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*Pterygophora* is an amazing #kelp species for many reasons, but one of my favorite examples is its use by bald eagles as nesting material. #PhycologyFriday #MarineLife 🌊🦑🪶 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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#PhycologyFriday #MarineLife 🌊🦑
pml.ac.uk Plymouth Marine Laboratory @pml.ac.uk · 12h
"Like something from a sci-fi movie, I’ve seen swathes of #sargassum #seaweed spreading across the tropical Atlantic, with mats reaching depths of 7 metres and spanning hundreds of square miles."

PML's Dr Fidai on how blooms of seaweed are increasing globally: theconversation.com/drastic-seaw...
Drastic seaweed growth threatens marine life and fishing – but also offers opportunities
Floating seaweed can travel long distances to new territories and accumulate in large mats or wash ashore in huge quantities.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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#PhycologyFriday #MarineLife #SciArt 🦑🌊🐡
stromnessmuseum.bsky.social Stromness Museum @stromnessmuseum.bsky.social · 11h
It might be Friday 13th but we’re feeling very lucky here at Stromness Museum. Yesterday we hosted a fantastic talk by Dr Jane Pottas on herbaria and algaria, which included seaweed images from our current Natural History digitisation project, which featured in this week’s The Orcadian newspaper!
Dr Jane Pottas in front of her presentation slide entitled ‘Mrs Miller’s seaweeds’ with images of pressed specimens. Dr Jane Pottas in front of her presentation slide that reads ‘Herbarium - a collection of preserved algal specimens and associated data used for scientific study. Algarium - a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.’ Newspaper article in The Orcadian on 12 Feb 2026 headlined ‘Museum catalogue to go online’ and featuring a photograph of Dr Gareth Squire.
February 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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My first encounter with the endangered leopard shark in Gold Coast, Australia! This lovely guy was chilling by a coral patch and let us come close and take some decent shots 🦑📷
Before and after edits shown - cool how much magic lightroom does eh? #marinelife #photography #photographersofbluesky
a leopard shark gliding on a shallow sand flat. picture edited with lightroom a leopard shark gliding on a shallow sand flat, raw photo
February 11, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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🌊🪸 Caribbean Reef Octopus Sculpture 🐙✨

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #CoralReef #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #FebruArty 🦑🐡
Caribbean Reef Octopus sculpture sitting on top of a tea cup turned into a den, with handcrafted corals in teal, purple and gold.
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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🌊 Larger Pacific Striped Octopus Sculpture 🐙✨

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #CoralReef #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #FebruArty 🦑🐡
Two hand sculpted octopus depicting the species Larger Pacific Striped Octopus, hanging out inside and on top of a tea cup den with hand crafted corals made from tiny glass beads set on silver wire. Another angle of the same artwork. Another angle of the same artwork. Another angle and close up of the same artwork.
February 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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🌊 Blue Ringed Octopus Sculpture 🐙✨

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #CoralReef #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #FebruArty 🦑🐡
A vibrant yellow and blue ringed octopus sculpture, depicting the species Hapalochlaena lunulata.
February 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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🌊 Starry Night Octopus Sculpture 🐙✨

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #CoralReef #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #FebruArty 🦑🐡
A vibrant red octopus sculpture with white spots, depicting the species Callistoctopus luteus, also known as the Starry Night Octopus.
February 9, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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🌊 Caribbean Reef Octopus & Golden Trevally Sculpture 🐙✨🪸

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #CoralReef #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #FebruArty 🦑🐡
Golden Trevally fishes and Caribbean Reef Octopus sculptures, on a handcrafted coral reef. Each coral is patiently woven by hand from tiny glass beads set on silver wire.
February 7, 2026 at 10:16 AM
brackenlab.bsky.social
Excellent work on geographic variation in responses of seaweeds to marine heatwaves! #PhycologyFriday #MarineLife 🌊🦑
chrisecornwall.bsky.social Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · 7d
Check out our new paper exploring how giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) sporophytes from populations across Aotearoa New Zealand respond to marine heatwaves in simulated experiments. We find general similar sensitivities that tend towards similar thermal tolerances across large geographic areas.
February 6, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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🌊 Caribbean Reef Octopus Sculpture 🐙✨

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #CoralReef #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #FebruArty 🦑🐡
Close up photo of a Caribbean Reef Octopus sculpture, a bluish teal octopus with green, gold and brown patches, as well as a finely painted brush mark pattern.
February 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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🪸✨ Larger Pacific Striped Octopus 🐙🪸

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #CoralReef #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #FebruArty 🦑🐡
A hand sculpted octopus depicting the species Larger Pacific Striped Octopus, and hand crafted corals made from tiny glass beads set on silver wire.
February 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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🪸✨ Reef Dreams VII 🐙🪸

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Corals #CoralReef #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #JanuArty 🦑🐡
A mixed media artwork featuring hand sculpted and painted octopus, depicting the species Caribbean Reef Octopus, scientifically known as Octopus briareus. Along with a variety of handcrafted corals made from tiny glass beads set on silver wire, primarily teal and purple with gold accents.
February 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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🐙🌌 Nebula Octopus Sculpture 🌌🐙

⭐✨ Hand sculpted from clay and lovingly painted 🎨

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #Cephalopods #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #JanuArty 🦑🐡
Close up of a royal blue Nebula themed octopus, hand sculpted from clay and lovingly painted in a green and magenta Nebula theme.
January 31, 2026 at 4:02 PM
brackenlab.bsky.social
Trippy #kelp for #PhycologyFriday! #SciArt #MarineLife 🌊🦑🐡
Illuminated giant kelp - white light on black background - at OmegaMart in Las Vegas.
January 31, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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🐙✨ Starry Night Octopus Sculpture

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #Cephalopods #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #JanuArty 🦑🐡
Octopus sculpture depicting the species Starry Night Octopus, scientifically known as Callistoctopus luteus.
January 30, 2026 at 9:33 PM
anniejr.bsky.social
Big AL 🐊getting some sun today in my neighborhood here in Naples, FL. Lucky to have alligators instead of ICE
#marinelife 🦑
January 29, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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🐙✨ Caribbean Reef Octopus Sculpture

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #Cephalopods #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #JanuArty 🦑🐡
Close up photo of a clay octopus, depicting the species Caribbean Reef Octopus, scientifically known as Octopus briareus.
January 29, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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🐙✨ Blue Ringed Octopus Sculpture

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #Cephalopod #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #JanuArty 🦑🐡
Blue Ringed Octopus sculpture sitting in a shell and photographed on a solid black background.
January 29, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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The first Whale Tales & Glitter newsletter of 2026 is out tomorrow and its all about Baby Whales! Plus Spotlight on RADM Evelyn Fields of NOAA, and Good whale news! #marinelife 🦑 #Whales #MarineMammals #Orca #Humpback #BabyWhales #RADMEvelynFields
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A dark gray Humpback whale and her light gray, newly born calf, swim through vibrant blue water. The calf is directly above mom, taking a breath of air. They’re almost half the length of mom. Screenshot from a drone video taken early January 2026 by GE Keoni /Bob Marlin Charters on TikTok Two long, slender, blue whales (light gray-blue in color), a mother and her calf, swim from right to left through deep blue water. Photo: David Serradell in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California Mexico. A Black woman in a formal dress, dark blue uniform jacket with white collared blouse. She is smiling at the camera. Her jacket has bands of gold on each sleeve. There is a name tag on the left side of her jacket and rows of ribbon bars on her right side. She wears a white and black woman’s naval cap with gold braid. Behind her two official flags. Photo: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
January 29, 2026 at 6:29 AM
brackenlab.bsky.social
“Harvesting 40,000 mt of Ascophyllum nodosum/Fucus spp. in the intertidal zone in 21 specific Management Areas along the west coast of Ireland.” 🌊🦑 #MarineLife
saoirsemc.bsky.social Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 16d
This massive Canadian agtech company has put in an application to harvest seaweed from basically the entire west coast. The maps are actually shocking www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
FS006108 Arramara Teoranta Harvesting of Seaweed
Seaweed Harvesting
www.gov.ie
January 29, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Rosette Spoonbills seen on our walk today, in the mangrove, bordering the inland waterway, Naples FL
#birdsofBluesky
#Naple
#marinelife 🦑
January 25, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Just some nice things. #SeaUrchin 🦑 #MarineLife
Rendition of the skeleton of a sea urchin. An angled view to the underside A rendition side view of the skeleton of a sea urchin
January 25, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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🐙✨ Giant Pacific Octopus Sculpture.

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Corals #CoralReef #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #JanuArty 🦑🐡
Hand sculpted and painted octopus depicting the species Enteroctopus dofleini, also known as the Giant Pacific Octopus. And a variety of handcrafted corals and seaweeds.
January 24, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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🪸 Today's rather fluffy corals.

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Corals #CoralReef #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #JanuArty 🦑🐡
Green and golden topaz colored corals, hand crafted from tiny glass beads set on silver wire.
January 24, 2026 at 1:52 AM