April 3, 2024 marked the beginning of the Coastal Pioneer Array in its new location in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The team began prepping for the deployment of the Central Surface Mooring at 6 am. It was in the water & instruments functioning shortly after 9 am. U.S. National Science Foundation, #nsffunded

Undergraduates enrolled in Marine Ecology are exploring a sand bar in Battery Creek. There are mobile soft corals (Leptogorgia) passing by left and right! ⁦University of South Carolina Beaufort⁩ ⁦Beaufort Schools, SC⁩ ⁦Visit Beaufort, SC⁩

Are you interested in #ancientDNA and #ancientbiomolecules? If so, the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a Research Assistant to help oversee our ancient biomolecules lab!! Come work with us and do some cutting edge science 🧬careers.amnh.org/postings/4102

The #ROV #Taurus has arrived! Things are about to get deep here at FIO. MUCH more to come, stay tuned to our channels.

Q: How does one become a scientist? My answer: By first trying out everything else! Bigelow Laboratory wrote a wonderful profile of my path and research interests, ranging from the silly to the personal reasons that got me here today: bigelow.org/news/articles/…

Meet a new family of black corals- the Ameripathidae zookeys.pensoft.net/article/121411/ led by Jeremy Horowitz -Peter Buck Postdoc Smithsonian NMNH NMNH Invert Zoology Collected on a recent Schmidt Ocean expedition with Herrera Lab Colleen Hansel

THIS WEEK: Aerial surveys of the #HudsonCanyon area in the #NewYorkBight by NOAA remarkably spotted roughly 10% (35 individuals) of the world’s Critically Endangered North Atlantic right whale population. Also surveyed were fin whales (8) and, not often seen, sei whales (31).

Very excited to announce I’ll be joining UofSC Biological Sciences as an assistant research professor through the Bridge to Faculty program! Looking forward to using this time to prep for the opening of the Lewis Lab in 2 years😊. #newpi

FIO's Peerside Program invites potential Arts, Humanities, or Social Science mentors to submit expressions of interest (EOI) for our 2025 program and beyond. The mentor(s) will work with students and science mentors to complement the research objectives and provide an (1/3)

LISTEN: Our #WCSWildAudio Summer Series goes deep underwater to “the edge of known things.” Will the rich waters of #HudsonCanyon be designated as a National Marine Sanctuary? 🔊 apple.co/3zItJbs

“I would like to see the Canyon accessible for my kids and grandkids.” Captain Alan Lee, chair of the #HudsonCanyon Sanctuary Advisory Council, is working to protect a place he cares deeply about for future generations. Speak Out: bit.ly/3Lt5GQ7

Amazing solenogaster find today! John Slapcinsky found this gorgeous undescribed Dondersia species 😍

Hi all, I am excited to share that my undergrad paper has just been published in [email protected] !!! Huge thanks to my amazing undergrad advisor, Heather Bracken-Grissom for the guidance and to Black in Marine Science for this opportunity. Please give it a read if you can. doi.org/10.1093/icb/ic…