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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Big new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper - we show for the first time that plastics affects seabirds at the POPULATION level. Plastic ingested as a chick reduces recruitment of birds to the breeding population. And the story is pretty grim. 🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

🚨BREAKING 🦠 On Friday, the US CDC arbitrarily shifted higher COVlD levels into lower categories depicted with cooler colors. Much of what was Very High is now "High." What was High is now "Moderate" or "Low." Low is "Very Low." 1/

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I love this idea! I agree that it is always a highlight to hear about the successes of former students.

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Thread. Must be 18-30 years old. Grants up to $5k USD to locate taxa not seen in more than a decade.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I’m writing a gay romance about competing World Cup players. It’s called Cleated Rivalry.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Grant: "Though the government has plenty of ways to promote its own viewpoint, puppeteering every university professor in the state is not one of them."

More credibly, the State explains that it also seeks to protect
its “most cherished ideals.” But that justification fails, too. Though
the government has plenty of ways to promote its own viewpoint,
puppeteering every university professor in the state is not one of
them. Forcing an official government line—in a college classroom
of all places—is exactly the “pall of orthodoxy” that the First
Amendment will not tolerate. Keyishian, 385 U.S. at 603.

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NOAA Fisheries @fisheries.noaa.gov · 16/06/2026

How much do you know about sea turtles? For World Sea Turtle Day, we’re sharing some facts about our favorite reptiles. Learn about what they eat, where they live, how they reproduce—and what threats they face. fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... #WorldSeaTurtleDay #SeaTurtleWeek

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Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research @accstr.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Happy World Sea Turtle Day! Today marks the annual opportunity to highlight the importance of sea turtles and coincides with the birthday of Archie Carr, the namesake of our center, who is considered the father of sea turtle biology and conservation. Photo credit: University of Florida Archives

Archie Carr kneels next to the ocean's edge, waves behind him and several dozen sea turtle hatchlings in front of him.

In the archives, the photo is titled, "Archie Carr watches baby turtles heading into the sea." 1961

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Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research @accstr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Next week is World Sea Turtle Week, and the ACCSTR will be celebrating the birthday of Archie Carr with a local event. If you are in Gainesville, join us for Science on Tap with engaging talks about sea turtles at Cypress & Grove on June 17th from 6:30-8:00pm.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Check out the work of graduate student @aileenlavelle.bsky.social, who is tracking sea turtles. Stay tuned for more info to come…

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Excited to share that I will be joining Florida State University as an Assistant Professor starting in January 2027! I’m thrilled to build my lab at FSU in the Ecology & Evolution Division within the Department of Biological Science — stay tuned! A huge thank you to my village for all the support!

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Not sure because I couldn’t stay. A colleague told me this sign has been up for a while, so who knows if it is even still relevant.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A sign like this just makes me curious.

A temporary sign (wood post in a bucket of concrete) in front of a UF building states: Caution nesting hawks may attack.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A cute moment I want to remember from today… 6yo: Can you tell me more about the lemonrock that Florida sits on? Me: You mean the limestone? 6yo: Yes, that is what I mean.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Quick visit to Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park today. On my way back to Gainesville.

View of Nāhuku lava tube light with orange colored lights.

Kīlauea Iki crater trail. I am posed next to a large cairn.

Ōhi’a lejua bloom. This plant is adapted to grow on lava rock.

View from Kīlauea Overlook of steaming caldera.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I made a quick trip to Honokohau Beach this afternoon to see green turtles grazing on algae in shallow water and the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.

I am posing next to the water with three green turtles visible in the water.

Three green turtles feed on algae in shallow water very close to the shore.

An endangered monk seal rests on the sand.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

A lovely welcome social and opening ceremonies at #ISTS2026.

Participants mingle at tables on a lawn with a dark sky, palm trees, and hotel in background.

Hawaiian dancers dressed in red on a covered stage with a band behind them.

A man with fire sticks spinning and drummers behind him. ISTS participants look on.

Dr. Alexander Gaos gives opening remarks.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Excited to have arrived to Kailua-Kona to attend #ISTS2026 in a gorgeous setting!

View of pool, resort building, and the ocean in the background.

View of Keauhou Bay from the Outrigger Resort.

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Mikko Jimenez @mikkojimenez.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

A study I led came out in Nature Cities yesterday! We used radar to study the role that urban landscapes play in migratory bird stopover. Spoiler: birds use cities a lot, and the patterns of their use reflect social processes and the inequities embedded in them. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Migratory bird stopover patterns linked to urbanization and social landscapes - Nature Cities

Urban ecology traditionally focuses on single cities, yet cities play key roles in ecological processes such as migration. Radar analysis across the continental USA reveals that nearly half of stopove...

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Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research @accstr.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Today is UF Giving Day, and donations to the ACCSTR fund will directly support sea turtle research, education, and conservation. Now's your moment to give to what you love! #AllForTheGators givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ar...

Gator Nation Stand Up & Holler Giving Day
All for the Gators
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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

If you are ever tempted to use AI to format references, don’t. Invest in a real citation manager.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Spoke with a PI whose postdoc is trapped abroad because of social media vetting. It appears the postdoc missed disclosing one account and it's unclear if they can come back… ever. This is the country we live in now.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We finally saw an olive ridley nesting last night! I used the long exposure setting to take photos under the full moon. Today, we went to Copalita National Park before heading to the beach.

Long exposure photo of students sitting on the beach, facing the water and watching an olive ridley nest just after midnight.

Long exposure photo of an olive ridley returning to the water after nesting.

Students take turns digging up the nest to relocate the olive ridley eggs. We worked with red light, but the sky looks lighter due to a long exposure shot.

The group gathers for a photo in front of a strangler fig in Copalita National Park, Mexico.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The learning continues. Night time nest relocation, a leatherback track after we saw the female false crawl, revegetation, and triangulation.

Two students rebury Pacific green turtle nests in a hatchery.

A student poses next to a leatherback track. It was a false crawl: she didn’t lay.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Yesterday afternoon, we learned about the history of sea turtle conservation from local cooperative members as well as government employees. This morning, we rescued hatchlings on the beach.

Students sit in a half circle as a cooperative member tells his story and our local coordinator translates.

A student has found a nest of turtles emerging and gets ready to place them in her bucket.

Two student students tip their buckets with hatchlings toward the camera.

A student has emptied her bucket near the water’s edge.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We saw our first olive ridley hatchlings last night. This morning, we cleaned a large tank and helped handle green turtles for vitamin injections at Centro Mexicano de la Tortuga.

Students watch a nest of olive ridley hatchlings emerge under red light.

Students line up to move turtles during the tank cleaning.

A student walks among stones in the tank with a turtle in her hands. Other students scrub the tank with scrubby sponges under their feet.

Two student students prepare a turtle for a vitamin injection.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Before heading to the coast this afternoon, we toured Monte Albán to learn about some Mesoamerican archaeological history.

View of the site from highest point looking southwest.

Carved jaguar was a symbol of the nobility.

View of from south platform looking north. Yours truly is posing.

Silk tree and “guaje” trees next to stone platform.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I have the privilege of taking students to Mexico for just over a week for my Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation Course this semester. Despite the travel complications yesterday, all but one arrived to Oaxaca. Some scenes from the city.

The back of a large mannequin with traditional braids.

Mini tourist market with colorful flags waving above.

Two blue painted cats sit on either side of a shop entrance flanked by green walls.

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.

NSF building on Eisenhower Av. HUD now owns.

Destroying the NSF mural in the foyer. Of the Eisenhower building.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I would be inclined to go for a) with an appreciative but honest tone.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The university mandated everyone to come back to the office but now say they can longer afford to keep paying for office phones.

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Emilio M Bruna @brunalab.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

On the list: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services International Tropical Timber Institute Internacional Union for the Conservancy of Nature Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Maybe this is my sign to tone down my perfectionism this year.

Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is your word for 2026. Let’s. Go.

Your 2026 word: sloppy.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I can tell you are tired because the alt text mentions craps on tote bags.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The district court injunction that prevented NIH from capping indirects at 15% was upheld today on appeal! www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

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Trump administration cannot slash NIH research funding, court rules

District Judge Angel Kelley last year blocked the cuts, and on Monday the appeals court agreed.

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

7/ Here's the bottom line: This is an unprecedented shift that risks weakening protection against preventable diseases at a time when outbreaks are rising and children are already being hospitalized. Vaccines don’t work without strong supporting systems...and the U.S. doesn’t have Denmark’s.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I felt that way, too. What about Connor, Conrad, Conley, Colin, or Cedric? I am on a C kick.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

As parents are helping their kids consider colleges, this is my perennial reminder that state schools often have lower price tags, yes, but private schools, including many small liberal arts schools, often have better aid packages, and are thus often cheaper in the end (but may be more competitive).

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Every article about the dismantling of NCAR says the same thing, but read every one because it's so insane.

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Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Ha, I love this thread. I have learned the students refer to the courses as Bio 1 and Bio 2, but the faculty call them 2010 and 2011.

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Nicole Gerlach @ngerlach.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I really appreciate whoever keeps posing the skeleton model in the anatomy lab room like this; I grin every time I walk past it.

A model human skeleton is posed in a window with one arm resting on the sill and its chin resting on its other hand. It looks like it is enjoying people-watching everyone passing by.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

It was our first publication with @stacksjournal.bsky.social, and I highly encourage others to consider this affordable, open-access journal with an innovative peer review process.

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Hannah Vander Zanden @hanvanzan.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

This knowledge is important in diet reconstructions using stable isotope methods, especially for animals that consume prey whole, as studies often use non-invasively collected tissues as a proxy for the whole animal.

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