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There’s old, and then there’s “deep-sea coral” old! Some #deepsea coral colonies can live for thousands of years. Learn how they age so gracefully here: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ocean-fact/how…

Most creatures use daylight to keep time. But a newly discovered jellyfish species has a mysterious biological clock that tracks periods of 20 hours, instead of 24. It suggests there may be more unconventional clocks across the tree of life. quantamagazine.org/the-jellies-th…

2️⃣ species described by Scripps Oceanography scientists landed on the Top 10 New Marine Species list from @WRMarineSpecies, announced today on #TaxonomistAppreciationDay! 🪱 Meet Iskra’s glitter worm and Elven abyss tunicate. ⤵️ scripps.ucsd.edu/news/two-scrip…

From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has been mapped in unprecedented detail, researchers reported last year in Science. Learn more: scim.ag/3LfmvBF #ScienceMagArchives

Spectacular images reveal unique sea creatures and corals off Caribbean islands bbc.in/4ui7uk8

@shioramen8446I where is this?

リュウグウノツカイが吊り下げ展示されてて笑ってしまった🤭

@BBCWorld woot woot

Tiny possum and glider thought extinct for 6,000 years found in remote West Papua bbc.in/4rhiDzb

When a whale dies and sinks to the ocean floor, its body becomes an entire ecosystem, feeding hundreds of species for decades. These "whale falls" are one of the ocean's most remarkable recycling systems, and some creatures have evolved to live nowhere else. Comic by @beetlemoses

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@alexeome Thank you! If you DM me your address I can post you one directly.

IT’S SPRING! Time for Spring Ring. Limited Edition signed & numbered prints available to buy now. 322mm x 297mm Giclée prints. £45 + P&P. Hit me up if you want one. #Spring #Art #illustration There’s 26 easter eggs to find. One for every letter of the alphabet.

タマサンゴ。通常の姿と、時折伸長する姿です。なんのために伸長するのかは不明ですが、面白い行動ですね。ちなみに、これらは同一個体です。

Follow us to Oceanology International, and be sure to attend Schmidt Ocean Institute Executive Director Dr. Jyotika Virmani's talk, "Into the Blue Frontier: How Innovation Is Transforming Ocean Discovery and Exploration." Learn more: invt.io/1lxb60g81nl

Corps of Exploration members Jamie Zaccaria (OET's Media and Outreach Coordinator) and Cinematographer Erin Ranney will join a team of #sciencecommunicators presenting at the Science in Storytelling event hosted by Wildscreen Festival. Learn more: wildscreen.org/science-in-sto…

Four years ago today, I completed a first, unadvertised expedition: Closest person to the center of the Earth: Molloy Deep in the Arctic, and farthest from it: summit of Mt Chimborazo, Ecuador (the Earth is ovoid, not a sphere). I called it my "Heaven and Hell Expedition."

@mbalter I am so jealous ❄️🌨️⛄️⛸️🏂

This is our snow gauge here in Westchester County and there’s a few hours of snow to go.

Chaos in my dish: a hydrozoan jellyfish Leuckartiara octona tries to squeeze between bipinnaria larvae of Luidia sarsii starfish. The North Sea, Skagerrak ✨🌊🔬 These animals are about 7 mm in length.

@GreenJennyJones contact some wildlife sanctuaries to see if anyone makes 3d printed beaks. seen someone fix a toucan beak.

Yesterday there was a jackdaw on my bird table with a broken beak. He's lost the upper half. Obv makes eating hard and he's very thin. He came again today and on advice, I had put out chopped boiled egg and cheese for him and he's eating it. Unlike many people, I love corvids.

@thetimes I think it is absolutely horrifying to drive a female doctor out of medicine. please don’t leave the nhs #bethupton

Beth Upton, trans doctor in Sandie Peggie row, leaves NHS #Echobox=1771178796" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

Never-before-seen creature filmed at the bottom of the Java trench, 4.5 miles deep