayFishSketch

I'm presenting at the AMSA 2025 conference in Naarm/Melbourne next week. I'd love to meet up with anyone who is around! #amsa2025

On a day like today, might be worth reminding y’all that there’s an entire community loving ❤️ on ocean life in #FathomVerse. 🦑🧪🌊 #onwardsanddownwards

Are you ready to take your R skills to the next level? Take our CBCS Winter R Workshops @ UQ. These will run 14-18 July 2025. For more information, see our website mathmarecol.github.io/RWorkshop and the attached flyer. For any questions about registration, email [email protected]

📣 #Scholarships available at Edith Cowan University! Roe’s Abalone Scholarship www.ecu.edu.au/scholarships... Remote monitoring of recreational fishing activity at FADs and ARs Scholarship www.ecu.edu.au/scholarships... Must be eligible for a #Masters or #PhD at ECU. 🚨Deadline: Fri 30 May

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Sketches for #mermay, inspired by @batwrangler.bsky.social ‘s Wedgewood

@noaa.gov just put ROV Hercules in the ocean for NA171 dive 2 #NautilusLive #MarineLife You can follow along on YT on any of their 3 divestreams and submit questions to the on- board science team here: nautiluslive.org www.youtube.com/live/7su7KHu...

Congrats to @katycroffbell.bsky.social and her team — I can’t wait to start using this data in my talks & sharing even more about the vast unknown that is the deep ocean! 🌊

And in an unlikely turn of events, jellyfish are just floating underwater bird feeders In the Arctic, baby fish seek cover inside the stinging tentacles of jellyfish, but birds, having figured out the bit, now swim underwater, through the tentacles, & eat them 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

🌏 FREE climate change course by @utas.edu.au: "This is for anyone who wants to understand the climate story more deeply and be part of the solution, whether they’re starting out or looking to take the next step in their climate journey” — @edoddridge.bsky.social AAPP www.utas.edu.au/about/news-a...

Only problem with voting early in Australia is the lack of democracy sausage. Gonna have to make do with this burnt sausage sea cucumber 😂🥒