Helen Larson
@eviota.bsky.social
Gobyologist and birdo. Emeritus Curator of Fishes at NT Museum Darwin, living in the Wet Tropics of NE Australia.
A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone
A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt
theguardian.com
Dr. Beaman is on my list of dream expedition team members. This was a fantastic observation.which you can find on dive 402 part B starting at timestamp 1:34:52! Congrats Robin!
Schmidt Ocean Institute@schmidtocean.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe first in situ sighting of the Ram’s Horn Squid (Spirula spirula) was collected during our 2020-2021 time in Australian waters, led by Dr. Robin Beaman of James Cook University. www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12...
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Stop Trump Tower on the Gold Coast!
If you, like me, are concerned about the direction our country will go if a Trump Tower is built in our country, then join me in objecting!
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Trade in marine fish for aquariums includes threatened species, lacks oversight: Study
Trade in marine fish for aquariums includes threatened species, lacks oversight: Study
The United States is the main market for “ornamental” marine fish, those that end up as pets in aquariums. Now, a new study of U.S.-based online retailers has found that nearly 90% of traded species…
news.mongabay.com
🚨New Website blog 🚨 🧵 Did you watch Shark Whisperer on Netflix? I did & it was pseudoscientific rubbish. In this blog, I do a deep dive into the documentary; its subject, Ocean Ramsey; & the harmful effects of “shark influencers” on shark conservation (1/9) www.drjackacooper.com/writing/shar...
The Ram's Horn Squid (Spirula spirula) is the only living member of the order Spirulida. It's rather unique squid, with a spiral internal shell, photophores on the tip of its mantle, and the way it swims upside down. The first time we saw one alive in its natural habitat was in 2020! #SQUIDtember
He's a DICTATOR and the sooner we accept that fact the sooner we can organize against him. citizenshandbook.org/get_rid_of_a...
How to get rid of a dictator
Gene Sharpe, non-violent tactics
citizenshandbook.org
We programmed a crawler to search open web marketplaces for every animal on the IUCN red list. Nearly 2/3 of our matches were shark jaws, comprising 9 of the top 10 openly traded threatened species. A glimpse of the global trophy trade of endangered sharks: 🌏 🦑 🧪 🧵 urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Further to the awful Fishtaxa 'journal' written by computers, I noticed that my goby-colleague Hamid Esmaeili was listed as Editor-in-Chief, with his address. he had no idea this existed. There is even a goby paper from 2024 which is complete computer-generated rubbish.
Doug Hoese has just received his copies of our book! Mine still stuck in truck queue behind floodwaters. He says photos look spectacular- Nonn Panitvong has done us proud.
Seems like a good day to post a collage of Priolepis gobies, which occur on coral reefs worldwide. As cave specialists, they spend most of their time perched upside-down on the ceiling with little regard for the nasty world outside their quiet, sheltered abode. Yet, they are beautiful & thriving 😌
was mostly keeping it together until I read Kyle MacLachlan's tribute to David Lynch
Need your gobies identified? You need these books - first two volumes out now. Still writing vols 3-4!
Nordy the Spotted (aka Nordmann’s) greenshank has a damaged foot now. Fifth time that he/she has visited the Cairns mudflats and has not told any of its compatriots how many good crabs and small fishes there are here.
Mock-up of covers for deluxe edition of Gobioids of the World (in posh slip case). Cost $$!? Website for orders not yet functioning.
Mass-mortality and reproductive failure of sea birds in Alaska, due to climate change. Many similarities to global declines of coral reefs (the so-called “canary in the coal mine”), kelp beds, mangroves, etc, etc. www.fws.gov/project/moni...
Gobioids of the World volumes 1&2 now being printed at Siamensis Press!
Marine gobies are the best. My new shirt with artwork by Courtney Hildebrandt,
My task for the New Year; describe these. Much prettier before preservation!
Am here in Auckland at IPFC and forgot about Bluesky. All I’ve seen is rain. But Fish tomorrow!
