That’s them alright

Synalpheus my beloved

Long live the queens! Some of those eusocial critter queens do have an extremely long life span up to 30 yrs or even longer (naked mole-rat, ants and termites), which is phenomenal considering their sizes. Which queen would you wanna be or serve if you’re a little critter? 👑

Three panel comic. Panel 1: at a house party, a guy is standing next to his buddy, a human-size horseshoe crab. They’re both holding red solo cups. The guy is looking to the other side of the room and excitedly says to the crab, “hey, there’s another horseshoe crab here!” The crab replies, “ugh.” Panel 2: the guy says, “what’s wrong?” The crab says, “he’s one of those guys who flaunts it too much.” Panel 3: we see the other horseshoe crab in question, engaged in conversation with a group of smiling people standing around him. This second horseshoe crab is wearing a cap with a horseshoe on it, and a novelty t-shirt that reads: I SURVIVED 5 MASS EXTINCTIONS. IS IT FRIDAY YET?

If I had a nickel for every time Ralph Fiennes played someone named Coriolanus I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice

This deep sea creature is as sharp & clear as broken class, & can grow as long as your hand. This giant amphipod, (Cystisoma) only has two colored body parts: the dense orange stomach/egg pouch, & two MASSIVE eyes, which are a glittering holographic orange layer completely covering its head.
📽️ MBARI

Babe wake up new Will Ratcliff post prefaced with “1/25” just dropped

This would be the fastest pycnogonid in history, definitely AI imo

can I have the @

the "how on earth am I going to fill X pages" to "how on earth am I going to fit this all in X pages" pipeline

I'd ******** a ****** ******* if Ms. Rachel told me to

Based Ms. Rachel

Two amphipods found at 2,500m in the Nankai Trough during the #Shinkai6500 expedition.

Amphipods play a vital role in recycling nutrients on the ocean floor. To date, over 10,700 amphipod species have been described, but many remain undiscovered, particularly in the deep sea.

Wow

What’s his secret

Mandatory:
arxiv.org/pdf/1204.1749

Playing Magic: The Gathering in 2026

European meetings really do hit different

@evolutionvu.bsky.social we made the cut!

Top right is particularly arresting, and was probably designed by a really cool handsome genius

a much younger me (right) and a Galapagos marine iguana (left) taken during my semester abroad in 2015

Happy Darwin Day to all and to all a happy Darwin Day

“The black Lava rocks on the beach are frequented by large (2-3 ft), disgusting clumsy Lizards. They are as black as the porous rocks over which they crawl & seek their prey from the Sea. I call them ‘imps of darkness’. They assuredly well become the land they inhabit.”

don't make me choose, love is not a finite resource

Have a happy Valentine’s Day with your soul mate, soil mate, or both!! 🌱💚

Those litter critters can be easily overlooked, and may even treated as nuisances or pests in some scenarios, but together they maintain the soil rich and healthy! Which is your favorite soil mate?

What did they think a bird was

Who The Hell Was This? | Defector It was a bonnie morning 410 million years ago in what are now the Rhynie chert fossil beds in Scotland. The mists had begun to lift and swirl over the landscape, where hot springs burbled, lichen pape...

I wrote about an extremely strange fellow from 410 million years ago
defector.com/who-the-hell...

Well at least steel production changed from red (the bad color) to green (the good color)