The Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis mimicking a mouth with teeth to scare off predators.

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Agami Herons.

Nooooooo no no no no noooo

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two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

This is what we need! And fold clothes! Empty the dishwasher. Those are the tasks that need automating!

I'm hiring a postdoc (start date flexible) and a PhD student (for Fall 2027) to work in any area of computational phylogenetics! More info here:

mhibbins.github.io

I will be attending both PEQG and Evolution in June, so please reach out if you want to chat at these meetings!

Its time to go tell people about Parasaurolophus. This is where I shine.

Brooke Ashley Farris
"Can you touch manatees, No. Can manatees touch you Absolutely! And this guy was all kinds of touchy grabby! We nicknamed him Rico Suave."

Grey wolf

in the middle of this, Astronaut Christina Koch says that when she looked back at earth, she “didn’t just notice the planet, but the darkness around it—

like a lifeboat”

we are really all we’ve got out here

During a weeklong taxonomy workshop at the University of Łódź in Poland, 16 scientists collaborated to describe the new species at a pace that would have been impossible working alone. The effort (…) aims to formally describe 1,000 new deep-sea species by 2030.

My quote of the day

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

Bil Keane

Two burrowing owlets goofing around. One has bent his head to the side so far it's almost upside down.

Happy Friday! 🪶

What animal are you? Humans and animals tend to like the same mating calls Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds

such a cool study reported in @sciam.bsky.social: People listened to "dozens of pairs of mating calls from 16 animal species...humans tended to prefer the same mating calls that animals themselves did." 🌍🧪
www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

Designing life science assessments in the era of generative artificial intelligence Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) algorithms have the potential to reshape education. Though GAI may help democratize access to education, it also presents many challenges for educators. Alread...

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I am excited to share a new paper from the education side of the lab.

There is a lot of anxiety that genAI tools will jeopardize learning gains from homework assignments. Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we analyzed where genAI succeeds and where it struggles.

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

Katharine Johnson

As we send a Black man and a woman around the moon for the first time, let’s remember the trailblazing Black woman Katherine Johnson, whose brilliant calculations were critical to the initial Apollo 11 mission. Her work spanned 33 years at NASA, including contributions to the Space Shuttle program.

And South America!! Cara cara, caracarito.

Crab day it is!

I am excited to share our latest paper, Uniform bacterial genetic diversity along the gut, now out in Nature Communications! www.nature.com/articles/s41.... (1/n)

The American Society of Naturalists standalone meeting (formerly the Asilomar meeting) is being held instead in a mansion on Long Island on Jan 8-12. Mark your calendar.

Proposals for symposia are due April 30
www.amnat.org/announcement...

Maybe getting to know each other can help clear out issues? Just an idea…

Julie Andrews Is In The Cockpit YouTube video by alwayslolfunny

There is nothing to worry about. ‘Julie Andrews is in the cockpit.’ Has now become the best way to deal with all of this.
youtu.be/18qgl6SVNf8?...

Yes. For ever early

Photo a Day 2026 - Day 81: A pair of Bald Eagles on Camano Island in Washington.
#photoaday #birds #nature #photography

This rarely-seen Glass Octopus was caught by an underwater robot during an expedition off the Phoenix Islands.

The Snow Fairy: Japan's Cutest Bird Weighs Only 8 Grams 🐦❄️

The Snow Fairy: Japan's Cutest Bird Weighs Only 8 Grams 🐦❄️

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Image of the cover of the 1st volume of ISME Host Microbe a new official journal of the International Society for Microbial Ecology. Cover images shows a plant stomata with bacteria around and entering.

Excited to announce our new journal from @isme-microbes.bsky.social ISME Host Microbe is live and now accepting submissions. Look forward to receiving your papers! #Microsky 🧫 🦠