Professor at Univ of Washington @uwsafs.bsky.social I run models and synthesize data, love R graphics, and do research on the status of marine fisheries, fishing quotas, and blue whales @bluewhalenews.bsky.social
Trevor A. Branch
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There are almost no crustaceans in the deep ocean.
Not because they would get crushed, but because they would DISSOLVE.
The cold & high pressure cause changes to water that make it very corrosive to calcium carbonate shells.
But there's one crustacean who solves this problem with ALUMINUM ARMOR.
Bacteria inside toadfish make sand from seawater
scitechdaily.com/a-surprising...
You can't convince me this isn't from some other solar system.
Life hack from a marine biologist: When your blue sea dragons need a little snack, remember that they never evolved to swim, so you have to drive the Portuguese man-o-war around and pick them up like a little bus
🎥 by me during field work :)
🪼 Your tax dollars paid a scientist to squeeze jellyfish through cheesecloth. Osamu Shimomura processed tens of thousands on an NSF grant to understand why they glow. He found a protein that glowed green under UV light. Called it "green protein." Nobody cared. For decades.
Artist Wyland sues FIFA for $25 million for painting over enormous mural of whales in Dallas
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u...
Another xkcd classic out today
OK, sure, but did the toddler get coauthorship?
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Massive fight in Alaska between commercial fishers and subsistence salmon harvesters heats up as Attorney General steps into the fray, invalidating the Board of Fish decision
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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This deep sea creature is as sharp & clear as broken class, & can grow as long as your hand. This giant amphipod, (Cystisoma) only has two colored body parts: the dense orange stomach/egg pouch, & two MASSIVE eyes, which are a glittering holographic orange layer completely covering its head.
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Scientists have uncovered evidence that tiny microbes living inside fish may be helping shape the chemistry of the world's oceans. The new study, led by former graduate student Anthony Bonacolta at th...
