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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Can't wait to tell my arachnophobic sister that even underwater she is not safe. 🕷️ H/T @friel.bsky.social

Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I flick on the kitchen lights to see the spindly legs of a huntsman spider tuck themselves behind the electrical panel. There is no better pest control. Only tradeoff is never knowing when you might startle a 5-inch arachnid into hurling itself at you when you reach for a box of oatmeal.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Bugs meant the world to me as a kid . Help this classroom keep its creepy-crawlies (bonus snakes and slider!). They've got $210 left to raise. Someone out there has got spare change for a heat lamp. Who's with me? 🐛

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Dr Alex Evans 𓅫 @avianevans.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

big props to the guy that rolled out a giant cardboard pangolin for our village fair parade this year

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

To quote a great philosopher, "If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much." Let's go, ORANJE!!! 🇳🇱🧡⚽

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

In the Indian River Lagoon, I was heartened to see seagrass returning, and with it, life: crabs & shrimp, pipefish, puffers, barrel-rolling manatees. Released a pretty little red tinged with blue; we tossed mullet at a shadowy snook in the mangroves til thunderheads chased us to the dock. Next time.

A Florida woman revives a red drum in the waters of the Indian River Lagoon before releasing.

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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The backyard anoles are dueling for territory under a cloudless sky. Crests are up, dewlaps are flying. One hurled himself Spiderman-style in the 3.5-ft span of air between fence and pine and just missed the landing. He shimmied up the trunk, color-morphing from mint green to russet in two seconds.

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Chris Crandall @chriscrandall.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I taught four courses for UF, full-time, 300 students each, $28,500.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I also taught a course for UF. The university paid me $4,000.

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MBA Library @nmbluk.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Before we head off for the holiday season we wanted to wish you all a Merry Fishmas 🐟 and a Happy New Year 🎆 📷PCU1.3: A festive postcard from Joseph Thomas Cunningham, a marine biologist known for his work on flatfish, to an unknown recipient

a colour photograph of a Christmas postcard with fish themed wordplay. The card reads With best wishes for a very happy Christmas. Grief find no plaice and pain no perch nor carping critic vex your sole. The words plaice, perch, carp and sole are illustrated with those fish species

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Anyone have a good-news environmental story from the past week we can share in the @therevelator.org newsletter? I have a lot of NEGATIVE news in this issue and could use something to balance it all out. 💀 I'll settle for semi-good news! Ideas welcome up until 9am PT Wednesday!

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/10/2025

We will be writing more of these. If you’re a scientist and your science has been disrupted, we want to hear from you: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

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Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

My friend, a Texas alum, flew into Gainesville to go to the game and preach at church tomorrow, and I am glad he knows the mercy of the Lord because he will not get any from the rest of us. #GoGators 🐊

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

LAST CALL for pledges to the Reef Keepers crowdfunding campaign! These funds support our next shoots as we capture Florida's coral story. Two Frost Science Museum tix and other donor perks are still up for grabs! Heartfelt thanks to all our contributors. 🙏 seedandspark.com/fund/reef-ke...

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Reef Keepers - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark

Florida’s Coral Reef has guarded our coastline for thousands of years. Now, this natural treasure is struggling to survive. REEF KEEPERS follows the journey of a tight-knit band of defiant scientists ...

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Gainesville friends! Stop by Cypress & Grove tonight from 5-7 p.m. for a Reef Keepers pop-up event. Trailer showing at 5:30. Fab raffle prizes from Life Unplastic, The Lynx, Opus coffee at 6:00. Hang out w/ film producer Alyson Larson & me to talk all things coral! www.instagram.com/p/DPL8z-sje1...

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Our trailer is out! "Reef Keepers" is about the fight to keep Florida's Coral Reef alive against the odds. Filmmaker Alyson Larson and I are capturing the personal stories behind one of the nation's greatest environmental crises in a tale of hope and Florida defiance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCb5...

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REEF KEEPERS | Trailer

YouTube video by Scrub Jay Productions

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

A short story called "Diamonds in the Rough," courtesy of San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park. See it? 🐍

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

One stout rainstorm, and you can shoot the rapids in the middle of Gainesville.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

"Nature is metal," says my little sister Kara Van Hoose in this article for the NYT on weird hornlike growths on Colorado bunnies. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/s...

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Rabbits With Hornlike Growths Are Hopping Around Colorado. Are They OK?

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Dr. Jaimi Gray @jaimiagray.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Say hello to Florida's newest established species, Typhlonectes natans - the Rio Cauca Caecilian! You can read about their relative abundance, distribution, & natural history, in our brand new paper: journals.ku.edu/reptilesanda... Here is one individual I CT scanned that had 7 babies inside!

A 3d rendering of a CT scan of a Rio Cauca caecilian with transparent body and bone colored skeleton, showing 7 baby caecilians inside, each rendered in a different color - counter-clockwise from tail to head - red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, dark blue, purple.

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🐙🌿 Here is your Friday Flattie. (Yes, that's its real name.) Flatties are in the family Selenopidae. This one (Selenops sp.) was in Arizona on a cliff face; I framed the photo to fully flaunt the flattie's flattitude. Selenopidae is named for Selene, Greek goddess of the moon, for the way these--

A macro photo looking into the face of a spider hunkered down flat on a rock face. The spider - appropriately known as a flattie - is tan and orange-brown with darker brown bands on the legs, and orange chelicerae (the mouthparts that end in the fangs). It blends in quite well with the yellowish/tan rock.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Journalist Noah Bookstein captured Reef Keepers' mission to create a distinctive film that benefits Florida's Coral Reef. The grit and never-give-up attitude of people on the frontlines of coral restoration gives this Floridian hope for our future. www.studentnewswatch.org/post/working...

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Working against warming to save coral reefs

Upcoming documentary “Reef Keepers” documentary explores the grief and determination of scientists trying to save Florida's vanishing reefs.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Some of the Indian River Lagoon's smallest animals - snails, worms, crustaceans - serve as sentinels of ecological change. They got their time to shine in a bioblitz that's helping make the IRL a global model in the use of eDNA for conservation. www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/06/27/i...

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A wildlife scavenger hunt: Scientists conduct 'bioblitz' to gauge health of Indian River Lagoon | The Invading Sea

DNA from more than 2,700 shrimp, snails and other invertebrates will build global model for detecting biodiversity changes.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

"Have you seen any snakes?" the passersby asked. And they say small talk is dead.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I'm looking for a physician in Florida with experience treating vibriosis and/or a Floridian who has experienced a Vibrio infection (aka flesh-eating bacteria) who would be willing to share their story. If this is you, please reach out!

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

What a whopper! On a recent shoot for the Reef Keepers film in the Keys, the nice people at Robbie's let me feed the tarpon that hang around their dock. This one got close enough to graze my fingernail -- an absolutely resplendent fish.

A giant tarpon surges out of the water to nab a baitfish from my hand off a dock at Robbie's in the Florida Keys.

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

A nurse shark takes a leisurely stroll through Coral City against a backdrop of thriving staghorn, elkhorn, brain, finger, and star corals #nurseshark #sharksofcoralcity #shark #leisurelystroll #elkhorn #staghorn #braincoral #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

It’s official: We’re making a coral documentary. 🎥 "Reef Keepers" tells the story of the people restoring the Florida Coral Reef. Filmmaker Alyson Larson and I started by trailing a truck with 1,000 elkhorn corals from The Florida Aquarium in Apollo Beach to the Keys Marine Lab.

Person in neon-green shirt from conservation org Reef Renewal holds a tray of baby elkhorn corals above a tank at the Keys Marine Lab.

Alyson Larson films a team at The Florida Aquarium prepping hand-raised elkhorn corals in a tank for transfer to coolers of saltwater.

Team members at The Florida Aquarium pass a tray of elkhorn corals.

Two people at The Florida Aquarium lift corals from a tank in a dark, blue-lit room.

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Hannah Owens @hannahoish.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

#FishADay Neoclinus blanchardi, Sarcastic Fringehead. Coastal eastern Pacfic from California to Mexico. Territorial displays include a spectacular gape display and mouth wrestling. They are such a delight.

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Sarcastic Marine Life GIF by Oceana - Find & Share on GIPHY

Discover & share this Sarcastic Marine Life GIF by Oceana with everyone you know. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Indian River Lagoon folks: Scientists are looking for four dolphins entangled in fishing line in the Indian and Banana Rivers. If you spot one, please call the FWC hotline at 1-888-404-3922, take a photo (include dorsal fin if you can) and wait with the animal until help arrives.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Seagrass is returning to the Indian River Lagoon after a decade of punishing algal blooms dropped acreage to record lows. "I wanted to cry," said scientist Lori Morris on seeing lush meadows in Mosquito Lagoon. Catch my story in the May edition of Florida Sportsman mag.

Cover of Florida Sportsman's May magazine. Two anglers point to a large snapper against a blue sky.

Extract from seagrass story in Florida Sportsman magazine.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Fish, microplastics, student researchers, museum collections: Researchers studied fish guts from now and decades past to see whether microplastics increased over time. It's a prime example of how natural history collections can help us answer pressing questions. youtu.be/I9A1vJceyEw?...

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Earth Day 2025: Teens Investigate a Microplastics Time Machine

YouTube video by American Museum of Natural History

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Florida hurricane evacuees now include corals. Scientists packed up corals in Gulf Coast facilities and sent them to safer havens ahead of major storms, as climate change continues to challenge Florida coral conservation. Still, no one is giving up. My story: www.sierraclub.org/sierra/clima...

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Climate Change Threatens Florida's Corals in Water and on Land

With stronger hurricanes, Florida's coral scientists are conducting more emergency evacuations

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Sunrise on the Suwannee. Where's Winslow Homer when you need him?

The early morning sun burns the mist off North Florida's Suwannee River. Canoes rest in the foreground.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

This isn't what happened, as @rollingstone.com reports: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... But relatedly, it should be a magnificent four years for punk. Anti-authoritarian, inclusive, freewheeling -- punk's got it covered.

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Dropkick Murphys on Musk and Band's Deactivated Twitter Account: 'We Broke Up With Him First'

Dropkick Murphys singer Ken Casey says the band deactivated their Twitter account when Musk 'was only half a Nazi.'

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

If you, like me, crave bogs, swamps & islands surrounded by azure waters, feast your eyes on Geena Hill's photos in The Marjorie. Geena took her lens into Florida's wilds to capture its rarest butterflies. Plus: sugar-sweating caterpillars & the ants who love them. themarjorie.org/2024/12/12/f...

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Florida Through a Butterfly's Eyes - The Marjorie

Conservation biologist and photographer Geena Hill shares rare photos of elusive butterflies and moths in their natural habitats, shedding light on the growing 'insect apocalypse.'

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Non-nature-y friend: I just saw my first cicada killer and almost had a heart attack. Me: How did you know it was a cicada killer? Friend: I googled big ass wasp

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I spent my early twenties in Prague where everyone I knew had grown up under Soviet oppression, and some had watched Russian tanks roll into Wenceslas Square. Now American foreign policy is so aligned with Russian aggression that even the Kremlin approves. Reprehensible.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

If you love Florida's wild spaces, but feel dread at how fast they're changing, you're not alone. In Ash Stokes's film "Good Natured," you'll meet Floridians who feel the same and are working for our future. 🌴Tune in to WEDU PBS at 9 p.m. or watch here: www.wedu.org/shows/good-n...

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Good Natured

Join local filmmaker Ashley Stokes as she travels through Florida’s wild spaces, exploring the healing power of nature.

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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

FINALLY saw my bucket list (and very first) Wild American Crocodile!!! Amazing visit to Everglades National Park🐊

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Scrub jays are such show-offs! Caught this raucous flock of Florida icons calling and clicking in Brevard County.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I have joined the elite club of iguana-eaters, and the rumors of true: It's delicious. Lean and flavorful, with a delicate chewiness. I paired this South Florida invasive reptile with classic Cuban sides and a spritz of lime. 🦎

Lightly battered and fried iguana nuggets, plated with black beans and rice, platanos and Cuban toast. Accompanied with fresh guava juice on a thrifted table.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Hey! I'm a fourth-generation Floridian writing unexpected conservation stories from my home state, with side quests into archaeology and infectious disease. Thanks for following along, and welcome to the jungle. 🌴

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