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TheNauticalWarlock

@thenauticalwarlock.bsky.social

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Ecologist (BA in Biology with a focus on Ecology and Evolution) | Birding and Fishing as a Hobby and Career | Founding Member of the FishWatching Movement | All opinions are my own and do not represent the views of any associates/employers

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TheNauticalWarlock @thenauticalwarlock.bsky.social · 3d

An Opah to celebrate 10 years of #SundayFishSketch

Image depicts an Opah (Lampris spp.), a Lampriform fish with a global distribution. The black and white sketch was done in pencil and outlined/shaded in with ink.

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 6d

Happy to have been interviewed for part of @lisasgardiner.bsky.social's @sciencenews.bsky.social article about my favorite bioeroding & carbonate-sand-pooping fishes, parrotfishes; also includes keen insights from Drs. Katie Cramer & Ana Molina Hernández. www.snexplores.org/article/parr... 🧪🐠🪸🏖️

Parrotfish shape the future of coral reefs, one bite at a time

Could these colorful fish aid struggling coral? Yes, but not always. Parrotfish play a complex role in reefs — and sometimes may cause harm.

www.snexplores.org

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TheNauticalWarlock @thenauticalwarlock.bsky.social · Aug 24

#midwayatoll #kuaihelani #norhwesternhawaiianislands #watercolor #ink

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Apr 11

Repeat after me: these budget cuts are theft. Our elected officials are stealing from us. They work for us, and they are breaking what we hired them to protect.

Paul Voosen @voosen.me · Apr 11

BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.

Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.

Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency

White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted

www.science.org

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Dr. Jey McFright 😱 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · Apr 10

I hate everything

I hope Colossal Biosciences is happy that their little marketing stint is going to lead to more extinctions

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as reason to cut endangered species list

The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.

www.washingtonpost.com

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · Apr 9

This post by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum demonstrates clear defiance of the Endangered Species Act. He states that regulation is not the solution.

Innovation is needed- in concert with regulation- to find new paths to recovery while protecting what still exists.

#Resist

Post by Doug Burgum on de-extinction technology related to the dire wolf.

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TheNauticalWarlock @thenauticalwarlock.bsky.social · Mar 20

Excited to finally be starting my season as a Seabird Research Assistant on the Farallones.
#pointblueconservationscience
#farallonislands #seabirdresearch #conservationbiology

TheNauticalWarlock @thenauticalwarlock.bsky.social · Mar 11

Leatherback Sea Turtle art. #worldwildlifeday #sciart #sketchbook #seaturtleart

TheNauticalWarlock @thenauticalwarlock.bsky.social · Mar 11

“No vineagar for me, I just use snot!”

Comical and informative sketch of a Man-o-War fish (Nomeus gronovii).

Living amongst and even feeding on the tentacles of its namesake Siphonophore, this Driftfish (Nomeidae) uses a dense layer of mucus to counteractpotential stings. #fishart #sciart

TheNauticalWarlock @thenauticalwarlock.bsky.social · Mar 11

Piece depicting Smallmouth Bass for an old #SundayFishSketch prompt. #fishart #sciart #sketchbook

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TheNauticalWarlock @thenauticalwarlock.bsky.social · Feb 22

Haida Chinook Salmon for an old #SundayFishSketch #haidaart #salmon #fishart #pacificnorthwest #digitalart

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TheNauticalWarlock @thenauticalwarlock.bsky.social · Feb 22

Atlantic Puffin Sketch #atlanticpuffin #puffin #seabirdart #seabird #birdart #birdsketch

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TheNauticalWarlock @thenauticalwarlock.bsky.social · Feb 18

My support and deepest sorrow to all in DOI and beyond who have had their careers unlawfully ripped away from them. This disgusting flaunting and abuse of power is a direct threat to our nation, it's people, and the wild country we have left.
#nationalparks #federallayoffs #doge #usfws

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Andrii Tarieiev @andriitarieiev.bsky.social · Feb 17

I think that considering current situation with science in the US and upcoming elections in Germany, we should do one thing we almost never do - open discussion on how politics impacts science both within scientific community (e.g. in universities, research institutions, etc) & with general public.