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International Association of Astacology @crayfishiaa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The brand new issue of crayfish news is out! Become a member and enjoy the free subscription! www.astacology.org/default.asp?...

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Still a major highlight of the summer. Lots of good came from Camp Crayfish.

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The FCSG works towards the long-term conservation of freshwater crustaceans around the world acting as a Red List authority for IUCN Red List assessments and contributes to the development of conservation strategies for freshwater crustaceans. iucn.org/our-union/co...

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I 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! 🦀🦞🦐

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The Guardian Climate News (unofficial) @guardian-climate.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The 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...

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The fight to save Australia’s ‘incredibly captivating’ endangered spiny crayfish

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Dr 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.

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

While preliminary, these results are promising for crayfish systematics, evolution, and conservation efforts.

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Another fun project the lab is researching is to determine the effectiveness of anchored hybrid enrichment in resolving the crayfish tree of life. As part of these efforts, Dr. Meng-Chen Yu and I have been learning bioinformatics and had an opportunity to present our efforts earlier this week. 🧵

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Field 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

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Releasing an ovigerous Lacunicambarus ludovicianus (Painted Devil crayfish).

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

It 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.

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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

82% 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

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The 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.

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The 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...

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

A fun project with great folks!

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Finding 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.

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I 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

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Free 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."

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I 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 free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Dr Crayfish @drecrevisse.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

On a Spiny cheek crayfish!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Heard 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.

Sarah’s page of notes which says “tanner mierow: gobies and shrimp have murualisms in which shrimp dig burrows and gobies play lookout.” A shrimp thinks “why u so obsessed with me?” Then words “who initiates this partnership? Gobies ask out the shrimp” and then a shrimp with hearts alll over it and labeled lover boy. Words say “gobies initiate but shrimp maintain” and “gobies are desperate for a shrimp”

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.

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Dr Crayfish @drecrevisse.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The Marbled Crayfish. Be on the lookout for this invasive asexual species in Ontario/all of North America ! Report any sightings immediately.

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Absolutely 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.

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

In 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...

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Biodiversity concerns set to be the next frontier after climate change

With 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

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I 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

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FrostMantis @ogruddawg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

From 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."

$A Hooded Merganser duck holding a freshly caught crayfish in its beak. The Hooded Merganser has a black head with a white patch on the top rear of its head. It has striking yellow-orange irises, and their eyes can account for the diffraction of light underwater while hunting.$

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Aerin 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...

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#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...

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I am pretty happy about the way things are going.

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

That's certainly possible. Weird things during regeneration and I suspect failure happens more than we realize.

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Educated guess - maybe early regeneration gone wrong? Or the chelae formation isn't fully developed yet and is waiting for a molt?

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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Check 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)

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Ted Pavlic (he/him/his) @tedpavlic.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Reminder: 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...

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How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific

A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR, the gold-standard COVID-19 tests used to fight the global pandemic.

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 04/06/2025

Today’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...

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Dr. 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...

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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Presenting 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

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Over 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.

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Dr. 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...

Is there a publicly available list of the awards NSF has terminated?
You can download a list (CSV, 348.6 KB) of terminated awards.

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 08/05/2025

DOI 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.

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Thousands of layoffs to hit Interior, National Parks imminently

Employees fear diminished capacity after RIFs are tacked on to existing mass exodus.

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Alt 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:

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Sarah 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

4 12x18 inch posters on a brick and concrete wall. The top left is pink and says funding science saves lives, written in microbes, next to a microscope. The one on the right says Biology is bigger than binaries, with a fish, a lily, and a bee. The bottom left says Protecting wildlife starts wtih you, with a bunch of adiorable woodland creatues in yellow, white and black, including an owl, fungi, a... um. weasel? salamanders, butterflies, slugs, and a rotting log. The bottom right says Will our oceans thrive or nosedive the choice is yours, with the ocean represented in a circle, half of which is dead and half of which is alive, including kelp and a mackerel

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I 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...

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How the Crawfish Became a Conservation Flashpoint - discoverwildscience

Learn how the humble crawfish sparked big debates in conservation, revealing complex issues of ecology, culture, and environmental policy.

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Brooke Grubb @bagrubb.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Thank you. I will follow up via email with some additional questions.

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