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.

More Springy-art! It's a dark rainy day here so I need me some spring-like art to cheer me up. #Spring #Bird #Birds #EnglishRobin #Gouache #Art #Painting

#FrenchPolynesia A study (see comment below) of #coralreef @ #Moorea found that after 2019 #coralbleaching event, live #coral coverage dropped 58%, and branching coral *BECAME HOLLOW* probably from "tiny mussels and fungi" that "mined the coral interior." phys.org/news/2026-03...

Optical clearing & time-lapse fluorescent imaging of Live mouse Brain (up to 800 μm of depth)🤯 An acute olfactory bulb slice(P11) loaded with GCaMP6f (Ca2+ sensor) was imaged with #2PM at a depth of 150 μm during clearing with SeeDB-Live👹 #NatMethods 2026 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Remarkably Realistic #Marine #Invertebrates Made of #Glass Surface at the Mystic Seaport #Museum. #Blaschka #GlassArtists #MarineLife #Art Link for more information and amazing photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/11/blas...

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the mantis shrimp has 16 types of color receptors. humans have 3. we see roughly 10 million colors and think that's impressive. the mantis shrimp is sitting there processing a visual reality so hyperchromatic that scientists genuinely aren't sure what it's like to be one. #addOcean

I love how reef squids are just so silly. Silly little guys 🦑📷Frank Krasovec (www.inaturalist.ca/observations...)

This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct. Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...

(Very) belated post but super jazzed to have my undergrad research thesis (and first ever publication) published at the Journal of Insect Behavior with @ceph-whisperer.bsky.social and @alexcnkingston.bsky.social! Check it out! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt I started working on this drawing half a year ago as a part of the #BirdWhisperer challenge, but I got very busy around that time and only finished it recently. It is far too late for the official posting date, but I am glad I completed this one!

“Male Andrea cuttlefish (Doratosepion andreanum) – quite drab to human eyes – use their birefringent arms to literally twist light, creating a highly conspicuous signal precisely tuned to cuttlefish vision.” #scicomm www.sciencealert.com/cuttlefish-l... 🧪 🐙 🦑

@bd-stew.bsky.social explaining the Report on the 2025 Octopus Bloom 👇

A New Way to Flirt: Dazzle Potential Mates With Patterns Invisible to Humans www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/s...

Today's frog is the horned marsupial frog. And its kids.

It is getting harder to see it these days, but I always hold on to this quote from Samwise in LOTR: "There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for."

The Devonian Period Dunkleosteus didn’t have teeth but instead exposed jaws that self sharpened like two knives every time they opened and closed their mouth. Illustration from my book DINOSAURS 📚🦕 grab yours here: a.co/d/jiarhqN #paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs #fossiladdict #evolution

New paper from the lab, led by @ronjabigge.bsky.social, in collaboration with Kentaro Arikawa. We reconcile contrast and spatial processing functions of lamina monopolar cells by integrating 3D morphology, connectivity and neurophysiology in the hummingbird hawkmoth. tinyurl.com/mvnh3325 For more 👇

Thought I’d post regular book updates; here’s read #1 of 2026. An excellent and exhaustive account of sensory ecology

The Emperor #Octopolis #Tarot #octopus 🐙🐡

Everything is really scary and horrible, and on the utter flipside, we made these really adorable valentines. The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy. But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk. Get 'em at SquidFacts.net

In a recent BBC interview, Senior Research Fellow Dr Nova Mieszkowska discusses what the surge in octopus numbers along the southwest coast last year may reveal about changing conditions in our coastal seas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR-H...

Circle of life... Susie the octopus 🐙 is exercising as she hunts her meal. youtube.com/shorts/BamoP...

These 3 tiny dots are not just random stars in the sky. That's Earth, Jupiter and Venus seen from Mars 🌌 That’s us… 225 million miles away 🤯

“‘This is the highest reported reflectivity of any land-based biological organism, including beetle exoskeleton, bird feathers, and the famously intense blue of Morpho butterfly scales.’” #scicomm #sensoryecology www.sciencealert.com/this-stunnin... 🧪

Nice video explainer to go along with this cool article about spectral tuning of motion vision in butterflies in relation to wing color: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

We saw an octopus hunt, hamlets mate, a nurse shark super close, a barracuda’s teeth, manatees and their bellies, and hosted an interspecies parrotfish party. But it was the jack crevalles that stole the show, swimming back and forth throughout the day #coralcitycamera #miami #biscaynebay #coralcity

"Waiter, two crustaceans please." 🦑📷Frank Krasovec (inaturalist.ca/observations...)

🐙 Inspired by the power of octopus camouflage, @ucsandiego.bsky.social scientists have developed a way to produce xanthommatin, a color-changing pigment with potential real-world applications ranging from UV protection to thermal coatings.

Less than two weeks left to apply for the Cephalopod Neuroscience Gordon Conference! An exciting lineup of speakers and posters, and financial aid is available upon request. 🐙🦑 www.grc.org/cephalopod-n...

How #fungi ‘superpowers’ from #mushroom pellets are #restoring #forests across the world ‘Rhizopellets’ are being planted alongside #saplings and enhance the roots of the tree as it grows www.independent.co.uk/news/science... #trees #orchards #forestry #mycoremediation

New year, new career? It's the last chance to apply for these positions at the laboratory, find out more, and make 2026 your year! Jobs 🔗 pml.ac.uk/working-with... #PhD Studentships 🔗 pml.ac.uk/Working-with... #Hiring #Jobs #Plymouth #PhDopportunities #AIjobs #CharityJobs #JobsForGood

SO EXCITED to be finally talking about some funky preliminary results on the eyes of this funky harvestman at #SICB2026 on Tuesday! Here are a few sneak peak pics :D

I usually share the big stuff but there are a lotta funky creatures down there. 🤿 #marinelife

New Year’s nurse shark starts the year swimming through clear blue winter water. Let’s hope 2026 brings many more clear water days in the months ahead! 💙🩺🦈💙 #nurseshark #sharksofcoralcity #shark #newyearsday #clearwater #bluewater #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Some Magnapinna from a couple months ago! youtu.be/7UvSF6t3zQg?...

Squid machines #art #BRart #Illustration

Ahoy Adventurers, Life below the waves is full of mystery, unexpected surprises and creatures that tickle our imaginations. “You can sometimes camouflage the hand, but you cannot camouflage the man behind it.” ― Alan Bradley, The Golden Tresses of the Dead

Young Atlantic salmon seen in three English rivers for first time in a decade

I'm reviewing abstracts for an upcoming scientific conference, helping the planning team to select which attendees get a chance to present their work. Some are amazingly good. Some suggest that the applicant has not ever been taught how to write an abstract. Here are some basic tips: 🧪

What’s the purpose of the Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab’s giant claw? 🧪 Museum Keeper Jason explains that for male fiddler crabs, the oversized claw makes up over half their body weight and works as a weapon, a warning, and most importantly a billboard for romance.

Apply now for the Molly Spooner Studentship, a paid summer research opportunity for undergraduate students interested in hands-on marine biology. Deadline15th January 2026 👉 https://mymba.mba.ac.uk/member-homepage/discounts-and-bursaries/molly-spooner-studentship.html

Do you remember the viral video about a deep-sea anglerfish earlier this year? This year, the most-read story in Oceanus was about the habits of the rarely-seen black seadevil anglerfish! Check out this and other highlights from the year: whoi.edu/best-of-2025/

"They are having an impact on (shellfish) species around our shores.. But there are opportunities and our fishing industry are doing some research at the moment to try and evolve with the changing fisheries that we're seeing as a result of climate change." Ah, climate change 'opportunities' 🤔

Glad I was able to find that. Fantastic observation if you want to see some deep sea bioluminescence.

📣 The Science Friday team has spoken: Here’s a roundup of our favorite stories of 2025, from death metal to duck stamps, and that time we put kids in touch with astronauts on the International Space Station: buff.ly/96pM7H1

I don't know what it is about this photo, but it really makes this cuttlefish look like a muppet to me. 🦑📷ajhg (inaturalist.ca/observations...)