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"Abandoned FADs pose numerous problems. They shed plastic as they break down, damage coral reefs and collide with artisanal fishing boats...scientists routinely find sharks, turtles, sea lions, seabirds and other wildlife entangled in the netting " news.mongabay.com/2026/02/aban...

The new Fisheries of the United States report is out! I use this amazing dataset in several of my classes, and in my latest book on sustainable seafood. 🧪🦑🌍🐟 www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/doc...

This weird deep-sea creature was named by thousands of people online www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star.

Artificial light reduces elasmobranch bycatch in gillnets across multiple wavelengths and taxonomic groups | "net illumination can reduce catch rates of a diverse array of elasmobranchs while revealing taxonomic-specific responses between bony and cartilaginous fishes" doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

I had to post this partially just cause of Sharkansas. www.popsci.com/science/anci...

And btw if you're like "I want to help Sarah get the work she's doing done, but I actually don't need valentines" You can always donate to @skypeascientist.bsky.social directly. This is 100% a thing you can do. It'll help me host more events & MUCH more givebutter.com/SupportSAS26

Everyone’s sharing this “cows use tools” news like they’re harmless creatures. You guys know that cows kill more people than sharks do, right? Right?

This will be my new profile pic because it is everything I have wanted for ages.

I tried modeling the little Ocelot Shark, a proposed mob idea for the seas of Hytale, attempting something different from just aggressive sharks with no depth. Despite the stress of being rusty with 3D, it was fun. 🦈✨

Folks, the Important Shark and Ray Areas project is coming to North America! This international team collects a variety of data and evidence, and creates a standardized list of habitats that should be prioritized for future shark conservation. 🦑🌍🦈🧪

It's Valentine Packing time at Skype a Scientist HQ. Get your pack at SquidFacts.net (These support science education nonprofit @skypeascientist.bsky.social !)

I’m picking these valentines up from the printer tomorrow and will be shipping them all week! Things are DARK. Bring a little silliness to your February with some deep sea valentines. As with all merch on the Squid Facts Shop, sales support @skypeascientist.bsky.social Get em at SquidFacts.net

Long-term ecological and economic assessment of COVID-19 travel restrictions on Australia's only white shark cage-diving industry doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

If you're in the DC area, I'm giving a seminar about my research on public misunderstanding of ocean conservation! Free and includes snacks! If you're not in the DC area, or if you are but you don't want to put on pants, it will be livestreamed. 🦑🧪🌍 #SciComm events.georgetown.edu/earthcommons...

When the oceans died and life changed forever

N.S. artist helps kelp grow in homemade clay pots in underwater art installation The pots were deposited in the waters of Cranberry Cove in December #NovaScotia www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It's about time someone in the Senate fought for fish. (Seriously though, fisheries in Alaska are extremely economically important, and the US law that governs them is co-named for former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens)

Porcupine puffer with side-eye so strong it deserves to be a reaction gif 👀🐡 #porcupinepuffer #pufferfish #pufferfishofcoralcity #sideeye #reactiongif #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

The very, very long-lived Greenland sharks were long thought to be practically blind. But a new study finds that they not only can see but also maintain their vision into old age

A living fossil... www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...

Giant phantom #jellyfish spotted deep in #Pacific. These rare sea creatures live where the sun doesn't shine. Link for ore info and a video: www.popsci.com/environment/...

Methane chasers: Hunting a climate-changing gas seeping from Earth’s seafloor

This course was part of what made this account happened and I've heard amazing things about the field work! The Garvin crew are amazing, lovely and inclusive, highly highly recommended. #sharkbitez

Hey people! My son's science fair project is about how people visualize things when they read. It's very short and he'd appreciate it if you could fill it out, and share for more responses! (info: 'print books' also includes ebooks) Thank you! ☺️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Healthy reefs have reef sharks. They’re graceful and totally unthreatening. 🤿 #marinelife

Also one of the facts that blew my mind and first gave me the idea for this account! #sharkbitez

Always use the mic at a conference even if you’re loud. People who can’t hear you *can’t hear you * when you ask if you can hear them in the back. Some of us went to one too many hardcore shows in our youth without ear plugs and our hearing ain’t what it used to be 🥺 #SICB2026

Y'all wanna go to space, we got aliens right here.

Dwarf lantern sharks reach only 8 inches. They may be the world’s smallest shark. They're also bioluminescent! www.sharkguardian.org/top-100-shar... Just a small fact here for ya. 😆 #sharkbitez

if you're like me, you probably geeked out over Jurassic Park. Well, you don't need a billion dollars and some suspect amber to see a living fossil, you can see one right on this page. The goblin shark is so like its ancestors that its referred to as a living fossil in its deep sea dwelling.

So like, don't freak, cause you're more likely to be harmed by like a selfie stick than a shark, but did you know there are more kinds of sharks that could be in rivers than just bull sharks? Cause I didn't til today. www.sharkguardian.org/top-100-shar... #sharkbitez

Nurse shark to the rescue! 🩺🦈 #nurseshark #sharksofcoralcity #shark #closeup #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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

As someone who has literally been to the Ganga, I am literally just sitting here going "Wait...there's sharks there? Wait how do they live, there's so much stuff in there....Holy heck if they made it a marine preserve, could they do rituals there?" Things I have never thought of before for 5000

I have gone down a rabbit hole that is South Asian marine biology research and I have very few regrets, minus that I kind of need sleep. But shaaaarrrkkks

Even the most intense of shark buffs can be surprised, as I learned today. Today I learned about the ganges shark! india.mongabay.com/2020/06/the-... An incredibly rare shark, often confused with the bull shark and suspected to be a true river shark, this shark is listed as critically endangered.

The Trump administration just released a five-year plan for offshore oil leasing, setting the stage to auction off 1+ billion acres of public waters in the United States. More drilling will only push imperiled wildlife closer to extinction. Take action. act.biologicaldiversity.org/OvxlEQSpoEGj...

Female sharks have dramatically thicker skin than male sharks to assist with surviving necessary parts of mating, namely being bitten by the male shark in order to stay in proximity while mating. Things that make you appreciate hands. dlnr.hawaii.gov/sharks/about... #sharkbitez

The age of sharks was previously determined by the growth rings in their vertebra, similar to a tree’s trunk. However, scientists have found that sometimes the depositing can be done unevenly based on changes in length and girth throughout the shark’s lifetime. www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

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Coconuts may not migrate, but sharks definitely do! Sharks can range over huge areas. We don't know why all these migrations take place, so more study is needed. oneoceandiving.com/blogs/f/why-... #sharkbitez

Both the swell shark and the chain catshark have biofluorescent abilities, due to fluorescent proteins embedded in their skin. They absorb blue light and re-emit it as green light. Who knew there were shark night lights? sharksandco.com/the-shark-th... #sharkbitez

In the Pacific ocean, 3.3 million sharks are caught each year as bycatch. That means that these sharks are caught while fishing for other species. This is a huge part of why overfishing is more dangerous to sharks than any other conservation threat. australian.museum/publications... #sharkbitez

' #Greatwhitesharks in the Mediterranean Sea are in danger of disappearing, with illegal fishing contributing to their decline.' The massive, unsustainable scale of human taking from the environment is far from limited to fossil fuels. #overfishing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The ocean’s smallest life forms do outsized work. New research shows even the most common marine bacteria adapt to where they live—shaping how oceans absorb carbon, recycle nutrients, and respond to climate change. Tiny shifts, planetary consequences. #OceanHoptimism

Wellll well well if it isn't a new year. Join us for a semester of connecting classrooms w/science! We'd love to get 1000 volunteers into the database before our first match (at 582 now). Scientists, sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Educators, here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The conservation ledger: What we lost and what we gained in 2025

Some sharks can evert their stomachs to clean them out. They can also do this with their lower intestine through their cloaca. This honestly sounds like this would help with noro virus, but we don't have any data on that. www.mentalfloss.com/animals/fish... #sharkbitez