New fish news: Salmon on cocaine swim 1.9x further than those not on cocaine (!?!)
An example of how human habits can affect fish & other marine organisms. 🧪🐟🌊🌍
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Florida wildlife officials are trying to determine who scattered hundreds of toxic mothballs Monday across a stretch of St. Pete Beach near a colony of protected black skimmers that had gathered near the dunes. 🌍🌊 @tampabaytimes.bsky.social @maxchesnes.bsky.social
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
Researchers tracked 9 great hammerhead sharks off Florida and the Bahamas. Here’s what they discovered
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/581986/
Giant hammerhead sharks are masters of the “thermal hustle,” maintaining peak hunting performance over a surprisingly wide range…
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Great hammerheads maintain peak hunting across wide temperature swings, biologging data suggest: New research published in the _Journal of Experimental Biology_ reveals that great hammerhead sharks exhibit remarkable "thermal hustle," maintaining peak hunting performa… https://ranked.news/470836?u=b
Biologging data indicate great hammerhead sharks maintain high hunting performance across a broad range of ocean temperatures, suggesting notable thermal flexibility compared to other predators. doi.org/hbvhnf
Thermal performance and activation energy explain flexible thermal habitat use in great hammerhead sharks journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...
"It’s a bright spot on the moon,” CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen said, his voice breaking up, “and we would like to call it Carroll.”
The crew all shared a hug after.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/s...
New piece from BBC wildlife about our recent publication looking at great hammerhead thermal performance 🌊🦑🧪🐟
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
New paper out today! Using accelerometers to generate thermal performance curves in great hammerhead sharks. Their low activation energies may explain why they can perform well across seasons.
Extremely grateful for my collaborators at @fiu.bsky.social, Mote Marine Lab, and Georgia Aquarium. And so, SO excited to share this final piece of my PhD. 🌊🦑🧪🐟
Read it here: journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...
The final chapter of my PhD is published in Journal of Experimental Biology! And, we got the cover!
We used biologgers to estimate great hammerheads' temperature “sweet spot.” We saw they can perform well at a range of temps, which supports observations from the field. (1/2) 🌊🦑🧪🐟
New article presents an image guide from trenches in the NW Pacific. It includes 100+ taxa and is a way to ID organisms in future biodiversity studies. See examples below, including chordates, arthropods, and "rarities and peculiarities." Read it here: bdj.pensoft.net/article/1821... 🌊🦑🐟🧪
Absolutely spectacular images from @schmidtocean.bsky.social's recent expedition in Argentina. The team documented the largest known Bathelia candida coral reef (nearly the size of the Vatican!) and 28 suspected new species. Learn more in their expedition recap: schmidtocean.org/argentinas-d... 🌊🦑🧪🐟
New study quantifies the impacts of mining on deep sea organisms. Researchers found:
🪱number of organisms decreased by 37% in mining tracks
⚖️number of species decreased by 32% in mining tracks, making the remaining community more unbalanced
Read the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌊🦑🧪
A picture of Dawn Wright, Esri Chief Scientist, with a quote: "Join us on the path toward generating positive climate action and find out how to use the geographic approach to empower the world you want to see."
What can you do to helpt turn climate change around? 🌱 Use GIS! 🌐
Register for our free course and learn how. We'll provide all the data and software you need: ow.ly/r4lf50Y6zUz
#gischat #geogsky #geosky 🧪 🦑 ⚒️ 🌊 🌎 🌍 🌏
Mondays are better with an octopus squid 🦑💫
The octopus squid (Octopoteuthis deletron) is unusual among squids. Most squids have eight arms and two long tentacles, making a total of 10 appendages. As young Octopoteuthis mature, their two feeding tentacles are reabsorbed into their bodies.
This is so unnerving. "For more than a century, scientific journals have been the pipes through which knowledge of the natural world flows into our culture. Now they’re being clogged with AI slop." 🧪
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
Fun new paper documenting deep-sea fishes off Puerto Rico. The paper documents some interesting observations, including how diversity changes with depth & even how cusk eels are an important but understudied part of abyssal & hadal communities. 🦑🐟🌊
Read it here: academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
And this stunner!! 🦑🌊🧪🌍 Spotted in Malvinas Trench by @schmidtocean.bsky.social.
Catching up on my @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive watching and WOW this habitat is stunning. This is from the Malvinas Trench during the Argentinian Deep Seeps expedition. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWEt... 🦑🌊🧪
Finally out! We studied the retinas of the longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark, and found that the retinas remain remarkably healthy in animals around 150 years old. What is the mechanism? It may be a highly efficient DNA repair system. Enjoy!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I love being a biologist, becuase it means at any moment your Instagram stories will have someone's beach pic followed by a photo of a half-digested vole extracted from roadkill as part of a diet study. Incredible, no notes.🧪🌍
Happening now on the @schmidtocean.bsky.social livestream! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCEB... 🦑🌊🧪🐟
Credits:
Anglerfish and brittle star: Schmidt Ocean Institute
Crab: Malcolm Clark, NIWA, NZ
Snailfish + jelly: Caladan Oceanic
A little bright spot for your day -- @deepstewardship.bsky.social has a collection of incredible deep sea photos collected from partners around the world. Here are a few, and see them all here: www.flickr.com/people/19477...
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Very cool new paper: Scientists observed a whiplash squid covering itself in mud, the first time this behavior has been documented for squid. They suspect the squid was arranging its tentacles to look like the stalks of a sponge or worm 🦑🌊🧪 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
If you haven't see this incredible footage of a bigfin squid (Magnapinna) from @nautiluslive.org, stop what you're doing & watch! This was from last month's expedition exploring deep waters of the Cook Islands, spotted at 5,100 meters deep. 🌍🦑🌊🧪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UvS...
Meet the engineering team behind one of MBARI’s new underwater imaging systems 🤖🔧
Our scientists and engineers work side by side to develop cutting-edge tools that track ocean health in real time and help us visualize the ocean like never before.
Learn more: youtu.be/Kqo4MhthIkQ?...
Had a wonderful time during another @skypeascientist.bsky.social visit -- this time with 4th graders in a class in New Jersey! Sign up here if you're an educator or scientist interested in participating: www.skypeascientist.com 🧪🌊🍎
