These Salmon Got High on Cocaine. That Wasn’t the Craziest Part.
Researchers gave cocaine to salmon and they swam faster and traveled farther than their sober counterparts.
A headline I never imagined.
Aerial view of the Columbia Glacier region with labeled areas including Main Branch, West Branch, Rocky Outcrop, Great Nunatak, and Heather Island. Snow-capped mountains and greenery are visible. The image includes a scale showing 5 kilometers.
This image consists of two diagrams labeled "a" and "b." Both diagrams illustrate phases of glacier activity from a side view. In "a," the terminus of the glacier is floating in water, with labeled "Buoyancy" forces on the immersed terminus. Diagram "b" shows a glacier terminus supported by land, with a piece of glacier calving into the water, creating labeled "Pressure waves" and "Seismic waves" depicted with lines and arrows.
Glaciers can't talk,💬 but PhD student Sebin John's recently published research shows how the seismic record at Columbia Glacier tells the story of the glacier's retreat over past decades, with insights that could be useful for other tidewater glaciers in Alaska! https://bit.ly/4mJPqMC
🥤 Slurp! #MolluskMonday #MolluscMonday 🌊🦑
A moth with an orange face and black eyes. It is hanging from a twig looking directly at the camera. It is very fluffy, like a teddy bear
Moth faces are so cute. Here’s a moth in the genus Trosia
This book cover is giving definite rhizocephalan vibes. The larva of a parasitic barnacle invades a crab, takes over its digestive (to steal nourishment) & nervous (to control movement & behavior) systems, & ultimately uses the host to feed, protect, & disperse its babies - a perfect horror tale. 🦀
It must be #MolluscMonday #MolluskMonday
Re-upping this for #MolluscMonday #MolluskMonday! #MarineLife #SciArt 🦑🌊🐡
April 20, 1896, an especially picturesque view of the Juneau harbor from 130 years ago today. Via the University of Washington #alaskahistory #alaska #juneau
Map of the contiguous United States showing the spring bloom index anomaly as of April 19, 2026 from the USA National Phenology Network. Many areas are earlier than normal.
Aside from Florida, nearly the entire contiguous U.S. has experienced earlier than average first plant blooms in 2026. Earlier springs can cause longer allergy seasons, accelerate wildfire risk, increase pests/mosquitoes, and lead to less reliable snow-fed water.
Map: www.usanpn.org/data/maps/sp...
My super department @warwicklifesci.bsky.social is hiring 6 assistant profs in the wake of recent retirements. We're looking for people in microbiology/infection, cellular disease / immunity; environmental biology; and plant/crop science. #MicroSky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
A (non-realistic) „sticker“ I drew in procreate of Eulalia sp., a green paddle worm of the family Phyllodocidae.
If life hands you a deadline, draw polychaete stickers!
(Am supposed to be working on velvet worm nephridia, but oh well…)
#polychaete #worm #art #marinelife
💙💪🏻 #MarineLife #SciArt 🌊🦑🐡
Photo of a sketch book page with six spaces each with a crayon drawn fish species: an anchovy, a fire goby, a flounder, a sculpin, a blind garra, and a look down jack
#SundayFishSketch BONUS: A peek at another full page!
Yes we crab! 🦀 #MarineLife 🌊🦑
A calico kitty is rolled on her side w/ belly exposed & paws up. It’s a trap! Do not touch the belly!
🌼🌼👀🦀 #MarineLife #SciArt 🦑🌊🐡
I finally created the sequels to this after being enlightened in the replies - here's anteater-isation for @obeymybrain.bsky.social and limpetisation for @limpetnerd.eurosky.social!
Both are also now on Threadless 🐜 bluerehn.threadless.com
#SciArt #evolution
A message from Tuna Acisu asking for help maintaining cherry blossom record in Kyoto Japan.
A figure showing the cherry tree record since 812 from world in data.
A 1200+ year climate record is at risk. Do you know know anyone in Japan who could help? See below.
Calling phycologically inclined student / early-career-researcher artists! The logo design contest for this summer’s Phycological Society of America meeting has been extended until the 19th. Submit your designs to win free registration & have your art featured on conference swag! #PhycologyFriday 🐡🦑
One of the best aspects of the Phycological Society of America is the welcoming scientific ”home” it provides for students & early-career researchers (ECRs). The upcoming annual meeting in Alaska includes several fun & unique events for students & ECRs. #PhycologyFriday #MarineLife 🌊🦑
Just in case you wanted to know more about my Arctic/Alaska scholarship, UAF just released this profile/interview 🤎🦣🤎
#Alaska, #mammoth, #de-extinction, #Indigenousfuturism
www.uaf.edu/cla/news/202...
Please RT!
The Dept of Chemistry at UC Irvine invites applications for a tenured faculty position in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Deadline: July 1, 2026.
More information about the position can be found here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10109
@uciphyssci.bsky.social
a #PhycologyFriday reminder:
This year’s Phycological* Society of America meeting is in one of my favorite places, Juneau, Alaska! Registration & abstract submission thru April 24th:
www.psaalgae.org/meetings/202...
*Phycology = study of algae
#AlaskaSky #MarineLife 🌊🦑
