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Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part

I’ve just realised I have a backlog of spring plankton videos to share! I love this one of a sea gooseberry (Pleurobrachia pileus) as you can really see the ctenes (the combs that give comb jellies their name) working and the iridescent glow bouncing off them. #marineplankton 🦑

I'm looking over my latest and I'm starting to see a pattern here 🤔 #SciArt #NatureArt

Further contradicting the claim that invasive mussels have benefited the Great Lakes: Filtering activities of zebra & quagga mussels remove phytoplankton that the prey of lake whitefish feed on, setting off "a calamitous chain reaction further up the food chain." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

ain't no rule that says a lobster can't institute legal proceedings

Educators got hands-on with water science this spring at our Project WET Make-and-Take Workshops! Participants explored engaging ways to connect students with water systems and the Great Lakes. 🌊 Read more: cgll.org/resource/bri... #TeachingTuesday

Michigan legislators are providing Michigan DNR with one-time funding to help boost struggling whitefish populations. But the money can't make a dent in one of the whitefish's biggest threats: invasive mussels.

Marine invasive species are poised to become an even greater threat to ocean biodiversity as climate change accelerates their success, according to a study by Dr. Nicola Smith @concordia.ca and Dr. William Cheung @ubccoru.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca oceans.ubc.ca/2026/07/27/c...

Seafloor snacking at its spiniest 🦀⁠ ⁠ This decadent decapod, Paralithodes sp., is also known as a king crab. Spiny king crabs crawl across the seafloor in search of their next meal, which could be other crabs, sea stars, dead animals, or organic material that sank from the surface waters above.

When you set an Out of Office e-mail message there should be an option to set an additional message that goes out for two or three days afterward reminding people to be gentle with you while you try to claw your way out of the mountain of suddenly urgent tasks that descends on you upon your return 😓

wood burn black bass #SundayFishSketch

Checkered Madtom, uncommon in pools and backwaters of clear, modern to high gradient rivers in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. #SundayFishSketch

Oops! Wrong fish! This is a Yellow Goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus. #sundayfishsketch #worldwatercolormonth #worldwatercolorfish2026 #sciart #marinelife

Slow #WIP. Learning to expect variations in my routines as pain reshapes my body, again. Longnose hawkfish for a new painting. #SundayFishSketch 🐡 #art #DisabledArtist #fishArt

Forgot to post this #SundayFishSketch bonus: you can see in this filled sketchbook page where we took the hard turn into suckermouth country 😅 🦑🐡🧪

Took a break from my Kansas fish drawings, but got back to it this weekend. Self-imposed project - Kansas fish number 25 Golden redhorse for #SundayFishSketch

And my latest loricariid #SundayFishSketch. Why did nature select for a black and white zebra pattern in a suckermouth catfish?? Who knows, but here it exists 🦑🐡🧪

This #SundayFishSketch is the Central American cichlid Neetroplus nematopus. This fish is in breeding dress for which they basically “reverse” their coloration and become nearly completely black, except for a normally black band, which turns white. 🐟 #SciArt

#SundayFishSketch this week is the Northern Starhead Topminnow (Fundulus dispar), an endangered species found in Michigan. This is a secret gift for a departing coworker 🤫 #SciArt