Soapberry bugs changes their body shape and reproductive strategy depending on nutrient. @aphanotus.bsky.social @colbycollege.bsky.social is revealing how these traits have evolved! #PASEDB2025 #polyphenism #soapberrybug #nutrient

NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.

I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.

Nocturnal scuba robot

Biology building stairwell guerrilla art @colbycollege.bsky.social

Exciting on a technical level. Def should reignite ethical conversations around human gene editing.

Okay, wow. Systemic in utero gene editing could in theory be used after fetal genetic screening. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

How Scientific Journals Became MAGA’s Latest Target Evidence of political bias, corporate influence and fraud has made the field vulnerable.

Teaching undergraduates i often think about what understanding of science they should take away if, for example, they enter government service. This is why. www.wsj.com/science/how-...

I’ll have to try this. #Rstats geocompx.org/post/2025/sm...

How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR, the gold-standard COVID-19 tests used to fight the global pandemic.

Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...

quantixed.org/2025/06/05/l...

An open letter to the American people from all former National Weather Service directors   | The Invading Sea The five former directors released an open letter expressing concern about cuts to the NWS and the agency housing it.

Open Letter, signed by all former NWS Directors:

www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/05/06/n...

Freshwater Fish in U.S. Carry Introduced Human-Infecting Parasites More than 90% of popular freshwater game fish in Southern California contained an introduced parasite capable of infecting humans, according to a new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps I...

⚠️ More than 9️⃣ 0️⃣ % of popular freshwater game fish in Southern California contained an introduced parasite capable of infecting humans, according to a new study led by Scripps Oceanography scientists. 🍽️ Learn more. ⬇️

🌟We have great satellite meetings!🥳😎

- Spiralia 🐌🪱
- Arthropods 🦋🦗🪰🪳
- Fishes🐠🐟🐡
- Non-bilaterian 🪼🪸

Remember to register here: evodevo.wildapricot.org/event-6007396

#evodevo #pasedb #science

We are excited to announce the Arthropod Satellite Symposium at #PASEDB2025 #evodevo 🦋🦗🪰🪳

Our outstanding speaker:
Jennifer Brisson, University of Rochester
"The evolution and development of aphid wing dimorphisms"

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We are excited to announce the Arthropod Satellite Symposium at #PASEDB2025 #evodevo 🦋🦗🪰🪳
Our outstanding speaker:

@patrickrohner.bsky.social UC San Diego
"Can development predict macroevolution? Insights from dung beetle horns and fly wings"

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We are excited to announce the Arthropod Satellite Symposium at #PASEDB2025 #evodevo 🦋🦗🪰🪳
Our outstanding speaker:

@anyimv.bsky.social Duke University
“Decoding Butterfly Wing Patterning: Analysis of the Uncharted WntA/Fz2 signaling Pathway”

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🌟Remember to register #PASEDB 2025 Biennial Meeting (July 22-25)! 😎

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The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.

This is deeply disturbing. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...

Mother Load - bioGraphic Multitasking bat moms carry their nursing pups underwing all while navigating a growing array of threats in the Australian forests they call home.

Wish i could’ve posted this for Mother’s Day! www.biographic.com/mother-load/

News of rising dementia rates collides with JD Vance. Coincidence…?

No connection between these notification items. None at all. 🤭

Opinion | A Story About Salmon That Almost Had a Happy Ending (Gift Article) How tribal leaders, commercial fisherman and a few small environmental groups won an uphill campaign against dams.

Update: “Now [the Klamath] has a chance to do something even more important: show a way toward...sustainable agriculture...however, the Trump admin suspended funding ...for the wetlands restoration...and laid off...employees who facilitated those projects.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/o...
#envhist

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

How many insects can you see in this photo? Believe it or not, there are five. This termite alate fell victim to four perfectly camouflaged assassin bug nymphs (Reduvius tarsatus) Their bodies are covered with minute setae that trap grains of sand and various debris, making them virtually disappear.

Zebra Urchin Crab (Zebrida adamsii) Zebra Urchin Crab from Hairball II on July 23, 2020 by Dan Schofield

Z is for Zebrida, completing the alphabet of #CrabAZ!

This pretty little guy rides around on fire urchins, which are venomous to us. But the crab nibbles its tube feet! Its body shape and colors both match and contrast with the urchin.

But it's not over yet! Come back tomorrow for a bonus post 🦀🧪🦑

Reminder that NIH grants are NOT reckless spending. They are extremely competitive. The mean success rate of all grants is <24%. Far lower for R01's that are the lifeblood of most academic labs. All the data can be found here:

report.nih.gov/funding/nih-...

Although the hits keep coming, we must continue to fight for the future of science. Whether in your classrooms or in your neighborhoods, get the word out about the breakdown of our federal institutions. Make sure that people know what this means for their future and the future of the country.

Propose a new Workshop Propose a new Workshop for 2027 Apply here  If you would like to run a fully funded Workshop with The Company of Biologists then please read the details below on how to apply. Workshop proposals shoul...

The latest call for @biologists.bsky.social Workshop proposals (to be held in 2027) is now open! If you've got an innovative idea for an interdisciplinary workshop in the biological sciences, this is a great opportunity. You set the theme and choose the speakers, we organise all the logistics.

Agouti and BMP signaling drive a naturally occurring fate conversion of melanophores to leucophores in zebrafish | PNAS The often-distinctive pigment patterns of vertebrates are varied in form and function and depend on several types of pigment cells derived from emb...

More cool #devoevo / #evodevo, hot off the presses at @pnas.org #zebrafish
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

A microRNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus In Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), the genomic region around the gene cortex is a “hotspot” locus, repeatedly implicated in generating intraspecific melanic wing color polymorphisms across 100 mi...

Also worth mentioning, from a few months ago: @tianshenbio.bsky.social et al. explores the famous cortex locus in #Lepidoptera, finding a conserved #microRNA regulates pigmentation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Microbiome composition and turnover in the face of complex lifecycles and bottlenecks: insights through the study of dung beetles | Applied and Environmental Microbiology As the influence of symbionts on host ecology, evolution, and development has become more apparent so has the importance of understanding how hosts facilitate the reliable maintenance of their interac...

Also from @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social on the life cycle dynamics of #microbiota (in dung beetles, so lots of microbes, ya) journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

#Hox genes-- not just embryonic patterning! Here's a fascinating look at their influence on adult head structure in dung beetles. From the lab of @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...