Love the ocean 🌊? Love science 🔬? Want to get involved in some cool ocean research? 🙋‍♀️ Find your project in our directory of marine-themed community and citizen science projects 👇 champ.ly/nBl0qa22

Podcast spotlight: Seas of opportunity: navigating the Blue Economy Embark on a nautical journey with law firm Simmons & Simmons and UK NGO @mcsuk.bsky.social with this podcast series dedicated to the Blue Economy.

If you wanted a fast-moving, agile vessel, what propulsion system would you choose? For the Indian Navy, the answer was waterjets. For my latest @imarest.bsky.social article, I spoke with Fredrik Appel and Göran Grunditz from Kongsberg Maritime about waterjet propulsion champ.ly/tO3GvUIy

Waterjets: the propeller alternative embraced by the Indian Navy

All propulsion systems have their trade-offs, and sometimes waterjets have the edge over propellers

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Association spotlight: Marine Mammal Observer Association (MMOA) MMOA aims to bring together & represent individuals who work commercially & professionally as marine fauna mitigation professionals who implement measures to protect marine life during industry operations

Could sharks help us forecast the ocean? For my latest @imarest.bsky.social article, I spoke with @laurahopemc.bsky.social from @whoi.edu about research showing that data collected by tagged sharks could improve seasonal ocean forecasts by up to 40% 👇 champ.ly/NFpvP_qR

Fins for forecasts: why your next research partner could be a shark

Recent research found that adding data collected by tagged sharks could improve seasonal ocean forecasts by up to 40%

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Why will fish never take responsibility? Because it's always salmon else's fault!

🎨🐦 Calling all creative seabird enthusiasts! 🐦🎨 We’re launching 'Creative Seabird Pursuits', a newsletter feature celebrating seabird-inspired art, photography, writing, sculpture, cooking & more! Send your work to newsletter@seabirdgroup.org.uk (subject line 'Creative Seabirds') to be featured!

What does Juliano wish for the ocean? Love love love! #MakeAWishOnAFish

Reef squid shimmering through sunlight

I don’t find these little dudes very often, so it was a pleasure to see this fella! This is the cercaria larva of a Trematode worm (a parasitic Platyhelminthes - flatworm). It’s got a fine groove going there! #marineplankton 🦑

In my latest article for @imarest.bsky.social, I spoke with Michal Ross from @samsocean.bsky.social and Jose Dallo Moros from the International Seabed Authority about marine biobanking and why these collections are about much more than putting nature in storage champ.ly/i1URtIhU

Inside the race to biobank marine life

As climate change transforms marine ecosystems and pressure on the ocean grows, biobanking is gaining more attention

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The survival of some species is entirely dependent on another. Meet Acanthobothrium goleketen, a parasitic flatworm known only from a single, critically endangered species of guitarfish. Image credit: Manuel Irigoitia (Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata)

Have you heard about those bloomin' octopuses? Over the past couple of years, the southwest of the UK has seen more octopus than you can shake a stick at - and it could be that they are there for the long haul More in my article for @imarest.bsky.social champ.ly/U3AtkLls

Climate change sees octopus blooming in the UK

The octopus lifestyle of ‘live fast, die young and make lots of babies’ mean their populations respond quickly to a changing environment. How fisheries respond remains to be seen

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What does Nirupama Saini from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research wish for the ocean? 🧹🧽🫧 #MakeAWishOnAFish

Ocean data has a bit of a communication problem. We're producing more data than ever, thanks to innovations in satellites, autonomous vehicles, environmental DNA, acoustic monitoring, and more. It's extraordinary what we can now observe about the ocean. Image credit: Gerd Altmann (Pixabay)

Not everything that glitters is gold Meet Iskra’s glitter worm (Photinopolynoe iskrae), a newly described scale worm discovered on the deep seafloor off California. Image credit: P.C. Dr. Greg W. Rouse and edited by Dr. Avery S. Hiley

Why did the octopus beat the shark in a fight? Because it was well-armed!

What are we actually asking people to do when we communicate about ocean issues? A lot of ocean-awareness communication is very good at highlighting problems. It's often less good at giving people a sense that they can do something meaningful about them. Image credit: Matt Hardy (Unsplash)

Ocean Connections spotlight: Reef Buddy Philippines 📍 Operates in the Philippines 🌊 Works on: Conservation; Restoration/Rehabilitation; Marine Pollution, including plastics and litter

Seagrass specialist Liz from @utas.edu.au shares their wish for the ocean And it involves long-term thinking #MakeAWishOnAFish

Something I keep noticing about how ocean issues get covered in media and public discourse. It's a resource. A threatened ecosystem. A policy problem. A backdrop... Image credit: Balthazar LeLievre (Unsplash)

What did Cinderella wear when she swam in the ocean? Glass flippers!

PSA to marine researchers - "the public" is not an audience! I know you know, but it keeps coming up when I speak with researchers about supporting their project. Image credit: FY Chang (Unsplash)

Ocean Connections spotlight: Inland Ocean Coalition Inland Ocean Coalition's approach is unique in that we give inland communities a voice in protecting our ocean by empowering them to become ocean champions in their communities and connecting them with their legislative leaders.

The ocean covers most of our planet. It regulates our climate, produces a significant portion of the oxygen we breathe, feeds hundreds of millions of people, and supports biodiversity we've only begun to understand. Image credit: Kurt Arrigo / Ocean Image Bank

Let's get statistically sea-nificant 🧊 6 - the number of Poland-sized areas of Arctic sea ice lost in March 2025 Image: Sea ice in North of Svalbard. Credit GRID-Arendal / Peter Prokosh (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Life in deep-sea caves is usually dark… usually. Meet the aptly named golden glow zoantharian (Corallizoanthus aureus), which was spotted living on corals in deep-sea caves near Japan. What’s special about these tiny critters is that they glow.

Association spotlight: African Bioacoustics Community Bioacoustic research from Africa and by African scientists is not well represented in the global field and thus the African Bioacoustics Community strives to shine a light on the achievements of bioacoustics research in Africa.

How do scallops call their friends? On their shell-phones!

Martin Atrtrill from the Ocean Conservation Trust and University of Plymouth wishes we would limit damaging activities #MakeAWishOnAFish