r/marinebiology

146k members
r/marinebiology is a subreddit with 146k members. The community frequently discusses found, looking for, beach, fish, and identification, and they frequently recommend/review field watch, and the most common flair used is identification, question, nature appreciation, career advice, and research.
This is a community to share and promote marine biology research and education.

Popular Topics in r/marinebiology

#1

Found

48 posts
#2

Looking For

26 posts
#3

Beach

22 posts
#4

Fish

22 posts
#5

Identification

19 posts
#6

Help

16 posts
#7

Identify

14 posts
#8

Help Identifying

14 posts
#9

Species

12 posts
#10

Marine Biology

11 posts

Products Discussed in r/marinebiology

Field Watch

1 review
#1
Freestyle
5.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/marinebiology

#1
Identification
: "Saw this thing on a Blackwater dive in Palm Beach, Florida. Can anyone identify?"
91 posts
#2
Question
: "What is the exact career title I’m looking for called?"
36 posts
#3
Nature Appreciation
: "Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area"
25 posts
#4
Career Advice
: "How much time do marine biologists actually spend at sea?"
19 posts
#5
Research
: "Bleaching has devastated reefs around the world, raising fears of an irreversible shift. Yet new interventions have revealed that corals can be remarkably resilient if we can give them enough help to recover"
13 posts
#6
Education
: "Antique seaweed pressings? Or watercolors. From Europe Europe I'm in usa"
7 posts
#7
Other
: "I mapped the Marine Protected Area network along the entire Welsh coast"
4 posts
#8
Video
: "A mysterious little blue octopus discovered nearly 6,000 feet beneath the waters of the Galápagos Islands has officially been identified as a brand-new species. About the size of a golf ball, the tiny creature, now named Microeledone galapagensis, stunned researchers during a deep-sea expedition."
2 posts
#9
Just a photo
: "[OC] Juvenile harlequin sweetlips"
1 post
#10
News
: "Gray Whale Death in Washington Highlights Growing Crisis"
1 post

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Yearly
+9k members(6.5%)

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Last updated: June 30, 2026