Regular reminder that the Capitola and Santa Cruz wharves are actually piers.

Not now, carnivorous death ball

Want to know how our @livingseawalls.bsky.social from the @stonelivinglab.bsky.social is doing one year after installation? Check out this piece from @wbur.org on how it's grown! www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/...

What was the hardest part of grad school for you? Was it having a kid, the thesis defense? I told them nope, it was being the only & the first. The only Inupiaq at UW Madison for most of my years there, one of 250 Natives on a campus of over 40K, the first Native to earn a PhD in my program🧵

I’m skeptical of @columbiasportswear.bsky.social’s climate-denying ad campaign.

Those of us in the Pacific Northwest are bracing for "King Tides" today. I shot this in 2024 during King Tides; the best clamming tides. North Head #LightHouse on the hill at Cape Disappointment. Graveyard of the Pacific in Washington State. #ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #Photography

Hundreds of salmon currently stacked up in skinny Spencer Creek, a groundwater-fed tributary to the Klamath. These guys are ragged with decay but determined to fulfill the spawning imperative, zombies who outlived Halloween. Resilience embodied.

“That’s really tremendous progress, especially compared to other areas of the country or other areas globally where we’re seeing #wetland loss." KQED joined our scientists in the field with the Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program, a partnership with @sfestuary.bsky.social.

Seaweed Farming offers a sustainable win for climate, oceans, and food security. It absorbs carbon, creates marine habitats, and boosts local economies—proof that conservation and innovation can thrive together. #SustainableAquaculture

"The Scientist's Guide to Writing" has a 3rd edition on the way! New chapter on "AI" writing tools (I have opinions...(and evidence)). Updated coverage of preprints, graphical abstracts, humour in titles, and lots more. Watch for it!

Here is a good explanation of ocean oxygen and why it’s more nuanced than often presented 🌊 theconversation.com/humans-will-...

The #FindThatLizard Scholarship is accepting applications until 12/10. We fund girls, women, and gender non conforming persons pursuing herpetology🦎🐍🐸🐢 I can’t wait to read your application! earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...

You have to admire the bloody-minded ambition of a pelican trying to eat a whole capybara (who seems utterly unconcerned). The thing with pelicans is that they have ONE super-power & their brains default to "get it in your mouth & deal with it later." Let's talk about the gular sac of the pelican.

Meet our newest patient here at the Alaska Raptor Center, a Northern Pygmy Owl named King Owlbert by his rescuers. Owlbert arrived with a drooping wing, making flight difficult. We’ve given him a supportive wing wrap, plenty of tasty mice, and time to heal. #small #owls #adorable

Here is a great way to teach your kids more about Native Americans this month. Molly of Denali–the only kids TV show to feature an Alaska Native character–is on the road for Native American Heritage Month. Molly, the show’s main character, visits 5 reservations.

Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️

Los Angeles, all of Metro is freeeeeee today so you can get to your polling place 🗳 Includes: - 30m free on the bikes - Metro Micro, use the app instead of lyft/uber

🪼Happy World Jellyfish Day! These brainless, boneless, and bloodless beauties play an important role in our ocean ecosystems. youtube.com/shorts/KRi9y...

When the ocean heats up, urchin love life cools down. New Hakai-linked study shows that even modest, non-lethal warming can suppress purple sea urchin reproduction — a twist that could temporarily help kelp forests recover. But both kelp and urchins feel the heat. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2s46j5v8

Ellen Hutchins: The Botanist Who Catalogued an Island from Her Sickbed voxmeditantis.com/2025/11/03/e... #WomenInSTEM #STEM #Cryptogams #Bryology #Phycology

🦀 Sally lightfoot crab

Scaling back DEI isn’t just a moral setback—it’s a loss of innovation. Bhalla, Trejo & @marymunson4.bsky.social in Nature Cell Biology: limiting who can participate in science “weakens research capacity and stifles discovery.” doi.org/10.1038/s415...

GAR WEEK 2025 is HERE!!! Join @garlab.bsky.social as we celebrate these awesome living fossil fishes and freshwater biodiversity for #GarWeek! We look forward to hearing from YOU with any gar pics, puns, stories, GARtwork and questions this week!

#MarineLife #Invertebrate (et al.) 🌊🦑

Peek-a-boo! 🐈🐈‍⬛ #Caturday

There are two cats nestled beneath this quilt. #Caturday

#Caturday 🐈‍⬛

A portrait of a California Newt #herps #reptiles #newts

Worked on a new intro / solo for “Pig in a Pen” this morning 🪕 #BanjoFeed youtube.com/shorts/j6Lyb...

There are more than 100 marine research institutions in the United States and they’re under threat from Trump’s attack on science funding. 🌊

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

h/t @karenho.bsky.social for this impressive, anatomically correct, hermit crab Halloween display! 🦀🦑🎃

Let me talk about dulse (Palmaria palmata) og a #PhycologyFriday This red algae grows along the coast in many countries. It’s easiest collected in the intertidal zone. Dulse can be used in many ways – often dried, and as a slightly nutty flavour. Dulse contains protein, fat, and vitamin A.

Turkish towel (Chondracanthus exasperatus) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

#MarineLife #PhycologyFriday #Invertebrate 🌊🦑

For #PhycologyFriday, a Gloiocladia laciniata growing on a stalk of kelp here in the territories of Lekwungen peoples (Victoria, BC). There's not much info I could find online about this red alga's striking color, but I enjoyed seeing a bunch of their scintillating blue blades on a snorkel this week

Do you love bogs and Halloween? If so, please follow and share this thread to explore the eerie, the dark and the supernatural side of bog ecosystems. BogBoo. 1/ You are terrifying and strange and beautiful, something not everyone knows how to love. -Warsan Shire

Throwback treat: @ucdavis.bsky.social Professor Jay Stachowicz talking Halloween fashion… for decorator crabs! 🦀✨

Driving tomorrow? SLOW DOWN Kids and pedestrians deserve to live

#ThrowbackThursday to the day 20 yrs ago when my postdoc advisor had to meet w/ me in the teaching lab downstairs b/c he was setting up his decorator crabs for an ABC News segment on Halloween costumes. #MarineLife #Invertebrate 🎃🦀 @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social youtu.be/IYxerHqVPpE?...

CSU Monterey Bay seeks an Assistant/Associate Professor of Marine Science. Research, teach, and mentor the next generation of scientists. Apply by Jan 20, 2026. Details: csucareers.calstate.edu/en-us/job/55... #MarineScienceJobs #FacultyPosition #CSUMB #HigherEd

These terrifying bats are looking forward to #Halloween 🦇🦇🦇😱 Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Tulane University is hiring a marine biologist for a professor of practice position. This is a non-tenure track teaching position that comes with good job security, benefits, and the opportunity to work with a wonderful group of colleagues and outstanding students. See the link below for details.

Maybe my favorite Food Map, ever.

Herbarium specimens reveal shifts in species' elevational ranges Zu et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/VB8MUG...

For a 3rd year, I made a carcinization pumpkin. But this time it's a true crab, Calappa! 🦀🦑🧪 (It's a view of the "shame face", not the dorsal body)

The cats are doing spells. I'm sure it's fine.

Being very mindful of things that bring me joy and optimism, and this is for sure one of them. A huge day for @ucdavis.bsky.social: research.ucdavis.edu/andrea-c-alf...

I always love to see @bridgette.bsky.social’s book out in the wild… #MarineLife #Seaweed 🌊🦑

Fish in the forest, seaweed in trees? Yes - 13 years ago tonight, the M7.8 #HaidaGwaii earthquake generated the world's largest #tsunami of 2012. Runup to 13m in some inlets left seaweed in trees and fish in the forest. If you are near water and feel long and strong shaking, go to high ground. 🧪🌊⚒️