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🤔 Did you know there's another king tide coming up? 🤔 Did you know a "study found that California waves have grown, on average, a foot taller in the last 50 years"? 🤔 Did you know "early Santa Cruz Lighthouse keeper, Laura Hecox, grew up exploring the tide pools below Lighthouse Point and her collection of shells and other curios led to the formation of the city’s first public museum, what is today the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History"? 🎉 This article reveals all these cool facts and more! #CaliforniaKingTides #SantaCruz #ClimateChange

Swipe ➡️ to learn! Which one of these did you know? 📷 Chloe Darwin, Ron Watkins / Ocean Image Bank, Jayne Jenkins / Ocean Image Bank, Harriet Tyley, Mae Dorricott #Ocean #OceanConservation #MarineBiology #OceanCreatures #OceanFacts

Not fresh news, but always interesting! Scanning specimens ony once unravels internal secrets and avoids further manipulations: a valuable process for precious natural history collections (but watch out for DNA deterioration!) https://lnkd.in/d5etiGK7

Did you know that April is Citizen Science Month? To find out more about citizen science or to participate, read this blog written by our tour partner, Ancient Odysseys! https://lnkd.in/dtMxqGgZ

After millions of years of evolutionary fine-tuning, sharks are ruthless biological machines that have conquered every one of the world's oceans. With photographs, diagrams and line drawings, this is a lively, engaging and thorough guide to the history, biology and habits of all types of shark, covering topics ranging from the fossil teeth of proto-sharks alive 370 million years ago, to the finest details of the complex anatomy of modern sharks which has assured their success as predators. https://lnkd.in/dVYE48NN

#SundaySpecies: A deep-sea mystery 🐙 This rare sighting by #OceanDecade partner MBARI puzzled researchers: it was the first time they had seen a deep-sea squid with such huge eggs. They now think it could be an unknown species of deep-sea squid! The deep sea is the largest living space on Earth, but we know very little about it. Each new sighting unveils some of its mystery. Learn more about this fascinating discovery here: https://ow.ly/EuYQ50Sn5oF

The terms ‘holding space’ and ‘spaceholding’ are frequently used throughout the psychedelic landscape. But what does spaceholding mean, really? 🤔 Journalist Mattha Louis Busby explores the concept of spaceholding in the latest article on our blog: the role of the spaceholder, how to do it correctly, and how failing to hold space with care and awareness can lead to undesirable outcomes for psychedelic explorers. 👨🚀 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gmtaAUFP

Here's my recent video chat with Ricardo Calvario of the Institute for Natural Philosophy. We discuss current and past life on Mars. https://lnkd.in/eDT2GgqQ #mars #astrobiology #solarsystem #planetaryscience

We know that cats are purrfect, right? Did you know there was science to back that up? According to an evolutionary biologist at the Natural History Museum in London, cats have evolved to do one thing, whether large or small. And they haven't changed because, well, they've nailed it! 👉Click the link to read this fascinating article from our friends at Scientific American. https://ow.ly/3TwL50Q0PGs #everycathealth #cathealth #cat #cats #felinehealth #felinemedicine #catsofinstagram #instacat #catlover #catlife #catsrule #mycats #yourcats #sheltercats #pedigreecats #communitycats