Cool description of seven miniature fish species from the Triassic that may be similar to modern day cryptobenthics. Apparently they were all over the Tethys Sea 240 million years ago, measuring in at a whopping 4cm adult body size 🥹 Scale bar in 📷 is 5mm! linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii...

#OkeanosExplorer EX2503 dive 7 has begun. #Papahānaumokuākea #MarineLife #saveNOAA www.youtube.com/live/rwq8v0c...

A new framework to assess actual error in biodiversity indicators like the Living Planet Index. ✨ Breaks it down into data defect, scarcity & difficulty—guiding smarter monitoring for species recovery targets. 👉 Boyd R.J. et al. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... 🌐🧪

Good News! If you didn't get a chance to submit a abstract in time for #AMSA2025, the deadline has been extended until the 28th February @ 11:59PM. That's only 2 weeks so don't wait and get yours in today! amsa2025.amsa.asn.au

If you're working in estuaries,consider putting in an abstract in the "Estuarine Ecosystem Processes-Observations & Modelling" session! @joey-squishfish.bsky.social

The amazing Bondi-based #Ocean Lovers Festival is expanding to celebrate all of Sydney. As part of this event they are hosting the inaugural Sydney Coast Hope Spot Marine Bioblitz (1–31 March). Calling all marine #citizenscientists to join in the fun! www.oceanloversfestival.com/sydney-coast...

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 PAID INTERNSHIPS! California State University (CSU) students interested in marine, ocean, and coastal STEM are invited to apply for the 2025 CSU COAST Summer Internship Program. 20 internships available Head to bit.ly/COASTInterns2025 to apply by 2/26/25!

Well that’s a wrap for our January Junior Wildlife Rangers program at the Cooper Park Community Hall supported by a Woollahra Council Community and Cultural Grant. Two incredible events, and an amazing group of children and carers sharing their love for our local biodiversity @mer-nsw.bsky.social

A massive thanks to our scientist speakers that shared their knowledge of the cryptic and critical underwater world in Australia and its importance to all of us. Sea squirts, sharks, and advances in #eDNA were in full display at the North Bondi SLSC. @wilderlab.bsky.social @mer-nsw.bsky.social

#AcademicSky 🧪 #MathSky

See the link below for information on start dates, project scope, and details on how to apply: aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

For all those interested in environmental DNA, there is still time to register for the 2nd Australian & New Zealand Environmental DNA Conference! Join us from 18 - 21 February at Shed 6, Wellington New Zealand. ednaconference.com.au #eDNA @buncedna.bsky.social @joey-squishfish.bsky.social

Dec 2024 issue of #AquaticConservation 📸Seagrass in southern Africa Also: hyperspectral mapping, plankton, skate, mayflies, poplar, invasive fish, coral bleaching, meiofauna, MPAs, mussel & floodplain restoration, environmental racism, seahorses & newts! 🧪🌎🦑 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990755...

Check out our latest paper on #eDNA and metabarcoding data reporting standards 🤓🧬🧪 These minimum reporting guidelines for metabarcoding workflows extend from the physical layout of laboratories through to data archiving enhance trust and reliability in data mbmg.pensoft.net/article/1286...

Come learn from scientists in NSW at our Sydney Harbour Marine Education and Research talks on January 23rd (6 PM - 730 PM) at North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club. Presentations on #eDNA, #sharks, and climate change impacts on #kelp and temperate reefs. www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/Events/Sydne...

First post on The Blue. New scientific paper on multiple citizen science methods (#eDNA inclusive) to provide ad hoc biodiversity and health data from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea Marine Parks. Contributions from a huge team of co-authors, crew, and ecotourists. www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16...

Merry Christmas everyone! Also, there's still time to apply for a PhD with me and folks at the @nhm-london.bsky.social looking at tiny #fishes from the UK and beyond. Apply for this PhD @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social through www.findaphd.com/phds/project... and join #teamfish

We must train specialists in #botany and #zoology — or risk more devastating #extinctions. Failure to fund #education in #taxonomy could derail efforts to support #conservation in low- and middle-income countries #systematics www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We are looking for a PhD student to work on "Faunal diversity dynamics of the Seychelles using environmental DNA". Your primary supervisors would be David Gower (NHM, London) and Julia Day (UCL). For more details of the project and funding see trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/fau... 🐍🧪🐸🔬

Evaluating Sampling Designs to Survey Fish Diversity in Lakes From Northern Temperate Zones. Environmental DNA, 6: e70015. doi.org/10.1002/edn3...