Awesome flying around this tall chimney! Hydrothermal vents are so beautiful. Schmidt Ocean #MappingGalapagosVents

So excited for the Indo-Pacific Fish Conference in New Zealand! My lab will be collecting before the conference and my conference talk is 'Look Who's Walking Too' [Wed, 22nd, 10:45am, Session A], there will be CT scans, genomics and kinematics!

#IPFC2023 , #IPFC11 , #IPFC_Auckland

Are you someone with a passion for discovery? Now is your chance to join the 2024 #NautilusExplorationProgram ! These #paidinternships are at-sea 3-4 week opportunities and available across the 2024 expedition season. Apply by January 2, 2024: nautiluslive.org/education

I'm #Thankful for #Chondrichthyes
#Shark #Ray & #Chimaera

Start the coming year off right, purchase the
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Shop the #PeppermintNarwhal store: peppermintnarwhal.com

#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving 2023

Ran into this male winter skate with a twisted clasper today in Nova Scotia. Thats gotta be uncomfortable 📷

Happy #HagfishDay !

Hagfish are relatively common in the deep sea. Many species of hagfish are notorious for their slimy skin. When disturbed, they ooze proteins from slime glands in their skin that respond to water by becoming a slimy outer coating, which expands into a huge…

Are you interested in helping recover threatened aquatic species? Seattle Aquarium is hiring a Species Recovery Associate to work with me to do just that!

Current projects include Zebra Sharks in Indonesia and Pinto Abalone in Washington, and we hope to expand our portfolio.

Lorenzo de Santis: Evaluating the historical abundance trends of large sharks in the Pelagie Archipelago using Local Ecological Knowledge
& eleonora de sabata discusses how citizen science in the Mediterranean Sea reveals aspects of the ecology of the nursehound shark
#EEA2023

IN THE NEWS: Officially extinct fish is alive and well

The houting, an officially extinct fish species that lived in North Sea estuaries is revealed to be extant, after DNA analyses found virtually no genetic difference to the European whitefish.

phys.org/news/2023-10-e…

Old Fourlegs is now in 3D!

A 3D reconstruction of the skull of the West Indian Ocean Coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae.

morphomuseum.com/articles/view/…

Question: A or B? in B, a bit of the stalk is also luminescent.

(the third picture is the same as B)

(福) Jeff Day Jon A. Moore HulloThere - on a boat!

Which fact below was most interesting?
📏 It’s always FlexFriday! 💪
The Ornate Octopus boasts arms that are 6 to 8 times the length of its mantle (body). Imagine having over 6 foot long arms; you’d never need a ladder again! 🪜 (~2 meters)

🛑 No Detachable Arms Here!
While…

Happy #OCTOber #Friday13th ! Here's a cirrate octo for your eyeballs, seen during Schmidt Ocean dive 399 on 10-19-20.

Did we mention that our Instrument Technician, Dr (🙌🙌🙌) Matt Parkinson graduated with his PhD in Ichthyology today?! Couldn't be prouder!
#telemetry #SouthAfrica

Long-term landing site surveys in Rep. of Congo 🇨🇬 partnering with artisanal fishers WCS Congo and fisheries dept. reveals waters host important pops of #sharks and #rays . Region is historically poorly studied so we provide a 🧵 of key findings doi.org/10.1111/csp2.1…

🚨New Paper 🚨

We document the stomach eversion and retraction by a captured and tagged tiger shark.

Check out the video in the thread below and DM me if you need access to the article!

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Exciting PhD opportunity working with me and Peter Kyne at Charles Darwin University RIEL to test sawfish and shark bycatch mitigation devices and assess post-release behaviour in sawfish 👇

Check out this awesome ctenophore we just saw! I've only ever seen one like this on one other expedition! Schmidt Ocean George M (he, him) @georgei.bsky.social #CliffReefs

Happy #WorldOctopusDay ! Revisiting #OctoOdyssey expedition earlier this year. The team documented octopus nurseries with hundreds of Muusoctopus species brooding viable eggs in low-temp hydrothermal fluids, saw octopus mothers protect & clean their eggs, and more!

New Episode Alert! Episode #2 w/ Nicholas Dulvy #BeyondJaws #podcast w/ Andrew R. Lewin LostSharkGuy
Subscribe to hear the personal journey of leading shark researchers, educators, conservationists, filmmakers, communicators, photographers, & much more! speakupforblue.com/show/beyond-ja…