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Nate Upham

@n8upham.bsky.social
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Evolutionary biologist & Mammalogist at Arizona State University Rodents of the Sonoran Desert and Sky Islands Connecting rodent evolution, genomics, & ecology to life's cosmic problems 🌒 \\ Views are my own // #BLM

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Nate Upham @n8upham.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ever-growing incisors for the win. Absolute unit
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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🦇🧬Congratulations to E & E alum Bill R. Thomas, whose collaborative work upended bat biogeography in a major new Nature study from the @ bat1kgenomes.bsky.social ! 👉 Check it out! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Nate Upham @n8upham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Excited to be at the @caryinstitute.bsky.social this week! Register and you can also watch my talk on Zoom (nice logo @bahanbug.bsky.social ! I take no credit there...)
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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies @caryinstitute.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On Thu, Oct 1 @11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with Arizona State University's @n8upham.bsky.social: No Mammal Is an Island. How do species interact—and how do those interactions shape evolution and disease transmission? Free + open to all. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/no-mammal-...
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No Mammal Is an Island
Speaker: Dr. Nate Upham, Arizona State University
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Drummond Lab @drummondlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We are hiring! 🌟 Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor. It's a broad search: we want great colleagues doing serious biological work at the molecular scale. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/191981 bcmb.uchicago.edu
A picture of the University of Chicago campus, with downtown Chicago in the distance and Lake Michigan on the horizon. The campus's central quad is pictured, a classical collegiate quad with paths and old trees and stone architecture. It's really pretty and I love it.
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Jill Oberski, PhD @jilloberski.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Hey bsky! I’d like to share some cool work I recently coauthored that integrates entomology, paleontology, and German cultural history. 🔶🐜⚡️ We discovered a fossil ant in the amber collection of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe! Read on for a delightful story of #museomics and #collectomics. >> 1/
A 3D micro-CT scan of ant Ctenobethylus goepperti encased in amber
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Dr Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Paleogenomic insight into the collapse, recovery, and management of American bison
American bison (Bison bison) were nearly hunted to extinction by the 20th century. This rapid decline and the fragmented nature of remnant populations pose challenges to their recovery and resilience,...
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𝙹*𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎 🍏 @artmyoldfriend.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Ukrainian artist Maria Golub
Ukrainian artist Maria Golub
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Larrish 💙 @larrish.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This mural is titled 𝘿𝙖𝙝𝙡𝙞𝙖 and was created by UK-based artist Sophie Mess. It’s located in Waterford, Ireland. Photo credit: Willem Groen #art #mural #streetart #ireland
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The San Pedro River in Arizona is the last undammed river in the US Southwest. Also unusually, it flows northward from Mexico. It's host to a wide variety of wildlife, including a huge diversity of desert birds & these coatis (Nasua narica), long-nosed relative of the raccoon.
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Coatamundi Cupcake
Alt: Coatamundi Cupcake: I'm actually not sure if this is a white-nosed coati (also called coatimundi), but it's on pavement, long wiggly nose towards the camera, and then it monches a cupcake and runs off into the greenery.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Helen Alexander @bawley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Heads up for anyone that likes making cool stuff that there are bunch of exhibit mountmaking and fabrication jobs (both entry and supervisor levels) open at the Field this week. www.fieldmuseum.org/landing/care...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/07/2026
Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone.
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BEAVE @beaveinflow.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Doomscrolling is out. Bloomscrolling is in.
A mature clematis fully in bloom with bright magenta flowers climbing up an antique white ladder in my backyard.
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 21/07/2026
the most realistic scene in Jurassic Park is when two scientists make a questionable decision — traveling to an undisclosed location with a strange man — on the promise of three years of modest funding
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Madeleine Becker @mabscientist.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
big things happening: I'll be defending my dissertation next week on July 15! to procrastinate preparing, I will be posting a meme for each of my chapters until the big day. also, please DM me if you'd like a zoom link to attend my public defense, but be prepared for 45 minutes of mouse toe talk!
a PowerPoint slide with the main text: "Madeleine's PhD Defense/Wednesday July 15, 2026/10 AM"
The center of the slide has a logo: circle containing an MS paint cartoon of a deer mouse in a ti'at style plank canoe on the water. The logo also has text: "Evolutionary Genomics of Channel Island Peromyscus". 
There are also several photos and graphics on the slide, clockwise from the top right: me suiting up to go in the ancient DNA lab, mammalogist Jack von Bloeker with future island fox museum specimens, a deer mouse specimen and its removed toe for DNA analysis, a mitochondrial haplotype network, a map of the California Channel Islands, an admixture graph, a subfossil of Peromyscus anyapahensis, and a picture of me subsampling deer mouse specimens at the LA County Natural History Museum.
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Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The strangest thing happened today. We went to the uninhabited island of Lunga, west of Mull, to look at the puffins nesting there. I was just taking photos when I felt a thump as something landed quite heavily in my head. It was a puffin! It stayed for about a minute before flying off.
A man with his back to the camera, wearing a blue jacket and a grey woolen hat. A puffin is sitting on top of his head. On the left, an arm holding a mobile phone can be seen. In the background, a green slope and the sea beyond.In this photo the puffin is taking off.
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Simon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"Human teams and AI-assisted teams performed similarly on most tasks, but humans caught more critical errors" "...human expertise remains essential for reliable scientific validation."
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AI-assisted teams outperform AI-led teams but not human-only teams in assessing research reproducibility in quantitative social science | PNAS
Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are transforming how scientists conduct and validate research, offering promise as tools to improve sc...
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Male peacock spiders sport colorful, hinged abdominal flaps covered in microscopic, light-refracting scales (displaying vibrant blues, reds, and greens) If the female is unimpressed by the dance, she may eat the male. IG: flynn_prall Macro Photographer, Australia
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heyaqualung @southmetromusic.com · 19/11/2024
“We are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you any different.”
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Octopuses change its COLOR and TEXTURE in a fraction of a second using a complex network of pigment-filled cells called chromatophores, structural reflectors, and tiny muscles controlled directly by their highly advanced nervous system! WATCH and you will see how it changes as it moves along!
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Nate Upham @n8upham.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Find a PI serenades you at karaoke #endofsemester #labparty
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Nate Upham @n8upham.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“Like fungi, the stuff I’m made of (that we’re all made of) has the power to move in darkness, to thrive undetected, to quietly work until such a time as there’s nothing left to do but fruit.” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘It didn’t seem real’: the Black mushroom hunters unearthing the US’s essential fungi
Enthusiasts say mycology offers connection, nourishment and a deeper tie to the land – and the African diaspora
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"the dramatic cost declines in batteries have now made 'firm renewables' — solar or wind paired with batteries — cheaper than fossil fuels in many parts of the world." This is game changing.
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Solar plus batteries cheaper than gas — IRENA report - Gas Outlook
A new IRENA report finds that 24/7 “firm” clean energy is cheaper than coal and gas in many parts of the world.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Scientists are nerds (approving).
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Snuffy Plays on Sesame Street with Elmo
Alt: Mr. Snuffleupagus, a puppet shaped like a brown hairy elephant or mastodon with very long eyelashes, swings his trunk on which is attached a velcro version of the red Elmo puppet.
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Am I wrong though?
A meme of a young Bad Bunny titled Faculty Profile Pic and an old Bad Bunny titled Faculty IRL
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...
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Bamboo-based plastic can be made to biodegrade quickly, but still holds up in tough conditions
A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapability, and thermal stab...
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Doc Edge @docedge.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Please repost: My department at USC is hiring for a teaching-track faculty position. We are looking for someone principally to teach statistics for biologists, but there will be opportunities for other courses in statistics & algorithms applied to biology usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
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Full-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Quantitative and Computational Biology at USC
Learn more about applying for Full-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Quantitative and Computational Biology at USC
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Jay T Lennon @jaytlennon.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Check out the biennial Microbial Ecology and Evolution Hubs meeting. Submit abstract here by April 26: meehubs2026.oa-event.com
MEE HUBS 26 flyer
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Peter Lewis @peterlewis55.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
A brilliant conjunction of a tiny crescent Moon and Venus in the low western sky this evening #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social
2.8% waxing crescent Moon Venus!Venus (upper right) and the Crescent Moon Slight hint of Earthshine on the 2.8% Moon.
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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Hazel grouse mating sounds and dance
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Ryan Rosenblatt @ryanrosenblatt.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
THEY SENT FOUR HUMAN BEINGS 252,756 MILES AWAY, WENT FULLY AROUND THE MOON AND BROUGHT THEM BACK TO LAND IN THE PRECISE LOCATION THEY WANTED EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS IS THE COOLEST PERSON ON EARTH
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Patrick Kennedy @dysio.de · 06/04/2026
Here it is from the official NASA Johnson Flickr feed, which includes other photos of the mission! www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...
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Even Closer Now
art002e009276 (April 6, 2026) - In this view of the Moon, the near side (the hemisphere we see from Earth), is visible at the top half of the Moon disk. It is identifiable by the dark splotches. These...
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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
New shot of the Moon taken only a few hours ago by the Artemis II crew! More of the lunar far side coming into view :-D flic.kr/p/2s676GN
The Moon.

NASA/Artemis II/Kevin M. Gill
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I hope you slept as peacefully as these young loons captured on film by Harry Collins: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Here are ten seconds of Flamingoes feeding underwater.
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
MAMA HUMPBACK WHALE DEFEATS NILE CROCODILE! HUMPBACK WHALE is #2026MMM CHAMPION! Artwork by @veppart.bsky.social & @opellisms.bsky.social !!!
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Stuart Atkinson @stuartatkinson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Now THAT is a view... the Mars rover Curiosity is seeing a truly beautiful landscape as she continues her epic exploration of the slopes of Mt Sharp, high above the floor of Gale Crater... Images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk/Additional processing: S Atkinson
Multiple images taken by the Mars rover Curiosity assembled into a single panoramic imageMultiple images taken by the Mars rover Curiosity assembled into a single panoramic image
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 30/03/2026
For #NSF and #NIH watchers, Grant Witness now has interactive data on numbers of grants and total funding obligations, broken down by institute and directorate, new awards and non-competitive renewals. The stranglehold on new awards is still a disaster. grant-witness.us/funding_curv...
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I'd like to introduce you to Panulirus ornatus, the ornate rock lobster. They're native to the Indo-Pacific, with a large range centered on New Guinea & the Great Barrier Reef near Australia. They're a member of family Palinuridae, the spiny or rock lobsters. So why so colorful?
A jewel-toned lobster faces the camera, with long horns and spiky bits all over the exoskeleton.  It's on  a wooden board.  The coloration is ornate and very multi-colored, from purple to yellow to blue to orange.

There are five species of rock lobster found in tropical Australian waters, but by far the most abundant is the Ornate Rock Lobster, Panulirus ornatus. This species forms the basis of dive fishery in both the Torres Straits and in the Gulf of Papua. CSIRO scientists have traced the movements of these lobsters to reveal a remarkable picture of animal migration. The lobsters undertake a journey that takes them hundreds of kilometres across the Torres Strait to their breeding grounds in the Gulf of Papua. After breeding, they seem to disappear. November 1985. Photo credit: Robert Kerton
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Lucas R Moreira @lucasrocm.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Some species are lost to history. Others are out here spitting acid and crushing bones. I'll be posting genetics & evolution facts for both tonight! #2026MMM Skeets by @cegamorim.bsky.social @fervillanea.bsky.social @n8upham.bsky.social @sexchrlab.bsky.social @acstone.bsky.social and me!
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
And March Mammal Madness would not be possible without the incredible achievements of scientists the world over, so many funded by those historical engines of excellence- the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin #2026MMM
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a satellite image of a hurricane taken on august 18
ALT: a satellite image of a hurricane taken on august 18
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Welcome to the 14th Annual March Mammal Madness! This year MMM Celebrates LIBRARIES in honor of 10 years since the launch of the LibGuide! libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM... #2026MMM
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a woman in a red dress is spinning a hula hoop with fireworks behind her
Alt: circus dancing
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Are you ready? #2026MMM
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a man wearing a top hat and a red jacket is standing in front of a crowd .
Alt: the ringleader gets ready to start the circus!
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
“Seven elephant seal pups at Año Nuevo State Park have tested positive for the virus, known as H5N1, becoming the first recorded cases in northern elephant seals. They are among about 30 seals that have died at the park since late last week and the first to have been tested, said Roxanne Beltran”
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Bird Flu Strikes California Elephant Seals for the First Time
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