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Armor for defense or mobility? Recent graduate investigates poacher fish armor at FHL
Bryan Lemus, a recent Marine Biology graduate from the University of Washington, worked with a team at Friday Harbor Labs (FHL) studying armored fishes. They study poacher fishes, which are small, bot...
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🛡️Armor for defense or mobility? Recent @uofwa.bsky.social Marine Biology graduate, Bryan Lemus, investigates poacher fish armor at FHL.
🐟 Small, bottom-dwelling, cold-water marine fishes, poachers are covered from head to tail in dense armor.
Full story 👉 marinebiology.uw.edu/2025/08/11/a...
🐟 Small, bottom-dwelling, cold-water marine fishes, poachers are covered from head to tail in dense armor.
Full story 👉 marinebiology.uw.edu/2025/08/11/a...
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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
October 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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
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🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 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
October 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
☀️🔬Summer at UW Friday Harbor Laboratories is alive with energy, and that's because they invest in undergraduate research.
Check out the new story by FHL featuring @uofwa.bsky.social #marinebiology #undergrads 👇
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Check out the new story by FHL featuring @uofwa.bsky.social #marinebiology #undergrads 👇
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October 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
☀️🔬Summer at UW Friday Harbor Laboratories is alive with energy, and that's because they invest in undergraduate research.
Check out the new story by FHL featuring @uofwa.bsky.social #marinebiology #undergrads 👇
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Check out the new story by FHL featuring @uofwa.bsky.social #marinebiology #undergrads 👇
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Who’s ready to #ShakeOut!? @DubsUW sure is! The Great @ShakeOut earthquake drill is just 2 weeks away, on October 16. Every year, millions across the globe participate. When the ground starts shaking, the best way to protect yourself is simple: DAWG (Drop), COVER, and HOLD ON!
October 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Who’s ready to #ShakeOut!? @DubsUW sure is! The Great @ShakeOut earthquake drill is just 2 weeks away, on October 16. Every year, millions across the globe participate. When the ground starts shaking, the best way to protect yourself is simple: DAWG (Drop), COVER, and HOLD ON!
🎣📈Trawling through fishery data during 2025 Hollings Scholarship internship.
Find out how Hannah Tucker, @uofwa.bsky.social Marine Biology major & @noaa.gov #HollingsScholar, spent her summer 👇
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Find out how Hannah Tucker, @uofwa.bsky.social Marine Biology major & @noaa.gov #HollingsScholar, spent her summer 👇
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Trawling through fishery data during 2025 Hollings Scholarship internship
Running for six decades is the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s (NEFSC) bottom trawl survey, one of the longest running of its kind in the world. The data collected from the trawl when it ope...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🎣📈Trawling through fishery data during 2025 Hollings Scholarship internship.
Find out how Hannah Tucker, @uofwa.bsky.social Marine Biology major & @noaa.gov #HollingsScholar, spent her summer 👇
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Find out how Hannah Tucker, @uofwa.bsky.social Marine Biology major & @noaa.gov #HollingsScholar, spent her summer 👇
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🐋"I don’t think I’ve ever heard of one that’s all alone...for that long,” says Deborah Giles, a killer whale scientist at the SeaDoc Society and resident scientist at the @uofwa.bsky.social's Friday Harbor Laboratories.
Story in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social ⤵️
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Story in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social ⤵️
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The Curious Case of 'Old Thom,' an Orca Traveling Alone in the North Atlantic
Sightings of the marine mammal captivate the public and baffle scientists
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September 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🐋"I don’t think I’ve ever heard of one that’s all alone...for that long,” says Deborah Giles, a killer whale scientist at the SeaDoc Society and resident scientist at the @uofwa.bsky.social's Friday Harbor Laboratories.
Story in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social ⤵️
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Story in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social ⤵️
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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.
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September 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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.
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Drone observations reveal white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) dorsal fins are highly flexible and possible investigatory structures
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Drone observations reveal white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) dorsal fins are highly flexible and possible investigatory structures
Drones are becoming increasingly useful in their ability to observe wildlife. They have been especially useful in documenting marine animals such as sharks. Here we present novel aerial drone observa....
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September 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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New findings call into question one of the core assumptions about teeth. Adult male spotted ratfish have rows of teeth on top of their heads, in addition to those in their jaws. They use these teeth to grip females while mating. @karlycohen.bsky.social
More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
September 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
New findings call into question one of the core assumptions about teeth. Adult male spotted ratfish have rows of teeth on top of their heads, in addition to those in their jaws. They use these teeth to grip females while mating. @karlycohen.bsky.social
More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
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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
September 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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
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Quiet Sound just published a new study exploring what motivates container ship operators to participate in voluntary slowdowns. Reducing underwater noise and protecting endangered orcas in Puget Sound.
August 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Quiet Sound just published a new study exploring what motivates container ship operators to participate in voluntary slowdowns. Reducing underwater noise and protecting endangered orcas in Puget Sound.
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When researchers put a camera tag on a whale, they never expected to see this | Discover Wildlife
When researchers put a camera tag on a whale, they never expected to see this | Discover Wildlife
When NOAA researchers used suction-cup tags to study cetaceans, they caught the incredible moment a whale breached.
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August 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
When researchers put a camera tag on a whale, they never expected to see this | Discover Wildlife
🇭🇷 Next stop, Croatia. A study abroad to research the Adriatic’s marine mammals and sea turtles 🐢🐬
Find out more about @uofwa.bsky.social undergrad Ellie's upcoming study abroad trip with @thesfs.bsky.social starting next week!
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Find out more about @uofwa.bsky.social undergrad Ellie's upcoming study abroad trip with @thesfs.bsky.social starting next week!
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Next stop, Croatia. A study abroad to research the Adriatic’s marine mammals and sea turtles
About to embark on a study abroad adventure is Ellie Thomas, a Marine Biology undergraduate heading into her third year of study at the University of Washington. On 1 September, Ellie will be flying (...
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August 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🇭🇷 Next stop, Croatia. A study abroad to research the Adriatic’s marine mammals and sea turtles 🐢🐬
Find out more about @uofwa.bsky.social undergrad Ellie's upcoming study abroad trip with @thesfs.bsky.social starting next week!
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Find out more about @uofwa.bsky.social undergrad Ellie's upcoming study abroad trip with @thesfs.bsky.social starting next week!
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👏 Amazing to see the IBIS program featured on the @uofwa.bsky.social homepage! This fantastic mentoring program helps students see themselves as scientists.
Read the recent feature by @uwenvironment.bsky.social at environment.uw.edu/news/2025/06...
Read the recent feature by @uwenvironment.bsky.social at environment.uw.edu/news/2025/06...
August 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
👏 Amazing to see the IBIS program featured on the @uofwa.bsky.social homepage! This fantastic mentoring program helps students see themselves as scientists.
Read the recent feature by @uwenvironment.bsky.social at environment.uw.edu/news/2025/06...
Read the recent feature by @uwenvironment.bsky.social at environment.uw.edu/news/2025/06...
🐟 A summer working at a remote salmon hatchery on 📍Esther Island, Alaska. For Nick Nordloh, this is his first time in Alaska and he was looking for a hands-on, outdoor job that would give him a unique perspective on the fishing industry and salmon hatchery operations.
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August 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🐟 A summer working at a remote salmon hatchery on 📍Esther Island, Alaska. For Nick Nordloh, this is his first time in Alaska and he was looking for a hands-on, outdoor job that would give him a unique perspective on the fishing industry and salmon hatchery operations.
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Learn more about how scientists are using drones to study sperm whales. @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/s...
How Scientists Are Using Drones to Study Sperm Whales
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August 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Learn more about how scientists are using drones to study sperm whales. @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/s...
🔬🎨 Bridging the disciplinary divide: Six reasons why we should integrate science and art.
🆕Read about a new paper published by @uofwa.bsky.social Associate Teaching Professor, Marjorie Wonham, plus insights on a recent Marine Sciences, Ocean Arts workshop👇
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🆕Read about a new paper published by @uofwa.bsky.social Associate Teaching Professor, Marjorie Wonham, plus insights on a recent Marine Sciences, Ocean Arts workshop👇
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Bridging the disciplinary divide: Six reasons why we should integrate science and art
In his famous words, Oscar Wilde proposed that life imitates art, meaning that art can shape our understanding of life and inspire us to act in certain ways. So why not science too? Marjorie Wonham, A...
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August 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🔬🎨 Bridging the disciplinary divide: Six reasons why we should integrate science and art.
🆕Read about a new paper published by @uofwa.bsky.social Associate Teaching Professor, Marjorie Wonham, plus insights on a recent Marine Sciences, Ocean Arts workshop👇
marinebiology.uw.edu/2025/08/14/b...
🆕Read about a new paper published by @uofwa.bsky.social Associate Teaching Professor, Marjorie Wonham, plus insights on a recent Marine Sciences, Ocean Arts workshop👇
marinebiology.uw.edu/2025/08/14/b...
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Our drone team recently completed offshore drone surveys with colleagues from @mbarinews.bsky.social Conducted as part of the Synchro program the team is testing how emerging marine technologies can be used to study pelagic systems. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Our drone team recently completed offshore drone surveys with colleagues from @mbarinews.bsky.social Conducted as part of the Synchro program the team is testing how emerging marine technologies can be used to study pelagic systems. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social
🛡️Armor for defense or mobility? Recent @uofwa.bsky.social Marine Biology graduate, Bryan Lemus, investigates poacher fish armor at FHL.
🐟 Small, bottom-dwelling, cold-water marine fishes, poachers are covered from head to tail in dense armor.
Full story 👉 marinebiology.uw.edu/2025/08/11/a...
🐟 Small, bottom-dwelling, cold-water marine fishes, poachers are covered from head to tail in dense armor.
Full story 👉 marinebiology.uw.edu/2025/08/11/a...
Armor for defense or mobility? Recent graduate investigates poacher fish armor at FHL
Bryan Lemus, a recent Marine Biology graduate from the University of Washington, worked with a team at Friday Harbor Labs (FHL) studying armored fishes. They study poacher fishes, which are small, bot...
marinebiology.uw.edu
August 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🛡️Armor for defense or mobility? Recent @uofwa.bsky.social Marine Biology graduate, Bryan Lemus, investigates poacher fish armor at FHL.
🐟 Small, bottom-dwelling, cold-water marine fishes, poachers are covered from head to tail in dense armor.
Full story 👉 marinebiology.uw.edu/2025/08/11/a...
🐟 Small, bottom-dwelling, cold-water marine fishes, poachers are covered from head to tail in dense armor.
Full story 👉 marinebiology.uw.edu/2025/08/11/a...
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This week our team is @ Friday Harbor Labs conducting drone surveys of intertidal habitat for colleagues from @ucscscience.bsky.social as part of an @waseagrant.bsky.social project. Our team wraps up work tomorrow. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This week our team is @ Friday Harbor Labs conducting drone surveys of intertidal habitat for colleagues from @ucscscience.bsky.social as part of an @waseagrant.bsky.social project. Our team wraps up work tomorrow. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social
Out with @wadnr.bsky.social today to film one of our alumni, Aidan Cox, who's a Natural Resource Scientist undertaking kelp monitoring.
📍 Lowman Beach, West Seattle
📍 Lowman Beach, West Seattle
August 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Out with @wadnr.bsky.social today to film one of our alumni, Aidan Cox, who's a Natural Resource Scientist undertaking kelp monitoring.
📍 Lowman Beach, West Seattle
📍 Lowman Beach, West Seattle
🐙 In our latest student takeover, we were joined by Charly Cooper who is interning at the @newenglandaquarium.bsky.social in Boston.
🐠 Find out more about her summer internship which involves tank maintenance, life support tasks, fun feeds, & intern events.
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🐠 Find out more about her summer internship which involves tank maintenance, life support tasks, fun feeds, & intern events.
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Interning at the New England Aquarium
In our latest student takeover, we were joined by UW Marine Biology student, Charly Cooper, who is interning during the summer of 2025 at the New England Aquarium in Boston. Find out more about her su...
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August 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🐙 In our latest student takeover, we were joined by Charly Cooper who is interning at the @newenglandaquarium.bsky.social in Boston.
🐠 Find out more about her summer internship which involves tank maintenance, life support tasks, fun feeds, & intern events.
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🐠 Find out more about her summer internship which involves tank maintenance, life support tasks, fun feeds, & intern events.
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🫵Are you a first-generation undergrad enrolled in @uwenvironment.bsky.social?
🔜 Coming this Fall is a new near-peer mentoring program called Valiant, where you can get support as you navigate your academic and professional journey in the environmental field.
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🔜 Coming this Fall is a new near-peer mentoring program called Valiant, where you can get support as you navigate your academic and professional journey in the environmental field.
environment.uw.edu/about/inclus...
August 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🫵Are you a first-generation undergrad enrolled in @uwenvironment.bsky.social?
🔜 Coming this Fall is a new near-peer mentoring program called Valiant, where you can get support as you navigate your academic and professional journey in the environmental field.
environment.uw.edu/about/inclus...
🔜 Coming this Fall is a new near-peer mentoring program called Valiant, where you can get support as you navigate your academic and professional journey in the environmental field.
environment.uw.edu/about/inclus...
🐠 Life for fish on coral reefs is very chaotic. It’s almost like Times Square: lots of bright colors, flashy lights, and countless different organisms swimming every which way.
Read more in FHL's latest Tide Bites ⤵️
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Read more in FHL's latest Tide Bites ⤵️
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August 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🐠 Life for fish on coral reefs is very chaotic. It’s almost like Times Square: lots of bright colors, flashy lights, and countless different organisms swimming every which way.
Read more in FHL's latest Tide Bites ⤵️
fhl.uw.edu/about/news-a...
Read more in FHL's latest Tide Bites ⤵️
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Now that drone flights are complete our team is processing their intertidal imagery from B.C. into 3D models of their sites. These models will help the team understand how 3D complexity in the intertidal affects species distribution & abundance. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Now that drone flights are complete our team is processing their intertidal imagery from B.C. into 3D models of their sites. These models will help the team understand how 3D complexity in the intertidal affects species distribution & abundance. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social