tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This court decision is appalling. We, as a country and as human beings, NEED TO DO BETTER. Shame on this court, shame on our government, and shame on folks who aren’t speaking up about the reality of trans rights in the US. 020
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If you are looking for a PhD and interested in invertebrate neurobiology, sensory ecology, or shrimp that use shock waves as weapons, the lab I’m in has a funded PhD student position! Awesome lab with a great PI! Feel free to DM me with questions, please share widely! www.kingston-lab.comkingston-lab.comKINGSTON LABIn the Kingston lab, we use integrative and comparative approaches to address fundamental questions on the neurobiology and sensory physiology that guides invertebrate behavior. We employ marine... 0128
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialKetrinaDrawsALot @ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026SHRIMPtember 🦐 The Pink Floyd pistol shrimp is named after the band because of its bright pink claw. The shrimp's snap can reach 210 decibels (for reference, a jet engine gets about 140 decibels)! #shrimptember #pistolshrimp #education #SciArt 0285
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Lethocerus, my beloved! Nothing like working with your favorite insect to brighten up your day! 010
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Excited to share that my first chapter of my dissertation has been published in @behavecol.bsky.social ! We found species-specific roles in the initiation and maintenance of snapping shrimp goby mutualisms. academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...academic.oup.comSpecies-specific behaviors drive the initiation and maintenance of snapping shrimp-goby mutualismsWe studied a well-known mutualism between snapping shrimp and gobies to learn about the nuanced behavioral interactions involved in the initiation and main 081
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Goooood morning! The 2026 Snail Facts Calendars are OUT! We've got 24 days of scratchable snail fact goodness, designed by Philly artist Kelly Nichols! Advent calendars are cute as hell, a delightful tradition, and keep @skypeascientist.bsky.social funded! Get one at SquidFacts.net Pls repost ❤️ 15372278
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Today is the final day to submit abstracts for SICB 2027! 025
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialSociety for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026#SICB 2027 is on the horizon! Come share your #research and learn about the most exciting areas of integrative, comparative, and organismal #biology in Pittsburgh, PA on January 3-7, 2027. The abstract deadline is August 28 at 11:59 PM HST. www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/abstrac... #science #conferences 032
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialSociety for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026It's that time! Abstract submission is open for #SICB 2027! Come share your research and learn about the most exciting areas #scientific research in Pittsburgh, PA on January 3-7, 2027. abstract deadline is August 28 at 11:59 PM HST. Questions go to Matt McHenry: ProgramOfficer@sicb.org. 0138
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Do you find mutualisms fascinating? Work on behavior, neurobiology, or sensory biology in mutualistic animals? Join us at our symposium or complementary session on the neuroethology of mutualisms at SICB 2027! @sicb.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social 0177
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Great talk by the snapping shrimp queen @alexcnkingston.bsky.social !! 000
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialVivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Cool work by @alexcnkingston.bsky.social showing how snapping shrimp have an orbital shell (aka magic helmet) that helps them deal with supersonic shock waves during fights #ICN2026 062
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Interested in how mutualistic animals identify each other to maintain their partnership? I’m giving a poster on how mutualistic snapping shrimp identify their partner gobies at @neuroethology.org during poster session 3! Feel free to find me and chat about all things shrimp and ephys :) #ICN2026 050
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialGeorge Kafetzis @gkafetzis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Curious about sharks? The evolution and adaptation of vertebrate visual circuits? 🦈 🐟 🐤 🐁 👁️ I'll be speaking at ICN2026 @neuroethology.org on Friday, or just find me to chat! Special thanks to @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social and Gregor Belušič for the wonderful session within yet another wonderful ICN! 0205
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialLauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Congratulations to @samjakeengland.bsky.social for his @currentbiology.bsky.social cover😍after @atal-pande.bsky.social's new paper! This leggy fren is a wolf spider (Pardosa) featuring in several projects in @multipleye-lab.bsky.social, so it's lovely to see her getting the limelight she deserves 💃 0214
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The only upside to a 5 hour delay and multiple flight changes (including a 2 hour drive to my parents house in Wisconsin) and getting home at 4 am is that I CAN GO TO A LOCAL CHEESE FACTORY TOMORROW!! 000
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialTom Iwanicki @iwanicki.bsky.social · 13/07/2026"The next time you hover over [a scallop] on a dive, remember you’re not just looking at a shell with eyes. You’re looking at an animal that’s also looking at you." Lovely quote by Dan Speiser 0185
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 13/07/2026One of the most memorable scenes in the history of cinema. RIP Sam Neill 17869851220
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialAtal 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 tannermierow.bsky.socialLauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Beyond proud of @atal-pande.bsky.social, whose first PhD chapter is out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Atal shows that spiders that use their vision to hunt have convergently evolved similar eye arrangements, which imply lots of resampling of frontal space www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comHunting ecology predicts eye arrangements in the modular visual system of spidersVision is one of the most important senses used by animals and contributes to fundamental behaviors, including foraging, navigation, and mate detectio… 45320
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialEvelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Around here, loving Shrimp is the law. This guy will enforce the law, with his firearm (pistol shrimp 💚🦐 ) 1648
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialJo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 22/06/2026It's #JapaneseCrabDay! In honor of this auspicious day, which I learned from @crabspromenade.bsky.social, here is a two part hermit crab story 🦀🦑 Post your crabs! 17523
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialTodd Oakley @ostratodd.bsky.social · 17/06/2026🧵 New paper! We’re excited to release OPTICS: software that immediately predicts color sensitivity from any opsin protein sequence. In other words: give OPTICS any opsin sequence, and it predicts the wavelength of light the pigment is most sensitive to 🌈👁️ academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...academic.oup.comAccessible and Robust Machine Learning Approaches to Improve the Opsin Genotype-Phenotype MapAbstract. Predicting phenotypes from genetic variation is a central challenge in biology. Here, machine learning (ML) offers great promise, but its use is 27029
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialEvelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Finally got to introduce Bug to pistol shrimps in person today 🥹 also there were a few little pools with baby pistol shrimps 🥹🥹 One of them gave us a few shots with its claw, it was very loud 🥹🥹🥹 🦐 510813
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 10/06/2026SICB folks, please share widely! I may know the person running this account 👀😂 021
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 22/05/2026SNAPPING SHRIMP ON A SHIRT, I REPEAT, SNAPPING SHRIMP ON A SHIRT 0216
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialSam England @samjakeengland.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Out today in @royalsocietypublishing.org - we show that crab spiders (the ones you usually see ambushing pollinators on flowers 🕷️🌸) get worse at hunting if their eyes are covered!🫣 Sounds obvious? It's actually quite surprising, here's why... 👀 (1/8) royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... 27836
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialDr. Sam Fabian, FRES @stfabian.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Happy #worldrobberflyday to some of the very best flies you can find. Robberflies are wonderfully effective predators, with some even catching dragonflies. They combine remarkable vision, rapid reactions, and fast acting venom. Every #robberfly is a treat to find. 0113
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialRoyal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 27/04/2026Ever wonder why everything is blurry when you open your eyes underwater? Watch #ProcB author Kathryn Feller talk about research on amphibious vision in compound eyes: cassyni.com/events/Ur5pU... 🧪 082
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialDr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Ever wonder why everything is blurry when you open your eyes underwater? The answer explained in this video seminar by @tannermierow.bsky.social and myself, recapping our new paper on amphibious vision in compound eyes! cassyni.com/events/Ur5pU...cassyni.comCassyni | Science starts with a seminarSeamlessly organise, run and publish academic research talks. Get started in minutes. 083
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialDr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 25/03/2026New paper on seeing in air and water with compound eyes! The problem: physics The solution: physics Elegantly described with the dream team @tannermierow.bsky.social and @alexkingston.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... 13824
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialAlex Kingston @alexcnkingston.bsky.social · 25/03/2026So proud of the Toebiter team Tanner @tannermierow.bsky.social, Kate @drkatefeller.bsky.social, Jess, and Rick for our paper out in @royalsociety.org Proceedings B. Check out how we learned about the optics and performance of the eyes of amphibious insects: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...doi.orgConserved optical adaptations enable amphibious vision in compound eyesAbstract. The visual systems of amphibious animals must perform in two optically distinct environments: air and water. Little is known about how diffractio 054
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 25/03/2026🚨🚨TOE-BITER TIME🚨🚨 Interested in how the eyes of amphibious insects transition from an aquatic to amphibious ecology? Check out my new paper with @drkatefeller.bsky.social and @alexcnkingston.bsky.social! Super psyched to have published on my beloved toe-biters! doi.org/10.1098/rspb...doi.orgConserved optical adaptations enable amphibious vision in compound eyesAbstract. The visual systems of amphibious animals must perform in two optically distinct environments: air and water. Little is known about how diffractio 073
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialmjhaught @mjhaught.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I found this guy living at Paradise Reef. I've never heard the loud crack made by the claws of a red snapping shrimp, aka pistol shrimp, but I would like to. 091
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialBrooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Are you an early career biologist seeking a position (Masters up to faculty)? I have talked to so many people who feel alone, like they don't have resources, or who are seeking community during this difficult time in the job market. I created a Discord community to help. discord.gg/nmktHJhUPHdiscord.ggJoin the Early Career Biologist Support Network Discord Server!Check out the Early Career Biologist Support Network community on Discord - hang out with 3 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat. 14339
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialRoyal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 19/02/2026New research from #JRSocInterface: Structural and mechanical properties facilitate shock wave damping by helmet-like orbital hoods in snapping shrimp royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article... | #Biomaterials 073
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialShubham Rathore Ph.D. MSc. @shubhamtr.bsky.social · 18/02/2026So happy to be presenting to one of my favorite community of scientists! (@neuroethology.org ) Come join us, to check out some of my “old” work with new insights about arthropod eyes and their molecular make-up! #Neuroethology 1177
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 13/02/2026🚨🚨MORE COOL SNAPPING SHRIMP WORK!!🚨🚨 030
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Belated paper post #2! Curious if shock wave damping helmets impair vision in snapping shrimp? (Spoiler alert: they don’t!) check out @alexcnkingston.bsky.social and I’s new paper at JEB! doi.org/10.1242/jeb....doi.orgShock wave-damping orbital hoods cover the eyes of snapping shrimp (Alpheus heterochaelis) without impairing spatial visionSummary: The helmet-like orbital hoods of snapping shrimp are primarily protective and neither impair spatial vision nor make meaningful contributions to it. 020
tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026(Very) belated post but super jazzed to have my undergrad research thesis (and first ever publication) published at the Journal of Insect Behavior with @ceph-whisperer.bsky.social and @alexcnkingston.bsky.social! Check it out! link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comPraying Mantids Adjust Head and Thorax Saccades to Track Visual Stimuli Moving at Different Speeds - Journal of Insect BehaviorAnimals frequently use movements of their eyes or heads to visually track objects in their environment. Visual tracking movements can be classified into two primary categories: smooth pursuit and sacc... 072
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialMaddy Janakis @maddy-janakis.bsky.social · 12/01/2026a little late in this (i got sick) but thank you to @sicb-dab.bsky.social Portland 2026. had lots of fun seeing great talks and talking about crabs! 🦀 061
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialMargaret Stanley @ecostanley.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Are you a hellraiser mite or a knobbled weevil? Take the quiz and vote for NZ’s Bug of the Year theconversation.com/are-you-a-he...theconversation.comAre you a hellraiser mite or a knobbled weevil? Take the quiz and vote for NZ’s Bug of the YearTake the personality quiz to match with one of NZ’s larger-than-life little creatures, then cast your vote. 12411
Reposted by tannermierow.bsky.socialSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Heard from Tanner Mierow at #SICB2026 about the mutualisms between snapping shrimp and gobies. Gobies need shrimp to dig holes. Shrimp need gobies to keep a lookout. But who asks who out here? Gobies initiate- they’re *desperate* for a shrimp. But once initiated, shrimp maintain the relationship. 614830