Happy #mantismonday everyone! How many critters can you see in this video (not counting the students working away in the background...)? We're in the third and final week of our course. Stay tuned for a wrap-up on Friday!

🚨Jailbreak🚨 These mischievous little littorina made a futile effort of escape from their tank this morning 🚔👮

A bright orange lawn of colonial hydroid (Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus) covering the shell of a hermit crab 🤩 Thanks @BabonisLeslie for the ID!

We discussed fungi this morning and then went on a fungal walk near Devil’s lane. A bit early in the year for fruiting bodies, but ample reminders that the wood wide web is never far beneath our feet… @MerlinSheldrake

Not to be one sided about it…but this flounder is an absolutely stupendous find! – at Woods Hole, MA

Our mystery eggs have hatched! We have twins! #MothersDay2023

Let’s kick off week two of our course with a little acoel action. Happy Monday, everyone! @acoel_hofstenia

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This Ilyanassa is anything but obsolete! Look how beautiful this I. obsoleta we picked up from the marsh looks under the scope. It’s a slay💅

Razor clam!

Who do you recon these belong to? We’re looking across life history in @UoCBioD23 - so stay tuned to find out who laid these eggs!

Some marine leech content to bless ur feed this evening🙌 Found today in the intertidal zone of Little Sippewissett Marsh hanging out in a scallop shell! Apparently a rare find for the area according to our Woods Hole inverts key👀

You know that spring has arrived in Woods Hole when the osprey return... 1/3

Shoot for the moon (snails)!

We call it crab alley for a reason!

Some beautiful young barnacles feeding off of their oyster shell. A wonderful collection from Sippewissett Marsh today! – at Woods Hole, MA

Could not ask for a better first day in the field! We explored Little Sippewissett marsh this morning to learn about salt marsh biodiversity and to get inspiration for student research projects. Stay tuned to see what we found….