Thrilled for the release of our new Monterey Bay White Sharks film. The film documents how our interdisciplinary team is using drones, satellite tags, eDNA & other tech to improve our understanding of white sharks. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social youtu.be/eJdfyFnlc9Y?...

Monterey Bay White Sharks - Longer Film

YouTube video by Monterey Bay White Sharks

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It was great hearing about how our drones are being integrated with AUVs, gliders and eDNA samplers to improve our understanding of Monterey Bay in a collaborative project known as Synchro. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social

💧🪱 Summer research on the Rio Grande, where the Wood Lab from @uofwa.bsky.social quantified the change in parasite abundance and diversity in over the past 72 years, a period stretching from 1938 to 2010. Read more ⬇️ fish.uw.edu/2025/10/summ...

Summer research on the Rio Grande

During the summer of 2025, members of the Wood Lab travelled to Albuquerque, New Mexico to work with Drs.Tom Turner and Sara Brant from University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology to quant...

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🏞️ Join us this Thursday to hear from our very own Julian Olden about just how protected are America's rivers? 🗓️Thursday 16 October 🕓 4pm 📍FSH 102 fish.uw.edu/news-events/...

A collaboration of Hasselt University, Chelsea Wood @uwsafs.bsky.social, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas @ulbruxelles.bsky.social, Maarten Vanhove (UHasselt + @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social), Olexiy Kyrychenko (Radboud University), Dakeishla Díaz-Morales @depauluniversity.bsky.social

The Power of Public Comment - happening tomorrow evening! @uwsmea.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social @ucs.org @snapcoalition.bsky.social @sciforgood.bsky.social

Lauren Kuehne@omfishient.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🧪Excited to co-present this @standupforscience.bsky.social event next week with UW's Dr. Ryan Kelly We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually! RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...

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George Matsumoto@georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 The 2026 Hollings scholarship is now open until 1/31/26. During the U.S. Govt shutdown, the application will remain open, but staff are unavailable to answer questions or provide assistance. Learn more about the program and check out our resources for applicants: lnkd.in/eE2rfbr7

Scientists off the coast of Washington state filmed a pod of over 20 Southern Resident killer whales. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance told CNN their researchers, alongside SeaDoc Society and NOAA, are using "non-invasive health monitoring technologies" to study threats to the endangered species.

🆕 New story on our new major! Discover more about Aquatic Conservation & Ecology at @uofwa.bsky.social SAFS. @uwenvironment.bsky.social environment.uw.edu/news/2025/09...

Aquatic and Fishery Sciences launches new conservation degree focused on people and nature

The School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences is offering a new degree starting this year — a bachelor of science in aquatic conservation and ecology (ACE). The new major focuses on the ecology of aquati...

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GRFP application now available. @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwess.bsky.social @uwatmossci.bsky.social @uw-sefs.bsky.social @uwsmea.bsky.social

Dr. Jennifer Wade@volcanojw.bsky.social · 10mo ago

For those anxiously awaiting it: the NSF GRFP solicitation is out, with a November 14 deadline for Geoscience applicants: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

I've been proud to serve as the faculty leader for this effort. It has been a pleasure to interact with passionate students and emerging science communicators for many years now! We publish annually. I encourage you to check out past issues and follow! @uwsafs.bsky.social @trevorabranch.bsky.social

FieldNotes@fieldnotes-uw.bsky.social · 10mo ago

FieldNotes (fieldnotesjournal.org) is a student-run undergraduate journal and digital storytelling platform at @uwenvironment.bsky.social. We have focused on highlighting undergraduate research and publishing through-provoking articles about gnarly environmental issues since 2018. Please follow.

Welcome back to class today, Huskies!

🐋📏Longer body size means more female calves for baleen whale moms, contradicting a popular evolutionary theory postulating that strong mammals benefit more from birthing males. New research by UW QERM student Zoe Rand, @trevorabranch.bsky.social & Sarah Converse. www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...

Longer body size means more female calves for baleen whale moms

University of Washington researchers found, in historical whaling data, that longer baleen whale mothers were more likely to birth female calves than males. These results run contrary to a leading...

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🆕 Check out our latest SAFS Newsletter! Visit fish.uw.edu/news-events/... where you can also subscribe to our next one!

Funding: CESAB programme of @frbiodiv.bsky.social. Great list of co-authors and fun working group! @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwfreshwater.bsky.social @profchrisharrod.bsky.social @profchrisharrod.bsky.social

This week is the annual Latino Conservation Week, a week that promotes engagement of Hispanic/Latino/a/x communities in the conservation of the outdoor environment. Check out the link below to learn about this week’s activities. @sacnas.bsky.social @cientificolatino.com latinoconservationweek.com

The sightings of #orca are facilitated by smaller marine mammals, which swim to harbours trying to avoid getting eaten. “They’re going in and around docks, #seals also hide under boats & killer #whales have to come in and look for them." Andrew Trites theprovince.com/news/local-n...

'Pretty awesome:' Orcas give SeaBus riders a show

A pod of orcas were spotted in Vancouver harbour near the SeaBus ferry terminal in North Vancouver

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📢 New Major: Aquatic Conservation & Ecology (ACE). Coming to @uofwa.bsky.social this Autumn, a new #undergraduate degree at SAFS. 🐠 About the ecology of aquatic organisms, their ecosystems, & how we conserve them. 🌊 Learn by doing, in the lab & the field. Find out more fish.uw.edu/students/und...

2025 Peter A. Larkin Award Lecture will be held on Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 at 6:30 pm. Our speaker is Dr. Thomas P. Quinn ( @uwsafs.bsky.social l) who will discuss: Changing Themes in Salmon Conservation. Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-peter...

2025 Peter A. Larkin Award Lecture - Hybrid Event

Join the 2025 Larkin Award winner as he reflects on 50 years of salmon science and shares insights into the future of these remarkable fish

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Welcome Andrea!

Marine Biology at the University of Washington@uwmarinebiology.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We welcome Andrea Burton to @uofwa.bsky.social Marine Biology and @uwsafs.bsky.social, our newest faculty member. Andrea starts this month as an Assistant Teaching Professor, a specialist in climate change biology, using molecular and ecological approaches. marinebiology.uw.edu/2025/09/15/w...

🌊 Ocean warming puts vital marine microbe at risk. New research out of @uofwa.bsky.social Oceanography. www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...

Ocean warming puts vital marine microbe at risk

Prochlorococcus, the most abundant photosynthesizing organism in the ocean, might be more vulnerable to climate change than researchers thought. Population decline could weaken the foundation of...

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Restoring underwater ecosystems: Global innovation exchange students help marine biologists with AI-powered robots at @uofwa.bsky.social. gix.uw.edu/news/restori...

Restoring Underwater Ecosystems: Global Innovation Exchange Students Help Marine Biologists with AI-Powered Robots | UW's Global Innovation Exchange

Students’ robot aims to streamline marine research and aid the recovery of underwater ecosystems impacted by climate change.

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J pod called on the Orcasound Lab hydrophones for ~1.25 hr this eve as they traveled north in Haro Strait. Thanks to listeners for detecting their calls, whistles, and clicks. Here's the whole bout, but listen at 6pm for really cool vocalizations! live.orcasound.net/bouts/bout_0... #wssjis #psws

IT'S ADORABLE! New fish species just dropped: the bumpy snailfish at 10,000 ft down in the ocean gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...

From sea stars to dark matter, check out recent news bites from @uofwa.bsky.social in the University of Washington Magazine 👇 magazine.washington.edu/fall-2025-ne...

Fall 2025 news and research briefs from the UW

UW Magazine | University of Washington

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Last week the drone pilots in my lab captured this image (photo 1) of a large sea lion haul out @ San Carlos Beach in Monterey during our monthly surveys. Last year (photo 2) a large sea lion haul out was seen at the same beach. This might be turning into a new haul out site. @uwsafs.bsky.social

Our drone team recently returned from a survey trip where they captured this large sea lion haul out on San Carlos Beach; a popular dive spot in Monterey. The beach was the scene of a similar large haul out at the same time last year. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social #drones

The Mazama newt is found in only one place in the world: Crater Lake. But this tiny amphibian is disappearing, due to invasive crayfish taking over its habitat. We’ve teamed up with the National Park Service and High Desert Museum to give this rare newt-y cutie a fighting chance.

🥇From the lab to the Ironman Our students do it all! Connor Quiroz, masters student at SAFS, shared how it is purposeful for him to see what he’s capable of in each of the different aspects of his life—be that academics, athletics, or something else.

🦀 Tracking the population’s advance while probing the inner workings of the European green crab. Read more in Salish Sea Currents, featuring the work of @waseagrant.bsky.social & @pseanmc.bsky.social👇 fish.uw.edu/2025/09/trac...

Tracking the population’s advance while probing the inner workings of the European green crab

For almost a decade, the Washington Sea Grant Crab Team has been surveilling the advance of the invasive European green crab. In 2015, the team was formed to engage citizen scientists in a search for ...

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