Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDNoah Bressman, PhD @noahwithfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My favorite emails from students are those with the subject, “What fish is this?” Here, we have a skilletfish, our local clingfish species that uses is suction cup-like pelvic fins to stick under crevices and in shells. 425534
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDJohn P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Check out this lovely profile of the University of California, Davis’s Peter Wainwright, whose lifelong fascination with fishes inspired a remarkable career in research and teaching. Peter was my postdoc advisor years ago when he was at Florida State University, and is awesome dude and mentor.ucdavis.eduAmong the Academies: A Lifelong Fascination With FishFor Peter Wainwright, the academic path was simple: he simply followed his fascination with fish.“I dare say there wasn't a lot of deep thought about what direction I should go in my life,” he said. “... 36119
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDLindsey Swierk @lindseyswierk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🦎*Please share!*🦎 Review begins Oct 5. The Swierk Lab is recruiting 1-2 PhD students for Fall 27 / Spr 28 to study Neotropical anole 1) body coloration and visual signals or 2) predator avoidance, diving, and respiration. Please contact only by email. Details here: drive.google.com/file/d/1TGmC... 01316
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDJosef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you're submitting a reference letter for a PRFB, I was surprised to not see any option for deleting and reuploading, which contradicts the info provided in the email requesting it. In fact, as soon as you select the file it is uploaded and you can't change it. Was fine for me, but beware. 01216
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Um. The William Penn foundation offered bridge funding to keep the academy of natural sciences open for a year, and the people in charge said “no one is helping things by offering Band-Aids”. Jesus Christ. share.inquirer.com/KXxZTjshare.inquirer.comWilliam Penn Foundation offers funding to keep Academy of Natural Sciences museum openA Drexel spokesperson did not say whether the school had declined the offer, but said, “No proposal has been presented that would provide a permanent, sustainable path forward" for the museum. 29493180
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDScience Magazine @science.org · 13/09/2026Some intrepid animals don’t stop fighting for their lives, even after they’ve been eaten. X-ray video from a 2024 study reveals one such daring escape. Learn more: scim.ag/4xgpBqX #ScienceMagArchives 04812
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDProfessor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This excellent website allows you to scroll down into the deep sea and get a better feeling for how profoundly deep it is. And what lives where. neal.fun/deep-sea/neal.funThe Deep SeaScroll down the deep sea in this interactive page. 03823
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDKory Evans Ph.D @sternarchella.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Really excited to share our latest paper with you! We examine patterns of skull shape evolution in an awesome group of fishes and show that they rapidly innovated following the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...urldefense.comSelection, constraints, and contingency drive mosaic patterns of evolution during the carangarian adaptive radiationAdaptive radiations generate remarkable morphological diversity, yet traits often diversify at different rates and modes, producing mosaic patterns of evolution. Modularity, the semiautonomous organization of traits, can shape how selection and ... 310450
Jonathan Huie, PhD @jmhuie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I heard you like clingfishes! Check out our new preprint on the evolution and ecomorphology of their adhesive discs and skull! doi.org/10.64898/202... 34015
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Really nice coverage in the inquirer of our rally to keep the academy of natural sciences open. Br sure to read the part where 10 year ago old Ryan Sumner-Lee is quoted. share.inquirer.com/ZP7zHYshare.inquirer.comHundreds rally to protest the planned closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences museumThe crowd was decidedly intergenerational. 725382
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDDr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Do you like snailfishes? lumpsuckers? clingfishes? New phylogeny dropped, and to toot our own horn it's really good! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 38838
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDAnna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Interior has reassigned ~30 of its most senior career staffers. Among those losing their longtime positions? The woman who directed the National Wildlife Refuge System for the last 10 years, and the man who ran the migratory bird program for the last 15.notus.org‘They Want Us All To Leave’: Interior Reassigns Dozens of Senior StaffAround 30 top staffers have been reshuffled, with some people moving to teams outside their areas of expertise. 16291223
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDRob Denton @rddenton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026[JOB!] I'm hiring for a really exciting postdoc position. A combination of breeding experiments, conservation genomics, and student mentorship. Room/board at the @amnh.org Southwestern Research Station each summer, 40 months of support, new science building at BSU. Share broadly! ad: bit.ly/4hKaUIL 16079
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDdr. mykle hoban @thefishbotherer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026New paper on saber-toothed blennies! Wherever we went we got bit by these feisty little #fishes so we started wondering what their whole deal was. We have 2 endemic Hawaiian species and we wanted to know where they came from. Many years and many more bites we finally have a bit of an answer. 🐟️ 🦑 🧪onlinelibrary.wiley.comOrigins and relationships of endemic Hawaiian sabre‐toothed blennies in the genus <fi>Plagiotremus</fi> (Blennioidei: Blenniidae)A deep dive into several species of Indo-Pacific fangblenny 3249
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDMark Westneat 🐟 @mwestneat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Surgeonfishes are cool! Our Evolution paper now out in final form, the amazing patterns of change in fish shape and covariance (new method!) elegantly revealed by @linnealungstrom.bsky.social 🐟🐠🦑🌿 academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...academic.oup.comPhylogenetics, trait covariance analysis, and the evolution of fin and body shape in the surgeonfishesAbstract. Insights into ecomorphology are enriched when investigating evolutionary correlations between ecologically and functionally important traits. How 16927
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Attention Ecologists! We are going to need *a lot* of ecologists. The First Lego League Teams need to speak with a scientist about their projects every year. Every year it's a different type of scientist. Last year was archaeologists. This year, ecologists! Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 12212117
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDZ. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · 31/07/2026#FossilFriday flashback: My lab published two major papers this month on 1) dental functional morphology and 2) vertebrate paleontology & paleobiogeography. It made me so proud of the research teams I've been a part of over the past decade, but it also prompted reflection on my academic path (🧵1/5) 1477
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDJonathan Huie, PhD @jmhuie.bsky.social · 27/06/2025New fish paper! We found that Clinocottus globicpes eats anemones (weird!) using a novel wrestling behavior + strong jaws that likely started as adaptations for tearing algae. It also has thick skin that protects it from stinging cells. @jzoology.bsky.social 🐟🧪 DM for PDF. doi.org/10.1111/jzo.... 28836
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what? 20746331580
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDNarimane Chatar @narimanechatar.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Excited to share our latest study highlighted on the cover of @science.org 🥳Combining a 3D dataset representing 250 taxa spanning the whole Cenozoic, 3D modelling & printing and material testing; we deciphered the form-function relationship in the lower 🦷 of mammals www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 45427
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 15/07/2026🦈 Basking sharks are known for grazing on small fish & zooplankton at the surface, but a recent WHOI study shows that they may be 1,000+ meters to find prey in the mid-ocean twilight zone! 📲Dive deeper with @wcai-npr.bsky.social: go.whoi.edu/cai-sharks 07526
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDEmily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The Sam Noble Museum is hiring a Collection Manager for the Fish Collection! Come work with me in Oklahoma! Please share widely! #TeamFish #MuseumJobs jobs.ou.edu/jobs/curator...jobs.ou.eduCurator Archivist - Norman, Oklahoma, United StatesPay Range: Targeted salary $18.99 per hour, based on experience Benefits Eligible: Yes Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (may include some weekends) Travel: May be required For Be... 23231
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDMatthew Sparkes @sparkes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches can now breathe underwater for up to 3 hours thanks to tiny SCUBA suits. Researchers hope one day they could even help us to explore space or planets like Mars. www.newscientist.com/article/2531... 83920
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDAtal Pande @atal-pande.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Really excited to share that my first PhD chapter is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! 🕷️👀 We show that visually hunting spiders have repeatedly evolved forward-facing eyes, highlighting the remarkable evolutionary flexibility of their modular visual system. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...cell.comHunting ecology predicts eye arrangements in the modular visual system of spidersPande et al. show that visually hunting spiders have convergently evolved forward-facing eyes. The positions and orientations of the eyes show the greatest morphological disparity and fastest evolutio... 59233
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 28/06/2026This is so upsetting 2458135
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDDr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Second, our big effort to (1) make a new fish tree (2) date it (3) define taxon names (4) build the largest fish CT scan dataset to-date (5) answer ecomorphological questions- whew! @sternarchella.bsky.social @arciladk.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 13411
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDDr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Two new 🐟 preprints! First with @cmartinez.bsky.social on diversification in a wonderfully wacky group of deep-sea fishes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 14518
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDMiguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The ultimate predation machine Inner and outer views of the claws of an Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Note that one claw has canine-like teeth (left in this case, though not always) while the other has molar-like structures Any creature must fear this beast a bit and be careful 14720
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDKinsey Brock @doc-brock.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The Brock Lab is hiring a postdoc to help us study sensory ecology and sexual selection in urban reptiles! 🐍🦎🌆 Comes with a $5K travel stipend. App closes July 1! careers-sdsurf.icims.com/jobs/20539/p...careers-sdsurf.icims.comProspective Employees | SDSU 02633
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDRobert Brocklehurst @docrobbrock.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Finalized version of my latest paper now online! All the same great biology linking myosin protein composition, muscle anatomy and lever mechanics across scales in rodents. Now now in a prettier, shinier pdf! www.nature.com/articles/s42...nature.comMultiscale adaptations underlie bite force variation in rodents - Communications BiologyMulti-scale analysis of the rodent craniofacial system reveals correlated bite force adaptations at the molecular, muscular and skeletal scales, that further correlate with feeding ecology. 163
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDJournal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Issue 11 has closed and issue 12 is open The cover image by Brady O’Brien shows a green salamander which have incredible climbing abilities despite lacking the features that improve climbing abilities in other animals journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22... 052
Jonathan Huie, PhD @jmhuie.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Our work is featured on the cover of the latest issue of @jexpbiol.bsky.social!! Stunning photo of the green salamander (Aneides aeneus) taken by Brady O'Brien (braveotterbiology.com). 0132
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDLaura Alencar 🇧🇷🐍🦎 @alencarlrv.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Interested in #macroevolution, #macroecology, and mountain biodiversity? I'm recruiting a #postdoc for an NSF-funded project at Yale, in collaboration with Martha Muñoz (Yale) and Maya Stokes (Florida State University). I'll be at #Evol2026 and happy to chat! Link below 28076
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDSharkScience @sharkscience.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Basking sharks overlap with primary and secondary deep scattering layers during overwintering migration in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean 🦑🧪🐟🦈 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...journals.plos.orgBasking sharks overlap with primary and secondary deep scattering layers during overwintering migration in the Northwest Atlantic OceanLong-distance migrations allow animals to exploit seasonal prey opportunities and track favorable oceanographic conditions. The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is a large, filter-feeding elasmobran... 0197
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDJonathan Huie, PhD @jmhuie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026🚨 My last PhD chapter is out now in @jexpbiol.bsky.social 🚨 🦎 We compared the climbing abilities and kinematics of different species of salamanders. Surprisingly, all could climb well but climbing specialists do better. Let me tell why this is interesting (see thread)! doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... 34014
Jonathan Huie, PhD @jmhuie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026🚨 My last PhD chapter is out now in @jexpbiol.bsky.social 🚨 🦎 We compared the climbing abilities and kinematics of different species of salamanders. Surprisingly, all could climb well but climbing specialists do better. Let me tell why this is interesting (see thread)! doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... 34014
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 02/06/2026A rare glimpse of the whitemargin stargazer in the vibrant waters off Hurghada, Egypt. Dive into the beauty of the Red Sea's diverse marine life. 692476415
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDValentina Di Santo @vdisanto.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Introducing the undulating tripod gait, the walking strategy used by many fishes. We tracked the fishes, built a model, a robot, and found that 3 body segments, 2 fins, and friction are all it takes. No specialized anatomy required. Out today in Nature Communications www.nature.com/articles/s41... 212339
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 27/05/2026NEW PREPRINT: You may recall Joshua trees started flowering fully four months early this year. Was that due to climate change? Well, @colincarlson.bsky.social and I called in Chris Callahan to formally test that hypothesis, and the answer is... it probably wasn't! doi.org/10.64898/202... 519059
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I just watched video of 5 ICE agents abducting a guy from a courthouse in my area of Massachusetts. Periodic reminder that ICE hasn't gone anywhere. They are still here and still terrorizing immigrants. 467042410
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDShelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Excited 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! 2724732
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDDr. Amelia R. Zietlow 🦎 @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Everything IS bigger in Texas... Introducing TYLOSAURUS REX–“TEX”. A monster animal, a monster paper, & a monster project that I am *so* excited to finally share with everyone after ~5 yrs. Huge thanks to my coauthors, Mike & Ron, & to Alderon Games for bringing our lad to life!! #FossilFriday 929592
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDMichalis Mihalitsis @mikemihalitsis.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Would you like to work right next to a tropical coral reef? The University of Guam, Marine Laboratory is looking for a new Lab Manager. See ad below: www.uog.edu/_resources/f... 093
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 19/05/2026🐟 Something seems fishy.... Dive deeper into our Ichthyology Collection with Assistant Curator Dr. Bill Ludt and learn how the collections can show change in species communities over time! 27518
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDDr. Jaimi Gray @jaimiagray.bsky.social · 18/05/2026The Pacific spiny lumpsucker, an inefficient swimmer but a highly efficient suction cup. The pelvic fins have evolved into a strong suction disk on the belly, giving it the ability to anchor itself to substrates. Plate-like structures called "tubercles" provide defense against predators. 513143
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDDr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I am recruiting Ph.D. students this cycle. Students interested in deep-sea fishes and phylogenetic comparative methods are an especially good fit. 07982
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDRC Hoover @rchoover.bsky.social · 16/05/2026My first PhD chapter is out! How do related fishes adapt to eat different foods? And how do they change as they grow? 🧵 doi.org/10.1002/jmor... 35517
Reposted by Jonathan Huie, PhDSandy Kawano, PhD @sandyk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Come join us! I'm recruiting postdocs and lab techs to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking in fishes and salamanders at the University of Virginia, with option to work at Mountain Lake Biological Station. 2 of 4 job ads are posted on my website: sandykawano.weebly.com 🧪🐟🦎sandykawano.weebly.comSandy K'sPostdoctoral Research Associate to work on the comparative biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes. Apply by June 1, 2026, for full consideration. Click HERE for more information. Lab... 02927