I was interviewed by CBC about a remarkable discovery made by a local snorkeller in Halifax — a population of the incredible photosynthesizing sea slug, Elysia chlorotica or the Eastern emerald elysia. Canada’s biodiversity never ceases to leave me in awe. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Acoustic occurrence of pinnipeds offshore eastern Canada | Kowarski et al.

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Photos from our Bioblitz in Dartmouth Cove this past weekend. Certainly not a wasteland. Plenty of life to be seen, including rock gunnel, a large and likely gravid sea raven, and a slender eelblenny. The latter prefers polar waters and is rare in NS. I have only seen it once before- in the harbour!

‘A reminder of what we stand to lose’: Divers find vibrant sea life in Dartmouth Cove

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‘A reminder of what we stand to lose’: Divers find vibrant sea life in Dartmouth Cove
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A week up in the Canadian Arctic supporting the Inuit community of Tasiujaq with some science :)

#Ctenophores—aka comb jellies—are more than ocean oddities. They shape food webs and might shift with the climate. This new paper takes stock of what we know (and don’t) in Atlantic Canada.

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I’ve just returned from a month in Australia… highlights included “door-knocking” for funnel web spiders, gliding with greynurse sharks, staring down an army of soldier crabs, and a sweet encounter with a death adder. I’m sorry to my friends that follow me here, I don’t post often enough!!

We do it differently on the east coast of CANADA. Polar water temps of 3° Celsius means polar species like sea angels (Clione limacina) come out and play! Yes, that’s the famous Peggy’s Cove lighthouse in the back!

Another awesome Saturday spent outside in Canada’s Ocean Playground — a quick rip up to the Bay of Fundy in the AM, followed after lunch by the first freediving session of 2025 in St. Margaret’s Bay!

Good news for the St. Mary’s river, which has been selected as a candidate for a brand new kind of protected area called an Ecologically Significant Area, or ESA. Please spare a few clicks and help us tell the government “thank you” for protecting this special place: action.cpaws.org/page/162590/...

The Burke Big Bivalve project is complete!
I excavated this clam with our crew back in 2014 and our founder, Mike Triebold, donated it the the Burke museum this spring.

Kelsie did an awesome job on this Platyceramus platinus from the Niobrara, measuring in around 4 feet in diameter. Go see it! 🧪 🦪

If you can brave the cold temperatures this time of year, you’ll be rewarded with some of the most beautiful vistas anywhere in Canada. The Sambro Ledges just outside Halifax, NS, host remarkable ecological communities and rare species!

I’m Hunter. I’m a biologist who snorkels to help establish protected areas. I think its fitting that my first post here be of the animal that got me here — Atlantic salmon. I don’t think people realize how captivating their colours can be.
Also looking for old friends and followers from twitter :)