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the current executive director of Baltimore Heritage is named Johns Hopkins!

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The Emperor Angelfish change color dramatically as they mature, can switch sex from female to male and live up to 20 years. They form small harems on Indo-Pacific reefs, and can eat toxic sea sponges that would harm most other animals.

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Fun facts and FAQs about Megalodon, Maryland’s new (and definitely extinct) official state shark This week, Maryland became the first U.S. State to have an official state shark! Otodus megalodon was a really cool shark that is rightfully beloved by many, and Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs are…

This week, my state of Maryland became the first U.S. State to get an official state shark!

I wrote about why Megalodon is awesome, how we know that it's extinct, and what having a state shark means for modern-day shark science and conservation

I'm fine, everything is fine. 🧪🌍🦑🦈

Anne Arundel preserves 47 acres near Annapolis for walking trails, wildlife Anne Arundel County officials on Monday celebrated the preservation of 47 acres of woodlands around Saltworks Creek, a tributary of the Severn River.

Anne Arundel preserves 47 acres outside Annapolis for walking trails, wildlife

Timing is everything: Drivers of upstream movement of fishes ABSTRACTObjective. Understanding whether fishes quickly respond to shifting temperatures and flows, especially as they pass through river reaches that may

Timing is everything: Drivers of upstream movement of fishes, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 2026;, vnag008, doi.org/10.1093/tafa...

Female sperm whales support one another during the birthing journey—behavior that was long considered unique to humans and a few primates.

Read now in @science.org: bit.ly/4bIKkeo

@projectceti.bsky.social used drones to capture the first-ever footage of a sperm whale giving birth! Multiple female whales from different family groups helped the mother through her labor, making this the first documented "assisted birth" outside primates! 🧪

www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Don't miss out, there's still time to register for tomorrow's free webinar. Register here --> americanfisheriessociety-412.my.webex.com/weblink/regi...

lamprey are still in!!!!

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TAFS High Impact Collection

Explore the High Impact Research collection from Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

Dive into the most read, cited, and highly discussed articles from the journal: oxford.ly/4bhvsVl

@amfisheriessoc.bsky.social

Lamprey are still in it to win it!!

NEXT UP: #4-seed Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus - previously Lampetra tridentata) vs. #13-seed Boneworm (Osedax sp.)!!! #2026MMM

#2026MMM EXTINCTION IS FOREVER ROUND 1 WINNERS:
Steller's Sea Cow, Saudi Gazelle, Baiji, Yallara, Thylacine, Aurochs, Sea Mink, and Wild Dromedary Camel!

Please join us Wednesday 3/18 at 8PM EST for Round 1 of That's So Metal!

March Mammal Madness 2026 The Journal of Mammalogy and Mammalian Species are once again pleased to participate in March Mammal Madness (MMM) with the addition of other related Oxford Uni

Thank you to Oxford University Press for curating a special issue of #2026MMM combatants freely accessible to folks researching the contenders @academic.oup.com academic.oup.com/asm/pages/ma...

Ding-dong! The Dutch Fish Doorbell needs you to help migrating fish A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell

Well, in more pleasant news, the Fish Doorbell is back... 🧪

Discover the AFS Publications all in one place

As we look forward to #OSM2026, familiarise yourself with the latest fisheries research and explore the American Fisheries Society’s titles.

🐟 Browse all the AFS titles here: oxford.ly/4qTo3jD

Here are some ocean conservation technologies that I’m excited about “Is there any technology the left is excited about?” This question was asked on social media this week by a supporter of AI who was frustrated by criticisms of that technology. It&#8217…

"Are there any technologies the left is excited about?"

This seemed like an old-school prompt for blogging (complimentary,) so I blogged about some ocean conservation technology that I'm excited about.

www.southernfriedscience.com/here-are-som...

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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

A massive pipe that moves millions of gallons of sewage has ruptured and sent wastewater flowing into the Potomac River northwest of Washington, DC, polluting it ahead of a major winter storm that has repair crews scrambling: https://cnn.it/4r2Nlw0

In English, adjectives seem to follow a specific order:

opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose - noun

We’re steeped in the pattern from birth, and apply it effortlessly.

Dr Kareem Carr man: i wish to publish @kareem_carr Jan 21 reviewer 2: your paper is no good man: i'll do anything to improve reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini Andre Pagliarini @apagliar Jan 21 a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC

I just thought everyone should see this

If you're concerned that your/someone else's email address in the review system isn't correct, reach out to the journal admin. it's easy to accidentally end up with 3+ accounts, making it hard for others to find you! It's a quick fix on my end and I (not so) secretly love merging duplicate accounts

Only one week left to get the AFS books on your list at dramatically reduced prices during the AFS Bookstore Sale! Grow your science library with 100+ books on sale, including new titles and AFS classics, until Jan 23. fisheries.org/2025/12/2025...

I love living in Baltimore so much. So proud to call Brandon my mayor

I feel like repeating something I said about a year ago: there are a lot of good people, trying to do their jobs and protect the institutions and people they're responsible for, dealing with situations and pressures very, very few of us have ever seen before. Try to give them some grace.

It’s A LOT right now.
I needed to take a breath, maybe you do too?

Perhaps with some of my favorite fishes, right here in Minnesota:

Comparison of Striped Bass growth between the native and nonnative range through time ABSTRACTObjective. The Striped Bass Morone saxatilis, native to eastern North America, was brought to the San Francisco Bay on the continent’s west coast i

Hi folks for my first blue sky post see below a new publication all about Striped Bass age and growth in CA and MD.
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