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“After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea.” — Sir David Attenborough. Ocean with #DavidAttenborough (out May 8) spotlights the devastating impact of bottom trawling Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Seahorses can literally change colour to blend into their surroundings. Next time you 🔎spot one of these little wonders underwater, don’t forget to 📷 snap a photo and 💻 share your sightings with the #iSeahorse Project on 🔗 iNaturalist.org. #iSeahorse #SavingSeahorses #CitiSciMonth

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Seahorses are masters of camouflage😶‍🌫️...but if you 🔎 spot one, don’t forget to 📷 snap a photo 💻 share your sighting with the #iSeahorse Project on 🔗 iNaturalist.org. 💙🌊 Huge thanks to Jonathan Lavan for submitting this sighting to the iSeahorse Project. #CitizenScienceMonth #SavingSeahorses

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This #CitiSciMonth make your #seahorse sightings count! 🔎 Spot a seahorse, 📷 Snap a photo and 💻 Share it with the #iSeahorse Project on #iNaturalist to help our scientists better protect these quirky fishes and the seas 🌊! Learn more at www.iseahorse.org #SavingSeahorses #CitizenScienceMonth

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This #CitizenScienceMonth make your seahorse sightings count! 🔎 Spot a seahorse, 📷 Snap a photo and 💻 Share it with the #iSeahorse Project on #iNaturalist to help our scientists better protect these quirky fishes and their seas! youtube.com/shorts/YfGcl... #SavingSeahorses #CitizenScience

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🌊 This #CitiSciMonth, we’re spotlighting #iSeahorse! See a seahorse? Report it on iSeahorse.org (via iNaturalist) to help scientists protect them and their habitats. 🔎 Spot → 📷 Snap → 💻 Share. It’s that simple! #CitizenScience #SavingSeahorses #iSeahorse

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🌊 We're Hiring 🌊 Project Seahorse is looking for a Research Associate to help advance the conservation of seahorses and their relatives through research, expert collaboration, and community engagement. To apply visit buff.ly/Q299wEc #Hiring #ProjectSeahorse

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Advancing seahorse conservation in Indonesia! 🌊 We've teamed up with marine researchers at @brin_indonesia to share knowledge & build capacity with 200+ ocean enthusiasts. Read the full story: projectseahorse.org/building-cap... #SavingSeahorses #ProjectSeahorse

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🌊 We're Hiring 🌊 Project Seahorse is looking for a Research Associate to help advance the conservation of seahorses and their relatives through research, expert collaboration, and community engagement. To apply visit buff.ly/Q299wEc #Hiring #ProjectSeahorse

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🌊 We're Hiring 🌊 Project Seahorse is looking for a Research Associate to help advance the conservation of seahorses and their relatives through research, expert collaboration, and community engagement. To apply visit buff.ly/Q299wEc #Hiring #ProjectSeahorse

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Happy #InternationalWomensDay 💜 Lasting change comes from diverse ideas, experiences, and leadership, and at Project Seahorse, women are leading the charge 💪…driving research, shaping policies and advancing conservation efforts for seahorses and our seas. #AccelerateAction #WomenInConservation

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🌊 We're Hiring 🌊 Project Seahorse is looking for a Research Associate to help advance the conservation of seahorses and their relatives through research, expert collaboration, and community engagement. To apply visit www.projectseahorse.org #Hiring #ProjectSeahorse #SavingSeahorses

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Happy #WorldWildlifeDay 🐾 The theme for #WWD2025 is #WildlifeConservationFinance: Investing in People & Planet. Seahorses may be small, but they have a big impact. Protecting them means investing in a thriving ocean for future generations! 💙Join us: www.projectseahorse.org/take-action/

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At #MaritimeIWT25 conference hosted by @cefasgovuk.bsky.social, Chai, our lead for the Philippines Seahorse Program, shared how partnerships with national fisheries agencies are driving the National Plan of Action for Seahorses. Collaboration is key to marine conservation. #ProjectSeahorse #ZSL

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❤️ Seahorses are all about teamwork, loyalty & daily romantic gestures. But... their love stories are at risk 💔, and we need your help! Read more here: projectseahorse.org/seahorses-th... #LoveWorthSaving #SavingSeahorses #ProjectSeahorse

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💘 This #ValentinesDay, take notes from seahorses—the masters of rizz! 💘 Their love story is all about teamwork, loyalty & daily romantic gestures. 🔗 Read the full story here: bit.ly/SeahorseAndLove #LoveWorthSaving #SavingSeahorses #ProjectSeahorse

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💕 This #ValentinesDay, let’s celebrate our ocean’s ultimate power couple – the seahorses! 💕 Discover their unique bond and how we can protect their love for generations to come. 🔗 Read full the story here: bit.ly/SeahorseAndLove #LoveWorthSaving #SavingSeahorses #ProjectSeahorse

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In case you missed it 🌊 Our latest study, Harnessing Community Science for Seahorse Population Monitoring: Insights from the iSeahorse Program in Tampa Bay, is out in Aquatic Conservation! 📖 Read more: projectseahorse.org/resource/har...

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February 7 is #ReverseTheRedDay! This landmark day celebrates the conservation success around the world & all of the people, organizations, and communities working to make sure we reverse #biodiversity loss trends 🌱 Learn more at www.reversethered.org

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Our study, Harnessing Community Science for Seahorse Population Monitoring: Insights from the iSeahorse program in Tampa Bay, is out! This research provides key insights into seahorse population trends & reproductive behaviour. 📖Read the full story: shorturl.at/muPfa #SavingSeahorses #iSeahorse

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🏮 Happy Lunar New Year! 🐍🏮 Wishing all of you a year as transformative as the snake and as magical as the seahorse! May the Year of the Snake bring renewed energy, growth, and success in our shared conservation journey. 💙🌊 #LunarNewYear2025 #YearOfTheSnake #SavingSeahorses #ProjectSeahorse

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2025 is here, and we need your help! 📸 Report your seahorse sightings at iSeahorse.org to contribute to vital research. Every sighting brings us closer to understanding these iconic fishes and safeguarding their homes. #iSeahorse #iNaturalist #SavingSeahorses #CitizenScience

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Happy Holidays! As we dive into 2025, we wish you a season filled with warmth, joy, and meaningful connections. May the new year bring you health, happiness, and continued inspiration to protect our ocean's iconic fishes. Together, let’s keep making waves for seahorses and their seas.

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🌊 Big waves were made for our little fishes at #SavingIconicFishes2024 hosted by @gvtmonaco.bsky.social! Read more: www.iucn-seahorse.org/news/2024/12...

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“Like seahorses, we are here to work hand in hand—or should I say, tail in tail—for our oceans’ future,” - Mrs Isabelle Rosabrunetto's inspiring opening at #SavingIconicFishes 2024, hosted by @gvtmonaco.bsky.social, sets the tone for a week of action-packed conservation discussions. #Monaco2024 🇲🇨🌊

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Kicking off the first-ever meeting of our global expert group on seahorses, pipefishes, and seadragons, hosted by @gvtmonaco.bsky.social. Together, we’re advancing efforts to protect these iconic fishes. #SavingIconicSpecies #Monaco2024 📸 © Directorate of Communication / Stéphane Danna

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Our latest newsletter has just dropped! 🌊 Dive into the latest updates on seahorse conservation, research highlights, and more. 👉🔗 shorturl.at/lDYkg #SavingSeahorses #ProjectSeahorse

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This Halloween, we’re spotlighting ghost pipefishes! 👻📷 Our researchers found big gaps in what we know about their homes, population, and threats. Help fill these gaps, report your sightings on inaturalist.org 📷 Learn more: shorturl.at/k3jyp

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👻 This Halloween, we're bringing ghost pipefishes out of the shadows! With eerie looks and sneaky camouflage, there's so much we don’t know about them. Help us solve the mystery—report sightings 📸 on iNaturalist.org! Learn more: shorturl.at/k3jyp #GhostPipefish #HalloweenUnderwater

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🎉 Exciting news! Our paper, "Advances in Life-History Knowledge for 35 Seahorse Species from Community Science," has surpassed 1,000 views and earned 14 media mentions. Even Leonardo DiCaprio shared it! 🎉 In case you missed it, check it out here shorturl.at/OSupq #ProjectSeahorse #SavingSeahorses

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Don’t miss the chance to hear Dr. Miguel Correia, our research associate share highlights from the IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish & Seadragon Specialist Group at the @sscmarine.bsky.social panel event! #IMCC7 #SavingIconicFishes

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What’s the #1 threat to ocean biodiversity? @nickdulvy.bsky.social has put his decades of global-scale science and policy experience to work to make this summary slide. #IMCC7 🦑🧪🌎🦈

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🌊 New Study Alert 🌊 We’re excited to share our latest study, introducing a practical "5-Question Approach" to ensure sustainable trade under #CITES. Learn how this method helps us save species like seahorses 🔗https://bit.ly/3XLUUKB #SavingSeahorses #SustainableTrade

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Finding ‘the one’ can feel like a dance, but seahorses have it down! 🪩 Did you know their courtship involves hours of ‘dancing’ before committing? Maybe we should take notes! ✨ #FridayFunFact #SavingSeahorses #ProjectSeahorse 📸 Amir Abramovich/Guylian Seahorses of the World

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📣 We are happy to welcome Ruth Arnold to our team this new "school" year.😃 Ruth holds an Masters in Biology from the University of Oxford (UK) and is this year’s Oxford-Canada Rhodes Scholar.⭐ At Project Seahorse she will be focusing on #seahorse biology and ecology.🌊

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Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter. Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪 www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...

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It's (almost) the weekend! Going #diving? If you see a #seahorse in the wild, please log it at iseahorse.org Many thanks to every one who has submitted their observations - we now have more than 15000! Here is one of the latest - a gorgeous pygmy seahorse by xrufray

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We are delighted to welcome Rabia Mushtaq to our team! As our new Communications Manager she brings 13+ years of experience in strategic communications & campaign leadership in wildlife conservation, public health, & gender rights. Learn more at projectseahorse.org/rabia-mushtaq

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From Blue Marine Foundation: 🚨 The Maldives plans to reopen longline fishing, which indiscriminately catches sharks, manta rays, sea turtles, and more. The unintended catch is over 20%. Help us protect the ocean! Sign petition #AgainstLonglining 📢 only.one/act/against-... #maldiveoceanalliance

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#DYK that Project Seahorse is part of the Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition? We want to see bottom trawling urgently tackled by all coastal nations, with evidence of a globally reduced footprint by 2030. Learn more here transformbottomtrawling.org and sign up for the newsletters...!

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Applications are NOW OPEN for Smith Fellows conservation research fellowships beginning in 2025! View the Proposal Guidelines here: conbio.org/mini-sites/s...

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Happening soon! 😃 Are you #CITES# AC33 ? Join us tomorrow (July 15) at 17:00 for special side event on seahorse conservation.

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🌊Our Program Leader, Dr. Sarah Foster, will be at #CITES #AC33 in Geneva, organizing a special side event on seahorse conservation. 🌍 Join us on July 15 & hear updates from countries like Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, & the US. DM us to get in touch with Sarah

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🎧 In the final episode of this podcast, @Surangeljr reveals what's at stake for nations, particularly Small Island Developing States (SIDS), as national representatives move the #DeepSeaMining debate to #ISA29. Via @deepseaconserve.bsky.social investingforoceanimpact.lnk.to/podcastto

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🌊🐠 Dive into the magical world of #seahorses this #WildlifeWednesday! Did you know these tiny creatures are masters of camouflage, changing colour and growing skin filaments to blend in with their surroundings? 🌿 📸 Volker Lonz / Guylian Seahorses of the World

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#DYK that #seahorses are members of family Syngnathidae (sing-NATH-i-day). Greek word “syn” = together or fused, Greek word “gnathus” = jaws Geeky #FridayFacts 😜 📸Hippocampus angustus by DawnMullins / Guylian Seahorse of the World

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😃 We are pleased to share our Annual Report for 2023, highlighting our progress and achievements. ⭐ Read it here: projectseahorse.org/out-now-our-... Thank you for your support!

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📢 Listen to our Miguel Correia and Sezarc's Nancy Kim Pham talk about our favourite fish - seahorses - on this fun podcast by US Fish and Wildlife Services. www.fws.gov/fish-of-the-...

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#Octopus photo bombs short-snouted #seahorse!! An excellent observation submitted to #iSeahorse by Dennis Rabeling - check it out here...https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/222881274 Have you seen a seahorse in the wild? Please submit it on iseahorse.org

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Check out this amazing observation of 'lil nudibranch hitching a ride on an Endangered White's seahorse ! It was recently submitted to #iSeahorse by renae_mermaid. www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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