We love snorkeling around the canopy of our extensive kelp forests. They vibrant and productive places full of life. Look out for seals hiding under the kelp fronds, fish like pollack and wrasse, and tiny critters like nudibranchs and blue rayed limpets. Even catsharks!

Say hello to the Punk Ant. What a beautiful species of carpenter ant!! First time this species of ant has been photographed in the wild. amp.abc.net.au/article/103369… #entomemeology #punkant #camponotusthadeus #formicidae

A new Science study investigates how an ant invasion led to lions eating fewer zebra in a Kenyan ecosystem. scim.ag/5GB

I've been thinking about the transience of life, and you can't take it with you, so I'll be tweeting my own deep-sea photos about one-a-day for people to use however they want (just credit me). This is a sequence of the light emission of the shrimp Heterocarpus ensifer.

#OTD in 1834 Ernst Haeckel was born. We were going to post something not 'jelly' related but then we saw this illustration of Porpita porpita from the volume on siphonophores of the Challenger Expedition reports, which can be found in our rare books room MBA - Marine Biological Association 🪼

We must not forget the many Russian people who have stood bravely against the Putin regime. At great cost independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…

1. The herring spawn is in full swing across the coast of British Columbia. Check out these amazing photos from Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island from yesterday!

SIPHONOPHORES blog post from the #jellywebexpedition MARE-Madeira I Aquatic Research Institute oceanblogs.org/msm126/2024/03…

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So cool!! Initially thought it was paleo-art :D, seems almost prehistoric

The talk was always going to spark debate — after all, the evidence on the bipedal monkeys is conflicting, at best. But the suggestions now being put forward are somewhat far-fetched. Could they really have done ALL those things?? #scifi by Shahar Dubiner nature.com/articles/d4158…

Myrmecia froggatti - Leeton, NSW This is a very cryptic species. They likely form very small colonies, with less than 20 workers. #ants #australia #entomology

CLOSING TOMORROW! Scottish Association for Marine Science is hiring a Graduate CCAP Support Scientist This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the team at the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP) and participate in a varied workload across a range of specialisms 👉ibioic.com/jobs-database/…

Cannot believe I caught this on camera — a sea angel (devil?) feeding. These slugs live in the open ocean feeding almost exclusively on swimming snails (Limacina sp.). They do this in a pretty spectacular way — watch the video to see! #SeaSlugSaturday

WOW!! In less than a week, fathomverse #FathomVerse players have generated more than 1M annotations! 🤯 HUGE thank you to the #ocean community, and I can't wait to see where this takes us all. 🙏 #onwardsanddownwards MBARI Ocean Vision AI Schmidt Ocean NOAA Ocean Exploration

Amazing new deep-sea squid footage from the central Pacific. Deep-sea hooked squid Taningia danae with the huge bioluminescent photophores. 1000m deep, grabs lander during 58 m/min free fall Heather Stewart Deep Sea Research Centre #inkfishexplore

Happy #WorldOceanDay!! Just a reminder that we share this planet with other awe-inspiring earthlings, like #snotpalace-building #larvaceans. Take care of each other! MBARI Bioinspiration Lab

🚨 #DiveAlert! OET and @ocean_networks are diving on the Endeavour Vent Field! Watch live at nautiluslive.org

Hinkling Broad this pm between exceptionally stormy showers: bittern booming plus another in flight, pinging reedlings, marsh harrier, common tern, 2 flyover spoonbill & Norfolk hawker. Great reserve 👍👍 Natural England Norfolk and Suffolk Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Newcastle Dog & Cat Shelter please can you circulate the information about this much loved pooch on your social media. 🙏🏼 MISSING black dog from Stowell Street / University area last night 10.30. Tagged and chipped. REWARD. 07708 569398