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National Marine Biological Library, based @thembauk.bsky.social. A place to access our electronic and printed collections, to ask for help, or just to work in peace
@nmbluk.bsky.socialTime to celebrate our photosynthesising pals as today is #WorldAlgaeDay
Please enjoy these illustrations from 'Nereis Britannica; or a botanical description of the British marine plants, in Latin and English: accompanied with drawings from nature' by J. Stackhouse, 1795
@thembauk.bsky.socialReposted by @nmbluk.bsky.socialThe Marine Biologist Issue 38 has been shortlisted for Cover of the Year at the PPA Independent Publisher Conference & Awards.
Please vote for us and our partners CLP One! https://ppaindpub.co.uk/2026/en/page/front-cover-voting
@nmbluk.bsky.socialSepia officinalis* 🤦🏻♀️
@nmbluk.bsky.social📸 BL.48/F: Sepia offcinalis from 'A History of British Mollusca and their shells' by Forbes & Hanley 1853 📸E.I:Gy.3: Mastigoteuthis glaukopis from 'Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" ', 1898-1899
@nmbluk.bsky.socialWrapping up our week of cephalopod celebrations we have #SquidAndCuttlefishDay
Please enjoy these illustrations of our eight-armed, two-tentacled friends 🦑
@exeterunispeccoll.bsky.socialReposted by @nmbluk.bsky.socialDid you know our archives contain thousands of letters, just waiting to be read? 💌
Why not get started now by visiting our online PenPals exhibit, which explores correspondence between South-West writers!
@dassh-at-the-mba.bsky.socialReposted by @nmbluk.bsky.socialThis week Chloe and Julie attended the DTO-BioFlow General Assembly in Ostend, Belgium. DASSH has helped unlock 303 biodiversity datasets for the Digital Twin of the Ocean, improving access to vital marine data. Safe travels both, and don't forget the Belgian chocolate! 🍫 @thembauk.bsky.social
@nmbluk.bsky.social📖BL.48/K Les delices des yeux et de l'esprit, ou collection generale des differentes especes de coquillages que la mer renferme, communiquee au public
@nmbluk.bsky.socialContinuing with the cephalopod love it's #NautilusNight
To shell-ebrate we have this beautiful illustration of the shell of the chambered nautilus, taken from the 18th Century book on shells by GW Knorr
@thembauk.bsky.socialReposted by @nmbluk.bsky.socialDr Bryce Stewart vs Sebastien Lowe octopus bloom or invasion? Over the last 18 months, octopus numbers off the south coast of the UK have surged.
Octopus footage ©Paul Naylor
🐟👔 Ep. 14! #FishyBusiness #SciComm #WorldOctopusDay
@nmbluk.bsky.social@exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social celebrating our octopus chums with this fantastic illustration 🐙
@nmbluk.bsky.socialThank you. They really are fabulous aren’t they 🐙
@nmbluk.bsky.socialHappy #WorldOctopusDay to all our eight armed friends 🐙
Given the recent attention on octopus blooms in south west England we thought we would share this wonderful illustration of the common octopus
📖 Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere des cephalopodes acetabuliferes vivants et fossiles
@nmbluk.bsky.socialHappy #InternationalRaccoonAppreciationDay to all who celebrate (that would be us now too😊)
@nmbluk.bsky.socialWow, October really crept up on us. But that means it's time for a new Reading Room display @thembauk.bsky.social
This month we're celebrating our spectacular (and occasionally tentacular) chums - the #cephalopods
🐙🦑
@nmbluk.bsky.socialWhat an amazing find 😍
@exeterunispeccoll.bsky.socialReposted by @nmbluk.bsky.socialToday is World Heart Day, which raises awareness of the risks of cardiovascular disease.
This heart-shaped box is from our archives and once belonged to the poet Jack Clemo. It contains two conkers that inspired one of his poems.
📷 EUL MS 68/PERS/11/1
@nmbluk.bsky.socialA copy is also available in the library. For information on our collection, and how to access it head to www.nmbl.org
@whoi.eduReposted by @nmbluk.bsky.socialCelebrating oceanographer Marie Tharp’s induction into the 2026 Women's Hall of Fame! 🥳🎉
Born in 1920, at a time when there were few options for women in science, Tharp revolutionized our understanding of the ocean floor.
Learn more about this year’s inductees: go.whoi.edu/womens-hall-of-fame
@nmbluk.bsky.socialLook at that face! And, look at this face ⬇️ 📖 BL.65/D 'The Natural History of British Fishes' by E.Donovan, 1808. Volume 4, plate 86
