We're celebrating 140 years of MBA - Marine Biological Association this year! Find out more about the Library and how it has helped support the work of the MBA below. Follow #MBA140 for more on the celebrations 🎉

We missed #NationalUnicornDay yesterday, so here's an illustration from Cuvier's De l'histoire naturelle des cetaces (1836) of the 'unicorn of the sea' - the narwhal! Both volumes of this work (text & atlas) can be found in the rare books room in the library MBA - Marine Biological Association 🦄🐋

It's a bit of a grey day here in #Plymouth but this book by L.R. Brightwell on British seashore life has certainly brightened our day. Who else wants to go rock pooling now? MBA - Marine Biological Association

It's #internationaldayoftheseal - here are some lovely illustrations of grey and harbour seals from volume 1 of 'The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland' by J.G Millais, 1904. Only 1025 copies of this volume were printed - we have no77 here MBA - Marine Biological Association 🦭

#OTD in 1788 and 1907 respectively Mary Roberts and JZ Young were born. Both accomplished writers on their specialist subjects, we have some of their published works in the library MBA - Marine Biological Association. You can search our print collection at mba.ac.uk/our-facilities… to discover more

We've just found out it's #SaveASpiderDay so we've popped up to the rare books room MBA - Marine Biological Association and found this lovely illustration of a ~sea spider~ from volume 3 of the Challenger Expedition reports. A bit of a cheat but we think they also need some love 🕷️

It may look a little different now, but did you know there's been a physical library MBA - Marine Biological Association since the opening of the Citadel Hill laboratory in 1888.
To find out more about the 140th celebrations visit mba.ac.uk/140-years/

Happy #IWD ! Celebrate inspiring women in Marine Biology. Meet 4 inspiring female marine scientists sharing their story in #TMB . Dive into their incredible journey buff.ly/3uQd97t Discover more like this in #TheMarine Biologist Free to Members buff.ly/3TGeLs2

Happy #WorldBookDay2024 . With more than 15,000 books in our collection MBA - Marine Biological Association it's going to be difficult to pick just one to read, how about you? 📚

Celebrating 140 years of marine excellence 🎉

For over a century, we have been a leading voice in marine science & conservation, conducting groundbreaking research & scientific discoveries; paving the way for a brighter future for our ocean.

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Rissoides desmaresti, a species of mantis shrimp is rarely found, and only on our south and west coasts but #Brixham based fisherman Luke Tanner has kindly shared this video with us! Share sightings via #DASSH or by using the iNaturalist app NBN Trust #INaturalistUK #MarineLife

#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 🪼

The Darwin Tree of Life Project sets out to sequence all of the eukaryotic species found in Britain & Ireland.

In our next FREE webinar, dive into the fascinating world of sample collection, lab processing & genome sequencing with our DToL team.

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It's #valentinesday and whilst we love marine biology, we went for something a little different. In our rare books room MBA - Marine Biological Association we have a copy of 'The Love Letters of Ernst Haeckel written between 1898 and 1903' to Franziska von Altenhausen. Something to add to the tbr pile 📖

Today is Darwin Day as #OTD in 1809 Charles Darwin was born. We have a number of his published works here MBA - Marine Biological Association, including several editions of the Origin of Species. All great additions to our collection, but our first edition copy is a favourite it's fair to say

#february11 is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Here we have just a very small selection of the books in our collection, written by or about women in marine science. There are plenty more on the shelves in our reading room MBA - Marine Biological Association to enjoy reading too

#OTD in 1896 Sir Alister Hardy was born. An eminent marine biologist, he created the Continuous Plankton Record (CPR), which is still running today, helping us learn more about the ocean ecosystem. This photo was taken on board the MBA - Marine Biological Association research vessel Salpa c1937

#OTD in 1868 Walter Garstang was born. After studying at Oxford, Garstang began working MBA - Marine Biological Association and was invited to the opening of the Citadel Hill laboratory in 1888. Founder of the Easter Classes, he had a significant impact on the study of marine biology and its students

It is important that we monitor the extent of non-native species such as the Orange-tipped sea squirt, Corella eumyota. Occurrences can be recorded using platforms such as iNaturalist or reporting them to the DASSH team.

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Scientists MBA - Marine Biological Association & Newcastle University have embarked on a groundbreaking project to protect native #kelp populations in the UK.

The #Greengravel project is a pioneering #restoration tool designed to combat kelp forest decline.

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