#Ecosde2Cañones sea life & fish w/antifreeze proteins! “It was wonderful to see the notothenioid fish curiously approach the ROV camera, reminding us that every encounter with marine life is deeply connected to the physical dynamics shaping their environment.” - Chief Scientist Dr. Silvia Romero

30 previously unknown deep-sea species, including a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, have been confirmed from one of the most remote parts of the planet by The Nippon Foundation–Nekton @oceancensus.bsky.social and collaborators. ecomagazine.com/news/researc... 🦑 🌊

A swingin’ seafloor hotspot! 🎶 This #Ecosde2Cañones footage fr the Patagonian shelf break is an excellent example of collective foraging behavior. Fish & other creatures navigate deep-sea currents to access an area rich w/nutrients — these vital energy hubs at the interface of shelf & open Ocean.

A #Taleof2Canyons & an octopus! 186m, Patagonian red octopus, or Enteroctopus megalocyathus, hovering over a patch of sediment, lighter in color than the surrounding area, the cephalopod opened up like an umbrella to feed, likely on a crustacean. Read more: www.instagram.com/reel/DQnH14c...

World Ocean Explorer has been invited to present from the main stage at the Unity Technologies annual conference, 17 -20 November 2025. Learn more: https://unity.com/events/unite

BOO! 👻🎃👻 No costume for Halloween? No problem. Channel your inner sea urchin: go into your closet (or sunken treasure chest), and throw on all the outfits at once! A few clams, some snails, and carnivorous sponges for drama ought to help keep your fellow partiers in high spirits. #Ecosde2Cañones

At the 57th Barcolana regatta, @wendyschmidt.bsky.social, @schmidtocean.bsky.social & @11thhourracing.bsky.social partnered with w/Italian event agency Piano b to create a short film, told from the Ocean's perspective & viewed in the Piazza Unità d’Italia. youtu.be/BtbqxEHk-jM

The #Ecosde2Cañones team collected oceanographic data to better understand how the shape of the seafloor & powerful currents influence productivity in Argentina; they will return home w/new questions & the memory of seeing life pulsing through these canyons. youtu.be/LLTMc704rVA?...

Announcement: 30 new species discovered from expeditions to the Southern Ocean. Read more 👇 oceancensus.org/press-releas... @schmidtocean.bsky.social #NewSpecies

A little terror for your Tuesday! Basket star filmed by ROV pilots at ~270 m during the #Taleof2Canyons — these many-armed ophiuroids capture prey w/ease. Escape is unlikely thanks to tiny hooks & sticky mucus-covered limbs. Once ensnared, tube feet shuttle the meal towards the animal’s mouth.

...like water or glass that turns into anything, into smoke, into a spiral, into a building, a fish, a stone, a rose. I am different from me, so different... “Song” by Poet Silvina Ocampo, transl. by Jason Weiss; full poem: granta.com/song/ #Ecosde2CañonesSouth, American sea nettle, 324m

@schmidtocean.bsky.social is thrilled to sponsor Ocean Floor Explore — a #MapTheGaps Symposium to build new pathways for seafloor mapping and deep ocean discovery. Join us October 26-29 and be part of the last great exploration on Earth. Learn more at oceanfloorexplore.org

The #Ecosde2Cañones team is studying the intricate interplay of ocean features such as currents, wind, circulation, density, temperature, and salinity as they examine the exchange of energy between the atmosphere, the Ocean, and the Earth. youtu.be/pf8cIYFeYJM?...

🐟 A deep-sea spa day for a celebrated species! Scientists found red cusk-eels nestled in tubeworm “bushes” at a methane seep off Chile’s coast. It's the first time this commercially important species has been documented using methane seeps as habitat. @schmidtocean.bsky.social

The #ChileMargin2024 science team discovered dozens of red cusk-eels in a bushy thicket of tubeworms at a methane seep off the coast of central Chile. The study was published Ecology on 10/18; the research was supported by @schmidtocean.bsky.social & funded by NSF. scripps.ucsd.edu/news/commerc...

In the “2024 Chapman Survey of American Fears,” sharks ranked 52nd, beating insects/arachnids, reptiles, and public speaking on the list of frightful things. Read our full post, and why we think people should find better things to fear on Insta: www.instagram.com/reel/DP2JS7T...

In honor of World Squid Day, here's a Moroteuthopsis longimana fr #SouthSandwichIslands. International cephalopod awareness days happen each year in Oct — we celebrate octopuses on the 8th, in honor of their 8 arms, and squid on the 10th, to acknowledge their ten appendages (8 arms and 2 tentacles).

This delightful new book by Cara Giaimo and Artist Vlad Stankovic includes a few familiar animals. Do you recognize any of these advice-givers from our ROV dives and videos? orionmagazine.org/article/dear...

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

Travel to the coast of Chile and into Antarctica via the interactive Schmidt Ocean Institute 2024 Impact Report. We are bringing the depths to light: www.2024annualreport.schmidtocean.org

This #MarDelPlataCanyon seastar, despite all the obvious signs, does not have a big butt. The animal does resemble the famous SpongeBob character, Patrick Star. Read more about seastars with messages from the deep: www.instagram.com/p/DPWpFi9kkI...

@schmidtocean.bsky.social is thrilled to sponsor Ocean Floor Explore — a #MapTheGaps Symposium to build new pathways for seafloor mapping and deep ocean discovery. Join us October 26-29 and be part of the last great exploration on Earth. Learn more at oceanfloorexplore.org

It may look as if this little one is practicing their dance moves — slow-slow-quick-quick — but we’re pretty sure fish can’t dance. It's more likely this bellowfish, or Notopogon sp., is taking advantage of snacks in the sediments, stirred up by the ROV's robotic arm during #uruguaysub200.

#uruguaysub200 was our 100th expedition since the Lone Ranger — predecessor to R/Vs Falkor and Falkor (too) — left the Canary Islands on January 11, 2011. With an ocean of discoveries still waiting, we’re ready for the next 100! Enjoy the highlights from Uruguay! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g7k...

Do you ever feel like somebody's watching you? This goosefish — with a wide, flat head, gaping mouth, and an abundance of patience — belongs to the family Lophiidae, which are ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes. #uruguaysub200

Artist-at-Sea Alejandro Balbis is a Uruguayan musician who joined the #uruguaysub200 team. “Seeing the scientists in the lab — they hug, they shout at each other as if they had scored a goal,” he said. “It gives me so much emotion... similar to when one finishes a song.” youtu.be/Bc_ZqJ2TDU0?...

The #UruguaySub200 science team observed charismatic animals, chemosynthetic communities & the formation of a beautiful, healthy reef that sent a clear message to the scientists: when disturbed habitats are given time to recover, healthy ecosystems can and do return. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyjM...

Philanthropy is vital in advancing the science needed to address global challenges. Our co-founder @wendyschmidt.bsky.social is an inspiring example. Thank you for your unwavering support for science @schmidtocean.bsky.social @schmidtsciences.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/elisab...

For the #uruguaysub200 scientists hoping to document abundant wildlife in their deep waters, this small coral offers a message on a bottle, telling a larger story about life on the seafloor, 2,341 meters beneath the surface. 🎥 ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

Meet Bathydoris, a deep-sea nudibranch that ROV pilots filmed almost two miles beneath the surface on an abyssal plain east of the Río de la Plata Canyon during the #uruguaysub200 expedition. 🎥ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

When chanchitos fly, it happens 2,340 meters deep in the Ocean! This is a sea pig, or chanchito, if you’re a member of the #Uruguaysub200 science team. Scotoplanes sp. is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers of the family Elpidiidae. 🎥ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

Coral & crustaceans! 🪸🦐 Dr. Brenda Doti Dr. says the larger of these crustaceans is a Valvifera isopod fr the Antarcturidae family. These filter-feeders can't lift sediment particles & must find their next meal suspended in the water column. Read the full caption: www.instagram.com/reel/DOovZ31...

🚨 Job alert — Assistant bosun on R/V Falkor (too) 🚨 Submit a cover letter and a comprehensive resume/CV to the email provided via this link (we will not accept inquiries via social channels). https://schmidtocean.org/job-post/assistant-bosun/ End date for tendering position: 12 September 2025

"...The length of time in which she weathers her watch: a brooding. Imagine her, perched, pale and love-long, in some dark shelf, knowing she will never meet what she has made, and making anyway..." Excerpt fr “The Mother” by Lindsay Stewart. Filmed at 2,458m during #TaludContinental_IV expedition

🌊 Remember the barrels found off the coast of LA? New research from Scripps Oceanography found that 'halos' around some of the barrels came from caustic alkaline waste leaking from the barrels. https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/decades-old-barrels-industrial-waste-still-impacting-ocean-floor-la

A hitchhiker’s guide: Tiny, immobile creatures like barnacles can get a leg-up on competition by hitching a ride into the water current where there’s marine snow aplenty. The vehicle of choice here — Lithodes crab, a genus of king crab found throughout the global ocean. #uruguaysub200

🚨 Job alert — Assistant bosun on R/V Falkor (too) 🚨 Submit a cover letter and a comprehensive resume/CV to the email provided via this link (we will not accept inquiries via social channels). https://schmidtocean.org/job-post/assistant-bosun/ End date for tendering position: 12 September 2025

Even in the darkest depths, life finds a way! During a recent #Uruguaysub200 ROV dive, the team on R/V Falkor (too) located the destroyer ROU-01 Uruguay shipwreck, bustling with deep-sea life at 1,160 meters. Read more: www.instagram.com/reel/DOPJefj...

More than 3 million people tuned into @schmidtocean.bsky.social’s expedition livestream off the coast of Argentina, sparking a dialogue about the value of scientific exploration. Watch the footage here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTLt...

We love cephalopods, warts and all! 🐙 This is a Graneledone sp., a genus of warty octopuses in the family Octopodidae found throughout the global Ocean — filmed by ROV SuBastian pilots at 1603 m during #UruguaySUB200. Read more: www.instagram.com/reel/DOMLFB2...

🪸 Coral garden, 1,141 m, near the HMS Challenger scientists’ station 320, visited Feb 1876! For the #UruguaySUB200 science team, we hope it's thrilling to see living animals so near where the first deep-sea corals fr Uruguay were collected, almost 150 years ago. www.instagram.com/reel/DOJUNdM...

🦀 ROV pilots filmed this Crab Hatter tea party at 140 m, during #UruguaySUB200. The science team is undertaking the first effort to systematically collect samples and footage from the seafloor off Uruguay’s coast. Video: ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

¡Qué lindo! Every bit of this south wall in the #MarDelPlataCanyon is vibrant and alive. Read and imagine how a tiny sponge larva or other stationary animal finds a home in a place like this: www.instagram.com/reel/DN37jxs...

National Geographic Society & @schmidtocean.bsky.social recruiting for 1 berth & access to R/V Falkor (too) infrastructure during 2026 expeditions along east coast of South America. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/grants-and-investments/rfp-soings/ Deadline: 8 Oct 2025, 11:59 p.m. EDT.

#SciArtFriday ~"This is an emotional journey, for it brings together my two passions: art & marine biology,” said 2025 #ArtistAtSea Pablo Penchaszadeh. For him, being on Falkor (too) was a dream. #TaludContinental_IV 📷 Misha Vallejo Prut / Schmidt Ocean Institute

“Now the sea is in me: I am the fish, the fish glitters in me; we are risen, tangled together, certain to fall back to the sea.” fr Mary Oliver’s, “The Fish,” about catching & eating her first one. ROV pilots filmed this amazing fish more than 2400m deep in #MarDelPlataCanyon #TaludContinental_IV

New species alert! Galathea tukitukimea sp. nov. is described from the seamounts near Rapa Nui during the #SalasyGomezRidge expedition, representing the first record of the genus for this region of the Pacific Ocean. Read the full paper here: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/159542/

Clearly amazing appearance around 888m in #MarDelPlataCanyon: Amphitretus sp. This telescope octopus has adapted to live in a place where there is nowhere to hide but in plain sight. Deep gratitude to @autsquidsquad.bsky.social for species ID. Description on Insta: www.instagram.com/reel/DNittGh...

Flying into the weekend! They are, in fact, swimming, but it still looks as if they are flying in the most fabulous way. This squat lobster stuck the landing on the south wall of the #MarDelPlataCanyon during a recent ROV dive, part of the #TaludContinental_IV expedition in Argentina.

Just seven delightful minutes of deep-sea aliens, courtesy of @schmidtocean.bsky.social