Reposted by Taya de BlonkDr. Jey McCreight 🏳️⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 14/11/2025The amount of connections to scientists working in the field of genomics that I'm finding in the Epstein emails is terrifying, disgusting, and sadly unsurprising We need to deeply investigate how much these scientists actually knew, or how much they were involved There need to be consequences 45110
Reposted by Taya de BlonkDr Lauren Smith @saltwaterlifeuk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026🐸 🐟 Crikey! Wednesday again already, time for my “wind-back Wednesday” post! An absolute cracker of a #Frogfish I think these are incredible, they can take some spotting too amongst the reef! 📍 Philippines, 2010. 📸 Panasonic. 🤿 🌊 #scubadiving #underwaterphotography #wildlifewednesday #marinelife 0255
Reposted by Taya de BlonkOrlando Schwery @oschwery.bsky.social · 16/01/2026As we all settle back in at home after an amazing #ssb2026 in Baton Rouge, it seems fitting to share this recent pub from @mbomaaaron.bsky.social where he writes about the utility of taxonomic education. Aaron was a @systbiol.bsky.social mentee and so it is very exciting to see this work of his out! 043
Reposted by Taya de BlonkOPB @opb.org · 15/01/2026Washington banned octopus farming in 2024, but a new bill is making its way through the Legislature that would also ban the sale, possession, transport and distribution of farmed octopus. The aim isn't to outlaw the culinary use of octopus, proponents say, but to ensure it is treated humanely.opb.orgWashington may ban sales of farmed octopusAfter stalling in the last session, a bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus advanced out of committee this week on a party-line vote. 1216
Reposted by Taya de BlonkDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Frontiers | Spawning patterns and reproductive biology of yellowtail scad (Trachurus novaezelandiae) off south-eastern Australia www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... 🧪🐠🦑🌎frontiersin.orgFrontiers | Spawning patterns and reproductive biology of yellowtail scad (Trachurus novaezelandiae) off south-eastern AustraliaWe characterized the reproductive biology of the ecologically and commercially important small pelagic fish Trachurus novaezelandiae (yellowtail scad) in sou... 0305
Taya de Blonk @evolutionoftaya.bsky.social · 13/01/2026“What would our world look like if all natural history collections disappeared?” Loved #SSB2026! Organized by @jembrown.bsky.social. Great workshops, talks, panel discussion, and collections tours, plus an awesome social hosted by @prosanta.bsky.social. Great to meet some more fishy folks as well 🐠 0151
Reposted by Taya de BlonkNorm Douglas @ringstem.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Actual botanists don't feel like they need to lie to their neighbors about their jobs. 0247
Reposted by Taya de BlonkProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 11/01/2026The great @jembrown.bsky.social closing out #ssb2026 It was a wonderful meeting thanks to the hardwork of Jeremy and funding from @lsu.bsky.social and other sources. Systematic biology is alive and well. Especially proud of all the Global South who attended. 0435
Reposted by Taya de BlonkProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 10/01/2026I’m so proud of @lsu.bsky.social Museum of Natural Science and @tropicalbotany.bsky.social Herbarium folks who volunteered for these tours to over 100 folks - I’m sure they won’t forget what they saw behind the scenes. #museums #naturalhistory #ssb2026 0275
Reposted by Taya de BlonkProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 10/01/2026The wonderful Emily Graslie talking to the #SSB2026 crowd about the importance of natural history museums. She has an art background and became enamored with the University of Montana natural history collections and created the #brainscoop series. 0549
Reposted by Taya de BlonkAmerican Fisheries Society @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social · 08/10/2025The American Fisheries Society extends our support to the furloughed fisheries and aquatics professionals affected by the U.S. federal government shutdown. Read our full statement on the shutdown and its impacts on natural resources here fisheries.org/2025/10/afs-... 04117
Reposted by Taya de BlonkThe Fisheries Podcast @fisheriespod.bsky.social · 14/08/2025This week, Alanna talks to Dr. Jessie Kittel, a research scientist at the Blue World Research Institute. Jessie's research using modeling techniques has varied from humpback whales to yellowtail flounder. Jessie is also a 100-ton captain! 033
Reposted by Taya de BlonkBraasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Quote of the Day, as found in "Comparative Vertebrate and Human Anatomy: Ecology, Evolution, and Function" pressbooks.palni.org/comparativev... Check it out - looks great! #EndlessFishMostBeautiful 13410
Reposted by Taya de BlonkWindsor Aguirre @windsor-aguirre.bsky.social · 28/07/2025“We are undergoing unprecedented loss of freshwater across the planet.” And need new leadership yesterday. :/ www.newscientist.com/article/2490...newscientist.comWe are undergoing unprecedented loss of freshwater across the planetRising temperatures are causing water to evaporate and driving humans to extract more groundwater, which is moving freshwater from the land to the seas and creating a "continental drying" trend 123
Reposted by Taya de BlonkChris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 29/07/2025NEMO! (a clownfish) with lil cymothoid isopod friend! Lembeh Photo by Dave Johnson Photography www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4... 14510
Reposted by Taya de BlonkKory Evans Ph.D @sternarchella.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Every fish that we catch has a story, some are crazier than others. We caught this unicornfish during a night dive in Okinawa last year. The trip was memorable because we had to end the dive early when North Korea fired a missile in our general direction and we had to take cover 0545
Reposted by Taya de BlonkEvolution @journal-evo.bsky.social · 25/07/2025July Editor's Choice article: "Parental care drives the evolution of male reproductive accessory glands across ray-finned fishes" Lucas Eckert, Jessica S Miller, John L Fitzpatrick, Sigal Balshine, Benjamin M Bolker academic.oup.com/evolut/artic... @lucaseckert.bsky.social @bbolker.bsky.social 1138
Reposted by Taya de BlonkJames Albert @gymnotus.bsky.social · 02/07/2025New paper alert: 42 ecological traits for all 6,000+ valid species of #Neotropical_freshwater_fishes, the most diverse continental vertebrate fauna on Earth. A foundation for future studies on the ecology and conservation of tropical aquatic biodiversity. nature.com/articles/s41... 12915
Reposted by Taya de BlonkBob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Hot off the press. global.oup.com/academic/pro... 08215
Reposted by Taya de BlonkProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 06/06/2025An (omics) perspective on the evolution of vision in deep-sea fishes reveals exceptional adaptations to life in the extreme Musilova & Cortesi 2025 Functional Ecology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec... #ichthyology #teamfish neat review of genetics of deep-sea vision in fishes 02210
Reposted by Taya de BlonkKai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Pseudojuloides edwardi Quite possibly the most beautiful wrasse in existence 014223
Reposted by Taya de BlonkAlex Maile @anoplogaster.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Have you ever seen a juvenile Buffalo Trunkfish (Lactophrys trigonus)? I absolutely love their weird skeleton which forms this bony carapace making their body rigid. 031
Reposted by Taya de BlonkPeter Hundt @pjhundt.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Two new studfish! Thanks to the Sandel Lab for letting me tag along :) www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...mapress.com Phylogenomic species delimitation of studfishes (Fundulidae: Fundulus ): evidence for cryptic species in agreement with the central highlands vicariance hypothesis | Zootaxa 12412
Reposted by Taya de BlonkPatrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Life in emergent freshwater marshes. For my forthcoming book "PONDS: An Illustrated Guide," Yale University Press, 2026. 🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #iNat #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #marshes #freshwater #wetlands 214426
Reposted by Taya de BlonkAlex Maile @anoplogaster.bsky.social · 03/05/20251/11 New #OpenAccess #anglerfish paper in @plosone.org! We combine genomic, mitochondrial, and morphological data to produce the most complete evolutionary hypothesis for anglerfishes! Includes new body shape, habitat analyses, and a new frogfish subfamily) 🦑 doi.org/10.1371/jour...doi.orgA total-evidence phylogenetic approach to understanding the evolution, depth transitions, and body-shape changes in the anglerfishes and allies (Acanthuriformes: Lophioidei)The anglerfishes and allies (Lophioidei) are a diverse group of fishes with over 400 carnivorous species that are renowned for their remarkable hunting behavior employing a modified first dorsal-fin s... 13914
Reposted by Taya de BlonkKai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Black background fish photography are MY NACHOS. 213927
Reposted by Taya de BlonkDr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the Emerald Bowfin!☘️🐟 From the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast, few freshwater fishes are as festive as male bowfins! Their bellies and fins turn bright green during spawning season (right now in parts of their range!)🌎 *Gulf of MEXICO. 314730
Reposted by Taya de BlonkDr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 17/03/2025It’s true! ~ this lungfish, probably 0667
Reposted by Taya de BlonkAnimal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 05/03/2025We granted 8 microgrants totalling £1295! 🥳🥳🥳 Our next funding round will open for applications on 26th May. Thank you to all our donors for making this possible!! 🫶 1157
Reposted by Taya de BlonkSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Oh HELL yeah look at that squid on the cover, beautiful reef squid we LOVE a reef squid in this household 1351739
Reposted by Taya de BlonkKory Evans Ph.D @sternarchella.bsky.social · 28/02/2025In the process of digitizing the fish prints from Okinawa and the results are stunning 77213
Reposted by Taya de BlonkProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I love the diversity of #fishfaces These are images from a collecting trip to Taiwan in 2006 (the first of three trips I have made to that beautiful island). #ichthyology #fishes #TeamFish 1386
Reposted by Taya de BlonkDr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Pair of Florida Gars swim among the cypress trees in the Everglades; we got to walk right alongside them! Our National Parks are incredible and MUST be protected; our federal workers are integral to natural resource conservation! 010926
Reposted by Taya de BlonkKelporama @kelporama.bsky.social · 17/02/2025This little guy is the second Canadian record of the minute nudibranch species Tenellia flavovulta. The first was one I found nearby in 2023. Not the only out-of-range nudibranch I've found here on southern Vancouver Island. #MolluscMonday 27220
Reposted by Taya de BlonkDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 24/02/2025Your regular reminder that the US air & water pollution laws passed in the 60s & 70s -- and the elaborate federal bureaucracy created to administer them -- constitute one of the most successful gov't interventions in history. WILDLY successful. The envy of the world. 194115452892
Reposted by Taya de BlonkDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I just donated to support @misselasmo.bsky.social Minorities in Shark Science, and it’d be great if you’d consider doing that too donate.misselasmo.org/campaign/def...donate.misselasmo.orgDefend the Deep{{MetaTags.description}} 04916
Reposted by Taya de BlonkDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Trump Administration’s Threats to Dismantle NOAA Are an Attack on Our Safety and Our Economybuff.lyTrump Administration’s Threats to Dismantle NOAA Are an Attack on Our Safety and Our EconomyThe Trump administration's threat to dismantle NOAA is an attack on the safety and wellbeing of American communities. 26417
Reposted by Taya de BlonkTyler Muller @ichthytyler.bsky.social · 12/01/2025For this weeks #SundayFishSketch I'm staying close to home and painted the Shorthead Pirate Perch, Aphredoderus mesotrema. David Starr Jordan first described this in 1877 as a new species of Pirate Perch due to it's intermediate cloachal position. And later determined this was only a juvenile... 1348
Reposted by Taya de BlonkProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Swimming smarter, not harder: fishes exploit habitat heterogeneity to increase locomotor performance Di Santo & Goerig 2025 Cool new commentary that "synthesizes existing research to offer a perspective on how fishes actively exploit complex environments to enhance their locomotor efficiency" 0113
Reposted by Taya de BlonkJuan J. Schmitter-Soto 🇨🇺🇵🇸🇲🇽 @jjschmittersoto.bsky.social · 08/01/2025We ichthyologists have lost a legend: obits.csnh.com/william-bill...obits.csnh.comWilliam "Bill" N Eschmeyer Obituary 2024 - Cremation Society of New HampshireView William "Bill" N Eschmeyer's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook. 03515
Reposted by Taya de BlonkWilliam B. Ludt, PhD @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025A little more light hearted news for your feed. 🐟🦑 "The film delves into the complex relationship between humans and nature, promoting a message of harmonious coexistence between the two: something we hope to echo through this naming." www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comPrincess Mononoke's San inspires naming of deep-sea fishThe newly discovered fish has stripes on its face like the Studio Ghibli warrior princess. 07022
Reposted by Taya de BlonkKai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025PhD opportunity: I am looking for a PhD student to study taxonomy and systematics of labrid fishes and other coral reef taxa. Successful applicants will be jointly based at the University of Sydney and the Australian Museum Research Institute. 4160123
Reposted by Taya de BlonkCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 07/02/2025White House budget proposal may slash NSF funding from 9 billion to 3 billion a year.arstechnica.comWhite House budget proposal could shatter the National Science Foundation“This kind of cut would kill American science and boost China.”… 27581305
Reposted by Taya de BlonkPeter Hundt @pjhundt.bsky.social · 13/11/20242 new studfish species (Fundulus) coming soon! Selecting type series at Bell Museum. Photo by Hugh Gabriel 0135