The sign of a true #marinebiologist... rocky shore practical in horizontal rain & still smiling ;) Great day with 1st year University of Plymouth #marinebiology students... despite the rain ;) #plyMBIO

Field week day 5! Being an organism on the rocky shore can be quite stressful, today we found out being a marine biology student on the rocky shore with the uncertainty on the great British weather can be pretty stressful too! Blue skies to torrential rain in minutes! #PlyMBIO

So many amazing opportunities provided in the South West for all things marine - bought my tickets for Conservation Chat UK Ltd's Blue Shark and Marine mammal talks coming up - so excited!!

On Wednesday Storm McClements, Laura Paling, and I were so lucky to meet the local diving legend Ray Ives, and get shown around his diving museum. Such an amazing place full of all sorts of treasure, and Ray is such an amazing character aswell!

We’re in Plymouth today at the University of Plymouth Marine Station with 70 new #citizenscientists learning how to identify & record #whales & #dolphins at sea 📝🐳⛴ If you’re here with us, we hope you have a great day!

Celebrating the end of exam season with some rockpooling at Wembury! Findings include Strawberry Anemone (Actinia fragacea), Cornish Sucker Fish (Lepadogaster purpurea), and an amazing Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialis)

If you're fit and healthy, #YourNHSNeedsYou. Working with GoodSAM, we've launched NHS Volunteer Responders which means you can now help the most vulnerable people in your community who need to stay home because of #coronavirus. ✊ england.nhs.uk/2020/03/your-n…

You can help by doing simple tasks like: 💊 delivering medicines from pharmacies 🚗 driving patients to appointments 💬 regularly calling people who are on their own. Sign up today. goodsamapp.org/NHS

“We were thinking, okay, this has gotta be mechanical, it can’t be coming from the whale shark." atlasobscura.com/articles/whale…

Care for Nature Open Letter for Earth Day 🌳 carefornatureph.org

A great article on the role biodiversity plays in disease prevention. 🌿 It’s really interesting to try to understand the impact biodiversity has in the prevention of future pandemics, especially since I’m completing my biodiversity module from home! bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Fascinating paper published today, describing potential cultural adaptation by sperm whales to threats from whaling vessels in 19th century. Profound implications for whales and the myriad pressures they face in the modern world theguardian.com/environment/20… royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Have you spotted the new Living Seawall panels at Plymouth Barbican? These panels are designed to increase habitat complexity and biodiversity by mimicking the structure of natural shorelines. Project led by University of Plymouth together with support from organisations across the world!

Discover the importance of marine protected areas #MPAs & why we need to build resilience to climate impacts ⬇️ Via IUCN_WCPA @IUCN

A beautiful Saturday spent at Wembury training with Devon Wildlife Trust to become a South Devon representative of the Marine Stranding Network. Big thank you to WemburyMarineCentre for delivering such an interesting and informative course highlighting the importance of strandings data! 🦭

If you're interested in our strandings network, come along to our North Devon session this Saturday! Book here 👉 devonwildlifetrust.org/events/2023-10…

Storm Ciaran is well on his way and will no doubt leave a trail of destruction in his wake! Please RT our flyer, funded by Sea-Changers, so you know who to call if you find a live or dead #marinestranding! @devonwildlife @cetaceanstrandings

New Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) approved in an expanding portfolio of global ocean areas needing urgent conservation measures iucn.org/news/202402/ne… Marine Mammal Commission Marine Mammalogy European Cetacean Society Canary Islands Special Zone - ZEC Madeira Islands São Miguel Azores Açores e Madeira AFP News Agency IUCN Ocean Team