University of Washington Marine Landscape Ecology Lab
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The Marine Landscape Ecology Lab is part of the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. We use drones, GIS, and image analysis to study the marine environment. https://sites.uw.edu/marlel/
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💦♥️💦 Tue, Nov 11
Yesterday, all members of J, K, & L pod were together inland Puget Sound making for a true superpod!
Today, orcas present in Central Puget Sound, behaving like residents, so looks like at least some stayed over. ♥️
📸 SRKW breaches off Point Robinson on Nov 2. By Kas Alexis.
#psws
Yesterday, all members of J, K, & L pod were together inland Puget Sound making for a true superpod!
Today, orcas present in Central Puget Sound, behaving like residents, so looks like at least some stayed over. ♥️
📸 SRKW breaches off Point Robinson on Nov 2. By Kas Alexis.
#psws
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
💦♥️💦 Tue, Nov 11
Yesterday, all members of J, K, & L pod were together inland Puget Sound making for a true superpod!
Today, orcas present in Central Puget Sound, behaving like residents, so looks like at least some stayed over. ♥️
📸 SRKW breaches off Point Robinson on Nov 2. By Kas Alexis.
#psws
Yesterday, all members of J, K, & L pod were together inland Puget Sound making for a true superpod!
Today, orcas present in Central Puget Sound, behaving like residents, so looks like at least some stayed over. ♥️
📸 SRKW breaches off Point Robinson on Nov 2. By Kas Alexis.
#psws
Closed out the Western Society of Naturalists meeting with talks about our drone work involving sharks and pinnipeds as well as studies of the rocky intertidal. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Closed out the Western Society of Naturalists meeting with talks about our drone work involving sharks and pinnipeds as well as studies of the rocky intertidal. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social
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Rare footage shows sucker fish riding on a humpback whale near Gold Coast of Australia | Offbeat News | Sky News 🦑🧪
Rare footage shows sucker fish riding on a humpback whale near Gold Coast of Australia
The remoras, also known as sucker fish, survive on dead skin flakes and spend their lives aboard whales or other large sea creatures.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Rare footage shows sucker fish riding on a humpback whale near Gold Coast of Australia | Offbeat News | Sky News 🦑🧪
Day 1 of the Western Society of Naturalists meeting feature talks by graduate students Taylor Trivino & Olivia Bible on MPA efficacy & drone monitoring of the intertidal. More talks from the lab tomorrow. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social #drones
November 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Day 1 of the Western Society of Naturalists meeting feature talks by graduate students Taylor Trivino & Olivia Bible on MPA efficacy & drone monitoring of the intertidal. More talks from the lab tomorrow. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social #drones
Our MLEL team is in San Diego this week at the annual meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists. Come check out our team’s presentations this week. @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social #drone #drones
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Our MLEL team is in San Diego this week at the annual meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists. Come check out our team’s presentations this week. @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social #drone #drones
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Orcas are known for their predatory prowess and creative hunting strategies, but newly released drone videos are the first to show shark-stalking orcas disemboweling young great whites, flipping them over and plucking out their nutritious livers. https://wapo.st/3JKiHYo
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Orcas are known for their predatory prowess and creative hunting strategies, but newly released drone videos are the first to show shark-stalking orcas disemboweling young great whites, flipping them over and plucking out their nutritious livers. https://wapo.st/3JKiHYo
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Underwater robot embarks on "historic mission" to circumnavigate globe. What it finds could be crucial | Discover Wildlife
Underwater robot embarks on "historic mission" to circumnavigate globe. What it finds could be crucial | Discover Wildlife
The subsea glider is sailing around the world to collect important ocean data that could help refine long-term climate projections, say researchers.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Underwater robot embarks on "historic mission" to circumnavigate globe. What it finds could be crucial | Discover Wildlife
Our MLEL drone team is featured as part of a new film about the Monterey Bay White Sharks project. The film highlights how scientists are using drones, telemetry and eDNA to study white sharks. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social youtu.be/eJdfyFnlc9Y?...
Monterey Bay White Sharks - Longer Film
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October 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Our MLEL drone team is featured as part of a new film about the Monterey Bay White Sharks project. The film highlights how scientists are using drones, telemetry and eDNA to study white sharks. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social youtu.be/eJdfyFnlc9Y?...
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Undergraduate students and faculty in our Ocean Technology Program recently teamed up with Sea-Bird Scientific to see if a sophisticated ocean sensor could work in freshwater, too.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Undergraduate students and faculty in our Ocean Technology Program recently teamed up with Sea-Bird Scientific to see if a sophisticated ocean sensor could work in freshwater, too.
https://bit.ly/4nHDISw
https://bit.ly/4nHDISw
Happening today, 10-11-25 from 5-10 PM. Meet our Monterey White Sharks Research team @ Other Brother Beer in Seaside. Learn about their cool research & see a screening of their new film. @mbarinews.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social @oceansolutions.stanford.edu @montereybayaquarium.org
October 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Happening today, 10-11-25 from 5-10 PM. Meet our Monterey White Sharks Research team @ Other Brother Beer in Seaside. Learn about their cool research & see a screening of their new film. @mbarinews.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social @oceansolutions.stanford.edu @montereybayaquarium.org
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🐋📏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.
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New research by UW QERM student Zoe Rand, @trevorabranch.bsky.social & Sarah Converse.
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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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September 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🐋📏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.
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New research by UW QERM student Zoe Rand, @trevorabranch.bsky.social & Sarah Converse.
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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
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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...
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
Congratulations to the UWROV team!!!!!
We’re so proud of the UWROV team! These undergrads took top honors at the MATE ROV World Championships with their ROV, “Boxfish 2.0.” Boxfish 2.0 is helping advance #marine conservation and #climate research, as well as supporting renewable marine energy tech.
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UW team takes top spots in international ROV competition
Each year, teams of students from around the globe convene at the MATE ROV World Championships to go head-to-head in an engineering competition to showcase cutting-edge marine technology. The competit...
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August 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Congratulations to the UWROV team!!!!!
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...
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
Learn more about how UW students are using AI powered robots to support the restoration of marine ecosystems. @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwsafs.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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August 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Learn more about how UW students are using AI powered robots to support the restoration of marine ecosystems. @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social gix.uw.edu/news/restori...
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
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🌊 Submit Your Research to #OSM26!
The global conference for ocean sciences and the ocean-related community taking place 22-27 February 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Celebrate the power of collective discovery by showcasing your work in a world stage.
➡️Submit an abstract by 20 Aug: buff.ly/vBlrVDV
The global conference for ocean sciences and the ocean-related community taking place 22-27 February 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Celebrate the power of collective discovery by showcasing your work in a world stage.
➡️Submit an abstract by 20 Aug: buff.ly/vBlrVDV
August 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🌊 Submit Your Research to #OSM26!
The global conference for ocean sciences and the ocean-related community taking place 22-27 February 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Celebrate the power of collective discovery by showcasing your work in a world stage.
➡️Submit an abstract by 20 Aug: buff.ly/vBlrVDV
The global conference for ocean sciences and the ocean-related community taking place 22-27 February 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Celebrate the power of collective discovery by showcasing your work in a world stage.
➡️Submit an abstract by 20 Aug: buff.ly/vBlrVDV
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🌊Registration and/or abstract submission waivers available for scientists of Indigenous cultural heritage and non-scientist community leaders for #OSM26!
✅Apply by 8/11 for abstract waivers
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✅Apply by 8/11 for abstract waivers
✅Apply by 11/14 for registration waivers
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August 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🌊Registration and/or abstract submission waivers available for scientists of Indigenous cultural heritage and non-scientist community leaders for #OSM26!
✅Apply by 8/11 for abstract waivers
✅Apply by 11/14 for registration waivers
📲Application portal: buff.ly/ZHa20Ox
✅Apply by 8/11 for abstract waivers
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Our lab recently hosted @science.ubc.ca undergrad Mika Raring for a three week internship at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. She learned how to use drones to survey intertidal systems & machine learning to analyze drone images. She presented her work at the summer research symposium at Bamfield.
August 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Our lab recently hosted @science.ubc.ca undergrad Mika Raring for a three week internship at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. She learned how to use drones to survey intertidal systems & machine learning to analyze drone images. She presented her work at the summer research symposium at Bamfield.
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Researchers have found the culprit behind sea star wasting disease
“This is the discovery of the decade for me,” said co-author @drewharvell.bsky.social. "We have studied both the cause and the impacts of this disease for the entire epidemic."
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“This is the discovery of the decade for me,” said co-author @drewharvell.bsky.social. "We have studied both the cause and the impacts of this disease for the entire epidemic."
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August 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Researchers have found the culprit behind sea star wasting disease
“This is the discovery of the decade for me,” said co-author @drewharvell.bsky.social. "We have studied both the cause and the impacts of this disease for the entire epidemic."
More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/08...
“This is the discovery of the decade for me,” said co-author @drewharvell.bsky.social. "We have studied both the cause and the impacts of this disease for the entire epidemic."
More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/08...
The Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre in British Columbia, Canada is now advertising for an ocean technologist. See the position description below. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @csucoast.bsky.social @duke-mgel.bsky.social @mbarinews.bsky.social
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Ocean Technologist | Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
The Ocean Technologist will play a crucial role in supporting the BMSC’s mission by maintaining research equipment, laboratories, and oceanographic instruments.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre in British Columbia, Canada is now advertising for an ocean technologist. See the position description below. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @csucoast.bsky.social @duke-mgel.bsky.social @mbarinews.bsky.social
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