#HappyMothersDay ~ A female deep-sea anglerfish (Ceratiidae) w/ a dwarf male attached. The male is the small "appendix" attached to larger female’s belly, and is a bit more brown in color. He "lands" on the female+merges both his circulatory+digestive system with hers.
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E/V Nautilus is included in @grist’s feature on how scientists digitally capture our planet’s most unique, threatened, and remote ecosystems. https://t.co/l2CvS4YudT “We’re really exploring areas for the first time,” OET COO Allison Fundis tells them. #NautilusLive
📣 New species alert 📣 Scientists have discovered a brand new species of #jellyfish in the ocean's "midnight zone" of Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) researchers have named the new species Atolla reynoldsi
🎥: @MBARI_News
🎉 Dive Alert 🎉
We are station above Loudoun Seamount in Papahānaumokuākea Marine Natl Monument, ready to explore the steep southern flank beginning at 2500m.
Join ROVs Hercules, Atalanta, and the team STREAMING LIVE at https://t.co/zhUi3dzcQ3
The fellowship of the deep. 🧙🏼✨
It's uncommon to see gatherings like this in the deep abyssal plain. These invertebrates—an octopus, tanner crab, and a couple of sea cucumbers and anemones were observed off the coast of Half Moon Bay at 1,949 meters (6,395 feet) deep.
Latest @PewEurope @DivaAmon paper seeks to identify gaps in the world’s scientific knowledge about the #DeepSea. But where does that knowledge stand?
Read now ➡️ https://t.co/z9NVdeD9uX #oceancommunications#oceanliterature
Live streams are up! The team is mobilizing the ship to depart tomorrow for our first expedition of the season to the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. Join us for 3 weeks of ROV dives on never-before-seen-seamounts! https://t.co/ApnWldD5CI
#WebinarAlert: "Living Between a Rock and Hard Place: Microbes in the Deep Sea and Potential Impacts of Deep-sea Mining" by OET #CorpsofExploration co-lead scientist Dr. Beth Orcutt via @sanctuaries on Thursday, March 17. Register here: https://t.co/tscp2Rswji
Brush up on your knowledge of deep-sea geological features before our expedition starts with this blog that explains #atolls, #seamounts, #islands and more: https://t.co/lv0DlLagSc
Celebrate #WorldWhaleDay with us today by looking back at this incredibly rare and amazing encounter between ROV Hercules and a #spermwhale from 2015 at 598 meters (1,962 ft) below the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of #Louisiana.
https://t.co/yijr0VOyge