Mike O'Neill

Huge fish fan 🐠 Associate Curator, @NEAQ 🪸🦈 M.S. Marine Science & Tech, UMass Boston 🐡 BC 🦅 Divemaster 🐟

[Mike O'Neill @MisterMoneill]

Was awesome to help this fish out!

[New England Aquarium @NEAQ]

Two of our #GiantOceanTank divers made a quick trip to East Boston last week to rescue a #sunfish!

This sunfish was stuck behind a construction barrier, and our friends at the @NECWA called us for help.

To report a stranded sunfish, contact @NECWA: https://t.co/WeEtpsqkek

[Mike O'Neill @MisterMoneill]

2024 pushed us past the 3,000th observation to the Gulf Stream Orphan Project! Can’t wait to investigate the distribution and biodiversity reported this year!

[Boston.com @BostonDotCom]

Oyster farmers help save a tropical blue angelfish off the coast of Orleans. It is the northernmost blue angelfish ever reported.
https://t.co/lX3yHSBUm8

[Mike O'Neill @MisterMoneill]

It’s been an amazing season for wayward tropical fish in New England - including this gem! #gulfstreamorphans #gsoproject

[Cape Cod Times @capecodtimes]

The jewel-toned blue and yellow fish with black and white stripes stood out among the browns and greens of an Orleans oyster grant. https://t.co/JrAGSAJuu1

[New England Aquarium @NEAQ]

Fact: women make up less than 40% of all recreational scuba certifications, but make up 67% of our Aquarium divers!🤿💜

We are proud to have many female divers working all around the Aquarium—including our #AndersonCabotCenter—AND an all-female dive safety team! #WomensDiveDay

[Pew Environment @pewenvironment]

A global network of marine protected areas could help protect migratory species like turtles.

And because our ocean is one interconnected ecosystem, protecting the #HighSeas can also benefit the coastal shores where these creatures nest. #COFI36 https://t.co/iYLW1MG6AI

[New England Aquarium @NEAQ]

Happy start of Shark Week! 🦈🎉

From raising baby epaulette sharks behind-the-scenes at the Aquarium to tagging bull sharks off the coast of Florida, our expert staff and #AndersonCabotCenter for Ocean Life scientists do it all! Follow us all #SharkWeek long for more!

[Mike O'Neill @MisterMoneill]

Couldn’t be happier to work for Myrtle. She’s a great boss 🪸🐢🌊🐠 @NEAQ

[New England Aquarium @NEAQ]

"Myrtle is the grand dame of our Giant Ocean Tank."

Myrtle the turtle has called the New England Aquarium home since 1970. Since then, millions of people have come to see her swim (and nap!) around the Aquarium’s Giant Ocean Tank.

Read more from WBUR: https://t.co/q9VGIly2O9

[Mike O'Neill @MisterMoneill]

@Steve_Perrault @g3t0nmyl3vel @PalmerDesigns_ @NEAQ Did some quick math - we’re looking at. 1.9 million gallon tank there @Steve_Perrault

[Mike O'Neill @MisterMoneill]

@Steve_Perrault @g3t0nmyl3vel @PalmerDesigns_ @NEAQ Oh baby, nowwww you’re talkin’ @Steve_Perrault

[American Fisheries Society @AmFisheriesSoc]

Today is #NationalRenewableEnergyDay! To better understand the implications and interactions between #windenergy and marine fisheries, read the open access papers in this themed issue from Marine and Coastal Fisheries. #offshorewind #FisheriesScience https://t.co/MefGDLvKb3

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

Beginning in February, all Boston Public School students and their families will receive free admission to several museums across the city, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said in her State of the City address. https://t.co/vERktNm44t

[Mike O'Neill @MisterMoneill]

She’s here!!!

[New England Aquarium @NEAQ]

Meet our newest Giant Ocean Tank resident, Cirri, the #NurseShark! 🦈

After more than four months acclimating at the Aquarium's Quincy Animal Care Center, Cirri was moved into the 200,000-gallon #GiantOceanTank last week.

More on Cirri: https://t.co/7Y0nfnMZu9

[Mike O'Neill @MisterMoneill]

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times… Mormyrids are THE BEST

[John P. Sullivan @halooie1]

Elephantnose Fish 'Sees' by Doing an Electric Boogie https://t.co/LLeMIGEIUt via @sciam

[New England Aquarium @NEAQ]

Believe it or not, Myrtle has been at the Aquarium for over 53 years now! 🤯

At 500+ lb, she continues to be the largest resident of the Giant Ocean Tank, and perhaps our most famous! When was the last time you visited Myrtle?

#MyrtleTheTurtle #GreenSeaTurtle #SeaTurtle #Myrtle

[New England Aquarium @NEAQ]

Oh, hey! It's Myrtle's Day! 💚 #GreenSeaTurtleDay

Some things you should know about #Myrtle:

⭐ She came to us from an aquarium in Provincetown in 1970
⭐ She is estimated to be somewhere between 70-90 years old
⭐ She is a star

#MyrtleTheTurtle #SeaTurtleWeek

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

Museum Resource 🐢 Digital Imaging Division
Yes, it's #Friyay! This green sea turtle from our collection was scanned by @jaimiAgray for #oVertTCN.
Species: Chelonia mydas
Specimen: # UF 51413
👉 Browse the gallery: https://t.co/Rq5DuRsoJz
🔗 MorphoSource link on specimen page

[Mike O'Neill @MisterMoneill]

Some of my favorite moments @NEAQ happen during turtle exams when we have the opportunity to showcase these amazing animals and our awesome animal care techniques in action for visitors!

[New England Aquarium @NEAQ]

Turtles get ultrasounds, too!

Twice a year, our sea turtles in the #GiantOceanTank undergo medical exams. Here, you can see our veterinarian performing an ultrasound on our 200-pound loggerhead sea turtle, Retread.

#AnimalHealth #SeaTurtles #Loggerhead

[Juliette Tariel-Adam @JTarielAdam]

The fish is using a rock as a tool to help it break open its hard-shelled prey 🔨 15 wrasse species have been observed using tools to date 🐟 Help us discover new species! Report your observation of this behavior at https://t.co/aXXoVkIE7F or contact me.

[Ed Markey @SenMarkey]

The @NEAQ is doing essential work. And I'm fighting to make sure they have to resources they need—we have to pass the Sea Turtle Rescue and Assistance Act so that future generations will know turtles as friends, not fiction. https://t.co/FvPefK53WK