Thrilled for the release of our new Monterey Bay White Sharks film. The film documents how our interdisciplinary team is using drones, satellite tags, eDNA & other tech to improve our understanding of white sharks. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social youtu.be/eJdfyFnlc9Y?...

It was great hearing about how our drones are being integrated with AUVs, gliders and eDNA samplers to improve our understanding of Monterey Bay in a collaborative project known as Synchro. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social

💧🪱 Summer research on the Rio Grande, where the Wood Lab from @uofwa.bsky.social quantified the change in parasite abundance and diversity in over the past 72 years, a period stretching from 1938 to 2010. Read more ⬇️ fish.uw.edu/2025/10/summ...

🏞️ Join us this Thursday to hear from our very own Julian Olden about just how protected are America's rivers? 🗓️Thursday 16 October 🕓 4pm 📍FSH 102 fish.uw.edu/news-events/...

A collaboration of Hasselt University, Chelsea Wood @uwsafs.bsky.social, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas @ulbruxelles.bsky.social, Maarten Vanhove (UHasselt + @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social), Olexiy Kyrychenko (Radboud University), Dakeishla Díaz-Morales @depauluniversity.bsky.social

The Power of Public Comment - happening tomorrow evening! @uwsmea.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social @ucs.org @snapcoalition.bsky.social @sciforgood.bsky.social

@uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwatmossci.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social

Scientists off the coast of Washington state filmed a pod of over 20 Southern Resident killer whales. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance told CNN their researchers, alongside SeaDoc Society and NOAA, are using "non-invasive health monitoring technologies" to study threats to the endangered species.

🆕 New story on our new major! Discover more about Aquatic Conservation & Ecology at @uofwa.bsky.social SAFS. @uwenvironment.bsky.social environment.uw.edu/news/2025/09...

GRFP application now available. @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwess.bsky.social @uwatmossci.bsky.social @uw-sefs.bsky.social @uwsmea.bsky.social

I've been proud to serve as the faculty leader for this effort. It has been a pleasure to interact with passionate students and emerging science communicators for many years now! We publish annually. I encourage you to check out past issues and follow! @uwsafs.bsky.social @trevorabranch.bsky.social

Welcome back to class today, Huskies!

🐋📏Longer body size means more female calves for baleen whale moms, contradicting a popular evolutionary theory postulating that strong mammals benefit more from birthing males. New research by UW QERM student Zoe Rand, @trevorabranch.bsky.social & Sarah Converse. www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...

🆕 Check out our latest SAFS Newsletter! Visit fish.uw.edu/news-events/... where you can also subscribe to our next one!

Funding: CESAB programme of @frbiodiv.bsky.social. Great list of co-authors and fun working group! @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwfreshwater.bsky.social @profchrisharrod.bsky.social @profchrisharrod.bsky.social

This week is the annual Latino Conservation Week, a week that promotes engagement of Hispanic/Latino/a/x communities in the conservation of the outdoor environment. Check out the link below to learn about this week’s activities. @sacnas.bsky.social @cientificolatino.com latinoconservationweek.com

The sightings of #orca are facilitated by smaller marine mammals, which swim to harbours trying to avoid getting eaten. “They’re going in and around docks, #seals also hide under boats & killer #whales have to come in and look for them." Andrew Trites theprovince.com/news/local-n...

📢 New Major: Aquatic Conservation & Ecology (ACE). Coming to @uofwa.bsky.social this Autumn, a new #undergraduate degree at SAFS. 🐠 About the ecology of aquatic organisms, their ecosystems, & how we conserve them. 🌊 Learn by doing, in the lab & the field. Find out more fish.uw.edu/students/und...

2025 Peter A. Larkin Award Lecture will be held on Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 at 6:30 pm. Our speaker is Dr. Thomas P. Quinn ( @uwsafs.bsky.social l) who will discuss: Changing Themes in Salmon Conservation. Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-peter...

Welcome Andrea!

🌊 Ocean warming puts vital marine microbe at risk. New research out of @uofwa.bsky.social Oceanography. www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...

Restoring underwater ecosystems: Global innovation exchange students help marine biologists with AI-powered robots at @uofwa.bsky.social. gix.uw.edu/news/restori...

J pod called on the Orcasound Lab hydrophones for ~1.25 hr this eve as they traveled north in Haro Strait. Thanks to listeners for detecting their calls, whistles, and clicks. Here's the whole bout, but listen at 6pm for really cool vocalizations! live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... #wssjis #psws

IT'S ADORABLE! New fish species just dropped: the bumpy snailfish at 10,000 ft down in the ocean gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...

From sea stars to dark matter, check out recent news bites from @uofwa.bsky.social in the University of Washington Magazine 👇 magazine.washington.edu/fall-2025-ne...

Last week the drone pilots in my lab captured this image (photo 1) of a large sea lion haul out @ San Carlos Beach in Monterey during our monthly surveys. Last year (photo 2) a large sea lion haul out was seen at the same beach. This might be turning into a new haul out site. @uwsafs.bsky.social

Our drone team recently returned from a survey trip where they captured this large sea lion haul out on San Carlos Beach; a popular dive spot in Monterey. The beach was the scene of a similar large haul out at the same time last year. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social #drones

The Mazama newt is found in only one place in the world: Crater Lake. But this tiny amphibian is disappearing, due to invasive crayfish taking over its habitat. We’ve teamed up with the National Park Service and High Desert Museum to give this rare newt-y cutie a fighting chance.

🥇From the lab to the Ironman Our students do it all! Connor Quiroz, masters student at SAFS, shared how it is purposeful for him to see what he’s capable of in each of the different aspects of his life—be that academics, athletics, or something else.

🦀 Tracking the population’s advance while probing the inner workings of the European green crab. Read more in Salish Sea Currents, featuring the work of @waseagrant.bsky.social & @pseanmc.bsky.social👇 fish.uw.edu/2025/09/trac...

A decade into Puget Sound's green crab invasion: From one trapped in 2016 to nearly 200,000. Control efforts helped by citizen scientists and @waseagrant.bsky.social have evolved to functional eradication — controlling populations to keep damage manageable. #InvasiveSpecies #PugetSound #Conservation

🌊 Z is for zooplankton! Limnology sampling on Lake Aleknagik in Alaska allows the Alaska Salmon Program to records long-term changes in environmental conditions associated with climate warming, which has knock-on effects on salmon and other aquatic species. alaskasalmonprogram.org/long-term-mo...

We are recruiting near peer mentors for the Valiant program. We seek one 4th year undergrad & one grad student to serve as mentors. Financial compensation provided. See the link below to learn more & apply. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social uwashington.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

✍️ Inspired by her mother & the mountains: Aashna Sharma writes for Science. ⛰️ From the foothills of the Himalayas in India, Aashna was inspired by 'Past as Prologue' that highlights how different scientists from around the world are shaped by their family & background. fish.uw.edu/2025/08/insp...

🐋 A long awaited blue whale encounter for SAFS Professor @trevorabranch.bsky.social. Read all about it in @whaletalesorg.bsky.social👇 whale-tales.org/long-awaited...

✈️🌀 Science from the air: @noaa.gov Hollings internship with the Hurricane Hunters. Read Michael Han's story, a SAFS undergrad and student pilot 👇 fish.uw.edu/2025/08/scie...

Learn more about how scientists are using drones to study sperm whales. @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/s...

We loved having @trevorabranch.bsky.social on the pod and are so happy that he shares his long awaited Blue Whale encounter with us! Read it on our website or listen to episode 83 🐳😍 buff.ly/B7A7AsK Photo credit: E. Cabrera, Centro de Conservación Cetacea: CCC Chile #WhaleTales #WhaleTalesPodcast

Learn more about how UW students are using AI powered robots to support the restoration of marine ecosystems. @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social gix.uw.edu/news/restori...

💡Until now, no one knew what caused the sea star wasting disease which wiped out populations along the West Coast. But an international research effort including UW scientists has finally revealed the cause: a strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida. www.washington.edu/news/2025/08...

This week our team is @ Friday Harbor Labs conducting drone surveys of intertidal habitat for colleagues from @ucscscience.bsky.social as part of an @waseagrant.bsky.social project. Our team wraps up work tomorrow. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social

Unmasking the Sea Star Killer After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them? www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...

Northwest researchers say they have solved a deadly mystery that has stumped scientists for more than a decade.

🌊🐟 A new @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social story shows just how alive the Seattle waterfront is, if you know where to look. From baby salmon to bull kelp, find out more about the seawall & the work of @uofwa.bsky.social Wetland Ecosystem Team. ⬇️ fish.uw.edu/2025/08/seat... @uwenvironment.bsky.social

The Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre in British Columbia, Canada is now advertising for an ocean technologist. See the position description below. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @csucoast.bsky.social @duke-mgel.bsky.social @mbarinews.bsky.social bamfieldmsc.com/about/bmsc-o...

Now that drone flights are complete our team is processing their intertidal imagery from B.C. into 3D models of their sites. These models will help the team understand how 3D complexity in the intertidal affects species distribution & abundance. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social

Seattle’s new waterfront is alive — if you know where to look

A submersible finds sea creatures thriving in the deepest parts of the ocean

There's life in Seattle's new waterfront — if you know where to look. @uwsafs.bsky.social #UWEnvironment www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

🤝🌎 Climate change and communication go hand-in-hand for PNW Climate Ambassadors. 🔬Find out more about the journey of Amirah Casey to become part of the first cohort of PNW Climate Ambassadors at @uofwa.bsky.social. ➡️ fish.uw.edu/2025/07/clim... @uwenvironment.bsky.social