Exciting news! 🎉 MorphoBank is now on Bluesky! We’re a #FAIR and #Open resource for #phylogenetic #morphological data, helping researchers archive, share, and analyze phylogenetic matrices and images. Follow us for updates on new projects, best practices, and ways to get involved!
Though my research is on "the dead stuff" (as my students coined it), seeing how these little guys act in their environment irl is huge in understanding their func ecology! Meet Herburt, my ramshorn snail grazing on some hydra!
I know it's not #molluskmonday, but here's a pink coated Neothauma tanganyicense from Lake Tanganyika!
Picture of the Hyde Park mastodon, I think. Image is facing the front side of the mastodon; its tusks loom large. It stands in front of blue backgrounds.
This is terrible news. 🧪
"The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure after a group of donors failed to fulfill a $30 million pledge..." @judylucas.bsky.social
ithacavoice.org/2025/01/muse...
There is a link in the article but here is the donation page if you can help. Even small amounts are appreciated, especially while PRI negotiates with the new mortgage holder and other institutions. Sharing helps too!
www.priweb.org/donate
As of yesterday, I have officially completed the LAST class assignment for my MSc! 😁 Now onto research and writing my thesis!
That was a close one!
Being a graduate TA is realizing you're not in charge of your schedule: the copier is.
A student (non-major) told me they think I'm engaging and they like my class...excuse me while I just 🥲