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