Came here to say this! 🤯 And to think I complain about Illustrator!

Traditional sketch drawing on Strathmore gray toned paper of Mexian Axolotls. There are some graphical elements added to the image for composition and interest. Sketch with Pen and Ink, Posca fine line white paint pen for highlights. 2017 Cass Womack Artist.

Today Feb 1st is #NationalAxolotlDay 🎉💙

Critically Endangered, #Axolotls once inhabited interconnected wetlands and lakes in the Mexican highlands. Spanish settlers drained the waterways destroying their habitat which is now Mexico City.

#AnimalDayCal #SciArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #AnimalArt

It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.

His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

Kidneys make more than pee- in stickleback fish, they make sticky glue! Dads use glue to build nests and protect eggs from microbes.(And look like dogs scooting doing it 🤣)

But some stickles have lost parental care, do they still need glue? 🐟

Come to my #SICB2026 poster (P024) today to find out!

Are you interested in SciComm and attending the SICB meetings in Portland? Check out the Multi-Media Science Communication Workshop! #SICB2026

Hosts Marty and Cam will be there to talk about the podcast and will have some Big Biology merch to give away! 🌟🎧

a black and white MILFs for Mother Earth zine, with a fat assed earth stomping on the words mother earth in thigh high fishnets and stripper heels

For anyone attending #SICB2026, I'll be giving my talk, "Punk Rock Scicomm" tomorrow morning at 9:15 in Oregon 203.

I'll have plenty of MILF zines for anyone looking for inspiration on how to connect people with actionable information in unconventional ways 😈

Sonoran Desert landscape looking west across Avra Valley from Tucson Mountain Park. In the foreground, a desert trail winds through cholla cacti, saguaros, ocotillo, and native shrubs. The valley stretches to distant mountain ranges on the horizon under a dramatic sky of blue patches and white cumulus clouds with rays of light breaking through.

Please pass along - We've extended the CAMBIUM fellowship deadline to December 15! Our NSF NRT supports new grad students to harness biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎

A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"

ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...

My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com

That's me! Join us on Friday with your own fluid to imbibe (coffee or tea, crop milk NOT recommended 🤢)

Wait I fully assumed that was part of the postdoc job description 😂😭

We are looking for a new postdoc to join our team! Details below. Please reach out if interested. share widely—Thanks!

ISN members, check out my labmate (Usan)'s cool ✨ spatial transcriptomics ✨ work at today's webinar!

A daycare playground behind a fence with a bike path and trees in front

Oh hey ours does! (To be fair though, it’s on a college campus)

It will never cease to amaze me that there is a night river of birds flowing over the Midwest every spring and fall

I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂

Those are sooo good! They’re my go-to gift for all my labmates too 🐟

A blurry photo of a large brown wheel bug perched on a small sapling

I saw my first one this weekend too! They’re so big! I got close to ID it, didn’t realize they had gnarly bites… 😬

Congratulations, Mark!

Senate spending panel would rescue NSF and NASA science funding Its support for a flat budget is a sign of congressional resistance to drastic cuts Trump has proposed

The Senate appropriations committee has voiced its intent to ignore the request by President Donald Trump to slash the budgets of the National Science Foundation and NASA science programs. scim.ag/4nW7XWi

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

How a Parasitic Bird With No Parents Learns What Species It Is

Cowbird research highlighted in The NY Times! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/s... How Parasitic Cowbirds With No Parents Learns What Species They Are - The New York Times

A black and white coelacanth swimming slightly forward and down in a tight C curve. The style is strongly reminiscent of Japanese style koi tattoos.

I wanted to try my hand at the fairly classic koi tattoo but with a personal twist. This one depicts a coelacanth which are lobe-finned fish known as "living fossils". They're relatives of our own fish ancestors prior to our lineage leaving the water. #art #coelacanth #tattoo #tetrapod #paleontology

“World Firefly Day: Celebrate Nature’s Light Show” A time lapse photo, showing all of the countless firefly flashes over 20 minutes, in a forest clearing.

Tonight is #WorldFireflyDay!
🌌Visit a firefly-sighting site & get inspired by the light show!
💡Help your local fireflies by providing pesticide-free habitat & turning off outdoor lights at night!
🔎Join Firefly Atlas & track the species around you! ➡ fireflyatlas.org
Learn more ➡ xerces.org/fireflies

I truly adore the chaotic energy of this graphical abstract. The MS Paint of it all! The tattooed buff ant pushing a buggy! In the era of Biorender/AI everything, this stands out more than ever. Bonus that the science looks cool too 😉

Big beautiful fish!

Image shows a barren landscape with dark, undulating hills under a stormy sky. Overlay text criticizes Sen. Lee's stance on public lands, quoting LaikeN Jordahl from the Center for Biological Diversity. The organization's logo is seen at the bottom left.

The good news: The Senate parliamentarian has ruled against the sell-off, meaning it's been removed from the budget bill.

The bad news: Sen. Mike Lee is vowing to continue his efforts to sell off vast tracts of America’s public lands.

We have to keep the pressure up. ➡️ biodiv.us/handsoffpubl...

Perfectly descriptive name, no notes!

A poster with outline of Illinois and photos of a belted kingfisher, prairie king snake and king rail reading “The only ‘kings’ ‘round here”)

Central IL wildlife represented today #NoKings