Is that time of the year again! 🎊 🎇

Please join us for our AGM and our end of year celebration and reconnect with old and new AMSA colleagues at the Tudor Hotel, Redfern this Friday 17th at 6pm.

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Please come along to our fabulous EOY party!

Today we had students from our local primary school visiting as part of our Peninsula Engagement Program. One group is exploring our Balmain Foreshore Project & the upcoming installation of Living Seawalls. Here they are creating some mini versions of their own. Drones tomorrow!

So exciting to see the Living Seawalls partnership with Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus begin in earnest. You can read more about Rosie Steinberg, PhD 🪸 day baseline sampling with students in Louise Swanson blog here: hsieteachers.com/blog/balmain-f…

Today we had the pleasure of working with Rosie Steinberg, PhD 🪸 to plan out our Living Seawalls panel installation and to undertake a pre-installation biodiversity survey.

Read about the day here:
hsieteachers.com/blog/balmain-f…

A great day at Sydney Secondary College Balmain! Our researcher Rosie Steinberg, PhD 🪸 led the baseline biodiversity surveys before students install their own #LivingSeawall . We will continue to work with the students to assess the ecological impact!
Ty Louise Swanson for making it happen!

🚨 Bay Area, CA!
Shambles is ready to start accepting adoption inquiries 🥹

he is a special cat and needs a special person. whoever adopts him will be so lucky! here is some brief info about Shamby:

This stumbled upon scene kept us occupied and amazed for almost 30 mins on a nice pleasant hike just outside of Blr with friends, + 1 dog.
A spider wasp - with her just hunted and immobilsed spider.
The caught spider though is not for her to consume...(1/4)

Someone please adopt this baby Jane from AARF animalalliesrescue.org/adopt/cats-ava…

Enjoy this incredibly beautiful Genicanthus semifasciatus, the Yellow-masked Swallowtail Angelfish!

The KING ANGELFISH, Holacanthus passer. Look at that crown hunny. 👑

Sad update from North Dry Rocks in Key Largo: On 8/28, we found all staghorn & elkhorn #coral severely bleached & dying. There are no longer any “winners” that have escaped, & I expect all will die in the next several weeks. I can’t believe they spawned just a few weeks ago 🥺

📢🫵👩🏻‍🎓👨🏾‍🎓PhD student wanted: ' #Kelp forests in the #Anthropocene '🌊🌱🥵🇦🇺🇳🇴. Must have enthusiasm, passion, curiosity, travel bug & a strong relevant academic record. Email me cv & letter of motivation before 25 Aug #climatechange #marineheatwaves #genomics #physiology #ecology

The crab facts advent calendar is in its final form 😎

Fully carcinized.

Get a calendar, tell a friend. It all supports Skype A Scientist

Art by franz (not here)!

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Snakes are commonly parasitised by ticks, but this particular species - Amblyomma nitidum - is a specialist on sea snakes and has followed its hosts into the sea, making it one of the few species of marine ticks
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Kent Sorgon, Master of Science in Zoology! Ichthyologist at your service 🫡🐠🐟🍣🍤🎏🐡

🚨 I am recruiting a postdoc to lead our investigations regarding turbidity effects on corals. 🪸
Competitive pay, dynamic team, direct management implications and collaborations.
Please RT! #jobs #academicjobs Dept. of Life Sciences TAMU-CC Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology
Apply now: tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TAMUCC_E…

I am recruiting a fully funded PhD student to join our marine social science lab - the Ocean Governance Collaborative - at University of Miami Rosenstiel School in Fall '24. Check out our work and pls reach out w/ an expression of interest and CV if we may be a good fit. ocean-governance.earth.miami.edu/index.html?fbc…

Only 2 weeks left to send your expression of interest: PhD opportunity within the SouthernSharkEG
and Neurobiology Lab with me, lauraryansci and #NathanHart Deadline 15th of August👇

Come work with us this Fall! We are seeking an enthusiastic & dedicated University of British Columbia undergrad to help us with our research project - 'Global conservation assessments of seahorses, pipefishes & seadragons'. Check out UBC Careers Online, search 'IUCN Red Listing'.
Apply by Aug 14.