Researching #deepsea #fish. Co-host of @DeepSeaPod. #TeamFish @Te_Papa. #tech and #SciComm. Views are my own. #dyslexic, he/him

Wellington City, New Zealand
Joined December 2011
The Deep-Sea Podcast is up for the listeners choice award at the @nzpodcastawards Please swing by and drop us a vote! nzpodcastawards.com/nominate – at Wellington City, New Zealand
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The kitchen brush of science! Sometimes you gotta put a $1 kitchen brush on a million dollar vehicle...for science On the latest episode, JRod tells us about thinking outside the box to get a DNA sample from a #strawberrysquid Video credit: @SchmidtOcean – at Wellington City, New Zealand
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An amazing mug appears in the fish room! A tribute to our very own Andrew from the legendary @Stickfigurefish. Andrew ordered some fishy mugs and a mysterious 3rd mug was in the box! Check out our latest #podcast #episode to hear Andrew sharing is love of #anglerfish – at Wellington City, New Zealand
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Have you checked out our latest episode on #deepsea #anglerfish? We talk with a couple of their biggest fans and learn about odd jaws, mysterious corruncles and a sinister anus?! youtube.com/watch?v=oU5TjWIK… #podcast #deepocean – at Wellington City, New Zealand
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Oh lordy, here he comes!🎣🐟 For our latest #podcast episode on the #deepsea #anglerfish, who better to talk to than some of their biggest fans. James Mclaine and our very own Andrew Stewart are gushing about these #deepocean specialists. Listen here: deepseapod.com/episodes/069 – at Wellington City, New Zealand
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#ComingSoon #deepsea inspired #games Jose, developer of @sub_rov, talks with us about working with #scientists to make his marine exploration #sim as accurate as possible. Even better, the game is currently in the #Steam ocean #sale. store.steampowered.com/app/1… – at Wellington City, New Zealand
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Sorry the next episode still isn't out, @ThomLinley is still out chasing #ColossalSquid Buuuut..... @Hadalbloke is on the latest episode of the #Oceanography #Podcast by pineforestmedia talking about #deepocean #tech to tide you over. open.spotify.com/episode/2Zh… – at Antarctica
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The next episode is recorded but @ThomLinley been a little too busy for the edit. Coming soon hopefully! Buuuut..... Thom's on the latest episode of the #Oceanography #Podcast by pineforestmedia talking about what the #deepsea is really like. #deepocean open.spotify.com/episode/2tM… – at Antarctica
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A larval Macrourid sighting at 917 m! ROV pilots filmed future-fish during the #OBVI #LivingBioreactors expedition, supported by @schmidtsciences. Scientists are studying midwater organisms and how they sequester carbon.
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What’s the deepest-living fish ever recorded? Not this one! (But they’re related.) Check out our new Ocean Exploration Fact to learn about how snailfish and other “deepest fish” contenders make things work at the absolute limits for vertebrate life. oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ocean…
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When a paragraph of text can make an image believable enough to fool nanna on Facebook, how can we help our listeners spot fakes. @TylerGreenfieId joins us again to help us tell the megs from the mermaids. deepseapod.com/episodes/062-… #podcast #AIArt #AIHoax #cryptozoologist
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Johanna was the first person to use our new #deepsea answerphone to tell us about her @SchmidtOcean expedition going #viral in #Argentina. A whole country following #deepocean exploration together. Check our the full episode and our wider reading here: deepseapod.com/episodes/062-…
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#newepisode just dropped! Environmental #DNA or #eDNA is the study of genetic material in the #environment. How can we apply it to the #deepsea? Revealing the hidden majority, changes through time and community structure, the possibilities seem endless. open.spotify.com/episode/2XQ…
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Happy birthday colossal squid! The species was described in 1925 so @ThomLinley and I did a centenary episode on @DeepSeaPod - armatusoceanic.com/podcast/0… 🦑🎉 Gorgeous artwork courtesy of Gareth, a guest on our recent #Antarctic voyage with @Intrepid_Travel for #ProjectESCA
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Master Squidcrafter Heather has been at it again. Not sure @Intrepid_Travel realized just what they were in for by having the #ProjectESCA team aboard--we brought a rather large stowaway! #colossalsquid @ThomLinley @PureOceanFund @Te_Papa @AutScience
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We're off! Setting sail for Antarctica to chase some squids with the #ProjectESCA camera system and @ThomLinley, thanks to @PureOceanFund and @Intrepid_Travel . Bring me that horizon!
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New #podcast episode just dropped, coming to you live from #Antarctica. We talk to Thomas Desvignes about the amazing adaptations of Antarctic #fish: Clear blood, antifreeze and parental care. armatusoceanic.com/podcast/0…
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Loving deep-sea fish and molecular evolution? We're hiring!:-) Looking for a motivated PhD student to join us to study evolution of vision & to explore limits of vertebrate eye in extreme environment. Deadline 15th March. Thanks for applying and sharing! fishevo.com/erc-funded-phd-p…
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