Les Explorations de Monaco is issuing a call for proposals as part of the Missions Méditerranée’s Morocco mission, which will take place in the spring of 2027. Full information and application: https://www.monacoexplorations.org/en/news/scientific-projects-missions-in-the-mediterranean-and-morocco/

Tiny copepods: Big impact! This is likely a Lophothrix, a ~5 mm copepod. For 30 years, Dr. David Fields (@bigelowlab.bsky.social) says copepods are ubiquitous throughout the ocean; they've adapted to live in many different environments — from mangrove trees to the Antarctic seafloor.

https://www.deepoceanobserving.org/pages/2026-annual-meeting Executive Director of @schmidtOcean Dr. Jyotika Virmani will be on the panel entitled: The Next Frontiers In Deep Ocean Science: What Will We Discover and How Will We Do It Together? Thurs, 7 May, 2026 13:55 - 14:55 PM EDT

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https://www.deepoceanobserving.org/pages/2026-annual-meeting Executive Director of @schmidtOcean Dr. Jyotika Virmani will be on the panel entitled: The Next Frontiers In Deep Ocean Science: What Will We Discover and How Will We Do It Together? Thurs, 7 May, 2026 13:55 - 14:55 PM EDT

What do shrimp see? “These guys have completely different eye designs,” according to Dr. Jan Hemmi, a visual neurobiologist. Their large eye size tells Dr. Hemmi and his colleagues that eyes are pretty important to these animals. #designingthefuture3 Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

It was such an honor to join the @schmidtocean.bsky.social #DesigningTheFuture3 expedition! This video by Alex Ingle is a window into the past three weeks. Incredible! 🦑🧪🌊. bsky.app/profile/schm...

Our #DesigningTheFuture2 expedition video is live: Most life on Earth lives in a place we can’t see, a place we can’t reach easily, and that we still barely understand. To explore it, we need entirely new ways of seeing. youtu.be/NW5_KouueSk?...

Haliphron atlanticus with a jelly in her belly! This large lady is a pelagic octopus, spending her entire life in the open ocean, never touching shore or seafloor. Read more via the link. #designingthefuture3 800 meters youtube.com/shorts/qVikb...

Don’t be fooled by this organism’s resemblance to a fancy feather boa! This is a siphonophore from the genus Erenna — the grizzly bears of gelatinous animals. Recorded at 305m & sped up 2x. Read full caption via the link. Credit: ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute youtube.com/shorts/qxNkI...

The Atlantic Ocean, 360 nautical miles (414 miles/667 km) from Brazil on the R/V Falkor (too). #designingthefuture3

“...We want your robust solitude, a loneliness in all directions, a human absence that opposes the petty buzzing of the world, and makes the whole time, free from the struggles of each day…” Fr the “Absolute Sea” by Cecília Meireles 594 m, #DesigningTheFuture3 youtube.com/shorts/NaClf...

The space-age instrument on the left side of the video frame is DeepPIV, for Deep particle image velocimetry; it was developed by @kakanikatija.bsky.social & team in the Bioinspiration Lab at @mbarinews.bsky.social — read more in the YouTube caption! youtube.com/shorts/gOOWc...

Ctenophore, commonly known as Venus girdle, during a dive with ROV SuBastian, around 200m. This is the largest known ctenophore, resembling a twirling, transparent ribbon that gently glides through the water. See YouTube caption for more details. #designingthefuture3 youtube.com/shorts/OuC6j...

As many organisms down below in ocean as the stars in our skies. Chance to see them both is “mystical and magical” in every sense of the word. Thanks @schmidtocean.bsky.social - who needs rocket ship if you can meet aliens on our planet. Live stream to join fun www.youtube.com/channel/UC1m...

This Earth Day, I’m spending it with some incredible denizens of the deep that are all unknown to science . 🦑🧪😍 You can too by joining us on the @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive stream: www.youtube.com/schmidtocean.... #onwardsanddownwards #DesigningTheFuture3

Using imaging systems being tested during #DesigningtheFuture3, Dr. Dhugal Lindsay is confident that this animal appears to be a new genus, maybe even a new family of physonect siphonophore. (Read the full YouTube caption to learn more.) youtube.com/shorts/U0iw_...

Really exciting @schmidtocean.bsky.social divestream happening now! We just saw a beautiful Atolla jelly and our team member Emily is on the microphone! @mbarinews.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO2e...

For the very first time, we pushed data to #FathomVerse while an expedition is still in progress. If you play FathomVerse right now, you will see images from the #DesigningtheFuture3 expedition on R/V Falkor (too). Dive in! 🪼🌊 fathomverse.game @schmidtocean.bsky.social @mbarinews.bsky.social

Midwater worms >> terrestrial worms. 😍 #tomopteris 🦑🧪🌊 #DesigningtheFuture3 @mbarinews.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social

“…Then let me drift along the Bay of Time, Till my last sun shall set in glowing light; Let me cast anchor where no shadows fall, Forever moored within Heaven's harbor bright…” Fr “Drifting” by Olivia Ward Bush-Banks, 1899. Footage from #DesigningtheFuture2, 2021. youtube.com/shorts/-toyV...

Amphipod party at 225 m! 🎉 @schmidtocean.bsky.social #Designingthefuture3

Watching the @schmidtocean.bsky.social team launch a robot, ROV SuBastian — the #designingthefuture3 science team study the ocean’s midwater in international waters off Brazil. Accelerating species discovery & expanding our genetic library of life on Earth seems a good way to spend one’s time! 🌊

It takes a village to do incredible ocean discovery. Live now! @schmidtocean.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/wbQXgnH...

Starry nights. With @burnsajohn.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social

Last week we had the excitement of space exploration with #Artemis II. This week right here on Earth we are embarking on a discovery mission with new tools in our own frontier, the open ocean, aboard the Falkor (too). I am filled with wonder on our #OceanPlanet @schmidtocean.bsky.social

Hi @bsky.app -- We haven't been able to upload videos for two days. Yesterday's error message was about a token, and today says "ozone_status_check_failed"...

Chiroteuthis sp., 49 m, #Designingthefuture2 in 2021. Dr. Heather Judkins, cephalopod taxonomist, noticed the bright spots along the tentacles and around the eyes and suspects the animal is displaying bioluminescence to attract prey, a common behavior for many squid. youtube.com/shorts/X5UUh...

ROV SuBastian wants to know if you have voted! We've been nominated for a People's Voice Webby, and you can cast your vote here: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

Have you voted for Schmidt Ocean Institute and the #MarDelPlata science team yet? There's still time! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

Analog astronaut and #OBVI #subsea Artist-at-Sea Richelle Ellis works at the intersection of sea and space, exploring how extreme environments reshape perception and deepen our relationship to Earth. youtu.be/BBPDVV4W0NY?...

Watch our latest video about the #OBVI #SUBSEA expedition with Schmidt Ocean Institute & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social — we're helping scientists study how invisible particles are feeding the deep. youtu.be/LPakzn-8pOk?...

#PoetryInOcean: “I speak of underneathedness... I speak for the damselfly, water skeet, mollusk, the caterpillar, the beetle, the spider, the ant. I speak from a time before spinelessness was frowned upon.” Camille T. Dungy’s poetry seemed a lovely way to celebrate tiny marvels in the midwater.

We’ve been nominated for a Webby for the social and community engagement we achieved with the science team during the #MardelPlataCanyon expedition in Argentina! Vote here: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

A so-fish-ticated catshark, of the freckled variety! Scyliorhinus haeckelii are common fr Bahia Brazil to northern Argentina. Freckled catshark live along the continental shelf as deep as 400 m. Filmed at 202 m, offshore of Uruguay and the Rio del Plata during the #AsgardArchaea expedition.

Swim, sea pig, swim! @echinoblog.bsky.social says this smooth swimmer, fr #ArgentinianDeepSeeps (2864m) belongs to family Elpidiidae, genus Peniagone. The urchin is an Echinothurioid, aka pancake urchin, w/cute "booties" on their spines around the bottom fringe for "walking" on soft sediments.

Measuring light with a hyper spectral sensor in the oligotrophic South Atlantic gyre on the #SUBSEA cruise with @schmidtocean.bsky.social . 1% of surface light remained at 132 meters deep. The bluest water I have ever seen.

Lobster eats crab — no butter required 🧈🦀🧈 Argentinian fans dubbed these rose-tinted crustaceans “Barbie lobsters,” and while that is not their scientific name, we are here for it! The team suspects they are Thymops birsteini, filmed at 538 m. Credit: ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

Our latest video story for the #OBVI #SUBSEA expedition with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social is live — check it out! youtu.be/EPcPzG4f59Q?...

A fish eater: Erenna is a genus of deep-sea siphonophores; these deep-sea hunters are pescatarians and eat only fish. They rely on bioluminescence to mimic the behavior of tiny copepods, luring fish into range for stinging and snacking. Filmed at 918 m during the 2024 #SEPacificSeamounts expedition.

This seafloor community, 1,073 meters (3,520 feet) beneath the Ocean surface, was filmed during the #ArgentinianDeepSeeps expedition. Scientists were searching for cold seeps. While exploring, they observed beautiful scenes like this and stunning biodiversity along the country’s continental shelf.

Phytoplankton — fueling life in the Ocean and the air we breathe! The #OBVI #SUBSEA expedition team is especially interested in nutrient exchange and cycling between the Ocean’s surface and subsurface layers. Read more here: schmidtocean.org/cruise/subse...

We are celebrating Research Vessel Falkor (too)'s Berth-day today! Five years ago, @SchmidtOcean Institute signed and took owner"ship." Since then, the vessel has made numerous discoveries and hosted researchers from all over the world. Happy Birthday R/V Falkor (too)!

We brake for nautilus! “We usually stopped what we were doing whenever we saw nautilus, b/c they are such amazing animals to watch,” said #VisioningCoralSea Chief Scientist Dr. Robin Beaman of James Cook University. This enigmatic cephalopod navigated the depths before dinosaurs roamed the Earth!

Anemone of my anemone is a friend… because we love sea anemones! Play 15 rounds of Bound before April 14th to earn an Anenomadness badge! 📸 NOAA Ocean Exploration 📍 Denson Seamount, Gulf of Alaska fathomverse.game #FathomVerse #Okeanos #NOAA #DeepSea #SeaAnemones

#PoetryInOcean for Elvin abyss tunicate "...Who shall hear the wind roaring like leaves of forests; the white rocks snarling in the moon gleaming, in the moon waning, in the moon falling a corpse-candle; the storm mumbling, the abyss moving?” Read abt new species: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/two-scr...

Happy Taxonomist Appreciation Day!

Meet Iskra’s glitter worm! ✨ The World Register of Marine Species released the annual list of the top-ten marine species for 2025, including this beauty, which was named and described by @scrippsocean.bsky.social grad students Avery Hiley & Kiirah Green, alongside Professor Greg Rouse.

Another expedition underway! During #OBVI #SUBSEA expedition w/Schmidt Ocean Institute & @schmidtsciences.bsky.social Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute, Dr. Matthew Church and a team of international collaborators are investigating nutrient exchange w/in the South Atlantic subtropical gyre.

Our second container of gear came in and we hit the ground running with deployments of a full 60 PIT sediment trap, trace metal and rosette, and McLane pumps. All of these (and more) will help us characterize export of particles as part of the SUBSEA project 🌊 @schmidtocean.bsky.social