[New Paper] Provides the first description of cold seep fauna in the Sea of Japan, revealing just a few species living in very cold water. We also found a new snail species -- named Provanna cocytus after the icy hell in Dante's "Divine Comedy"!
OPEN ACCESS: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
A graphic with text that says where are you sitting for your flight? There are four rows of blue seats filled with animals and plants from the Monterey Bay
You’ve got a 5-hour flight over the holidays with some fronds from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Who’re you sitting next to? 🦦🦀🦈🪱
Let us know in the comments below!
This has made working on expansions for Finspan so difficult. #finspan
Why do we see so few squid in the abyss? Because they hide from us, pretending to be sponges!🦑 New paper by @alemejiasaenz.bsky.social captures a potential new whiplash-squid species that burrows between nodules at the #CCZ, world's largest region targeted for #deepseamining doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
On the 3-D mgmt needs of deepsea hydrothermal vent ecosystems, where science supports protection of subseafloor, seafloor, AND water column, intl law supports global protection of all active vents, BUT current protection from #deepseamining insufficient.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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wake up babe, new taningia observation dropped
one of my faves, great piloting by the ROV folks at @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Have a great weekend everyone 😁
The hexagonal fossil on stone.
Take the case of paleodictyon. One of my favourite deep-sea mysteries. *Something* creates these hexagonal traces. Below is a trace fossil (a fossil imprint left behind by the activity of an organism).
📷Falconaumanni
My first paper is out! 🥳🐠🐟
Masterful outreach strategy by @oceanspecies.bsky.social to get @zefrank.bsky.social on (the advisory) board! #taxonomy m.youtube.com/watch?v=yn7k...
Interested in the #DeepSea and/or #IndianOcean?
Check out our new review of the Indian Ocean’s diverse deep-sea ecosystems 🌊
Feat. straightforward knowledge summaries, cool maps & awesome deep-sea critters
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
🌊 Deepness alert! 🌊 Join the launching of EMB’s Future Science Brief. It highlights the need to expand our knowledge on the largest biome of our 🌍 and how science, global cooperation and policy engagement are crucial to ensure its sustainability. #FutureOcean #OceanGovernance #DeepOceanExploration
Needle felted Barbie Pig!
Barbie pigs are a new scientific discovery ⭐ They are sea creatures found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. This site has been proposed for deep-sea mining : (
#oceanlife #seacreatures #biodiversity #ethics #ecology #felting #needlefelting #needlefelted #feltart #animalart
Stared too long into the abyss. Now the abyss wants snacks.
A new study led by NOC has revealed the long-term impacts and first signs of biological recovery in deep-sea mining tracks, 44-years after deep-sea trials in the Pacific Ocean. 🔍
Learn more about the long term impacts of the trials on our website 📰 noc.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
Attention UK researchers interested in the deep ocean - if you haven't already done so, please join the Challenger Society Deep-Sea Ecosystems Group (www.challenger-society.org.uk/DeepSea_Ecos...)
VOTE NOW! Mollusc of the Year 2025
Arctica islandica - world’s oldest mollusc
Cellana exarata - Hawaiian limpet
Glaucus atlanticus - blue dragon
Muusoctopus sp. - Dorado Octopus
Xenophora conchyliophora - shell / collector
YOU decide - we do its genome
moty.senckenberg.science
@cgreve.bsky.social
Will wonders ever cease? Crocheted coral on display in our halls!
The scaly-foot snail doesn’t bow to pressure—it thrives under it. Living in toxic hydrothermal vents, it armors itself with iron, turning the very forces that should destroy it into protection. That’s how you resist oppression—adapt, fortify, and endure. 🐌🔥 #MolluscMonday #Resist
A deep-sea researcher is standing outside on the deck of a boat, smiling in a green hardhat, rain gear and blue latex gloves. She has a sea star laying in her outstretched palm. The deck of the ship is a dark green, and you can see the ocean on the horizon. Photographer credits: Morgan Trimble, PhD.
Hey members!
Did you know? #DSBSoc launched an online mentoring network for #DeepSea scientists in 2018!
There are 10 groups worldwide, each with 2 senior & 4-6 early-career researchers. Meetings are usually monthly or bimonthly, covering career advice, paper writing, work-life balance & more.
And that’s a wrap on my last day at @noc.ac.uk! I’m truly going to miss working there and collaborating with such amazing colleagues. Grateful for all the great science we accomplished together—excited for our upcoming publications! 🦑🦐🧽🪨
Chondrocladia sp. (Carnivorous sponges) – When the system refuses to feed you, you adapt. These sponges don’t rely on passive filtration like their kin—they snare and digest prey directly. Fascism thrives on controlling resources. Some revolutionaries build alternatives. Photo from MBARI.
Giant isopods (Bathynomus giganteus) – Slow-moving but unstoppable, they scavenge and recycle, ensuring nothing goes to waste. The revolution will be efficient. 🌊🦐 #DeepSea #Ecology
For my first #FossilFriday post:
Bernissartia fagesii, my beloved 💜
This basal eusuchian used to crawl around in between the Iguanodons ~130 MYA in what is now Bernissart, Belgium. It measured only 60 cm at maturity and is therefore one of the smallest - and cutest - crocodyliforms known to science
I love seafood and federal science.
A pile of simply drawn cuttlefish of many colors, lying on and embracing each other. Their eyes are closed and they look happy.
Cuttlefish cuddle pile! Thank you!!
If you want to read more about the #jellyfish -hugging deep-sea #octopus, here is the original paper:
🧪🌊🦑
www.nature.com/articles/sre...
gorgeous!! Here's the model Barbie Pig
Super excited that our review on the ecology of the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition is now out on how ecology changes across scales from organisms to communities to the world through time. Fab art @franzanth.bsky.social showing the build up of ecological complexity
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
