🌊✨Fossil forests of kelp were the foundations of ancient marine ecosystems! Check out this new paper from UC Museum of Paleo curator and IB professor Cindy Looy, and former grad student Rosemary Romero to learn more! #paleontology #paleobotany

Quick sketch of Dunkleosteus terrelli. #dunkleosteus #paleoart #sciart #ArtistOnTwitter

Devotion Inspires Bravery #commonmurre #seabird #seabirdart #sciart

Densuş Ciula #hateg #hatzegopteryxthambena #pterosaur #sciart #paleoillustration #paleoart

Toyajo #Megapterygius #Megapterygiuswakayamaensis #mosasaur #mosasauridae #paleoart #paleoillustration #paleontology #digitalart #sciart

Does James Cameron is Remembers The Lore? Tune in December 2025 to see #AvatarFireAndAsh to find out.

Happy (belated) birthday to one of my favorite films of all time: James Cameron’s “Abyss”. #ABYSS #jamescameron

Sad news to report…Leonard Compagno passed away yesterday. A true Giant in Shark Research whose contributions were enormous! I was very fortunate to know him as an advisor, mentor & friend. A once in a generation researcher whose contributions will influence generations to come.

Meet Chromis abadhah, a new species from the Maldives that our team just described in collaboration with Maldives Marine Research Institute! The name abadhah means ‘perpetual’ in Dhivehi, to recognize ROLEX Perpetual Planet initiative, which funded our work there. forbes.com/sites/grrlscie…

#scicomm

𝐿𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠, a shell-dwelling cichlid takes intense care of their offspring, which they raise in empty snail shells. A team at the Max Planck Institute used 3D-printed snail shells to find out what happens inside. 🔓 cell.com/current-biolog…

Going to be much less active on here, if you wish to follow my exploits you can head on over to bsky.app/profile/thenau… or “thenauticalwarlock” on Instagram.

The Original Indigenous Names for the Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

We all know #CoralReefs provide habitat for fishes, but what do the fishes do for the reefs in return? 🐠🤔 Check out this infographic that showcases the interactions between reef ecosystems and healthy fish populations. @noaafisheries fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/…

Ladies and gentlemen, Nanotyrannus lives. Not only that, but it has 2 species within its genus. Thanks to the work of Lindsay Zanno, Dr. James G. Napoli, and their team, we have the strongest case for this pygmy tyrant so far. NYT article linked, I’m sure more without a paywall later

IT'S FUCKING R E A L NOW THERE ARE TWO OF THEM