How many whale pictures do I have? Lots, it seems.
Two humpback whales doing pec slaps (slapping their pectoral fins on the water).
The onboard marine biologist explains why: maybe they're itchy, maybe they want to get rid of barnacles, probably because it's super fun
What's better than a humpback whale?
Two humpback whales
I’m going to start sending emails that start with, ‘I hope this email finds you whale”
Humpback whale breaching!
How I spend my days
Health check for a dugong in the open ocean. You need rugby helmets apparently!
past, present and future of sea otter conservation, rehabilitation and research
a team at work just published the latest 'krill waves radio' and the comments are full of 'so good, you are krilling me'
How a marine heatwave is threatening Australia’s spectacular coral reefs https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/14/how-a-marine-heatwave-is-threatening-australias-spectacular-coral-reefs
Color me surprised! 
Turns out that an #ecological system that has one stressor removed from it (fishing) is more resilient when faced with another stressor ( #marine #heatwaves ).
Link: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70112
Everything about this video is wrong. Thats not a #Marine, and #Marines wouldn't go rogue and obstruct ICE. But he claims as far as we can tell from the translation that the Marines are loco and 25 of them are patrolling the #SanFernandoValley and scaring away #ICE agents twitchy.com/brettt/2025/...
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ap2b2wvozcts4jqny23o2ggo/post/3lwq2v3wzws2t
TikToker Says Group of 'Loco' ...
I don’t consider myself a ‘nature photographer’ but I figure if I brute force it (by going to look at whales a lot) I would eventually get a few cool shots. Statistics!
Can’t wait to see this on a computer (still on a boat)
I’m on (yet another) boat!
We summarize two recent articles in Science that look at #Marine Protected Areas. The conclusion: they work when they are well done.
#climate #climatefight #climatechange #environment #science #anthropocene #fish #parks #climateaction #research
I hope I never have to use this pun at work, but I have been saving ‘what a clamity!!’
An undergraduate student here at #LincolnUniversityNZ, Shuizetinglan, was interested in exploring tide pools so we suggested he visit Inainatu/Pile Bay in Lyttelton Harbour. It has an extensive rocky platform that's exposed at low tide where various intertidal creatures can be found.
Shuizetinglan visited there on the weekend and found several interesting things, like the 5th observation on #iNaturalist from Banks Peninsula of a dwarf brittle seastar, the 1st observation on iNaturalist from Banks Peninsula of a Jewel Anemone, and this, the 1st observation on iNaturalist from Banks Peninsula of a sea spider.
When it comes to local intertidal biodiversity, there's a lot still to document.
A #sailboat slightly keeling, in the #SalishSea.
I really like this story about how the Monterey Bay Aquarium prepares the food for all of our animals and plants
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/stories/a-peek-into-our-food-room
Roa Island, the RNLI and a Measure of Humanity
To Roa Island, once a true island until a stone causeway tethered it to the mainland in 1847. That same causeway carried the Furness Railway to a deep-water pier, where steamers departed for Fleetwood. The trains and steamers are gone, but today Roa Island still looks out to sea, its ferry carrying pa ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/08/17/roa-island-the-rnli-and-a-measure-of-humanity/
