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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - August 2026 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book! Download & submit to the next edition: invertefest.com/#artbook #Art #SciArt

a promo image showing various pages from the book, each page showcasing different animals like a mantis, trilobite, cephalopod, beetle grub, tick, among others. the art featured shows a range of different medium, including 3D, paper cutout, pixel art, and so on.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ecololgists!! This fall, the LEGO league's theme for their annual competition is ecosystems/biodiversity themed. We are going to need *a lot* of ecologists to help meet the demand. If you are willing to have a conversation with k-8 students about ecology, pls sign up here forms.gle/NbxitaXamK7B...

A teacher who is a fish has his fin on his hip and another pointing to the chalkbaord that says "Calling all ecologists skype a scientist needs you!" and a shrimp says "lego league jis coming" and a snail thinks "HELP!" and a seahorse says "This year's theme is ecosystems" and hot fish teacher says "Volunteer to speak with classrooms"

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Hardbunnsfauna @hardbunnsfauna.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Huge Corymorpha(?) as well! And #bryozoa @malihr.bsky.social 👀), crinoids, sponges and ascidians! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJae...

Screengrab from livestreamed ROV dive on Youtube. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJaeL2scVRQ
Crinoids, bryozoa,sponges and a large, upright cnidarian that looks a bit like a creepy flower on the seafloor next to a piece of bone or stone

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Hardbunnsfauna @hardbunnsfauna.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

There's a live ROV dive happening at 300m depth outside of Greenland, right now they are at a #Whalefall! #Divestream www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJae...

Screengrab from youtube showing the seafloor and the big bines of a whale with a lot of associated animals

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GBIF @gbif.org · 08/07/2026

📣 Register for our next Data Use Club covering the new and improved GBIF.org! This session provides a practical demonstration of some of the updates and new features of the recently refreshed GBIF.org website. 📍 25 August 09:00 CEST 👉 Register: 🔗gbif.link/DUC_new-GBIF

a cream coloured graphic with a drawing of a coral and pink text reading GBIF data use club practical session new and improved GBIF.org

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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Dette. @theguardian.com har gjenskapt lyden av fuglekvitter en typisk sommermorgen gjennom 50 år. En trist og tankevekkende illustrasjon av hvordan naturen forsvinner mellom fingrene på oss. Så sakte at vi ikke legger merke til det. #sommersorg #naturkrise #endringsblindhet

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🚨Not one, but two Magnapinna squid! 🚨 the #doldrums team observed 2 elusive Magnapinna sp., commonly known as bigfin squid, at approximately 4,300 m (about 2.7 miles). Magnapinna is the deepest-dwelling squid. Sightings of these animals are extremely rare — seeing two in one dive is extra exciting!

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Hardbunnsfauna @hardbunnsfauna.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#InternationalPolychaeteDay (sad I'm not going this time, these conferences are so much fun! Hope everyone will have a lovely time!)

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Happy #InternationalPolychaeteDay, please accept my marine worm offering for these trying times

a decorative design with a worm in the middle. the worm's body is barely visible, it's back covered in nine pairs of large, circular, sparkly, overlapping plates that run along its body. bristles and tentacle-like appendages sprout to the left and right from under the scales.

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

A pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.

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Chris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

One of the largest and prettiest #scaleworm I’ve ever found. There’s a term, “meroplankton” which describes organisms who will spend only part of their lives, or earlier life stages drifting by with the plankton. #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #polychaete #deepseacreatures

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Hardbunnsfauna @hardbunnsfauna.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Oooh, today's livestream/divestream will be from Loki's castle! It's starting now, tune in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLua...

Image of a research vessel seen from the air, with the text "Loki's castle 73.27N 08.09E". It's the still image of the livestream on Youtube.

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Hardbunnsfauna @hardbunnsfauna.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Which reminded me of the magnificent page www.curioustaxonomy.net/index.html

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Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature

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Hardbunnsfauna @hardbunnsfauna.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New divestream today, from #HydrothermalFields. ROV is descending now, scientists are talking about what they expect to find. Follow it live here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyqR...

Screengrab from header image of today's live stream, showing aerial view of the vessel Celtic Explorer and the text 2026.05.20 Hydrothermal Fields, Depth 2700-2800m

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GBIF @gbif.org · 19/05/2026

📣@tdwg.org 2026 Call for Abstracts deadline has been extended to 26 May 2026, 23:59 UTC-12. This is the final call, submit your abstract now! 🏃‍♀️ Conference Theme 🤖: Research and Robot-ready Biodiversity Data Standards. See you in #Oslo! More info: 🔗 tdwg.link/call-for-a...

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Lee Hsiang Liow （廖珕庠） @lhliow.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Check out the talks for Larwood #bryozoan meeting 1-3 June 2026 www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese... Can’t wait to see old friends, meet new ones, and nerd out about our favourite animals and their evolution! @bryozoology.bsky.social Welcome to the Natural History Museum in Oslo!

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Larwood program - Natural History Museum

Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

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Hardbunnsfauna @hardbunnsfauna.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Divestream of a dive in the Banana hole(!) exploring sponges, corals, and the more mobile fauna: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aat4...

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Deep Arctic - Divestream - Bamoo Coral Garden

YouTube video by Greenpeace International

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Join us in wishing a massive happy 100th birthday to the man who has inspired millions of people around the world to care about nature and look after our planet - the incredible Sir David Attenborough! 🎉

David Attenborough standing outside the Museum wearing a blue jacket and blue and white patterned tie. He is laughing in the image, which features text saying "Happy 100th birthday Sir David Attenborough!"

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Sir David Attenborough… on your 100th birthday, we thank you. For a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with such grace and wonder. Generations have fallen in love with nature because of you. Happy birthday, Sir. 🎉

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A new wasp has been named in honour of Sir David Attenborough! 🥳🙌 This is Attenboroughnculus tau - a newly described 3.5 mm parasitic wasp. Find out more about this exciting discovery. 👇

A small brown and beige wasp photographed on a light grey background. It has two antennae and open wings. There’s text on the image saying, ‘New wasp species named after Sir David Attenborough!’ followed by a party popper emoji. On the right bottom corner, there’s text saying ‘Scroll to find out more’ followed by a hand emoji pointing down.

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Ctenophores Rock! @ctenophoresrock.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Happy #CtenophoreDay (10-04) for those in Europe, UK, Australia & others that use DD-MM-YYYY format! This bi-annual event celebrates these squishy globs of goodness 🤩 Go ahead: share your favorite #ctenophore images and videos using the hashtag #CtenophoreDay! Credit video to @oceana.bsky.social.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

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. 📽️ MBARI

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Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

#ctenophoreday and ... WOW!

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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

GLAMOROUS SEA SLUGS. Let's talk #Nudibranchology with @calacademy.bsky.social's Dr. Gosliner & @amnh.org's Dr. Goodheart about: bunny horns finger backs stolen weaponry buttflowers doomed dates high fashion tiny eyes gender fluidity “Finding Nemo” + much more. www.alieward.com/ologies/nudi...

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a close up of a sea slug with the words viralhog written on the bottom

Alt: a close up of a black and white spotted sea slug (Bornella anguilla) with projections that look like flames, wavering in the currents on a piece of sea grass

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Tom J. Langbehn @tomlangbehn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🐟🦐 Come work with us! We’re offering a PhD position in marine life-history modeling as part of the Arctic Ocean 2050 program. The position is based at the Theoretical Ecology Group at the University of Bergen in Norway. www.jobbnorge.no/nn-no/ledige...

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Ph.d.-stipendiat i marin livshistoriemodellering (298243) | Universitetet i Bergen

Stillingstittel: Ph.d.-stipendiat i marin livshistoriemodellering (298243), Arbeidsgivar: Universitetet i Bergen, Søknadsfrist: søndag 12. april 2026

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Nicole Kearney @nicolekearney.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

My favourite question to ask librarians and archivists is: "What is your favourite item in your collection?" This week I turned that question into an entire blog series. 🎈 What better way to celebrate BHL's 20th birthday? 🎊 Check it out: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/tag/bhlat20

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 25/03/2026

At NORCE Research and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, there is a vacancy for a postdoctoral fellow position within paleogenomics of the Arctic Ocean. 🌊 🧪It is a period of 3 years, to strengthen our ERC Synergy project @i2b-erc.bsky.social Apply: karriere.norceresearch.no/en/jobs/7334...

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ZooKeys @zookeys.pensoft.net · 24/03/2026

𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬: Our Special Issue "New deep-sea Amphipoda from the Clarion Clipperton Zone" is out! 🌊 As we race to document life in the abyss, this collection debuts new species found in the central Pacific. See all the publications here: zookeys.pensoft.net/issue/4856/ @noc.ac.uk

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WoRMS @marinespecies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

(6/10) Does this stern looking creature remind you of someone? Meet the Darth Vader Supergiant Isopod. www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean

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WoRMS @marinespecies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

(4/10) Far below the Pacific Ocean, in a world without sunlight, something glitters: Iskra’s Glitter Worm. www.marinespecies.org/worms-top-te... @scrippsocean.bsky.social #toptenmarinespecies #taxonomistappreciationday #OceanDecade #GenOcean #deepsea

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Mali Ramsfjell @malihr.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hvis du har lyst til å lese litt om hva slags mosdyr vi har funnet i løpet av vårt #NorDigBryo prosjekt (som er et prosjekt støttet av Artsdatabanken), så ta en titt her: www.nhm.uio.no/forskning/pr...

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Hva finner vi? - Naturhistorisk museum

Les denne saken på UiOs nettsider.

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Hardbunnsfauna @hardbunnsfauna.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Inspired by @echinoblog.bsky.social 's green isopod spree for #Stpatricksday, here's one of ours! Idotea granulosa, collected by a very keen-eyed six year old back in 2020!

A green isopod giving the camera some rather epic side-eye. An isopod is a crustacean that is flattened dorso-ventrally, and in this case it has sturdy short legs suitable to climb around in algae.

A green isopod of about 1 cm length seen from above as it stands on an algae frond. An isopod is a crustacean that is flattened dorso-ventrally, and in this case it has sturdy short legs suitable to climb around in algae.

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Derek Hennen, Ph.D. @derekhennen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Good article, but the framing is wrong. There is not a dearth of interest in taxonomy. There is a scarcity of funding and positions, which is a deliberate choice by funding agencies and institutions. The youth love taxonomy! It's the olds that are failing to meet their passion!

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GBIF @gbif.org · 02/03/2026

1) 📣 Read all about it: BHL is the one-stop-shop for biodiversity literature! 📖 @biodivlibrary.bsky.social (BHL) is the world's largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives.

Collage on a blue background that features various illustrations of biological specimens

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GBIF @gbif.org · 26/02/2026

🦀 Register for our next GBIF Data Use Club: Best practices for using GBIF-mediated data! This online session will also feature a panel discussion and opportunities for Q&A. 📍 11 March 226. 15:00-16:30 CET 🔗 gbif.link/DUC-using-... See less

A biological illustration of a coconut crab and pink text reading data use club best practices for using GBIF-mediated data

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Hardbunnsfauna @hardbunnsfauna.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

repost for pun and magnificent image - but also, an interesting study!

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Blue Appaloosa @blueappaloosa.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Boosting this Ciona 3d model to #SciArt

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Timeline cleans with snowflake-sized baby lagoon jellyfish. . 🎥 jelliesfarm www.instagram.com/jelliesfarm?...

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Lee Hsiang Liow （廖珕庠） @lhliow.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

A whooping 26 persons already pre-registered for #bryozoan Larwood 2026! Pls consider pre-registering to help keep costs low! Link to register in quote. Dennis Gordon will be joining us from NZ thx to @uio.no funding! @hardbunnsfauna.bsky.social @glyptocrinus.bsky.social @bryozoology.bsky.social

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Hardbunnsfauna @hardbunnsfauna.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

🎄✨🐟🐌🦐 Happy Holidays! 🎄✨🐟🐌🦐 These glorious cookies were made by the fantastic #NorDigBryo participants on a bryozoa workshop in Bergen in November. May 2026 bring you good coworkers equally willing to rise to the occasion! #invertebrates #Invertefest #ScientificBaking #gingerbread

Gingerbread cookies and their real life counterparts; we have a spiky amphipod (like a shrimp with mohawk), a lugworm (worm with a fat end), a hermit crab whose googly eyes suggest it has forgotten to turn off the stove, a colony of Hydroids, a squid who in gingerbread looks a lot less menacing than IRL, a red worm that in Swedish s named the "red christmasgift-worm" as it looks like a giftwrapped package, and a chonky red sea star. All images by K. Kongshavn, except the live hydroid, which is made by L. Martell. The cookies were made by the fantastic participants on a #NorDigBryo bryozoa workshop

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Just a little reminder 🐾🤍 #cat #GentleReminders #mentalhealth

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Hardbunnsfauna @hardbunnsfauna.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

#Crustmas, you say?? We made scientific gingerbread cookies for @unibergen.bsky.social's #AcademicGingerbreadVillage (exhibited at the natural history museum!), and of course some of them featured #invertebrates. Here's a glorious #HermitCrab made by the participants of our #Bryozoa workshop

Three hermit crabs looking like they are closing the fiscal year and/or having finals. One is made in gingerbread, the other two are real. The gingerbread one had green sugar beads as eyes, on stalks, pink frosting on legs and claws, and white pattern on the shell.

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