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Did you know that you can get trained in IUCN Red List assessment for free online? I have my undergrads do this as a semester-long assignment to understand policy-relevant science. You can do it too! 🧪🦑🌎 www.conservationtraining.org/course/index...

submitted 68 days ago • 9 comments

Deadline FRIDAY! New postdoc position on pelagic reef subsidies. @lancasteruni.bsky.social & @lec-reefs.bsky.social Tell your friends 😎 🦑🧪🌊🌍

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Anyone who’s surprised by this hasn’t been paying attention. www.abc.net.au/news/science...

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

Worm-like creature with ‘dark secret’ wins New Zealand bug of the year award

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Volunteer Coordinator - Florida Keys (Mote Marine Laboratory) mote.org/about/employ... #coralreefs #coraljobs #jobopportunities #coralcareers #volunteers #mote #floridakeys #coralreefecology #volunteercoordinator #marinebiology

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Don’t get it twisted like CamDam, Coral City is run by the Mob… of Parrotfish! #rainbowparrot #queenparrotfish #blueparrotfish #midnightparrotfish #parrotfish #damselfish #camdam #mob #mobbin #mobrules #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Want to work with us on the AMOC? 🌊 We have a 3-year postdoctoral position to fill. Check it out here: potsdam.pi-asp.de/bewerber-web...

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Valentin's sharpnose pufferfish #gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #trawangan #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #fish #padi #ocean #indonésia #valentin

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

We are looking for PhD students to join us at the Centre for Microbiome Research. A range of projects covering gut microbiome in animal health and nutrition, microbial responses to climate change and microbial methane mediation. More info found here 👉 www.seek.com.au/job/81728956...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Please circulate widely: We are hiring two Ass Prof tt at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social in conservation biology; mathematical & computational ecology We are committed to diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership in research and education tinyurl.com/IEEjobs

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗 fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

📣 JOB ALERT📣 The Silbiger Lab is hiring a full time research tech @ University of Hawai’i at Mānoa to support research on intertidal ecology in Hawai’i & coral reef/coastal oceanography in Okinawa, Japan. RCUH ID: 225085 application link below. 1 year to start, but have several years of funding.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Why am I working harder than usual to get the next set of papers on #phylogenetics and #biomechanics completed and published? I have 3 proposals sitting at NSF, probably all dead in the water. I guess it’s just manic conflict avoidance, gonna keep on keepin on.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

A niche #FossilFriday: the world's greatest display of Devonian actinopterygian fossils! At CMNH, it features three different genera all from the latest Devonian of NE Ohio. Might not seem like much, but that's ~15% of Devonian generic diversity in a single museum case.

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

My colleagues at NOAA fear for their jobs. Their satellite observation today of accumulating heat stress (already above mortality thresholds) on the northern Great Barrier Reef: Yet again a deadly mass coral bleaching event is underway. Without NOAA, climate & reef scientists will be blind.

submitted 19 days ago • 4 comments

Manta Rays! Such incredibly graceful animals #marinelife #mantas

submitted 19 days ago • 6 comments

I was thinking about this today. Our lab uses BLAST all the time. Scientists pull genomes from NCBI to do comparison studies to identify new genes or figure out what genes do. Pubmed is an important tool to find published studies on most medical topics. These have to be up to date to be useful. 🧪

submitted 19 days ago • 6 comments

We visited the stromatolites! Not once, not twice, but thrice! Here is a video and some drone photos of the large stromatolite area at low tide. The walkway was destroyed by a cyclone a few years ago and hasn't been rebuilt. Hamlin Pools, Shark Bay, Western Australia.

submitted 20 days ago • 8 comments

Abstract submitted for the 2025 Joint Conference of the Asian Society of Ichthyologists & the 12th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference in Taiwan! Abstract submitted! Next challenge: securing funding to attend! The deadline to submit yours is TODAY, February 6!!! www.2025asi-ipfc12.tw/site/mypage....

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I’ve been diving Victoria for 25+ yrs & never seen a blue groper west of Wilson Prom. I had heard they’re making a comeback in the Port Phillip heads and on the weekend I saw one and managed this snap one off Pt Lonsdale! I believe this is a Achoerodus gouldii #greatsouthernreef

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

A small army of neon gobies gives this redtail parrotfish a thorough cleaning #redtailparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #neongoby #fishspa #manicure #theworks #braincoral #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

submitted 21 days ago • 6 comments

For the recent coral reef science arrivals, here are two starter packs so you can find your people! If you want to be added, please let me know. I have been adding people as they come through my feed. go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H go.bsky.app/QSafBeL 🌎🌊🧪🌐🐟🪸🐙🌿

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

💡#PhD OPPORTUNITY: Taxonomy, systematics, and evolution of labrid fishes 🏢 University of Sydney & Australian Museum Research Institute 📍Sydney, NSW, Australia 🗓️ July 2025 or February 2026 👥 Prof Simon Ho & Dr Yi-Kai Tea #wrasse #australia #fish #biology #ichthyology

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

An intense marine heatwave is unfolding off Western Australia. theconversation.com/a-marine-hea...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

🐠🧪🎓 New position alert: I am looking for a full-time research technician to work on my NSF CAREER project. Perks: ✅ SCUBA-based fieldwork in Belize 🤿 ✅ Chemistry labwork 🧪 ✅ Lots of fish and fun(ctions) 🐠📈😀 Deadline: Feb 21st utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/... Please share widely.

submitted 25 days ago • 4 comments

We CT scanned thousands of vertebrates from US natural history collections and made them freely available. Countless people have used the data for research (>200 pubs) and to learn anatomy/morphology. www.morphosource.org/projects/000...

submitted 28 days ago • 35 comments

PHD OPPORTUNITY: Integrating living species and the fossil record to unravel cnidarian evolution (Oxford University) www.earth.ox.ac.uk/integrating-... #coralreefs #phd #phdopportunity #fossils #evolution #marinescience #careers #careerdevelopment #cnidarian #marinebiology

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Government officials and politicians won’t reveal the unprecedented losses of corals on the Great Barrier Reef in 2024 until after the election. Luckily, scientists are blowing their cover. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4max...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans? 2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Coastal Program Coordinator - Madagascar (GVI) gvi.bamboohr.com/careers/205 #jobopportunity #naturejobs #coralreefs #madagascar #marineecology #tropicalmarineecology #coralcareers #coraljobs #marinebiology

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

JOB OPPORTUNITY (Closing soon!!): Sea Turtle Veterinarian (ReefScapers, Maldives) reefscapers.com/turtle-veter... #turtlejobs #jobopportunity #coralreefs #maldives #turtleveterinarian #careers #coralcareers #coraljobs #marineecology #marinebiology

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese.... Scholarship Ad: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Witness the miracle of a parrotfish giving birth to beach sand! 😆🪸🦜🐟💩🏝️ #rainbowparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #wheresandcomesfrom #parrotfishpoopsand #frenchangelfish #scarusguacamaia #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

submitted 33 days ago • 6 comments

We found a parrotfish that eats CCA. Paper here: Nicholson, G.M., Clements, K.D. Scarus spinus, crustose coralline algae and cyanobacteria: an example of dietary specialization in the parrotfishes. Coral Reefs 41, 1465–1479 (2022). doi.org/10.1007/s003... link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

📑 #NewStudy by @csiro.bsky.social scientists and partners outlines a genetic #dataset which can be used for accurate #DNA barcoding to identify species of Australian #marine #fish. 👀 https://buff.ly/4am8N84

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Is California’s network of science-based marine protected areas (MPAs) effective at conserving marine fish populations? The answer is a resounding yes, according to a new study from the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 47 days ago • 4 comments

A cold front has dropped the temps, but it’s brought out the blues! Blue water, blue parrotfish, and blue sky!!! 💙💙💙 #blueparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #coldfront #bluewater #bluesky #graze #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

submitted 48 days ago • 5 comments

Meet Plectranthias raki, a beautiful new perchlet from #mesophotic reefs in the Maldives. The name raki roughly means "shy" in the Dhivehi language, and we chose it because these fish hide quickly when they see us! #ichthyology doi.org/10.3897/zook... @zookeys.pensoft.net @calacademy.bsky.social

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Let the fish do the cropping: identifying fish grazers to improve coral aquaculture - Coral Reefs https://buff.ly/4jc7EnK 🦑🌎🧪🐠

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

South Island takahe—a prehistoric-looking flightless bird endemic to New Zealand's rugged landscapes—have become a shining beacon of conservation success. www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

I have a lot of nudibranch photos from my trip so I thought I’d better introduce them with these Goniobranchus leopardus. It’s head is on the left with two rhinophores (scent organs) on top and the flowery bit on its back are its gills #marinelife #invertebrates

submitted 47 days ago • 8 comments

Hi, everyone - it’s #PhycologyFriday! Be sure to check out the awesome folks in the “Algal Appreciation” starter pack, & lmk if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/RwMphxS

submitted 46 days ago • 12 comments

A sad video from Florida. After decades of decline, remnant corals killed by anthropogenic heating in 2023 are being replaced by algal turfs, gorgonians (sea fans), Palythoa (a zooanthid, the yellowish rubbery mounds), & a few sponges. It’s no longer a coral reef. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn_L...

submitted 46 days ago • 3 comments