New paper out today! Using accelerometers to generate thermal performance curves in great hammerhead sharks. Their low activation energies may explain why they can perform well across seasons.

The Presidential Records Act of 1978 (passed after Watergate to ensure White House transparency) requires presidential documents be sent to the National Archives and Records Administration.

It’s all a cover up. The DOJ has issued a legal opinion arguing that Trump does not have to turn over his presidential records to the National Archives at the end of his administration.

If anyone on here works at one of the 57 forest service research stations that are going to be closed and you want to tell me about your work there and why it's important, reach out: jmckenzie@thebulletin.org

The Dead Do Tell Tales: Lessons from Marine Mammal Strandings — WOMEN IN OCEAN SCIENCE In the marine world, even basic information like sex or age is hard to obtain from live animals. Strandings offer a rare opportunity to access this information, and post-mortems offer an even deeper…

The Dead Do Tell Tales: Lessons from Marine Mammal Strandings www.womeninoceanscience.com/blog/2026/1/... 🧪 🦑 🌍️

I’m sitting here drinking with my aunt and she says “what’s that book? Eat, Pray, Fish?”. Yep. Eat pray fish, no notes.

The front end of a vehicle stopped at an intersection, held up by a salamander in a tiny safety vest and stop sign. Behind it is a large group of yellow spotted salamanders crossing the road.

Amphibian migration season is coming this spring. Remember to drive slow!

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science 48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

Forty-seven scientific societies have signed a letter organized by the @ucsusa.bsky.social urging Congress to protect federally funded research and federal scientists:

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Change up your look to keep them on their proverbial toes?

Wild fish use visual cues to recognize individual divers | Biology Letters Many animal species have been shown to discriminate between individual humans in captive settings and may use a variety of cues to do so. Empirical evidence remains scarce for animals in the wild, how...

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Museums and Zoos: Rapid genetic identification of rare species and practical applications for conservation and systematics in a biodiverse country Obtaining genetic information from rare species is challenging for scientists, but it is crucial for understanding animal evolutionary history and informing conservation management initiatives. We pre...

Led by Daniel Chavez "In particular, the cost to sequence ... 1kb ... with Sanger sequencing abroad is ∼$20 USD... In contrast, the cost to sequence a gene with an Oxford Nanopore Technologies instrument locally is only ∼$1.73 USD." awesome impact
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Can list me as the third then. Left in 2023 in anticipation of the things that are happening now.

I have work to do but I'm distracted by watching US scientific progress & leadership being irreversibly undermined because a few unelected malcontents are penalizing researchers for following legal requirements set out by congressional orders to augment basic research with benefits to society.

Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”

This is what I expected of you @asm.org. Way to go SICB.
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📣NEW PAPER: ‘Advocacy - defending science or destroying it?’ Our interviews with 47 climate scientists provide detailed explanations on all the good things about policy advocacy and the legitimate concerns with threats to the integrity and credibility of science. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New paper on "OCEAN EQUITY: From assessment to action to improve social equity in ocean governance"

Link: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

"The level of equity embodied in most ocean policies, management practices, programs, initiatives, and funding portfolios is unknown."

NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.

The National Science Foundation says that it is complying with Friday's court order and will resuming funding to grants and projects.

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Image of the cover of the book 'Women in Herpetology'. It is a collage of portraits of six women herpetologists and their study animals: frogs, newts, turtles and snakes

If you haven't heard already, 'Women in Herpetology: 50 Stories From Around The World" is now available online shorturl.at/lrDHM! 💻📖 All profits from book sales go towards the creation of future scholarships for underrepresented students to attend conferences- the first ones will be $$$ for #WHC2024