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Nancy Knowlton @nancyknowlton.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I'll never forget visiting Kewalo Marine Lab decades ago to give a seminar, after which Prof. Mike Hadfield showed me a room full of fridges full of endangered land snails-for some species I think the only ones left were in that room. So I loved this #EarthOptimism www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/s...

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Slowly, Slowly, ‘Darwin’s Finches of the Snail World’ Return From Near Extinction

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Congrats @philtorres.bsky.social and @aaronpomerantz.bsky.social on the paper! I look for these decoy spiders whenever I’m in the rainforest and this is the best example I’ve found. #inverts Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador 2022

A spider web with a trash line through the middle leading up to a larger, spider-ish looking patch at the top.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Thanks to all who tuned in to our Shark Week episode of #ExpeditionX! We teamed up with an incredible group of scientists to uncover the secrets of the monster shark of Malpelo Island.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Moss Landing, CA is a biological gem. Go kayak the Elkhorn Slough and you’ll see dozens of sea otters and harbor seals, an incredible variety of birds, and hundreds of nudibranchs in the sea grass.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Double crested cormorant and this chick is taking a deep dive for a meal… down its parent’s throat 😳

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

And here is the second largest piece of the moon ever found on Earth (!) just waiting for you on display at the Portland, Maine airport. What an epic mini museum they have there.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Currently working at an are about an hour east of Pittsburgh for the week- any recommendations for good nature spots to hit in my down time from you birders, herpers, bug enthusiasts out there?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Big business has big feelings about paying a bit more but here are the facts: - We’re losing *working families* + billions in economic activity because of the cost of living crisis - Under our plan, corporations + millionaires will still pay less than before the Trump tax cuts

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Holy smokes! I've got the male too! I'm tearing up. Just heard from the scientist that described the new species and this handsome lad is the male. So awesome! (Chrysometa chuchaqui)

A skinny spider with swirly light sockets for pedipalps, a tan cephalothorax, cone shaped abdomen with shiny plates. He is sitting on a leaf.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The pileated woodpeckers helping decorate my yard. We use logs rounds to line the trails and entryway, I always love the countdown to see when the woodpeckers start making their mark.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

My backyard has bigger banana slugs than your back yard

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Kurt Vonnegut man

Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope:
"Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man.
You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?
And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope.
I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by.
And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is — we're here on Earth to fart around
And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around.
And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

My favorite hobby is finding tiny little camouflaged treasures in nature.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Big news for me this week: cute baby girl number two entered our lives this weekend, and a great horned owl nest with 3 baby owlets was spotted 5 minutes from my house. So many cute little ones around me it is overloading my heart.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 18/03/2025

It's the best time of the year. Blue spotted salamanders are out, and they're the perfect animal

A blue spotted salamander crawling along a dirt and gravel path.

Close up of the salamander's skin, with little blue snowflakes against a black background.

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Listen to every word.

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

A new study found that U.S. butterfly populations dropped by 22% in just 20 years. Dr. Elise Zipkin and Dr. @nickhaddad.bsky.social join us to discuss what’s causing the decline and whether we can do anything about it.

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Where Have All The Butterflies Gone?

A new study of butterfly populations in the US shows a 22% decline among over 500 species in just 20 years.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 24/02/2025

Just in one year, just the clean air act, prevented hundreds of thousands of early deaths. The lowest possible estimate of the benefits found that benefits outweigh the costs by 3 to 1. The most likely estimate is 30 to 1. The high estimate is 90 to 1. Ninety. Nine Zero. www.epa.gov/clean-air-ac...

A figure from EPA's report https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/benefits-and-costs-clean-air-act-1990-2020-second-prospective-study showing a blue circle of benefits of $2,000 billion ($2 trillion) and much smaller circle of costs of $65 billion, for the clean air act ammendments

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.

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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Firing experts 🧪 who can identify agricultural pests 🐛 early on might not be the best thing if you really wanted to lower food prices. But maybe that was never the point ...

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

After seeing 10+ species of them I learned this weekend I may be obsessed with tropical tanagers. Saffron-crowned tanager and golden tanager, two surprisingly common birds amongst the mixed flocks of the Colombian cloud forest.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Some of the most spectacular hummingbirds I saw in Colombia over the weekend. Brown violetear, white-booted racket-tail, and the long-tailed sylph.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The birds of the cloud forests of Colombia are astounding. Had less than 24hrs to visit various hot spots outside of Cali this weekend, and wow did they show up.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic. globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/02/2025

Department Of Interior Bans Unlikely Animal Friendships theonion.com/departm...

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Our boat happens to be anchored in the perfect position to see two faces in the cliff side.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Hello from the Colombian mountains

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

A man, no plan, bad tan, a canal, Panama.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Heading to South America! Can’t say the details (yet) but should have some incredible marine encounters over this next week, hope to be able to post updates as I go.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/01/2025

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Spotted four (!) snowy owls along Duxbury Beach in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The whooping crane— North America’s tallest bird which is also one of its most endangered. Coming in at 5 feet tall, the population was once down to fewer than 20 individuals and is now ~800 On this day I saw 16 or 17 of them, meaning I have now seen 2% of all whooping cranes that exist!

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

- MA in homeland security from Naval Postgraduate School - firefighter for 21 years - member of Colorado Air National Guard deployed to Kuwait after 9/11 - previously worked at FEMA - ran emergency management for New York City - is a woman obviously highly unqualified

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Some serendipity in this world. In Texas for work, drove for 2 hrs on my off day to go see some birds. Stopped at an old oak tree and ran into two of my favorite entomology professors from Cornell University who also drove for hours while being in Texas for work! We were only ones out in the rain.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

First morning in Texas and saw a green jay and crested caracara! Both reminded me I should have had my camera out and ready…

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Dungeness crab from diving in the Puget Sound, chanterelle mushroom flush in my yard, and caddisfly in the snow. A quick burst of nature at home in Washington before taking off again, this time heading to Texas.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Christmas Day tradition here in the Puget Sound, freediving for Dungeness crab Christmas dinner. Got our daily max today, beautiful visibility down there.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

VERY EXCITED to see a special little spider I discovered in Peru make it to the big screen. Check out The Secret Lives of Animals episode 3 on Apple TV.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Wife made bow-tie shaped cardamom buns but all I see are cute edible jumping spiders.

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Andrew Warren @andybugguy.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Move along now... There's nothing to see here... Just a couple of jumping spiders... nothing special... (Mating pair of Gemmed Satyrs, Cyllopsis gemma) Levy County, Florida, USA

Two brown butterflies with red and silver markings on the ventral hindwings that resemble jumping spiders.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Every time I try to rip out the invasive holly in my yard and don’t fully rip out the roots, it grows back meaner than ever.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I have looked into many purported UAP/UFO sightings over the years for #ExpeditionX, and here’s what my instincts tell me about NJ:

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Last night’s daily doodle Trying to work on some street art/messaging material around native plants for spring. V #ArtAdventCalendar #Bugsky #inverts #sciart

A golden bumble bee stands on some milkweed flowers and in a punky font it says “biodiversity matters plant native flowers”. The background is black and white lines

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/12/2024

PLEASE do not feed raw milk to your cats. Or your kids. Or yourself. #H5N1

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Thomas Shahan @tshahan.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

was a dark damp day so I went springtail hunting in the woods - glad I did! 🙇 shot all 4 collembola orders🤩: 1 Entomobryomorpha (metallic blue lepidocyrtine) 2 Symphypleona (contrasty globular, Ptenothrix sp) 3 Poduromorpha (pillowy plump one, unsure) 4 Neelipleona (TINY, Megalothorax?)

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Ferris Jabr @ferrisjabr.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The latest developments in a possible emerging bird flu pandemic are absolutely terrifying This has the potential to be far more lethal, far more catastrophic, than COVID-19 And once again the country is neither adequately prepared nor reacting quickly enough or with sufficient measures

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

First time *really* seeing northern lights while filming in cold cozy Norway. Could actually see the green whipping back and forth! Didn’t realize how fleeting they are, brilliant one minute and backed off the next.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Genuinely curious why there aren’t more green living roofs on homes in the US, but they are all over here in Norway on old and modern homes alike.

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Phil Torres @philtorres.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Mid day walk in northern Norway to set up some camera traps and see who shows up. So many tracks in the snow, it’s like seeing the night’s history written in white.

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