Word on the sea is, there's a new way to join #deepsea research expeditions: WhatsApp! Get live updates from the 'Deep Wonders of Trinidad and Tobago and the High Seas' expedition! www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029... We're excited to tune in! #speseas @divaamon.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social

The #Doldrums science team recorded these smooth swimmers during ROV operations between 3,700 and 3,900 meters while exploring the Doldrums Megatransform and Fracture Zone along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Read about how sea cucumbers are useful in evolutionary dev. bio: youtube.com/shorts/rPhdn...

Learn more about Dr. Paula Zapata Ramírez's journey in our latest Science Story, a recurring feature that explores science as a human endeavor and shares the stories of the people who are boldly exploring our unknown Ocean. youtu.be/j6liONFBO3M?...

It's International Day of Women in Engineering, which gave us (yet) another reason to celebrate the amazing and talented crew on board R/V Falkor (too), especially 2nd Engineer Roxy — if it's broken, she can fix it! Read more: youtube.com/post/Ugkx8lV...

The #Doldrums team on R/V Falkor (too) — led by Dr. Aaron Micallef fr @mbarinews.bsky.social — collected this footage of a black smoker over 3,900 m (2.4 miles) deep. youtube.com/shorts/_SGar...

I wrote about one specific way AI is ruining my life defector.com/ai-animal-vi...

Delicate drifter This deep-sea worm is one of the most fascinating animals encountered during the #Doldrums expedition. It resembles a rare group of pelagic annelids in the family Flabelligeridae, say Drs. Paula Zapata & María Isabel Aguilar. 4,155 m (about 2.6 miles) youtube.com/shorts/Dgr1l...

🐙 Say hello to Inopinoteuthis magna — the big-eyed jellyhead. 🐙 And yes, that common name does makes us suspect someone’s kiddo was in the lab that day! (Special thanks to @jeffday.bsky.social for sharing this species ID when we posted a different view of the animal.) #Doldrums 2,923 m

This is a deep-sea isopod. Dr. Johanna Weston, a deep-ocean biologist and guest investigator at @whoi.edu, is confident this is Bathyopsurus nybelini, one of her favorite animals. Learn why via the YouTube caption: youtube.com/shorts/DenUj...

Ayoung Kim is a renowned multimedia artist and visual storyteller who joined the multidisciplinary #DesigningTheFuture3 science team as a member of our Artist-at-Sea program; she was the 70th artist since the program’s inception in 2015. youtu.be/lZCp0MNuFms?...

Our latest expedition video from the #Doldrums expedition, led by Dr. Aaron Micallef, of @mbarinews.bsky.social, is live. Learn about finding fluids in the Ocean! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeQA...

Various Antarctic sponge and associates to fun easy listening soundtrack! via @schmidtocean.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/nv6mw...

This is a deep-sea octopus from the genus Cirrothauma, filmed 2,923 meters beneath the Ocean’s surface during the #Doldrums expedition. For #WorldOceanDay we paired this footage with a Mary Oliver poem, as part of our #PoetryInOcean series. Read the full caption here: youtube.com/shorts/CnAC8...

I found you in this vast ocean, my love, and I am not letting go. #protistsonsky With @prakashlab.bsky.social

Join us for a Schmidt Ocean Institute Back Ashore discussion, where we hear from scientists following expeditions on R/V Falkor and Falkor (too) to learn where the science has taken them. Register here: https://schmidtocean-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vpq_AjDtQ1mb0vZlFbU2Dg#/registration

A moment of discovery! It was a nearly 20-hour dive that the science team will never forget — discovering the first vents in the little-explored #Doldrums Megatransform & Fracture Zone. (Led by Aaron Micallef of @mbarinews.bsky.social ) Read more via YouTube caption: youtube.com/shorts/ocR0l...

Join us for a Schmidt Ocean Institute Back Ashore discussion, where we hear from scientists following expeditions on R/V Falkor and Falkor (too) to learn where the science has taken them. Register here: https://schmidtocean-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vpq_AjDtQ1mb0vZlFbU2Dg#/registration

Teuthowenia Tuesday! ROV pilots filmed this glass squid during the #DesigningTheFuture3 expedition at 739 m. Read about the animal and the DeepPIV imaging system from @kakanikatija.bsky.social & @mbarinews.bsky.social via the YouTube caption: youtube.com/shorts/ekV8I...

Poetry in Ocean: haiku edition Rosacea jelly caught on the camera control my rosaries scatter This haiku was penned by Dr. Dhugal Lindsay, an expert in gelatinous animals and a renowned haiku poet. #DesigningTheFuture3 502 m youtube.com/shorts/3L0dF...

Join us for a Schmidt Ocean Institute Back Ashore discussion, where we hear from scientists following expeditions on R/V Falkor and Falkor (too) to learn where the science has taken them. Register here: https://schmidtocean-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vpq_AjDtQ1mb0vZlFbU2Dg#/registration

Dr. Manu Prakash of @prakashlab.bsky.social at Stanford University watches this midwater tableau fr #DesigningTheFuture3 expedition (filmed at 393m) and asks, "Who's eating whom?" (Read full caption on YouTube to learn more.) youtube.com/shorts/0Ltkk...

🌊 Ocean job alert! 🌊 We're hiring a Science Systems Specialist to support cruise planning on R/V Falkor (too) and management of the maritime instrumentation and scientific equipment. Learn more & apply! https://jobs.lever.co/schmidt-entities/ccec45a4-a347-445e-a022-6e0b8045dc56

The space-age instrument creating this light show is DeepPIV, for Deep particle image velocimetry; it was developed by @kakanikatija.bsky.social & the Bioinspiration Lab team at @mbarinews.bsky.social. It was mounted on ROV SuBastian during #DesigningTheFuture3. youtube.com/shorts/UyFRz...

22 May is National Maritime Day in the US. While R/V Falkor (too) works around the world, we don’t want to miss an opportunity to celebrate & cheer for the people who make science, exploration & discovery at sea possible: the talented Falkor (too) crew. Fair winds & following seas, friends! 🌊

Congratulations to @divaamon.bsky.social, Marcela Gutiérrez-Graudiņš, & all the winners from the 7 May Peter Benchley Ocean Awards — “the Oscars for the Ocean” — at @montereybayaquarium.org 📷 Peter Benchley Ocean Awards https://www.peterbenchleyoceanawards.org/2026-pboa-award-winners

should have done this one yesterday!

A new species of siphonophore, recorded at 897 m during the #DesigningtheFuture3 expedition. ROV pilots were able to carefully zoom in on this animal’s nectophores, or swimming bells — these are the group of medusae responsible for propulsion. (Read more: www.instagram.com/reel/DYiP_eB...)

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 In a landmark third year for the Ocean Census, we announce the discovery of 1,121 new marine species in a single year - a 54% increase in annual species discovery. Dive into the full announcement: oceancensus.org/press-releas...

🚨 Funding opportunity 🚨

MBARI Postdoctoral Fellow Olívia Soares Pereira has been named a National Geographic Explorer. 🌊 Supported by the National Geographic Society, she’ll join an expedition with @schmidtocean.bsky.social to study fracture zones near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-p...

Poetry in Ocean: Swimming ctenophore at 703 m ...Sou bicho, sou planta, (I am animal, I am plant,) Sou o que a terra quiser… (I am whatever the earth wants…) Excerpt from “Anunciação" (Annunciation) by Adélia Prado (1976). #Designingthefuture3 youtube.com/shorts/RznRg...

You can read more about this graceful gossamer worm, filmed during #designingthefutute3, and why this animal is Chief Scientist Karen Osborn's favorite via the caption on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/shorts/knSxX...

On Friday, 8 May, Schmidt Ocean Institute Science Program Senior Manager Leonard Pace spoke at the AI + Expo, hosted by Special Competitive Studies Project, a nonprofit led by Eric Schmidt and Ylli Bajraktari. Pace spoke about the use of AI in ocean exploration.

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