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Kudos Carl! I loved this wonderful story-telling of some complex and fascinating science...

How the Pygmy Sea Horse Lost Its Snout

What a sensational science story about an almost mythical beast from @carlzimmer.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...

Scientists monitor the loss of vital eelgrass plants in Salish Sea The marine vegetation helps mitigate climate change impacts and serves as vital habitat. But a study finds the species is at risk in the San Juans.

Scientists monitor the loss of vital eelgrass plants in Salish Sea www.cascadepbs.org/environment/...

The bacteria killing sea stars in the Pacific: How our team uncovered a decade-long mystery Sea stars are vital to ocean ecosystems; however, a pathogen has been killing them in large numbers, rendering some species critically endangered.

Here is the story in our words of the experiments Melanie and Alyssa @rhizalyssa.bsky.social and Grace ran to discover the Vibrio bacterium causing sea star wasting. And Amy Chan's work to get it in culture, so we essentially fulfilled Koch's postulates...

theconversation.com/the-bacteria...

Death of 5 billion starfish baffled scientists—until now The mass die-off, which began in 2013, saw sea star populations plunge and reshaped vital marine ecosystems in the U.S. and Canada.

We don't get color photos and articles in Newsweek very often; we sure appreciate this good science coverage.
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Scientists Finally Identify Killer Microbe Behind ‘Terrifying’ Sea Star Disease

great article in NYT about our discovery of the bacterium causing sea star wasting. This is also a chapter in my new book The Oceans Menagerie. @vikingbooks.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/s...

Unmasking the Sea Star Killer After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?

We are so proud of our sea star wasting work that came out today. This interactive article is very complete and includes beautiful videos.
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...

WOW, thanks Tessa and students!! What an honor and happy to zoom in if you want...

To the Moon and quack: Books in brief Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

Delighted that Nature included #OceansMenagerie in their Top 5 Science picks. The #OceansMenagerie
Drew Harvell Viking (2025). #Marinelife #intertidal #scuba #nudibranchs #octopus #seastars
@vikingbooks.bsky.social To the Moon and quack: Books in brief www.nature.com/articles/d41...

25 books for summer on sustainability and life on Earth Discover thought-provoking reads on climate, culture, and the planet – handpicked by Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability faculty.

Delighted that #OceansMenagerie @vikingbooks.bsky.social made the top 25. Takes corals, starfish and octopus to the beach with you! sustainability.stanford.edu/news/25-book...

Thanks for the kind words and the cool bookmark!

Meet the Ocean’s cutest assassin, the shag rug sea slug or Aeolidia Papillosa.

Known for their bunny like appearance, the slug actually preys upon sea anemone. But not only as a food source, they also absorb their stinging nematocysts and use them as a method of defense!
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Chapter one of “Ocean’s Menagerie: How Earth’s Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life” is now available on our substack! Chapter one explores all of the amazing abilities of sea slugs!
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Such a fun chat about ancient invertebrates and the rules of life with some twists and turns.

Loved this trivia game around our upcoming @bigbiology.bsky.social podcast. I'll add some of these trivia questions to the ones in my talks... yep, got 'em all right...

Meet the scientist: Drew Harvell (bonus) Meet next episode’s guest, Drew Harvell! Drew is a Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University, Affiliate Faculty at the University of Washington, former Science Envoy ...

Next week my podcast with @bigbiology.bsky.social airs about my new book The #OceansMenagerie. This clip is about my hobbies and Cornell University #Blaschka #glass #invertebrate.

#marinelife #SciCom #artandscience

Meet the scientist: Drew Harvell (bonus) open.substack.com/pub/bigbiolo...

Deep Sea's Surprises : R. Gallyot : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive June 3, 2025 - The Ocean's Menagerie: How Earth's Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life with Professor-Dr. Drew Harvell.

Exciting talking about #Spineless Superpowers and #Ocean'sMenagerie on Airwaves Podcast today. with @vikingbooks.bsky.social

#marinelife #sponges #intertidal #aquanaut #saturationdiving #coralreefs

archive.org/details/drew...

It's an honor to be part of the @bigbiology.bsky.social. I listen to all their episodes (including the key current one #SaveNSF, link below)and excited to be up next week in a 50 minute podcast chatting about #Ocean'sMenagerie.

Have you listened to our episode on National Science Foundation funding and the future of science?

Tune into our #SaveNSF episode to get learn the importance of NSF funding and the detrimental impacts of recent budget cuts.

#science #scicomm #sciencecommunication #biology #sciencepodcast

Thanks for the kind words and feedback. SO glad you liked the book and pictures. I loved working with the artist @thelocalnaturalist.bsky.social to plan the chapter opening diagrams...

Listen to an excerpt from An elegantly written exploration of the cutting-edge science of the strangest and most remarkable creatures on our planet by a leading marine biologist Hundred-year-old giant clams, coral kingdoms th

My friends love the audible version of The Ocean's Menagerie as podcasts when they are hiking, cooking or enjoying #marinelife at the #beach. try this sample chapter, The Sea Slug's Sting soundcloud.com/penguin-audi...

Lightning Talks: Spineless YouTube video by Seattle Aquarium

Spineless in Seattle! What a great lineup to be part of for @seattleaquarium.bsky.social Lightening Talks with @vikingbooks.bsky.social.
#spineless, #invertebrates, #nudibranchs, #crabs, #seastars, #sponges, #marinelife, #tidepools, #aquanaut
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVAp...

Regeneration, super strength, stolen powers: Meet sea creatures inspiring research : Short Wave From starfish and sea slugs to jellyfish and sponges, the ocean's invertebrates are some of the most ancient and diverse critters on Earth. And so are their superpowers, as marine biologist Drew Harve...

Hear @drewharvell.bsky.social talk about her new book The Ocean's Menagerie. Inverts are sooooo amazing!!! www.npr.org/2025/04/28/1...

Can't wait to join the panel for Spineless!

SPINELESS! Looking forward to Spineless lightening talks panel with @seattleaquarium.bsky.social. Its an online evening, so all are welcome! There will be nudibranchs and seastars and octopus!

#marinelife #invertebrates #nudibranchs #seastars #octopus #spineless

Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn Conservationists fear fallout from president’s proclamation on fishing in federally protected area of Pacific Ocean

“...with very long-lived, slow-growing sharks, you can decimate 100 years of conservation in 15 minutes of fishing because it takes so long for those sharks to rebound and regrow their populations,” McCauley said.
#marinelife #MPA #PacificIslands #KIngmanReef

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Come join my son and I on a dive to look for sponges on Yucatan Reefs, at our old seafan ecology site. drewharvell.com/2025/04/23/f...

#marinelife #sponges #coralreefs #mexico #yucatan #scuba #invertebrates

Love the write up for Ocean's Menagerie in Yale Climate Connections Top 12 Earth Month Books @vikingbooks.bsky.social
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/12-b...

12 books to commemorate the diverse legacy of Earth Month » Yale Climate Connections Authors explore the meaning and impact of Earth Day from 1970 to 2025.

SO excited The #OceansMenagerie is included in 12 books to commemorate the diverse legacy of Earth Month
#marinelife #octopus #seastars #nudibranchs #coral #ocean #scuba #scicom #tidepool
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/12-b...

Thanks LitHub for publishing an extract of The #Octopus's Shape Shift from The #OceansMenagerie, just released on Earthday! See event schedule at DrewHarvell.com

#marinelife #cephalopod #scuba @vikingbooks.bsky.social
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