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J. Hamilton @juliahamilton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 04/09/2026

An incredible image, and overall winner of this year's Australian Geographic Nature Photography award. Using a DJI Mavic 3 Pro (drone), Matt Deakin captured an extremely rare moment - seeing a critically endangered Sawfish in the wild and passing by a Turtle, off the Pilbara coast in WA.

Aerial image of a Sawfish as it swims below and past a turtle

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Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Another very special moment from this season in Greenland… Discovering this beautiful iceberg and its amazing green underwater base in the middle of some very thick fog was surely one of the highlights of this summer for me… #photography #nature #redsails #adventure #art 🌿

A beautifully shaped iceberg with a large green underwater base, our red sails boat standing between 2 parts of the iceberg, the whole scene wrapped into thick fog with just enough light entering. Photography, no ai.

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🎧 Do you want to help us understand how humans perceive forest soundscapes in Costa Rica ? Answer this quick 5-min survey: 👉 www.biodiful.org/#/soundscapes_en Take a break and listen to the voice of the forest 💚 Please like & share on 🦋 to reach more participants 🙏 🌐🌍🦤🧪🍁🪴

Flyer for the BIODIFUL Soundscapes survey. Text reads: 'Do you want to help us understand how humans perceive forest soundscapes in Costa Rica? Please answer our online questionnaire: Voices of the Tropical Forest.' Photo of a lush tropical forest interior, overlaid with a translucent ear icon surrounded by sound waves. Text continues: 'This anonymous survey will take only 10 min. https://www.biodiful.org/#/soundscapes_en.' Logos at the bottom: BIODIFUL, ETH Zürich, CNRS, and Station d'Écologie Théorique et Expérimentale

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

ICB blog Community building with open-source and #DIY monitoring #tools by @stephbilodeau.bsky.social Simply finding the tools that others have already built is often a real challenge... integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/c... #science #Scientists #technology

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John D. Parker @johndparker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Apply to be a Smithsonian post-doc! We are currently emphasizing invasive animals, including beasts like spotted lanternflies and emerald ash borers. 2year fellowships, stipend $60k/year, apps due October 15th. contact me if you'd like to work on a project idea!! serc.si.edu/fellowships/...

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Emil @bergylta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

For this #molluscmonday, we got the Violet sea slug (Edmundsella pedata). 🤿🦑 Taken: 2026-05-14 Camera: Olympus TG-5 #aquaticlife #edmundsellapedata #macrophotography #marinelife #nudibranch #nordicdiving #olympustg5 #scuba #swedishdiving #underwatermacrophotography

Photo of a tiny Violet seaslug (Edmundsella pedata) crawling up a piece of algae. It appears to crawl towards the viewer.

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Stephanie Bilodeau, PhD @stephbilodeau.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Coral bleaching is obviously bad for corals, but what about the things that eat corals? My second dissertation chapter is out now (Open Access, doi.org/10.3354/meps...) and asks how specialist coral-eating nudibranchs find the right corals, if they avoid bleached corals, and whether they should. 🧵

A fuzzy-looking adult nudibranch with a pale body and dark brown cerata crawls on a now-dead Porites rus coral fragment. The coral fragment is also occupied by several pale, rosette-shaped egg masses from the nudibranch.

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Stephanie Bilodeau, PhD @stephbilodeau.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

...just realized as I was about to post about some super cool science that I don't think I was ever added to the Marine Life feed, so let's rectify that! #addOcean

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#SICB Pittsburgh Abstract submission is open for SICB 2027! www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/abstrac... Come share your research and learn about the most exciting areas of integrative, comparative, & organismal #biology in Pittsburgh, PA on January 3-7, 2027. The deadline is August 28 at 11:59 PM HST.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I care about Chara. Do you care about Chara? 🌿😍

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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I am shocked to have learnt today that green crabs, Carcinus maenas, have assymetrical claws, quite as much as the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus ((post below). While one claw seems to have canine- and cutting molars-like structures, the other looks like fit for crushing Two males in photos

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Eric R. Larson @ericrlarson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A half century of invasive crayfish monitoring in northern Wisconsin continued this week with Cornell's recently retired David Lodge and first year University of Illinois PhD student Kaylin Wallen

Two researchers sit in the bow of a john boat with a bucket full of crayfish and a lake in the background under overcast skies

Roughly two dozen rusty crayfish in a shallow white bucket

A flowage between two lakes in northern Wisconsin with bright green vegetation on both shores under a sunny sky with scattered clouds

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hey folks, this hasn’t gotten much attention, but remember those proposed OMB rule changes we all commented on recently? There’s a new attempt to sneak them just for NSF. We have three days to comment. Please don’t sleep on this!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Attention 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...

A fish is a teacher, wearing a button-up shirt with a collar. He says "Volunteer to speak with classrooms in front of a chalkboard that says "Skype a scientist needs YOU!". A snail on his desk says Help! And a shrimp says "Lego league is coming!" and a nervous seahorse says "this year's theme is ecosystems"

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Holly Bik @hollybik.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My lab is HIRING - we have an opening for a #postdoc focused on marine invertebrate symbioses & evolution (heavy focus on microbial -Omics and bioinformatics, but lots of fun fieldwork opportunities too!) Full position info here: www.biklab.org/join-the-lab Please help spread the word! #SymbioSky

Neon flyer advertising a postdoc job at UGA

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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🧪 Take a second 2 participate in an auditory study of biodiversity & nature perception by @biodiful.bsky.social Available in Spanish, French or English You will hear short recordings from tropical forests across Costa Rica. Choose the 1 you prefer the most. www.biodiful.org#/soundscapes...

screen grab of project website reading: Voices of the Tropical Forest
Welcome, and thank you for taking part in our survey!

This survey aims to evaluate people’s preference for tropical forests natural acoustic environments (soundscapes). We will present you with a series of short (5 seconds) recordings from forests across Costa Rica. For each pair, simply choose the one you prefer the most. The questionnaire will take about 5 minutes to complete. At the end, you will be asked to answer a few additional questions.

- The recordings were made in tropical forests in Costa Rica (hundreds of locations!). They consist of background sounds (sometimes quite loud) and foreground sounds, including birds, insects, other animals, and occasionally human activities.
- Please fill out this survey on a device with good audio quality and/or ideally wearing headphones.
- The recordings may be of variable loudness, we recommend starting on a lower volume and turning up the level as appropriate.
- Only adults can be included in this study (18+ years old)
- The survey is open till October 30, 2026 and is also available in French and Spanish.

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JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Vietnamese Mossy tree frogs are both arboreal and aquatic. They wade in moss-covered puddles for camouflage and climb about the canopy in rainforests. #naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #amphibian #treefrog #frog #herps #eastcoastkin #photography

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Stephanie Bilodeau, PhD @stephbilodeau.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I'm thrilled to announce (over a month late!) that after successfully defending my PhD at Georgia Tech this spring, I've started a postdoc position in the Byers lab at @ugaecology.bsky.social. I'll be looking at how life history traits affect marine species distributions!

A white woman with short hair and a blue and gold doctoral graduation robe and cap smiles and looks off camera. Tech Tower is visible through the trees.

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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Natural history on canvas: Brueghel knew about bird-eating noctule bats Just published in @pnas.org, OA for all eyes Led by the one-and-only @romero-vidal.bsky.social, with the amazing @elena-tena.bsky.social and Sonia Sánchez-Navarro @ebdonana.bsky.social LINK: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Interested in doing a postdoc in plankton ecology, on topics of community assembly, trait-based ecological resilience, stressor interactions, harmful algal blooms and others? Contact me to discuss developing a proposal for MSU's EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship (Nov 1 application deadline).

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

For my #EgretsandHerons #birdoftheday, the Agami Heron at Agami Island #costarica #birds #herons #nature

An Agami Heron with deep blue and chestnut plumage perched on a branch amid lush green foliage.

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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Announcing the birth of this spike-tacular porcupette 🦔

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Kākāpō in Camouflage

An angular green potato bird stood among forest foliage with feather patterns blending into the environment

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This was my PhD! 🦑🧪 1. Roots that grow into the Caribbean seafloor are bare, because sea stars eat the stuff that grows on them 2. Roots that dangle into the water get covered in stuff and are great habitat 3. Fertilizer -> more leaves, so we need to protect roots specifically, not just trees

A juvenile grunt hides amongst a sponge growing on an underwater red mangrove root

A stingray moseys along underneath red mangrove roots dangling into the water

A juvenile butterflyfish hides behind underwater red mangrove roots made more complex by sponges and clams growing on the roots

A juvenile snapper looks at the camera from between underwater red mangrove roots made into better hiding spots by sponges with complex structure

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でんか @k-hermit.com · 11/07/2026

「ガクモンからエンタメ」で配布する予定のフリーペーパー。今年のテーマは磯遊びの人気者、アメフラシたち🫧 ͛.* ほかに展示と動画を流そうと思ってます！ #博物ふぇす

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Keishu Asada @cephwarden.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

There were a lot of these in June. Baby octopuses drifting on rafts of sea grass, each off on some grand voyage.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Look again! 🤨 We have wildlife photographer Andreas Kay to thank for this video of the 'feather mimic moth caterpillar' in the rainforests of Ecuador. Protective mimicry is common in this family of moths, but this is an uncommonly exceptional job. 🪶😀 (📷: Andreas Kay)

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The Crustacean Society @crustaceansociety.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

🌊 2026 NF-POGO Shipboard Training Fellowships are now open!🚢 Early-career ocean scientists from eligible countries can apply for hands-on training aboard research vessels. 👉 oceantrainingpartnership.org/training-cal... 📸 Brandon Antonio Segura Torres & Priscilla Vieto Bonilla (CC) #marinescience

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Curiosity is innate and universal. A clown fish and a garden eel seem to inspect each other in a suspended moment 📷 Tomasz Grabowiecki .

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

ICB blog Accurate #Science and Affirming Students Identities Go Hand in Hand by Stephanie Bilodeau, #Postdoctoral #Research Associate at University of Georgia, SICB DEE and @sicb-dab.bsky.social integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/a... #biology #science #PhD

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Chris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Two very different-looking ghost pipefish. Sometimes it can be very difficult to determine the exact species, as there’s a lot of visual overlap between halimeda, robust, and velvet. #ghostpipefish #tulamben #tulambenbali #muckdiving #scubadiving

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Stephanie Bilodeau, PhD @stephbilodeau.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Whenever folks try to present these tools as unbiased, I have to laugh. They inherit the biases of the training data and the people who trained them, and we've known this for years!

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Save the Manatee Club @savethemanateeclub.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Scholarship Opportunity - Applications are now open! savethemanatee.org/lesley-argiri-an… Applications need to be submitted via the above mentioned website. Deadline: Sept 7, 2026.

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Let’s learn about cirrate octopuses and how to tell flapjacks and dumbos apart! 🧵🧪🐙🐡

Two of my illustrations of a flapjack and dumbo octopus. Text reads: Flapjack
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Dumbo?
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SAHASA 🐙🪸 @sculptedreef.com · 11/06/2026

No.17 "Reef Dreams VII" 🪸 Sculpted Reef 🪸 🐙 sculptedreef.com/products/no-... #ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #Cephalopods #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife 🦑🐡

Hand sculpted clay octopus sculptures, painted to depict the species Caribbean Reef Octopus, living in a vintage tea cup den, overgrown with handcrafted corals. Patiently made from thousands of tiny glass beads.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup project, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) and interested, send me your CV and transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

What in the name of Beetlejuice ARE these things? They're zebra morphs of 'squat lobsters', likely in genus Allogalathea. They're not true lobsters & are more closely related to hermit crabs. Now which one is white with black stripes & which is black with white stripes? (📷: hoopderscotch)

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Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Sunstar between the vibrant red sails… Captured in Greenland last summer. Looking forward to be back in a bit more than a month.

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Virginia Schutte @vgwschutte.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Looking for EEBC 🧪 #AcademicSky instructors who want to offer or modify science communication training for graduate students. Our NSF-funded research team can offer: - a stipend - collaboration - vetted teaching resources - support overcoming scicomm training barriers Links ⬇️

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Stephanie Bilodeau, PhD @stephbilodeau.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Recently, I've been receiving multiple spammy-sounding requests to contribute papers to Frontiers journals for which I'm obviously not qualified, to the point where I had to add them to my block list. I guess now I know why!

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でんか @k-hermit.com · 04/06/2026

つやつやのタカラガイ中身がでてきたらガラっと印象が変わります🐚

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

ICB A resource for everyone: Reviewing Merkle and Heard’s #Teaching and #Mentoring #Writers in the #Sciences by Stephanie Bilodeau, #PhD #Researcher in #Biology at Georgia Institute of Technology, SICB DEE & DAB read in full iobopen.com/2026/05/25/r...

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Abi Stevens - comms open @abistevensart.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

If anyone wants one of my blue lobster iron-on patches there are umm currently only 5 left and they're available as pledge item or add-on via my current Backerkit campaign: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a... (I underestimated demand lol. Will have to order more sometime. 🙈) #SciArt #DarkArt #ArtShop

A photo of a white hand holding a large embroidered patch (6" tall) of my blue lobster design: a lobster in various shades of boue with eyes all over its body and a patterned shell. The eyes are red rimmed and it has re antennae and tail edges.

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Alberta Palaeontological Society @abpalaeosociety.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This week’s Fossil Friday is the preserved cast of a late Cretaceous crayfish, Eryma ornatus, found in Southern Alberta. It was found by Lawrence Halmrast and is APS 1990.011. Photo credit Howard Allen. #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #crayfish #alberta #fossilfriday

Preserved cast of the late Cretaceous crayfish Eryma ornatus from Southern Alberta (APS 1990.011).

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