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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

For the very first time, we pushed data to #FathomVerse while an expedition is still in progress. If you play FathomVerse right now, you will see images from the #DesigningtheFuture3 expedition on R/V Falkor (too). Dive in! 🪼🌊 fathomverse.game @schmidtocean.bsky.social @mbarinews.bsky.social

Siphonophore with green nectosome and reddish tentacles

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Really exciting @schmidtocean.bsky.social divestream happening now! We just saw a beautiful Atolla jelly and our team member Emily is on the microphone! @mbarinews.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO2e...

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Every week FathomNauts on our Discord vote for a cutie of the week. Join the #FathomVerse Discord community so you can vote on cuties too! discord.gg/7RVNvvymA7 🐟🌊🐙💙

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

FathomVerse is a Webby Honoree! Recognized for AI Application & Experience at the 30th Annual Webby Awards among the top 25% of 13,000+ entries. Huge congrats to everyone who helped build it. We're using gaming and community science to accelerate ocean discovery. 🌊 #Webbys #FathomVerse

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Anemone of my anemone is a friend… because we love sea anemones! Play 15 rounds of Bound before April 14th to earn an Anenomadness badge! 📸 NOAA Ocean Exploration 📍 Denson Seamount, Gulf of Alaska fathomverse.game #FathomVerse #Okeanos #NOAA #DeepSea #SeaAnemones

A variety of colorful sea anemones, primarily in shades of orange and red, are attached to a rocky underwater landscape.

Underwater scene featuring an octopus navigating a rocky seabed, surrounded by red pom-pom anemones.

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

NEW BADGE: ANEMOMADNESS There's a maddening number of anemones in #FathomVerse right now! If you're looking for type 2 fun AND stunning #anemones, play 15 rounds of Bound before April 14th to earn the **Anemo-madness** badge! 🌊📸🪸🧪💙

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

NEW EQUIPMENT MISSION ADDED TO FATHOMVERSE Now you can label and bound scientific equipment that you see in FathomVerse! Here are some helpful tips for identifying equipment. ⬇️

Screen of FathomVerse app showing an image of an ROV manipulator arm and a sticker labeled "equipment"

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

2025 Year in Review 🎁 As we look back on 2025, the team at FathomVerse would like to take this moment to thank every single FathomNaut for playing FathomVerse and contributing to ocean science. Check out the highlights in our latest blog: www.fathomverse.game/post/2025-year…

2025 Year in Review infographic by Fathomverse, displaying various statistics: 19,676 Images Labeled, 194,217 Regions of Interest, 4,037,497 Annotations, 36,351 Players, 16,573 Hours Played, set against a dark blue background.

Promotional graphic for Fathomverse, titled 'Moving Up the Ranks'. It features a blue pyramid diagram divided into three levels, showing the number of players at each level: 34,866 players in Level 1-7, 426 in Level 8-14, and 286 in Level 15, labeled as 'Denizens of the Deep'.

Promotional poster titled 'WITH GRATITUDE' by Fathomverse, thanking various organizations like Schmidt Ocean Institute, MBARI, Dawn Wright, Joost Daniels, Ocean Networks Canada, and NOAA Ocean Exploration for contributing data and images, with specific image counts listed beneath each name.

Poster titled 'Top Favorites' by Fathomverse featuring six marine animals in a grid layout, including a ghostly pale octopus, a vibrant orange squid, a fluffy orange sea creature, a robotic-looking deep-sea submersible, a camouflaged octopus, and a translucent red comb jelly. Images credit to NOAA MBARI.

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

New #FathomVerse Badge: Sea Fan-atic 🪸 FathomNauts, we're so close to clearing a huge batch of sea fan data from #NOAAOceanExploration! Join our community in November with a run on sea fans: make 15 new sea fan discoveries that FathomVerse agrees with to earn a special badge!

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Everyone, hail the Pumpkin King! 🎃 While we were scanning a larvacean with lasers to create a 3D model of the animal, we noticed a jack-o-lantern-like face appear for just a split second. We decided to nickname this the jack-o-larvacean as our underwater mascot for Halloween. 🌊🐙🧪🎮

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Have you heard of worm-like animals that create spirals on the seafloor, are more related to humans than actual worms, and produce super cute larvae? We’re obsessed with #AcornWorms! Play #FathomVerse to find acorn worms and earn a special badge! #AnimalsOfTheDeep @mbarinews.bsky.social

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

🪸 Sea fan coral - May look solid white in footage, but colors vary by species of corals - Fan shape with small polyps on the branches (usually visible) - Has a distinct disk-shaped holdfast for attachment to hard substrate 📸 @noaa.gov NOAA Ocean Exploration 3/4

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

How can we tell this is a glass sponge? Let’s take a closer look. Glass sponge - Icy, opaque look - Shaggy and wispy branches from irregular spicules - Cylindrical central core of each branch, where the spicules extend outward 📸 @schmidtocean.bsky.social 2/4

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

This week we had a “Wait… is that coral?” moment. At first glance, that icy fan shape seems coral-like. We think this might be in the genus Walteria, a type of glass sponge (Phylum Porifera). These sponges come in all shapes and sizes, so even experts can find it challenging to identify them. 1/4

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

🐟 Play Bound in FathomVerse to say bonjour to Monsieur Frown!

A blue/silver fish swimming near the ocean floor, photo by NOAA.

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

We want to hear from you!👂 To help us prioritize future enhancements and new features for #FathomVerse, please take a few minutes to fill out this survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/LSBXQ92.

Decision chart. Are you enjoying FathomVerse? If yes, then you should share your feedback in this survey. If no, then you should share your feedback in this survey. dark blue ocean background.

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Happy July, FathomNauts! This month, we're shell-ebrating crustaceans. 🦞🦀🦐 To earn the #Julobster badge, play 3 expeditions with squat lobsters, isopods, and shrimp missions selected! #FathomVerse 📸 NOAA Ocean Exploration

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

To earn a special #WorldOceanDay2025 badge, play 10 rounds of Bound in the month of June! #PlayFathomVerse

Deep-sea fish with open mouth against dark background. Text: Play FathomVerse. Image credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute.

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

NEW DATA IN FATHOMVERSE! FathomNauts, we have a new dive from @schmidtocean.bsky.social ROV SuBastian! 🗺️ This dive took place in December 2018 on the shelf break of the southwest coast of Costa Rica. 🟢 You might recognize this dive from the green tinge to the images.

Underwater scene of fishes and a crab on the rocky sea floor.

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

FathomVerse 2.0 is HERE! 🐙🎮🧪 We listened to YOU – our passionate FathomNauts. Your feedback from surveys, reviews, and Discord discussions shaped this update. Smoother gameplay and so many new features are now yours! Comment 🌊 if you’ve played the new update!

A smartphone displaying an app called "FathomVerse" with an image of an octopus on the screen, set against a marine background.

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Something is hatching… FathomVerse 2.0 is coming soon! We have been hard at work behind the scenes to improve and expand #FathomVerse.

A group of small, pale pink octopuses hatching from their eggs. Image credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute.

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

🏆 Do you see your player ID on the leaderboard?

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

🤿 Sea fans, sponges, and bony fish could use your attention this week.

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

💙 In a poll on Discord, we learned that most FathomNauts are following their hearts to choose favorites and it shows! The top two most favorited animals were familiar, including: Casper the ghost-like octo observed by #NOAA and an Octopoteuthis deletron observed by @mbarinews.bsky.social. 🐙

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

We set a new record! On February 6, there were over 3,000 active players on FathomVerse in a single day. This is the highest level of activity we have seen since our launch in May 2024! 🎉 More updates below ⬇️

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

🌊 Attention ocean lovers! 🌊 Did you know scientists estimate that 30-60% of life in the ocean is unknown? The technology to collect videos and photos of ocean life is improving, but we need to analyze what’s in the imagery to gain valuable insights. Don't worry, we have a solution!

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

🏆 Leaderboard Are any new players on the leaderboard?

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

💙 Favorites This week’s top two favorites are still unknown to the community and we will be tracking these CLOSELY to find out what they are once they reach community consensus. How would you label these animals?

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

🤿 Labeling Progress Number of previously unlabeled ROIs that have reached consensus: 44,417

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FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

FathomVerse Community Progress Update!

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