🦈 NEW: Researchers are proposing a shift from passive #ocean protection toward active marine #rewilding, outlining principles that include restoring #foodwebs and reintroducing #apexpredators like #sharks.

The approach emphasizes that human communities are integral parts of coastal #ecosystems rather than entities to be fenced out, and aims to build self-sustaining #habitats equipped to handle #climate shifts and #pollution.

👉 news.mongabay.com/short-articl…

#biodiversity #coralreefs #marine #ecosystems #nature #science #environment #sustainability #wildlife #conservation #news

Most of the world’s marine protected areas fail to safeguard marine life in practice. The reasons for this are complex and vary from place to place.
#biodiversity #marine-reserves #oceans #ecosystems

theconversation.com/were-not-p…

En larguant 200 000 #barils de #déchets #radioactifs dans l' #Atlantique, les #Américains et #Français ont peut-être chamboulé les #écosystèmes #marins - #Science et #vie

#nature #mer #radioactivité #biologie #marine

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‘Scalicus engyceros’ was out on a strange, sandy stroll. The post Backwards-walking fish caught on video in the South China Sea appeared first on Popular Science . #science #wildlife #marine

https://www.popsci.com/environment/backwards-walking-fish-caught-on-video-in-the-south-china-sea/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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The ray is enjoying her retirement at the New England Aquarium’s Quincy Animal Care Center. The post Happy Birth-ray! Mystic the cownose ray turns 27 appeared first on Popular Science . #science #wildlife #marine

https://www.popsci.com/environment/mystic-cownose-ray-birthday-new-england/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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UCSB is hiring a postdoctoral researcher in whale ecology and biology

Looks like a whale of a time

recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03150

#California #UCSB #UC #GetFediHired #Marine #Science #Jobs

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐟🐘 A fuzzy red-and-orange #fish spotted off #PapuaNewGuinea has been identified as a new ghost #pipefish species named Solenostomus snuffleupagus after #SesameStreet’s Mr. #Snuffleupagus. Researchers confirmed it through measurements, CT scans, and #DNA, and found its scruffy look likely mimics floating #algae for #camouflage.

👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…

#science #marinebiology #biology #marine #ghostpipefish #ocean #coralreef #naturalselection #greatbarrierreef #science #nature #animals #wildlife #underwater

Medusae of the World: Plate 12, Volume 1 (1910) by A. G. Mayer, from Medusae of the World.

Source: MBLWHOI Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

pdimagearchive.org/images/b2af…

#anatomy #zoology #jellyfish #marine #medusae #bookillustration #lithography #art #publicdomain

The fish they punched most were the groupers

“Sounds as if they earned it, though, as the groupers tended not to contribute much to the group and instead loitered opportunistically nearby to exploit the work of the rest of the team.”

"The [octopuses'] exhibited range of partner-dependent behavioral flexibility, especially concerning the use of social information when deciding to switch foraging strategies and whom and when to punch, indicates that day octopuses have hallmarks of (heterospecific) social competence and cognition," the researchers write in their paper.

#Marine #Science #Octopus

This is my second favorite octopus story (that they can use coconuts as armor)

spacedaily.com/k-an-octopus-wa…

My favorite one is that some octopus lead groups of fish in hunting together, and punch the fish that act up

sciencealert.com/octopuses-tea…

#Marine #Science #Octopus

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦪⏳ Over two decades, scientists #carbon-dated over 7,500 #marine fossils from #ocean beds around the world.

The shared #data showed which environmental factor drives time averaging – the mixing of #fossils from different periods in a single sediment layer. The results show that #sedimentation rate matters most, setting limits on what fossil data can tell us about the past.

👉 eurekalert.org/news-releases/1…

#paleontology #carbondating #science #marinebiology #biology #geology #radiocarbon #earthscience #naturalhistory #nature #history #news #sedimentation #fossilrecord

At the 2026 West End Celebration in Sand City, a Santa Cruz pedal-powered #entrepreneur, Trike a Pose, was offering #photo shoots.

"This is a United States #Marine Corps #Veteran owned business. After coming back from both Iraq and Afghanistan, I wanted nothing more than to see people smile and that is what this is all about.... MAKING YOU SMILE! Your support funds a Veteran's Retreat to help combat #PTSD.” trikeapose.com/

#MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #SantaCruz #photographer #PedalPower #trike #tricycle

A purple seastar on a piling in the intertidal zone in Alaska.

buff.ly/6L45XST #seastar #starfish #purple #alaska #marine #marinelife #intertidal #keystone #echinoderm #Aquatic #invertebrate #FAArtist #buyart #HomeDecor #wallart #artforsale #artstore #travel #travelphotography #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #wallartforsale #giftideas @joancarroll

Illustration by Eliza A. Jordson, from Seaweeds, 1848 (1848).

Source: Brooklyn Museum

pdimagearchive.org/images/bd20…

#algae #decorative #marine #design #seaweed #pattern #objects #art #publicdomain

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧮🐙 Food webs have resisted easy mapping because traditional #ecology depends on physically collecting species.

Researchers Naoto Ishikawa and Ettore Barbieri teamed up, pairing #predators two at a time and using Bayes’ theorem to calculate likely meals. Tested against 158 documented #ecosystems, their #algorithm rebuilt invisible #foodwebs with more than 80% accuracy.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-08-mathemat…

#oceans #marine #biology #marinebiology #math #conservation #science #prey #japan

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐋🦑 At the American Museum of Natural History, a glass-free sperm #whale and giant squid #diorama mimics the dark deep #ocean.

Maintenance specialist Janet Spiller spends hours cleaning it with a backpack vacuum and fiber pole attachments. The #exhibit draws on real evidence like sucker marks on whale skin and #squid beaks to depict a dramatic #predator-prey battle.

👉 popsci.com/science/sperm-whale…

#spermwhale #giantsquid #amnh #museum #ocean #marine #science #nature #work #job #animals #conservation #biology #marinebiology #wildlife

Möglicherweise schlimme Zustände bei der US-Navy weil man die Länge des Iran-Krieges unterschätzt hat.

Siehe: tagesspiegel.de/internationale…

Versorgungsprobleme bei Nahrung und Hygiene hören sich schlimm an.

#usa #politik #Pentagon #Krieg #Iran #Versorgung #Sicherheit #marine #Skandal #Problem

Illustration by Anne Wagner, from The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834).

Source: New York Public Library

pdimagearchive.org/images/c29d…

#collage #marine #artists #botanical #shelley #friendship #poetry #manuscript #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦑🌊 About 15 years ago, Japanese researchers on a #research vessel photographed a shoal of roughly 100 neon flying #squid gliding in formation above the #Pacific #Ocean, about 600 km from #Tokyo.

The species uses a funnel-like organ called the hyponome to jet #water, propelling itself through both #air and #sea. Scientists remain unsure why the squid fly in unison, suggesting they may be evading a #predator like a #shark.

👉 theguardian.com/environment/20…

#marinebiology #marine #biology #cephalopod #animals #behavior #science #nature #invertebrates #wildlife #adaptation #aliens #neon

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦊🐋 #Indohyus was a #fox-sized, semi-aquatic mammal that lived in and around the coast of an island #India 49 to 45 million years ago.

#Fossil evidence, including a #skull accidentally broken in the lab in 2007, showed whale-like inner-ear #bones that placed it as the closest non-whale relative of all modern #whales. It gave rise to #Pakicetus and a chain of increasingly aquatic ancestors leading to today’s toothed and #baleen whales.

👉 discoverwildlife.com/prehistor…

#evolution #paleontology #cetaceans #eocene #marine #biology #animals #wildlife #mammals #hippos #bluewhales #dogs #pigs

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐋🎵 In 1984-85, thousands of belugas trapped in #Arctic pack #ice off #Russia’s #Chukchi Peninsula faced starvation.

The #icebreaker Moskva crushed an escape channel, playing #classical #music to coax the herd forward. Roughly 2,000 survived and about 1,000 died, though the music’s role stayed unverified.

👉 zmescience.com/feature-post/hi…

#beluga #whales #marine #rescue #animals #behavior #ocean #conservation #engineering #history #sovietunion #ussr #wildlife #marinebiology #biology #science

Die Fähigkeiten des US-Militärs zur Seeminenräumung sind sehr begrenzt.

Siehe: tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/tr…

Deswegen wurde unter anderem Deutschland um die Minenräumung gebeten, die dies aber noch nicht getan haben. Jetzt würde mich brennend die Fakten hinter der Aussage von Trump interessieren. Wenn er hier lügt was er schon oft getan hat dann wäre das untragbar.

#Hormus #Handel #Sicherheit #politik #verantwortung #Fakten #Militär #Krieg #Iran #usa #Weltordnung #Schifffahrt #Minen #marine

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦴🐟 A #fossil from #Australia’s #Cretaceous #Eromanga Sea captured a rare three-tier predator interaction: a #pterosaur eaten by an #ichthyosaur, then both consumed by a giant #pliosaur called '#Kronosaurus queenslandicus.'

Researchers used #neutron #tomography to identify pterosaur jawbones in the ichthyosaur’s fossilized stomach alongside crushing bite marks from the larger #predator.

👉 sciencealert.com/epic-turducke…

#paleontology #australia #prey #science #nature #history #gondwana #marine #reptile

Lobster Pop - Available Here: 1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featu…

#lobster #shellfish #seafood #food #sealife #marine #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #mixedmedia #creativetoots #watercolor #colorful #fun #boldcolors

Composed Emotion YC02i #1 fineartamerica.com/featured/1-…

#abstract #vintage #pattern #nature #beach #modern #textured #natural #marine #ayearforart

There are sea <plants> too..

Sea cucumbers

Sea coconuts

#Marine #Languages #Chinese

I kind of like that sea lion in Chinese is ‘sea lion’, seal is sea leopard 海豹, manatee is sea cow 海牛, fur seal is sea dog 海狗

#Marine #Languages #Chinese

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦀🐌 #Marine biologist Sarah McAnulty joins #Elmo and friends for a hands-on show-and-tell featuring living #crabs, #snails, giant #shells, and #shark jaws. She shares what her job involves and explains why many #ocean #animals are covered in protective #mucus.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/marine-biologi…

#animals #biology #horseshoecrabs #jobs #kids #marinebiology #puppets #science #sesamestreet #teeth #womeninstem #work #underwater #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦀🐌 #Marine biologist Sarah McAnulty joins #Elmo and friends for a hands-on show-and-tell featuring living #crabs, #snails, giant #shells, and #shark jaws. She shares what her job involves and explains why many #ocean #animals are covered in protective #mucus.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/marine-biologi…

#animals #biology #horseshoecrabs #jobs #kids #marinebiology #puppets #science #sesamestreet #teeth #womeninstem #work #underwater #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐋💥 Researchers in the Gulf of #California filmed orcas ramming dead #sunfish so hard the carcasses exploded.

The high impact strategy breaks #food into smaller pieces for juveniles and may also serve as #play. The sunfish’s rudder like tail seems to make a convenient handle for the #orcas to hold while striking.

👉 arstechnica.com/science/2026/0…

#marine #science #animals #behavior #ethology #mammals #whales #predator #prey #ocean

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦀🐌 #Marine biologist Sarah McAnulty joins #Elmo and friends for a hands-on show-and-tell featuring living #crabs, #snails, giant #shells, and #shark jaws. She shares what her job involves and explains why many #ocean #animals are covered in protective #mucus.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/marine-biologi…

#animals #biology #horseshoecrabs #jobs #kids #marinebiology #puppets #science #sesamestreet #teeth #womeninstem #work #underwater #tksst #video

Nahost: Deutschland zieht Marineschiffe aus Golf von Aden ab

Erst im Juni hatte die Bundesregierung zwei Marineschiffe nach Ostafrika verlegt, um für einen möglichen Einsatz in der Straße von Hormus bereitzustehen. Nun sollen sie wieder abziehen - wegen der instabilen Lage in Nahost.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/nahost-s…

#Nahost #Hormus #Marine

💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 🦀🐌 #Marine biologist Sarah McAnulty joins #Elmo and friends for a hands-on show-and-tell featuring living #crabs, #snails, giant #shells, and #shark jaws. She shares what her job involves and explains why many #ocean #animals are covered in protective #mucus.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/marine-biologi…

#animals #biology #horseshoecrabs #jobs #kids #marinebiology #puppets #science #sesamestreet #teeth #womeninstem #work #underwater #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐋⚓ Sperm whales near #Dominica shorten their click sequences and shift their vowel-like #sounds when #ships are present, according to researchers from #ProjectCETI and #UCBerkeley.

The team analyzed over 1,000 codas from 15 #whales over four years, finding that rhythm and click timing best predict nearby #vessels. The findings add to efforts to decode whale #language and understand how human noise affects #marine life.

👉 popsci.com/environment/sperm-w…

#spermwhales #cetaceans #animals #communication #bioacoustics #science #conservation #mammals #animalbehavior #linguistics #research

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐋📹 Scientists attached small cameras to #whalesharks in #WesternAustralia to see what the #fish do when nobody is watching.

Researchers identified 36 distinct behaviors and found #whale #sharks spend most of their time low-effort snacking throughout the #water column, not just at the surface.

👉 independent.co.uk/news/science…

#marine #science #ocean #ningaloo #marinebiology #biology #animals #wildlife #krill #conservation #ocean #research #australia

Exhilarating captain's log entry from Monterey Bay where the captain and passengers of Sanctuary Cruises captures incredible video of a pod of Bigg's killer whales hunting 15 dolphins. High wire acrobatics etc.

"Seeing a predation event of this scale is a stark reminder of the raw, trophic dynamics of Monterey Bay. While these encounters can be difficult to watch, they represent the natural ecological balance of a healthy, functioning marine sanctuary."

sanctuarycruises.com/captains-…

#Marine #Wildlife #Monterey #Orcas #Dolphins

I send thanks to the buyer from Missouri who bought an art print of

Zephyr -- fineartamerica.com/featured/ze…

May the artwork take you to a place of adventure and joy, with the entire day in front of you and no particular destination in mind.

#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #sailing #boating #boat #travel #washington #water #afternoon #weekend #freedom #fun #sale #fedigiftshop #decor #marine #nautical #journey

Medusae of the World: Plate 22, Volume 1 (1910) by A. G. Mayer, from Medusae of the World.

Source: MBLWHOI Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

pdimagearchive.org/images/c5f0…

#anatomy #zoology #jellyfish #marine #medusae #art #publicdomain

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦭🦻 A #research team used #3D CT scans to solve how #seals hear in both #air and #water.

They found that cavernous tissue in seal #ears fills with blood during dives to conduct #underwater #sound with less than 1% signal loss. The #adaptation traces to early #marine seals 26 million years ago, though it initially came with a #hearing trade off.

👉 theconversation.com/seals-have…

#animals #evolution #marinebiology #paleontology #science #biology #zoology #ocean #nature #wildlife