Reposted by Brooke GrubbInternational Association of Astacology @crayfishiaa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The brand new issue of crayfish news is out! Become a member and enjoy the free subscription! www.astacology.org/default.asp?... 054
Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026www.instagram.com/reel/Dcd_rfX...instagram.comUniversity of Colorado Boulder on Instagram: "Discovery starts right in our own backyard—this time in Boulder Creek. Through a partnership between @NaturalHistoryatCU, @cusciencedisco, @usdagov and @...107 likes, 1 comments - cuboulder on August 25, 2026: "Discovery starts right in our own backyard—this time in Boulder Creek. Through a partnership between @NaturalHistoryatCU, @cusciencedisco, @usda... 100
Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I am excited to share that I will be contributing to the International Union on the Conservation of Nature vision as a Co-Chair for the Freshwater Crustacean Specialist Group (FCSG). A huge thank you to everyone whose support has made this possible. Chelae up! 🦀🦞🦐 100
Reposted by Brooke GrubbThe Guardian Climate News (unofficial) @guardian-climate.bsky.social · 07/06/2026The fight to save Australia’s ‘incredibly captivating’ endangered spiny crayfish: Global heating is destroying creeks the crayfish call home. They’re the canary in the coalmine for other species living in the delicate ecosystems Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast...theguardian.comThe fight to save Australia’s ‘incredibly captivating’ endangered spiny crayfishThe fight to save Australia’s ‘incredibly captivating’ endangered spiny crayfish: Global heating is destroying creeks the crayfish call home. They’re the canary in the coalmine for other species living in the delicate ecosystems Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast... 13814
Reposted by Brooke GrubbDr Crayfish @drecrevisse.bsky.social · 25/04/2026 News from Tasmania on A. gouldi and culverts. Mt Roland Landcare have installed two monitored artificial culverts in a tributary of the Detention River, with cameras and PIT readers. They are getting interesting data on movement, plus experimenting with substrates in the culverts. Dr Richardson. 073
Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Field work is exciting but it is often the first step of many in research. Fortunately, as part of my postdoc training with Dr. Keith Crandall and Dr. Marcos Perez-Losada, I have multiple projects I am contributing to at various phases. 🧵 #GWSPHResearchDay2026 200
Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 15/04/2026It was a great time doing some field work in my old stomping grounds! A huge thank you to Dr. Andreas Kautt and his lab for helping me collect multiple crayfish in MO. Dr. Keith Crandall and I are continuing collaborations with Dr. Kautt's lab to characterize microbiome shifts in captive crayfish. 110
Reposted by Brooke GrubbGuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · 08/04/202682% fewer invasive crayfish in Italy 🦞📉 #GuardIAS is proving that precision trapping and community action can stop the red swamp crayfish in Tuscany & Lombardy. Read the case study and grab the factsheet: 🔗 guardias.eu/case-study-1... #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #InvasiveAlienSpecies 085
Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 16/03/2026The IUCN Uproar Challenge at the Indianapolis Zoo is now up and ready for your votes: uproar.indianapoliszoo.com The Sweet Home Alabama crayfish needs your vote for freshwater crustaceans conservation efforts! Please spread the word. 010
Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 13/03/2026The second paper of the year and an important piece of the puzzle for the conservation of the Hardin crayfish and its federal review process. While we come away with more questions than answers for this paper, we continue to move conservation efforts forward. doi.org/10.1007/s105... 012
Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Finding multiple crayfish at the National Aquarium was a major highlight for my visit. Much to my roommate's entertainment, I stood by the crayfish and talked to multiple folks about these guys. It is rare to find crustacean diversity represented at aquariums, much less freshwater diversity. 000
Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I wouldn't be where I am without so many talented and supportive women in science. Women who pursued science before me, who pushed my boundaries, who opened the door - THANK YOU! You pushed the line back for me. #conservation #womeninscience #womeninSTEM #biology #womeninleadership 010
Reposted by Brooke GrubbFree DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 31/01/2026"Anyone that disagrees with their policies, anyone who they see as an obstacle or someone that they want to get retribution against." 23510
Reposted by Brooke GrubbBruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay freeyoutu.beBruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen 42569709840554
Reposted by Brooke GrubbDr Crayfish @drecrevisse.bsky.social · 26/01/2026On a Spiny cheek crayfish! 041
Reposted by Brooke GrubbSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Heard from Tanner Mierow at #SICB2026 about the mutualisms between snapping shrimp and gobies. Gobies need shrimp to dig holes. Shrimp need gobies to keep a lookout. But who asks who out here? Gobies initiate- they’re *desperate* for a shrimp. But once initiated, shrimp maintain the relationship. 614830
Reposted by Brooke GrubbAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting. 1636212617685
Reposted by Brooke GrubbDr Crayfish @drecrevisse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025The Marbled Crayfish. Be on the lookout for this invasive asexual species in Ontario/all of North America ! Report any sightings immediately. 023
Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Its official, official! #tntechgrad #phdgraduation #tntechstreamfishecology 000
Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Absolutely had a blast at my last SFC as a student. I love catching up with friends, mentors, and hearing about all of the great research happening throughout the southeastern U.S. While I didn't get hardly any pictures, there was lots of laughter, celebration, and good times had by all. 000
Reposted by Brooke GrubbAnthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 22/11/2025In the 1960s NATO scientists treated biodiversity as a strategic asset. Inspired by Charles Elton, they viewed complex ecosystems as being less vulnerable to disruption by warfare: www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/o.... Now economists are recognizing risks of biodiversity loss www.iflr.com/article/2a63...iflr.comBiodiversity concerns set to be the next frontier after climate changeWith the rise of natural capital initiatives such as the TNFD, systemic risk issues related to ecosystem collapse will soon receive the same amount of attention as climate change 082
Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 13/11/2025I love starting a new project with great people. A huge thank you to WLU Crayfish Lab for helping me start things off with a bang! We successfully captured crayfish, passed some skills on to students, and enjoyed the comraderie. #wlu#crustacean#crayfish#science#biology#wlubiology#conservation 020
Reposted by Brooke GrubbFrostMantis @ogruddawg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025From the National Audubon Society's FB page: "The Hooded Merganser is a handsome diving duck with a taste for crustaceans, small fish, and aquatic insects. Their eyes are specially adapted to account for light refraction underwater, making them fearsome—but undeniably beautiful—hunters of crayfish." 0114
Reposted by Brooke GrubbAerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 04/10/2025[3 Oct 2025] Another round-up of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦. Please share so others benefit. I welcome additional environment-related job ads (as long as salary range is included). You can comment or DM me. www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...linkedin.com#conservationjobs #hiring #greenjobs #sustainabilityjobs | Aerin Jacob | 16 comments[3 October 2025] Another roundup of #ConservationJobs, mostly in Canada. All postings include salary. I am not involved in these jobs. Please share to help others and post other job ads in the comment... 11716
Reposted by Brooke GrubbAuthor Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda @krishna-author.bsky.social · 30/08/2025#booksky 441356231
Reposted by Brooke GrubbMiguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Check that enormous, wonderful Italian crayfish, Austropotamobius fulcisianus, in the June sector of a 15th century fresco, by Cosimo Tura Spectacular (that should be around the begging of the link between crayfish and the Cancer zodiac sign) 043
Reposted by Brooke GrubbTed Pavlic (he/him/his) @tedpavlic.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪 www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...richmondscientific.comHow a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond ScientificA discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR, the gold-standard COVID-19 tests used to fight the global pandemic. 221230516
Reposted by Brooke GrubbCNRS @cnrs.fr · 04/06/2025Today’s keynote at #OOSC opened with inspiring words from HRH Princess Lātūfuipeka Tuku'aho, followed by David Obura ♦️ #Oceanlife Michelle Bender ♦️ #OceanRights Takashi Gojobori ♦️ #BlueEconomy Missed it? Watch the highlights & full session on YouTube! 👉 www.youtube.com/live/7C-FuWs... 151
Reposted by Brooke GrubbDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 28/05/2025🧪 YAASSSSS: 16 state AGs just sued NSF for its illegal changes in "agency priorities" The broad scope would seem to not only address grant terminations...but also the underlying basis for closing programs, returning proposals without review, etc. The filing: www.doj.state.or.us/wp-content/u...media.tenor.coma man wearing a hat and an orange shirt says " get her jade "Alt: A man wearing a hat and an orange shirt says " get her jade " 335671
Reposted by Brooke GrubbMiguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Presenting the documentary evidence of the 16th introduction of the Italian crayfish, Austropotamobius fulcisianus, in Spain Now, many call it the native crayfish... risks of loosing the historical perspective In #EEI2025, with Alicia Sempere @ebdonana.bsky.social 0126
Reposted by Brooke GrubbDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Over 4,000+ signatures already (woohoo!). But not enough. Consider that, for NSF alone, there are ~50,000 active PIs/co-PIs. Not to mention grad students, postdocs, other collaborators. Not to mention NIH, NOAA, EPA, etc. This new EO affects all of science and deserves sharp rebuke.media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom rightAlt: A close up of a man 's face with the words "more" on the bottom. 0168
Reposted by Brooke GrubbDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 23/05/2025🧪🤓 Data update: NSF has now posted its own official list of terminated grants: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p... It reaffirms the accuracy of the work that @noamross.net and @scott-delaney.bsky.social have already done here: grant-watch.us/nsf-data.html Next post on the differences... 36633
Reposted by Brooke GrubbPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 25/05/2025 716152
Reposted by Brooke GrubbALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 08/05/2025DOI was notified of competitive areas on April 15. They have to wait 30 days to take action (RIF)- that is next week. This story validates the concern. Of our 8000+ employees in January, 1500 have opted into voluntary departures. Another 1000 were removed from FWS and consolidated to DOI.govexec.comThousands of layoffs to hit Interior, National Parks imminentlyEmployees fear diminished capacity after RIFs are tacked on to existing mass exodus. 819976
Reposted by Brooke GrubbAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 09/05/2025👇 Things at #NIH are far worse than have been reported. NIH and NSF have been effectively overthrown by people that hate science. The hostile takeover is complete at the top. The question now is how scientists are going to fight back. This is one step: 425389
Reposted by Brooke GrubbSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 06/05/2025🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com 9852871728
Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I don't often come across an article that breaks down the complexity of crayfish related science but this article does a good job of getting the big picture. discoverwildscience.com/how-the-craw...discoverwildscience.comHow the Crawfish Became a Conservation Flashpoint - discoverwildscienceLearn how the humble crawfish sparked big debates in conservation, revealing complex issues of ecology, culture, and environmental policy. 012
Reposted by Brooke GrubbCathy Newman ⚜️🐘 @cenewman0.bsky.social · 26/04/2025#WithoutNSF DDIG, I wouldn't have the UCEs chapter of my dissertation that I defended 8 yrs ago today or the Plethodon paper currently in press at Herp Review. We would know less about southern redback biogeography & the southern zigzags in Tuscaloosa. 1203
Reposted by Brooke GrubbAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Can confirm: 60 Minutes will be worth watching tonight about #NIH. 1044192
Reposted by Brooke Grubb𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Just got a phone call from an old friend (my college roommate) about the 400+ cancelled NSF grants that DOGE is celebrating in the post below. He’s on it. But they have the wrong grant! 1/6 39438
Reposted by Brooke GrubbThe Jena Experiment @jena-experiment.bsky.social · 23/04/2025New data paper @esajournals.bsky.social Ecology: 9 ecological traits for 1374 grassland arthropod species, collected over 10 years 🪲🐝🕷️ The traits cover feeding ecology, habitat requirements, flight capability and size.📏 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 12511
Reposted by Brooke Grubbkinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 19/04/2025🍂 🧪 NSF Grant Terminations - AAUP Guide for PIs & Others 061
Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 17/04/2025It's National Crawfish Day here in the U.S.!!! One of my favorite holidays to talk about. This year, here are some fun facts about these awesome mudbugs. 1. The U.S. has over 450 species but there's a bunch more to be discovered. 🧵 400
Reposted by Brooke GrubbDr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 17/04/2025They also get sick! In 'Cancer Alley;' Black towns get pollution but no jobs | Grist grist.org/equity/in-lo... #environmentalracismgrist.orgIn Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley,' Black communities get all of the pollution, few of the jobsA new study confirms what residents in Louisiana oil towns have long suspected: They get all the pollution but very few of the jobs. 25626
Reposted by Brooke GrubbBrooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 17/04/2025What a fun time to be waiting to hear back about NSF PRFB results 3172
Reposted by Brooke GrubbOcean Census @oceancensus.bsky.social · 15/04/2025A colossal moment in deep-sea discovery! 🦑 A juvenile colossal squid has been filmed for the first time ever in its natural habitat during our #SouthSandwichIslands expedition with @schmidtocean.bsky.social and Go South. 👉 Full story: oceancensus.org/first-footag... #ColossalSquidoceancensus.orgFirst Footage of Live Juvenile Colossal Squid - filmed on the Ocean Census expedition to the South Sandwich Islands - Ocean CensusIn an astounding moment for ocean science, a juvenile elusive colossal squid has been captured alive on camera for the first time in its natural habitat. 063
Reposted by Brooke GrubbJeffrey Perkel (he/him) @jperkel.bsky.social · 15/04/2025"If open science is done transparently, it doesn’t have to be done perfectly. You can always refine as you go." New @nature.com, Serbian scientist @alelazic.bsky.social talks about the lessons she learned developing an open-science resource outside the 'global north' 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comHow a ‘boring administrative task’ transformed my PhD careerGood ideas — and impactful tools — don’t just come from rich, Western nations, says Aleksandra Lazić, a social scientist in Serbia. 1319