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We're all collectively crying over the Anglerfish and Howie right now, right? 😭 RIGHT? They weren’t JUST any fish and any crab—they were resilience, light, and a reminder that even the smallest lives can touch millions. [ #art #design #anglerfish #crab ]

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

drift towards the light.. #anglerfish

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

First new painting in a while — Leptonectes tenuirostris (foreground) and Leptonectes solei (background) hunt cephalopods as dusk

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

#februarty and #fishyfeb 21 — deep sea The sea toad is a close cousin of the angler fish, which uses its fins to walk along the ocean floor.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

This octopus is a sucker for jellies 🐙✨️⁠ ⁠ The seven-armed octopus, Haliphron atlanticus, has only been observed by MBARI’s ROVs three times in more than three decades. This one was holding the bell of an egg-yolk jellyfish in its arms—perhaps using its meal for defense or to help catch more prey.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: The director of data science and engineering for what is now known as the US DOGE Service has resigned. "If DOGE truly was concerned with efficiency, they wouldn’t have fired experts in procurement," she writes, "who prevent waste up front." This is by @makenakelly.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 37 comments

🦑🐙 BIRTHDAY CEPHALOPODS 🐙🦑 A few years ago I offered cephalopod doodles on my birthday, and it was so fun I'm doing it again! send me a prompt today (any cephalopod + anything else) and I'll draw it! here are some examples from 2021/2022

submitted 6 days ago • 18 comments

Pictures are not doing the fabric justice but Elvis worm beanie complete!! Happy #WormWednesday ! 🐡🦑🐙

submitted 6 days ago • 12 comments

NOAA is in the Trump administration's crosshairs. You know the important work they do, but may now know that It's the descendant of the Coast Survey, the nation's first scientific agency, founded in 1807 under Jefferson. I spoke with maritime historians to put NOAA's legacy in context. 🧪🦑🌎🐟

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

I've got two fish for you for today's #FishyFeb theme #ribbon ! An #Oarfish and a #RibbonEel . I really enjoy these long-flowing fish and drawing their fins twisting and turning. #FishyFeb2025 #eel #fishart #watercolor #painting

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

I'm reviewing applications for our Science IRL grant. The application pool is stupendous with a lot of fantastic & frankly weird ideas for how to connect people w/critical science info. I want to be able to fund more than we currently can. Wanna throw a few bucks at the pool? givebutter.com/29Ow9Y

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

As threats to marine life increase, ocean exploration needs nimble, cost-effective tools. MBARI's CoMPAS Lab developed the MOLA AUV, a portable robot with advanced sensors to study aquatic ecosystems. In its first Maldives field test, it mapped reefs and gathered vital data: youtu.be/D50Rhy4NTro?...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

The Three-Way Race to Exploit Deep-Sea Life The genetic bounty of the deep sea is being patented by a handful of multinationals. 🧪🐙🧵

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

Please stop with the generative AI. It's garbage, theft, making us less capable. Image by www.nobodyssweetheart.com

submitted 13 days ago • 33 comments

“It is a misnomer to call these funds indirect costs. They are essential to the safe and ethical performance of research. The environment in which research is conducted is highly specialized and costly.” 🧪 Great editorial by @holdenthorp.bsky.social in @science.org

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

This would be catastrophic. Outright. And a total and complete willingness to burn everything down just to be king of the ashes. www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum... Call your congresscritters yet once again. I fucking hate this shit so much.

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

Pyrosome passing through #ClearAPathPeople⁠ ⁠ ⁠Pyrosomes are bioluminescent, producing brilliant blue-green light. Each zooid can detect and emit light in response, creating waves of bioluminescence up and down the organism's body. The name Pyrosoma comes from the Greek term meaning “fire body.”

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

NOAA saves lives during tragedy and feeds millions of people every year Mess this up and people will die www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 21 days ago • 7 comments

new single from one of my faves, italian doom metal outfit Messa: youtu.be/VgJk2-ddU6M?...

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive. Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!

submitted 23 days ago • 68 comments

Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.

submitted 23 days ago • 353 comments

The National Science Foundation says that it is complying with Friday's court order and will resuming funding to grants and projects. new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

submitted 23 days ago • 10 comments

Changing grant proposals going forward is one thing, but NSF is reneging on funding agreements. You now have postdocs, research associates, students, etc. going without paychecks on numerous projects that were already funded. This is unacceptable! 1/2 🧪

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

🧟 New zombie fungus just dropped! This is Gibellula attenboroughii (yes, named after David Attenborough), a fungus that infects cave spiders in Ireland and changes their behavior. #science 🧪 #biology #fungi (Study & image source: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wfbi...)

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Slipper lobsters. #TheStaticTraveler

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Trump is dismantling our entire American scientific apparatus - the same one that won us the space race - and you’re focusing on this, Chuck? THIS is your priority? I am utterly nauseated.

submitted 29 days ago • 23 comments

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

submitted 29 days ago • 1664 comments

I truly don't think the average American understands that higher education and scientific research are facing an existential threat at this moment. I know there is so much happening right now, but we are watching the Trump administration burn down health, science, and education.

submitted 29 days ago • 7 comments

Since we have new people joining Bluesky, here's a starter pack I made of cool horror artists you can follow! It includes many small accounts that deserve more attention! Give them all a look, they're great: go.bsky.app/73vzeaV

submitted 34 days ago • 29 comments

Hello Bluesky 👋🏼 We are Ocean Networks Canada, one of Canada’s Major Research Facilities & an initiative of @uvic.ca!

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.

submitted 52 days ago • 189 comments

Hey @forbes.com can you stop with the whole blobfish are ugly thing. Dangerous thinking that makes conservation harder. And in actuality, there are called flathead sculpin and they look pretty awesome. #marinelife www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...

submitted 56 days ago • 9 comments

Snailfishes in the Careproctus genus lay their eggs in a place which is well-protected and well-aerated - in the gill cavities of king crabs. 🦀 These crabs essentially become mobile incubators for snailfish eggs #Invertebrate 🧪 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

submitted 59 days ago • 5 comments

"You're the Thing, Charlie Brown" (Shudder)-- a hard-to-find gem from Charles Schulz's darkest moments. Artist: Steve Jencks of Scream Prints Happy holidays to all.

submitted 66 days ago • 6 comments