Imagine being filmed alive in your own home for the first time in scientific history and the headline is “very ugly.” The goblin shark survives a kilometer down, ambushes prey with a jaw that fires like a slingshot, and predates most “cute” animals. Thankfully, it can’t hear you down there.

This (very ugly) shark has finally been caught on camera in its natural habitat | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Known for its massive retractable jaw, the spooky footage shows the goblin shark lurking deep in the Pacific Ocean.

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Immensely proud of @nickajgraham.bsky.social on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society. His work connecting seabirds, reefs, fisheries & people has been inspiring and influential & his thoughtful, unassuming leadership has shaped many excellent careers www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancast...

Lancaster marine ecologist elected to become Royal Society Fellow - Lancaster University

Lancaster University’s Distinguished Professor Nick Graham has been elected to become a Fellow of the Royal Society, one of the world’s most prestigious learned societies.

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Would you like to work right next to a tropical coral reef? The University of Guam, Marine Laboratory is looking for a new Lab Manager. See ad below: www.uog.edu/_resources/f...

PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas. One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome. Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social

New in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com: our review of the influence of #seabirds, via their nutrient transfer, on islands & adjacent marine ecosystems 🐦🏝️🪸 We highlight knowledge gaps & future directions ✨ "The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people": doi.org/10.1038/s443...

WOW!!! Congratulations to the authors on a timely and important perspective on how we move forward in coral reef conservation. A must read 🪸🐠

Robert Streit@robertstreit.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Coral reef conservation is under pressure to act boldly in the face of climate-altered futures. But how do we choose sustainable, responsible options? Here, myself, @proftiffanym.bsky.social & David Bellwood introduce "MIMO". 👇 @cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

"Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimaeras" www.cell.com/current-biol... @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social & colleagues @currentbiology.bsky.social

A huge field of hydrothermal vents - driven by serpentinization and formed by a massive hydrogen explosion - recently discovered in the western Pacific! www.science.org/doi/full/10....

A large intraplate hydrogen-rich hydrothermal system driven by serpentinization in the western Pacific: Kunlun

A hydrogen-rich hydrothermal system in the western Pacific reveals potential for hydrogen resources and early life.

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From gentle giants to ghostly hunters, sharks face an unseen peril | ScienceDaily

From gentle giants to ghostly hunters, sharks face an unseen peril

New research reveals that deep-sea mining could dramatically threaten 30 species of sharks, rays, and ghost sharks whose habitats overlap with proposed mining zones. Many of these species, already at…

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First observation of a leucistic false catshark Pseudotriakis microdon link.springer.com/article/10.1...

First observation of a leucistic false catshark Pseudotriakis microdon - Marine Biodiversity

Marine Biodiversity -

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"Overfishing the largest species in nearshore and pelagic habitats risks loss of ecomorphotypes and a 5 to 22% erosion of functional diversity." Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social et al 2024

Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays

The true state of ocean biodiversity is difficult to assess, and there are few global indicators to track the primary threat of overfishing. We calculated a 50-year Red List Index of extinction risk a...

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Nick Dulvy@nickdulvy.bsky.social · 2y ago

New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in @science.org reveals #overfishing has more than halved shark & ray populations over the past 50-years causing widespread erosion of ecological function and exceptionally high extinction risk 👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends 🧵1/20

New paper led by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social in @currentbiology.bsky.social looking at the threats deep sea mining poses for sharks, rays, and chimaeras. We found 30 species are threatened via various pathways including collector impact and plumes at depth and pelagic discharge plumes.

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 Today in @currentbiology.bsky.social, we found that 30 species of #sharks, #rays, and #chimaeras overlap with proposed #deepseamining in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction #ABNJ - over 60% are already #threatened with #extinction 🦈 📸 Blue Planet Archive / Masa Ushioda

🧪🌏🦑🌊🦈 New paper alert #deepseamining #sharks

Colin Simpfendorfer@sharkcolin.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New #sharkscience out in @currentbiology.bsky.social by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social and colleagues. Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras. A must read for this looming threat to many already threatened species. www.cell.com/current-biol... @iucnshark.bsky.social

And for more on #shark #conservation, check out this well-aged review from @sharkcolin.bsky.social and colleagues www.cell.com/current-biol...

Challenges and Priorities in Shark and Ray Conservation

Dulvy and colleagues delineate five key challenges to shark conservation, describe their approach for determining priority species and fisheries, and discuss the implications for conservation.

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Colin Simpfendorfer@sharkcolin.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New #sharkscience out in @currentbiology.bsky.social by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social and colleagues. Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras. A must read for this looming threat to many already threatened species. www.cell.com/current-biol... @iucnshark.bsky.social

New #sharkscience out in @currentbiology.bsky.social by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social and colleagues. Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras. A must read for this looming threat to many already threatened species. www.cell.com/current-biol... @iucnshark.bsky.social

Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras

Judah et al. identify 30 species of chondrichthyans that overlap with proposed deep-sea mining activities, nearly two-thirds of which are already threatened with extinction. Precautionary management o...

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Fantastic biography from Dr. Bruce Robison, a midwater researcher and one of the founding scientists of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

What's down there?

Abstract. My career has been a series of adventures and occasional misadventures that have been both physically and intellectually challenging. I suspect t

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Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida! www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...

Drag Queens Tag Sharks in Annual Florida Science Celebration

The annual “Drag ’n Tag” expedition takes place amid a wave of antitransgender legislation

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First first-author paper just got accepted!!!! New deep-sea shark, ray, and chimaera science inbound 👻🦈

Shark National Geographic GIF

ALT: Shark National Geographic GIF

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Outlasting the Heat: Collapse of Herbivorous Fish Control of Invasive Algae During Marine Heatwaves 🔗 buff.ly/YrXrJfn @jeroenbrijs.bsky.social

🚨New PhD paper out today in @natcomms.nature.com with @renatoamorais.bsky.social and Dave Bellwood! 🚨 Marine fishes exhibit extraordinary patterns of diversity, but how does this diversity relate to their productivity? 🐟🐠🐡 🌐 🦑🧪 🔗 nature.com/articles/s41...

The Biology Department at CSU Long Beach is now advertising for an Assistant Professor of Elasmobranch Biology. Refer to the attached flyer for details. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @official-bweems.bsky.social

🌊 This week, DOSI is in Kingston, Jamaica for Part II of the 30th Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) #ISA30 The focus? Continuing negotiations on #DeepSeaMining regulations—a pivotal moment for the future of the #DeepOcean.

Enough of you asked me about this that I wrote some brief thoughts on Ocean Ramsey's particular brand of pseudoscientific nonsense. I believe this addresses almost all of the frequently asked questions I receive, but as always I am happy to answer serious questions asked in good faith. 🧪🦑🌎🦈

What Ocean Ramsey does is not shark science or conservation: some brief thoughts on “the Shark Whisperer” documentary

Netflix has a new (sarcastic air quotes) “documentary” out about Ocean Ramsey, who longtime readers and followers know is a serial wildlife harasser who also coordinates massive online …

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Evolution of endothermy in marine fishes is related to competition with cetaceans. This incredible paper is a masterpiece of phylogenetic comparative methods and a future classic for marine biologists www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ecological interactions and genomic innovation fueled the evolution of ray-finned fish endothermy

Cetacean interactions, body size, and genomic innovations shaped endothermy evolution in ray-finned fishes in the Eocene-Miocene.

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First revisions submitted back to the journal for my first first-author paper. Relief. Coffee.

a teddy bear is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee and says `` at least there 's coffee here '' .

ALT: a teddy bear is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee and says `` at least there 's coffee here '' .

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Counting fish isn't hard in temperate ecosystems...right?

TT Assistant prof in biological sciences -- elasmobranch biology 🦈 🧪 @calstate.bsky.social #academicjobs csucareers.calstate.edu/en-us/job/54...

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🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗 fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...

HEY! My name is Aaron and I’m a PhD student at UH Mānoa studying #deepseafish #functionalecology, #biodiversity, and #ecosystemprovisions in the #Pacific. From scavengers to mesopelagics🐟 - and dabbling in reef fishes🐠. Interested in #oceanexploration #conservation #inclusiveoutreach #bluejustice