Presenting at the Hawai'i The Explorers Club Chapter about new species discoveries @ mesophotic depths of the Indo-Pacific. 19th March 5:30-8 pm, at the Pacific Club. Dinner: $95 per person. Please contact Gary W. Bowersox: [email protected] or dm me to attend before the 15th. 🪸🧜‍♀️

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Freediving on the remote and uninhabited atoll, Pulau Ndaa (Indah, meaning beautiful), Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia 🇮🇩 🔊Sound Up!! Large gorgonians 🪸 are within the group Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857. #gorgonians #octocoral #freediving #indonesia

#Mesophotic #corals? Predatory #fish? You can find it in final and full version of our paper on Wee Jasper (NSW, #Australia) - an Early #Devonian site where we just described unusual ecosystem of unprecedented completeness! OA paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2…

New international PhD scholarship jointly at universities of Queensland and Exeter (UK) on coral reef MPAs. Natural and social science. Feel free to reach out. tinyurl.com/bwzntmfr

Atoll life 🪸✨🐟 @unesco FSM Ahnd (Ant) & Pakin Atolls, magical and mysterious places at depth and in the shallows. Endemism and abundant marine life vulnerable to our existence. #mesophotic #gorgonian #rebreather #soniajrowley #exploration August Expedition - FSM 🪸

Looking forward to Pohnpei 🪸🐠🧜‍♀️🤓 CCR Expedition Research where we get to encounter all these wonderful endemic species and unique environments found nowhere else in the world 🌎 #gorgonian #mesophotic #ccr #rebreather #micronesia #endemic

Nothing has disturbed me more than the needless waste that continues to destroy our marine environment: bycatch, where ~3/4 of the catch is destroyed for no good reason. youtube.com/watch?v=IzG9Aw…

Amplifying the CCMI's launch of the Wheaton Women in Ocean Science Award for early career women in science; seeking 1 postdoc and 2 interns working on seagrass ecology, coastal blue carbon, or coral recruitment dynamics #job #coral #WomenInScience #ocean reefresearch.org/our-work/resea…

Gorgonian 🪸 Octocorals and their friends of the Wakatobi Marine National Park, SE Sulawesi, Indonesia. We explored remote islands and depths that none have been before 🧜‍♀️ Exploration at it’s finest 😎 #gorgonian #octocoral #mesophotic #indonesia

Make the Natural World Great Again 🪸 youtube.com/watch?v=zKHP2V…

Expedition research is cultural 🤗 & in Pohnpei, FSM, we enjoy & learn about the intricacies of the natural world 🪸 Join us as we complete >a decade of research at mesophotic depths >160m (525 ft) 🧜‍♀️🤍🪸✨ 🔊Up!!

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18th June 8 am HST/2 pm EST- Come explore what we know about mesophotic environments, incredible new species to science, & my upcoming expeditions to complete a decade's worth of research + new locations where no one has been before! 🪸 exploringbytheseat.com/lessons/explor…

Mesophotic Gorgonian Octocorals 🪸 of the Indo-West Pacific. Images taken from 70-125 m (230-410 ft) deep. Not too shabby really 🙃 Light&Motion ccrexplorers INDONESIAinLOVE Sonia J. Rowley Sony

No Gastropods were harmed in the making of this video 🐚🎬🎥🪸 🎥 @bdnumber6 on a JJ-CCR Rebreathers @gopro 😄by both of us!! 🔊 Sound Up to hear us helium giggling 🤭 Much fun is to be had at mesophotic depths! Divesoft Light&Motion Shearwater Research #gorgonian #mesophotic

Expedition Research: Timor-Leste 🇹🇱 December 2025. Participate in research to depths where no one has been before. DM or follow the link 🔗 below for details: 🔗soniajrowley.com #expedition #expeditionresearch #timorleste #rebreather #diving #womendoingscience

Octopus 📷 cyanea hunting with friends, Indonesia 📷 #octopus #lightandmotion #sonyunderwater

Shining a light on some of the most beautiful 🪸 works of nature, products of evolution over time. Looking forward to sharing more on my upcoming expedition to Micronesia 🧜‍♀️📝🤓 #gorgonian #octocoral #mesophotic #rebreather

Expedition Research is Cultural: Pohnpei 2025 youtu.be/JiUkL5yVyAg?si… via YouTube