Laura McBride
@gallowayselkie.bsky.social
Marine ecology consultant for Europe's #1 Crab Museum 🦀 | PhD student studying eDNA, seagrass and fish at Aberdeen Uni 🧬🐟 | Wild Swimmer 🦭
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Laura McBride
@gallowayselkie.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Trophic ecology of the deep-sea squid Moroteuthopsis ingens (Cephalopoda: Onychoteuthidae) from the Chatham Rise, Aotearoa New Zealand
Cephalopods form important components of marine trophic systems worldwide, including those in the South Pacific. Moroteuthopsis ingens (Onychoteuthidae) is one of the most abundant deep–sea squids ...
www.tandfonline.com
For my first Blue Sky post, I'm going to shamelessly plug my first author and first ever paper! A collaborative effort between the amazing team at ALCES at Auckland Univeristy of Technology, NIWA, and Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 🦑🦑🦑
#deathtotwitter #cephalopods
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#deathtotwitter #cephalopods
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Myusy, a festive sea slug, is a mascot for the coastal town of Hayama, in Kanagawa Prefecture. Myusy supports beach cleanups and activities to protect the marine environment.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Myusy, a festive sea slug, is a mascot for the coastal town of Hayama, in Kanagawa Prefecture. Myusy supports beach cleanups and activities to protect the marine environment.
Went to a #squidgoals themed 21st birthday party. Subsequently, went on to do a squid-related internship to keep the joke going. Got REALLY into cephalopods and did my MSc thesis with @autsquidsquad.bsky.social. Got REALLY into molecular ecology and then into eDNA. 🧬🦑
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Went to a #squidgoals themed 21st birthday party. Subsequently, went on to do a squid-related internship to keep the joke going. Got REALLY into cephalopods and did my MSc thesis with @autsquidsquad.bsky.social. Got REALLY into molecular ecology and then into eDNA. 🧬🦑
A wee peek at some of the members of the #ScottishSeagrassCollaboration group. Nice to put faces to names. I look forward to working with you all! 🌱🧬🐟
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A wee peek at some of the members of the #ScottishSeagrassCollaboration group. Nice to put faces to names. I look forward to working with you all! 🌱🧬🐟
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"Hold on. Are you sure the recipe called for a teaspoon of octopus?"
🥄🐙📷Sarah K. Grossman (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
🥄🐙📷Sarah K. Grossman (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"Hold on. Are you sure the recipe called for a teaspoon of octopus?"
🥄🐙📷Sarah K. Grossman (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
🥄🐙📷Sarah K. Grossman (inaturalist.ca/observations...)
Stopped by @projectseagrass.bsky.social nursery hearing about the success and failures of restoration. I also got to indulge in a bit of culture visiting Dylan Thomas's boathouse. I feel the poem "Do not go gentle into that good night..." feels apt in my feelings against apathy in conservation.
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Stopped by @projectseagrass.bsky.social nursery hearing about the success and failures of restoration. I also got to indulge in a bit of culture visiting Dylan Thomas's boathouse. I feel the poem "Do not go gentle into that good night..." feels apt in my feelings against apathy in conservation.
A very successful #SeagrassSymposium25 last week rounding off the conference with some insights from future #marine scientists who talked about class and financial issues as ecology students. Howard Wood gave an inspiring talk on his work building #COAST in Arran and the power of being stubborn!
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A very successful #SeagrassSymposium25 last week rounding off the conference with some insights from future #marine scientists who talked about class and financial issues as ecology students. Howard Wood gave an inspiring talk on his work building #COAST in Arran and the power of being stubborn!
Day 1 of the UK Seagrass Symposium done ✅
Great talks and a great chance to catch up with the seagrass crew across the country. Inspiring messages from J Brooke Landry showing us the Chesapeake playbook.
#seagrasssymposium #seagrass
Great talks and a great chance to catch up with the seagrass crew across the country. Inspiring messages from J Brooke Landry showing us the Chesapeake playbook.
#seagrasssymposium #seagrass
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Day 1 of the UK Seagrass Symposium done ✅
Great talks and a great chance to catch up with the seagrass crew across the country. Inspiring messages from J Brooke Landry showing us the Chesapeake playbook.
#seagrasssymposium #seagrass
Great talks and a great chance to catch up with the seagrass crew across the country. Inspiring messages from J Brooke Landry showing us the Chesapeake playbook.
#seagrasssymposium #seagrass
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A well written engaging article, an end of the week reminder that humans are capable of acting for the greater good, but also of what's at stake when we don't...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster
Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A well written engaging article, an end of the week reminder that humans are capable of acting for the greater good, but also of what's at stake when we don't...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
From fieldwork to festival with one day turnaround. #whatascientistlookslike
August 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
From fieldwork to festival with one day turnaround. #whatascientistlookslike
After an ∞ number of litres filtered and an ∞ number of podcast hours listened to, it's time to say tìoraidh to Èirisgeidh and tìoraidh to this years field season! Really lucky I got the good weather and a stellar crew to help me out with my sample collecting. Now it's time to rest 😌
August 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
After an ∞ number of litres filtered and an ∞ number of podcast hours listened to, it's time to say tìoraidh to Èirisgeidh and tìoraidh to this years field season! Really lucky I got the good weather and a stellar crew to help me out with my sample collecting. Now it's time to rest 😌
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Again I ask: how did we go from half of parliament and all of the press up in arms denouncing racism as a weapon to hound out the left, to the PM giving Enoch Powell speeches and fascists running riot in the street without a word of criticism from the main parties, and active support in some cases.
Refugee charities install safe rooms and relocate amid rise in far-right threats
Exclusive: One NGO placed on an online hitlist had to temporarily close its office owing to harassing phone calls
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Again I ask: how did we go from half of parliament and all of the press up in arms denouncing racism as a weapon to hound out the left, to the PM giving Enoch Powell speeches and fascists running riot in the street without a word of criticism from the main parties, and active support in some cases.
August 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
How it feels to be the only person in the monitoring team to get seasick.
August 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
How it feels to be the only person in the monitoring team to get seasick.
Sunburnt and questionable fashion can be forgiven for doing seagrass/mileanach surveying in such a gorgeous location. Also an excellent place to practice my gàidhlig. Tha latha math ann! #gàidhlig #hebrides #hebrideanislands #alba #seagrass #fieldwork #mileanach
August 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Sunburnt and questionable fashion can be forgiven for doing seagrass/mileanach surveying in such a gorgeous location. Also an excellent place to practice my gàidhlig. Tha latha math ann! #gàidhlig #hebrides #hebrideanislands #alba #seagrass #fieldwork #mileanach
10pm at night and we're still up filtering water samples by hand for eDNA analysis. The grind never stops 😩 #neverstopneverstopping
August 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
10pm at night and we're still up filtering water samples by hand for eDNA analysis. The grind never stops 😩 #neverstopneverstopping
Listening to silly music whilst doing silly stats 😝
August 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Listening to silly music whilst doing silly stats 😝
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Introducing our 2nd newborn bottlenose calf of the 2025 season with her proud mum "Barbi" (ID#253)! 🐬
This new youngster (5th known calf for Barbi), was probably only hours old when we met her yesterday, as evidenced from its bent-over dorsal fin and uncoordinated surfacing behaviour. 🧪
This new youngster (5th known calf for Barbi), was probably only hours old when we met her yesterday, as evidenced from its bent-over dorsal fin and uncoordinated surfacing behaviour. 🧪
August 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Introducing our 2nd newborn bottlenose calf of the 2025 season with her proud mum "Barbi" (ID#253)! 🐬
This new youngster (5th known calf for Barbi), was probably only hours old when we met her yesterday, as evidenced from its bent-over dorsal fin and uncoordinated surfacing behaviour. 🧪
This new youngster (5th known calf for Barbi), was probably only hours old when we met her yesterday, as evidenced from its bent-over dorsal fin and uncoordinated surfacing behaviour. 🧪
Reposted by Laura McBride
Fascism? Simply too much trouble to do anything about it. We’ve got lefties to scold and arrest
July 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Fascism? Simply too much trouble to do anything about it. We’ve got lefties to scold and arrest
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I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
Reposted by Laura McBride
We’re officially halfway through 2025… Here’s what went right in every month so far.
What impact will you have in the second half of the year?
What impact will you have in the second half of the year?
July 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We’re officially halfway through 2025… Here’s what went right in every month so far.
What impact will you have in the second half of the year?
What impact will you have in the second half of the year?
Reposted by Laura McBride
I don’t think enough of us talked about the footage of the Norwegian Orcas makin’ out yesterday.
www.livescience.com/animals/orca...
www.livescience.com/animals/orca...
Orcas filmed making out in the wild for first time
Footage captures a pair of orcas nibbling each other's tongues in the Kvænangen fjords in northern Norway. Scientists think this rarely seen behavior could play a role in social bonding.
www.livescience.com
June 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I don’t think enough of us talked about the footage of the Norwegian Orcas makin’ out yesterday.
www.livescience.com/animals/orca...
www.livescience.com/animals/orca...
Is there a saint or goddess you can pray to for successful eDNA extractions? Asking for ME. 💁🏼♀️
June 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Is there a saint or goddess you can pray to for successful eDNA extractions? Asking for ME. 💁🏼♀️
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Super cute Monterey pride parade today! The Monterey Gay Aqueerium float was amazing 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Super cute Monterey pride parade today! The Monterey Gay Aqueerium float was amazing 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Squidney Sweeney 🦑
June 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Squidney Sweeney 🦑
Got to hang out with a bunch of cool people from Biota Trace testing out an automated sampler (lovingly known as my wee robot pal) to collect water samples from Loch Craignish. @seawilding.bsky.social were also kind enough to let us use their shed and kept us company 😁 🐟 🤖
June 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Got to hang out with a bunch of cool people from Biota Trace testing out an automated sampler (lovingly known as my wee robot pal) to collect water samples from Loch Craignish. @seawilding.bsky.social were also kind enough to let us use their shed and kept us company 😁 🐟 🤖