Applications for the ASIH Raney Fund are due in 10 days! Please spread the word if you know a student that could use funding for fishy research. I'm chairing the committee for the awards this year and am happy to answer any questions about it
This is one of our Latimeria chalumnae, which was the species of coelacanth found in a fish market in South Africa in 1938 after western scientists thought coelacanths had been extinct for 60 million years or so. This individual was collected in the 1960s.
Pulled a real star of the @nhm.org fish collection out of his tank today.
The United States National Herbarium is seeking a Lead Collections Manager! For complete requirements and application procedures, please visit USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov/job/864499200). Applications and all supporting documentation must be received online by 1 May 2026.
The authors and the editors should have nixed that one lol
‼️NEW ANGLERFISH PAPER! 🐟🎣
So excited to share the final part of my Master’s research! We explore the bizarre tacklebox of anglerfish lures and show how these fishes evolved different ways to attract prey and maybe even mates in the deep sea. 🧪🦑🌊🦇🦀
Open access paper link: doi.org/10.1643/i202...
We are continuing our WWF stream series! We are fundraising with @wwf-streamers.bsky.social to conserve species of the planet, while chatting with the scientific experts!
Today, black footed ferret conservation!
2pm EDT
#science #twitch #stem #sciants #scicomm
twitch.tv/sciants_Stre...
Diagram depicting phylogenetic relationships among several elongated catfishes.
Pleased to share a new phylogeny for the airbreathing or walking catfishes from the family Clariidae - part of my postdoctoral work at the AMNH in collaboration with Tobit Liyandja and Melanie Stiassny: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The third slide of this extremely professional science presentation I’m putting together is just cool wallpaper of StarCraft II.
A gentle reminder that there is less than a month to get in ASIH Raney Fund applications. Get up to $1,000 for your fishy research!
It's me wearing a pigeon shirt standing next to a large OU
I am thrilled to share that I have accepted an offer for Assistant Curator of Fishes at the Sam Noble Museum/Assistant Professor at University of Oklahoma!
I will be starting this August and looking forward to more fishy research. 🐟🐠🐡
Thanks to all who've helped me get this far!
Manatee conservation is what got me into marine sciences!
That’s a lot of websites these days.
You think he shops there when it's open?
I would pay more that $80 for that sweater.
🦈🐟🎣SAVE THE DATE 🐡 🐠🚢
⁉️ The Australian Society for Fish Biology and Australian Freshwater Sciences Society Conference 2026 (#ASFB2026 & #AFSS2026)
📍 Hobart, Tasmania
📆 29 November - 3 December
👀 Registration and abstract submission open soon. Follow our social media for updates.
🕕 Time flies when you’re having fun. We’re halfway through our #FirstFridays 20th Anniversary season—will 𝙮𝙤𝙪 be joining us on April 3?
Enjoy #NHMLA after hours with live music, DJ sets, Curiosity Crawl, Pop-Up Experiences, Local Artists, Community Partners, and more: go.nhm.org/first-friday...
What is this? Some kind of silly joke?
Couple of shelves at least.
Fig. 2 Anterior, lateral, and ventral views of the myliobatid ray models designed for hydrodynamic testing. (A) Model with a dihedral angle of 6.4° (DM1). Note the cavities made on all models to insert the biologger, the tether, and the tail. (B) Model with a dihedral angle of 35.9° (DM2). (C) Model with a dihedral angle of 80° (DM3). (D) Model AM with an anhedral angle of 80°. All models have disc widths of 15 cm and a Bl of 9.5 cm. The position of the COM ( ) is approximated.
IOB
"During swimming, #myliobatids often exhibit gliding behavior, a passive locomotion mode when active flapping ceases and the pectoral fins are maintained in a static position..."
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
Cooper et al
#biomechanics #biology #science
Students are all smiles reviewing data at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
🔬 Final weeks! Are you an undergraduate or graduate student interested in studying the #NHMLAC Collections? If you’re currently enrolled in an accredited degree-granting program, apply for our Student Collections Study Awards now through April 1—details: go.nhm.org/study-award
Are you a graduate student who is a member of ASIH and studying fishy things? Looking for research funds? Consider applying to the Raney Fund, which awards up to $1,000 for research, field or travel purposes. The deadline to apply is April 30th! More info here:
www.asih.org/awards/raney...
Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Graduate Research Excellence Grants, Apply by May 18, 2026.
Proposals are due May 18 for this year’s Graduate Research Excellence Grants! Up to $2500 for 1st and 2nd year grad students and up to $3500 for 3rd years and above. Learn more and apply now! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
Aquarium of the Pacific News: Aquarium awards $150,000 to Southern California students to support their persistence in marine science-related fields www.aquariumofpacific.org/news/story/aquarium_of_t...
At first glance, absolutely. Don't write with AI, right? But then I thought about the background of the authors, and I know how hard it is to write in English when it's not your native language. Their declaration just made me wonder if AI is a way to elevate voices of those who struggle to write.
Interested in joining my lab and the Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute? Guillaume Rieucau (LUMCON) and I have incoming funding to support a masters student who will use imaging sonar and traditional sampling to study how fishes utilize artificial reefs in Lake Pontchartrain.
On one hand, writing in English is hard, even for native speakers. AI can maybe level the playing field. On the other hand, I fundamentally dislike AI.
Was reading a paper this morning where, in the Declarations, the authors say that AI was used to write portions of the text and that they went through to clean it up afterwards. I know most of the authors and know that English is a 2nd or 3rd language for them. Don’t quite know how I feel.
Many brightly colored pinned moth specimens in an Entomology collection.
Undergrad and graduate students! Could your work benefit from visiting one of the NHMLAC’s collections? Apply for our Collections Study Award, due Apr. 1. I’d love to have students make use of our Entomology collection!
Details here:
tinyurl.com/bdduefsy
