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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Exciting news! We here at the LSU Museum of Natural Science @lsumns.bsky.social and Dept. of Biological Sciences are looking for Curator and Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Paleobiology! Come work with us! We are fun, supportive and active! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/jo...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wake up babe new shark just dropped

A new species of lanternshark has been described

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Kacy Gordon @kacylynn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

JOB ALERT: UNC Bio is hiring 2 tenure track assistant profs doing molecular, cell, and dev bio. The search is intentionally broad, so please share widely and spread the word! Find more information and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325... Application review begins Nov 1.

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Reposting because all of my jobs have always come from someone in my network referring me or knowing someone who needs a science communicator 🤞

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Videos will be back soon! I moved semi-recently and trabeled to Italy for a friend's wedding so I have been busy catching up with life!

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'll have more details about what I'll be up to at SICB this year soon hopefully ❤️

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I will be attending #SICB2027 this year! I am also actively looking for a postdoc position and would love to connect with PIs looking for postdocs! I have interest/expertise in behavior, mate choice/sexual selection, host-parasite interactions, and disability/neurodivergent advocacy in biology.

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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I am way behind on the times; I only now found out about @oceanfilly.bsky.social's paper on neurodiversity in biosciences, or specifically, about the lived experiences of neurodivergent biologists. 🧪 Link: academic.oup.com/icb/article-abstra…

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Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📣🎓 Open #PhD Position (3.5 years) 🎓📣 Want to come work with me on culture and social bonds in apes? 🐵 Apply to join my new group in the @livingingroups.bsky.social at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social. Full job posting: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/131133/cultu... Deadline 📅 23 October 2026 Please share widely!

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We will always share our publications with you! For free! And you might even ask questions!

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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings... One of Grimalditeuthis bonplandi's tentacle clubs is like a little squid hand puppet. They will flap it around, and would-be predators will think they are getting a tasty squid snack, when they really are going to be a snack for a squid. #SQUIDtember

A Grimalditeuthis bonplandi swimming in ocean without its tentacle extended. The squid is translucent with orange tinge, and is covered in yellow chromatophores. It has two sets of fins which are both flapping. The upper fins have more chromatophores. You can see some of its organs due to its translucent flesh.

A Grimalditeuthis bonplandi floating in the ocean with its "squid puppet" tentacle extended. The orange, thin tentacle is hanging straight down so you can't see the flappy bit at the end. The squid is translucent and covered in plenty of yellow chromatophores. You can see some of its organs due to its translucent flesh. It has two sets of fins. The upper fins have more chromatophores, while the lower ones have less so its more translucent.

A close up of Grimalditeuthis bonplandi swimming in ocean, focused on its "squid puppet" tentacle. The tentacle is thin and orange, with a flappy bit for a tentacle club. This flappy bit is meant to mimic a squid. The squid is a translucent with a yellow tentacle and yellow secondary fin.

A Grimalditeuthis bonplandi swimming downward. Its tentacle is not extended, and its arms are all together. It is slightly translucent, and is a slightly purple colour with its mantle being more white. There is a red line on its head going across and through its eye.

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thanks so much @oceanfilly.bsky.social for spreading the word about our SICB Fine Art America account fineartamerica.com/profiles/sic... All profits go to student scholarships for SICB www.instagram.com/reel/DdKbQUb...

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🌌✨Roshan Galaxy✨🌌 | Arcade Space Cloud Vtuber @roshangalaxy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Had to do this super quickly haha 🔊 Sound On

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This black dragonfish (Idiacanthus sp.) was spotted at 527 meters (1,729 feet) in Monterey Bay. Black dragonfish are built for life in the darkness of the deep ocean. Their ultra-black skin helps them stay camouflaged from prey like fishes and crustaceans. 🐉🖤⁠

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There's so much here but I'm stuck on the use of h-index as a metric of "merit" The metric based on citation? The thing we have tons of data on about how non-cis-white guys get less of regardless of the quality work? Ideological bias aside, what an embarrassing time to forget about covariance.

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

ICB "We explored spatial variation in sex-biased #parasitism in #mangrove rivulus, an androdioecious #fish in which simultaneous hermaphrodites can facultatively transition to male." doi.org/10.1093/icb/... Fitzwater et al & subscribe @oceanfilly.bsky.social YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UCqg...

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Getting a what’s app DM from a student who needs to interview a scientist and the assignment is due tomorrow? Whew. Not great folks. Letting kids loose unattended to dm random adults? No! Please no!!!

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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Time for a new school year, and with that, a lot of opportunities for people to introduce themselves. If you’re leading these intros, please include a chance to share pronouns. 14% of sign ups for my workshop use nonbinary pronouns, so you’ve probably got at least one in your group.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 28/08/2025

For your consideration @erinbiba.bsky.social

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ICYMI: I am now on Cameo, and you can hire me to send the shark lover in your life a personalized video message with shark facts! www.southernfriedscience.com/want-to-wish...

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Want to wish someone happy birthday with shark facts? I’m now on Cameo!

Want a fun and unique birthday gift+ for the shark nerd in your life? I’m now on Cameo, the app that lets you get a personalized video message from celebrities*. You can now hire me through C…

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Sarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tenure Track job alert! We're hiring someone to teach Microbiology and Genetics! Know someone on the job market? Must have a PhD. Position is mostly teaching (65%) but research expected. Send them my way! Will have official ad details soon 🧪🦠🧬

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

One major issue with Ocean Ramsey's claim that "I help save sharks by showing people that sharks aren't scary" is that people thinking sharks are scary is not why sharks are threatened. We know this thanks to something called data and evidence. www.southernfriedscience.com/what-ocean-r...

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What Ocean Ramsey does is not shark science or conservation: some brief thoughts on “the Shark Whisperer” documentary

Netflix has a new (sarcastic air quotes) “documentary” out about Ocean Ramsey, who longtime readers and followers know is a serial wildlife harasser who also coordinates massive online …

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

University professors generally do not make very much relative to our training levels. Most of us, especially in STEM, could make a lot more in industry (and deal with a lot less bureaucracy). Grant money mostly goes to paying students, postdocs, and staff, and is heavily vetted and scrutinized.

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War and Peas 🧿 @warandpeas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Yes, @subnautica.bsky.social 2 really is an underwater paradise (and sometimes hell), but always interesting. Marine Biologist @oceanfilly.bsky.social and I explore one of the coolest creatures in the new game, The Deepwing Brooder! Watch and listen on See Jurassic Right: youtu.be/6NMLFKF4PRM

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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A Marine biologist, the iconic Brooke Fitzwater aka @oceanfilly.bsky.social, plays @subnautica.bsky.social 2 and we geek out about all the cool lil guys in the oceans of Proteus on the latest See Jurassic Right. Watch on YouTube, listen wherever you get your podcasts. youtu.be/6NMLFKF4PRM

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Oddarette @oddarette.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I had the urge to draw a watermelon nautilus 🍉 Lol

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

ICB - #Neurodivergent perceptions s12 blog "I had always felt like I was “different.” Sometimes, I even felt like I was “wrong.” It was only about halfway through my #PhD that I started realizing that I might be neurodivergent..." integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/s...

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and read this group's papers

Strengths, Challenges, and Experiences of Neurodivergent Faculty in Academia

Noah Bressman et al

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TAMP-OS: An Open-Source Workflow for Tactile #3D-Printable Lithographs

Natalia Gonzalez-Vazquez et al

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#Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and #Perspectives in #Academic #Biological #Sciences Spaces

Brooke M Fitzwater , Tara Cronin , Noah Bressman , Andrew K. Schulz et al

https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icag109

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Thank you to the "Sex Across Origins" symposium co-organizers for inviting me to submit and allowing me to publish - I feel like the important work done in this symposium and being a part of such an exciting set of papers and ideas represents in micro what I wanted to achieve with my PhD.

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This manuscript represented a significant amount of work, from obtaining the funding to travel to Belize and the Florida Keys as a PhD student/candidate to our collections, dissections, identifications, data management, and so forth. I am so proud of the TEAM that made this possible!

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Sex-biased parasitism has rarely been explored in simultaneous hermaphrodites and, intriguingly, we found that the hermaphrodites had significantly higher Simpson's Diversity for parasite species, and we also found population-level differences in sex-biased parasitism.

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This was actually my third dissertation chapter and is personally my favorite: this is the paper that got me out of the "scientific bed in the morning." We explored sex-biased parasitism in a system with only simultaneous hermaphrodites and males across a spatial gradient.

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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We’re back in @subnautica.bsky.social waters with marine biologist, Brooke Fitzwater aka @oceanfilly.bsky.social! We chat about her work, why Subnautica 2 is the best ocean game ever, The Collector Leviathan, and so much more. youtu.be/6NMLFKF4PRM

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Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Invasive species dominate the diet of lake whitefish in Lake Ontario #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Overall, lake whitefish are exploiting abundant invasive prey, which now dominate their diet.

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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

On today’s See Jurassic Right, I chat with @subnautica.bsky.social 2 and Subnautica: Below Zero composer, Ben @benprunty.bsky.social! We chat about what makes an iconic water theme, the pros and cons of early access, writing the @getplayedpod.bsky.social podcast theme, and more: youtu.be/7EWOqkuz6Go

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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Earlier this month I had the opportunity to work with Elsi, this beautiful red-sailed ship. It looked so tiny in between the massive icebergs of Greenland.

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