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New findings on fiddler crabs coloration in our new paper:
“Males with white coloration have heavier claws, a higher proportion of developed gonads, greater body brightness, and are preferred by females.”
#scicomm
#sensoryecology
academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...
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A tiny nudibranch sparkling against a brown algae background. The lower half of the image is a range of swatches - a gradient of silvers and greys - made from the nudi's colours.
A tiny Jorunna (pantherina, I think) in a shallow tidepool. A nudi that might look pale and grey from distance, but shines & sparkles up close because of its texture. Really like the gradient of silver and greys with the brown spots! 🩶
#nudibranch #rstats #dataviz 🦑🐙🧪 #marinelife #invertebrates
Top down view of a Bullina bubble snail exploring algal turf on a shallow rocky reef. Two tiny black dots for eye-spots behind its headshield. Neon blue edge, a pale blue body, cherry-red stripes on a tiny white shell. What's not to love. Lower half of the image is swatches of the Bullina's colours.
Last of the palettes included in the R package, but certainly not least, the beautiful Bullina bubble-baby. Tiny, friend-shaped, perfect.
#rstats #dataviz 🦑🐙🧪 #marinelife #invertebrates
Close up with a beautiful nudibranch on a rocky reef. The lower half of the image is a palette of swatches made from the nudi's vibrant colours.
Once upon a time I just admired nudis and sea slugs.
But it was not enough. Now apparently I'm creating an R package to celebrate their colour palettes? 😅
First up, my Sydney fave, Hypselodoris bennetti.
#rstats #nudibranch #dataviz 🦑🐙🧪 #marinelife #invertebrates
Join the EMBO Global Lecture "Genome dynamics across environmental and cellular reprogramming" by Gianni Liti at the National Taiwan University in #Taipei, #Taiwan on 30 April. 🧪
The Nobel Prize winning CRISPR technology was applied to treating a patient with sickle cell anemia. Jennifer Doudna, pictured here, shared the Nobel Prize (2020) with Emmanuelle Charpentier for CRISPR.
A reminder that work on CRISPR was supported by #NIH funding.
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Have you ever seen a bumblebee being born?? Pretty cool to watch this worker emerge from her pupal cell today! She will be ready to work in just a few hours after her cuticle hardens and her wings dry out. Love the new bee fluffy look though 🐝 Also check out that big beautiful queen 👑
Barn Owl
📷: Jack Rogers Photography
#birds
Coupling molecular evolution with macroevolutionary transitions in a pheromone system including the three amphibian orders
🐸 María Torres-Sánchez 2026
🐸 doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
And if you want to read more about the survival cost of reproduction in our own species 👩🍼, @euantheyoung.bsky.social's @nlseb.bsky.social 2025 Prize-winning 🏆 paper is a must-read. doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Temperature stress slows down the evolutionary arms race between predators and prey as shown by experimental evolution of ciliates and bacteria. This suggests that climate-driven stress may destabilize ecological communities:
🦠 K Plum and @rebeccazufall.bsky.social 2026
🦠 doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
I’m looking to hire a postdoc. We’re interested in the evolution of organs and cell types, and evolutionary and developmental genetics more broadly. Please reach out if you’re interested and please pass on to any folks that you know who might be! 🪰🧬
This is my screaming tree. I've been going there a lot this year.
A green lizard looking in the camera while extending a blushing dewlap
Celebrating some good news today with a festive dewlap flap #lizards #anole
CHRISTINA KOCH GREETING HER DOG AFTER RETURNING FROM THE MOON IM GONNA CRYYY 😭😭😭
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Drove 7 hours and one state away to pick up to this lil rescue pup last Sunday. Meet Simon Lebone. Raised in a shalterand rather shy. I don't think he'd ever been in a pet store before. ❤️
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What is Bayesian reasoning and why is it so powerful? Sir David Spiegelhalter, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge, explains all.
Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pnlExzbNqE
A photo of an orange flower, in which two bees are facing and nestling together. “Did you know that when bees grow old, they don’t always make it back to the hive. Instead, they spend their last night resting gently on a flower beneath the stars. If they see another sunrise, they’ll gather one last bit of pollen as a final gift to their colony before quietly slipping away. So when you see a little bee resting on a flower at duck… pause and thank her. She’s more precious than gold.” ~GardeningSoul
Did you know that when bees grow old…they spend their last night resting gently on a flower beneath the stars. If they see another sunrise, they’ll gather one last bit of pollen…So when you see a little bee resting on a flower at dusk…pause & thank her. She’s more precious than gold.
~ GardeningSoul
Absolutely!
#BookSky
A batfish (family Ogcocephalidae), a bottom-dwelling fish that walks along the seafloor using its fins. [📹 animalkingdomike]
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An orphaned baby kangaroo needs our help to survive. These little joeys are vulnerable and require constant care and love after losing their mothers.
Good morning!
This tiny “snow fairy” is actually one of the most magical little birds on the planet - the long-tailed tit!
In winter, they puff up so much they look like floating snowballs with wings. Photography by @y.odamon
Over 8 billion reasons to ditch fossil fuels in one photo.
Carpe Diem
A wee blenny fish resting on some soft corals and looking up.
Ridiculously photogenic lad
A highly detailed photo of a field mouse snuggled up asleep inside a purple and yellow flower.
I just found out that tiny little field mice climb into flowers like tulips and take little naps in them like hammocks and I feel like this information is too important for me not to share with anyone. 🥹
a senior golden retriever sits in the grass in front of a gray stone wall and faces the camera head-on. he has at least four tennis balls in his mouth – two stacked vertically under his nose, and one pressing up his cheek flaps on either side. the balls are faded shades of orange and green, now weathered and well-loved, like the sugary white of the dog’s face.
This is Finley. He is the Guinness Book of World Records champ for most tennis balls held by a dog in their mouth with 6 at once. Earned the title six years ago and has remained undefeated. He may be a senior, but he definitely knows ball. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: finnyboymolloy)
