Davina
@davinagifford.bsky.social
PhD student at Griffith University studying jellyfish ecology. Obsessed with the deep sea, jellies and plankton. Co-mod of @livestreamocean.bsky.social Discord She/Her, autistic, ADHD 🏳️🌈 In Meanjin/Brisbane on Turrbal/Jagera land.
Very beautiful. Very powerful.
Monterey Bay Aquarium@montereybayaquarium.org · last mo.A new cohort of juvenile lumpfish just joined the Into the Deep/En Lo Profundo exhibit! They hatched behind the scenes on January 2 and spent the past months being raised by our expert animal care staff! Learn more about the amazing lumpfish at: mbayaq.co/462IbIb #LumpfishBabies #MarineConservation
Shrimp drifting into the weekend like "weeeeeee" 2500m #OkeanosExplorer EX2606 dive 5 #MarineLife
XENOPHYPHORE! giant bottom living amoebas! at about 5135 m eastern basin, American Samoa #okeanos dive 4
Finally made Denizen of the Deep in @fathomverse.bsky.social slightly embarrassed about how long that took me 😆
A paper that I am co-author on has been published! My first ever!
Journal of Experimental Biology@jexpbiol.bsky.social · 3mo agoField stations are integral to experimental biology. In a new entry to our 'Field stations in experimental biology research' series, Roelfsma & co discuss the important contributions that Heron Island Research Station in Australia has made to the field doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
A global team of researchers, including CBCS’s Associate Professor Chris Roelfsema, have created the first complete map of the world’s seagrass for clear shallow water, identifying important areas of seagrass as well as vulnerable regions: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/firs...
First complete global seagrass map reveals new opportunities for conservation
cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au
Developed by @imas-utas.bsky.social, the Reef Life Explorer tool will now integrate global, long-term reef monitoring data from over 4,800 sites. Examining ecological trends has never been easier and is now accessible to anyone: utas.au/jX
Successful first week on the #RVInvestigator in the Sourhern Great Barrier Reef 🪸. Lots of samples and data - great team, and lots of great science. Everyone finally over their sea sickness. 🌊🐋
Some very curious humpback whales 🐋 spy-hopping to check out the ship while we were coring in the southern Great Barrier Reef 🪸 🌊
Last month, I had the honour of receiving the UQ University Medal for Outstanding Scholarship, for my Honours thesis. It was an absolute privilege to work with @oceanhelen.bsky.social and Professor Anthony Richardson, as well as Wayne Rochester from CSIRO.
this is what I look like btw
Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 3mo agoJust another monday... A grumpy #squid on a Greek #fish plate from Apulia, dating 330-300 BC. Fish plates were decorated with various examples of seafood. They were invented in Athens in the 5th century BC. Most of them are found in Southern Italy, where they were produced in... 🧵1/2
Carinaria is a sea snail that swims upside down in the open ocean with a tiny shell perched on its back like a party hat several sizes too small. It's a mostly transparent predator in a party hat, and there is no party. There was never going to be a party. #MolluscMonday #marinelife
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REJOICE FOR BEST COMPETITION OF THE YEAR NOMINATE YOUR BUGS www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nominate your invertebrate of the year
We’re asking people from around the world to nominate their favourite spineless species for our third Invertebrate of the Year competition
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Great zooms on this Enteropneusta during @nautiluslive.org dive on 7.1.26 #MarineLife
🚨Not one, but two Magnapinna squid! 🚨 the #doldrums team observed 2 elusive Magnapinna sp., commonly known as bigfin squid, at approximately 4,300 m (about 2.7 miles). Magnapinna is the deepest-dwelling squid. Sightings of these animals are extremely rare — seeing two in one dive is extra exciting!
Bathypterois viridensis @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 935 part 2 #deepwonders #MarineLife
The metal-rich nodules that deep-sea mining wants to strip off the seafloor also concentrate naturally radioactive material. Disturb them and you mobilize that radioactivity into the food web. #marinelife
Unregulated radioactivity - yet another risk deep-sea mining poses - Oceanographic
A new report on deep-sea mining has exposed the unstudied risk of radioactive contamination in marine food chains.
oceanographicmagazine.com
First the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), and now Argo! We must continue to FIGHT BACK! 🌊 🦑 ⚒️ 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41... Thank you @alexwitze.bsky.social and cc @scrippsocean.bsky.social
US funding uncertainties threaten to sink key global oceanography projects
The United States has led the world in observing the oceans — but cuts and threats of cuts have researchers worried it is no longer a reliable partner.
nature.com
The deep sea's most graceful commuter 💫 This Grimpoteuthis octopus moves through the water using large fins and webbed arms. Those ear-like fins have earned this group the nickname "dumbo octopuses." They use finger-like cirri lining their arms to help detect and capture small prey.
I've started doing cross stitch. Super pleased with how this jellyfish turned out!
Please do it for my best friend Aabria she’s been having contractions for 5 weeks straight and keeps shouting “ONE MORE STRETCH GOAL” 😭
Skybound@skybound.bsky.social · 4mo ago@aabria.bsky.social is dead serious guys, you’d better head over to Worlds Beyond Number: The Official Graphic Novel Kickstarter now, before it’s too late. @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social
Last week's processing was all about the ghost #sharks (#chimera). These are from fisheries bycatch. Love these ancient prototypes that are still rocking it in the deep sea. Their snouts are stitched with a variety of sensors that allow them to detect buried prey.
Register now for our CBCS 2026 Winter R Workshops @ UQ if you're ready to take your R skills to the next level! Join us to elevate your R proficiency and become a data manipulation and presentation expert! For more: mathmarecol.github.io/RWorkshop/wi... Any questions: cbcs-workshops@uq.edu.au
