The LEEG (Laboratory of Ecology, Evolution, and Genomics) @UWA

Disability in ecology and evolution In this TrendsTalk series, ‘Disability in ecology and evolution,’ in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled in ecology and evolution. We...

Happy to share that @taorminalepore.bsky.social and I are featured in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social's continuing series sharing disabled scientists in ecology and evolution spaces! www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Southern devil scorpion fluorescing under a UV light.

Southern devil scorpion fluorescing under a UV light.

Millipede fluorescing under a UV light.

Millipede on a log

A southern devil scorpion, Vaejovis carolinianus and the millipede, Euryurus maculatus fluorescing under a UV light. 🌿🦂

The dismantling of the Forest Service - High Country News The Trump administration’s plans would remake the agency and public lands. The deadline to comment is Sept. 30.

The Trump administration’s plans would remake the agency and public lands. The deadline to comment is Sept. 30.

Photo of field crew conducting electroshock sampling for fish as part of the US EPA National Rivers and Streams Assessment in Little Hunting Creek in Virginia, USA. Photographer: Kevin Biallas

Changing water temperatures and human-driven introductions of fish have altered the composition of fish populations in streams and rivers across the USA over the past three decades, a study in Nature suggests. go.nature.com/47ZCcWH 🧪

Toxicology principle that needs to be mainstream:

The dose makes the poison.

That’s true of everything. Water. Oxygen. Vitamin A. Vitamin D. Aspartame. Formaldehyde.

A single pear contains 120 times MORE formaldehyde than what might be in a vaccine.

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Newborn orca spotted with Northwest's endangered J Pod The orca J pod has been very active in Central Puget Sound waters Friday, and they've got reason to be animated: There's a new calf.

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These hydra were hungry!! 🧪🪼

Ecological diversification in rapidly evolving populations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.15.676408v1

Genome-wide selection on transposable elements in maize https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.16.676665v1

Gene copy number variation (gCNV) contributes to adaptation along environmental gradient https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675866v1

Evolutionary age correlates with range size across plants and animals - Nature Communications Why are some species widespread while others are found only in small, isolated areas? This study shows that species with narrow ranges, and thus higher extinction risk, are often island-restricted, poor dispersers, and have evolved relatively recently.

Why are some species widespread while others are found only in small, isolated areas? A study in Nature Communications shows that species with narrow ranges, and thus higher extinction risk, are often island-restricted, poor dispersers, and have evolved relatively recently. #evosky 🧪

ShareTrait: Towards interoperable and reusable individual trait‐based data in ectotherms Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

📰Published📰ShareTrait: Towards interoperable and reusable individual trait‐based data in ectotherms💻

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Aquarium with plants

Aquarium with plants with a high level of tannins

Aquarium with plants and a piece of wood

A medium finger bowl containing a piece of the freshwater sponge, spongilla

All the plants and critters for the zoology lab tanks came in. The first tank has leeches, the second has fish and snails, the third has fish, snails, a few shrimp (most of them were DOA), and 3 dwarf frogs. The spongilla will be used for labs tomorrow. Not pictured: hydra. 🌿🌱💧

Truth discernment may not help to overcome misinformation - Nature Climate Change Scientists increasingly assess interventions against misinformation mainly via truth discernment. However, pursuing truth discernment may not be sufficiently beneficial to society if interventions do not improve behaviour and other outcomes.

Scientists increasingly assess interventions against misinformation mainly via truth discernment. Tobia Spampatti argues in Nature Climate Change that pursuing truth discernment may not be sufficiently beneficial to society if interventions do not improve behaviour and other outcomes. 🧪

ICYMI: New online! The value of political ecology in biodiversity conservation

Impacts of onshore wind energy production on biodiversity Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 08 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00078-1This Review discusses the biodiversity effects of onshore wind energy generation (including changes to land and aerial habitats, altered wildlife behaviour and wildlife fatalities) and present and future opportunities to mitigate these impacts as the technology grows rapidly worldwide.

ICYMI: New online! Impacts of onshore wind energy production on biodiversity

Sheet hanging from a rope

Rope tightening carabiner

Carabiner connecting two ropes

Rope with numerous loops around a tree.

Some better pictures of my moth setup. The small ropes running through the tighteners are 8ft each and the ropes around the trees have numerous loops for easy adjustment. The bottom has a rope just like the top and can be bungeed to tent stakes if hung higher. A light hangs on top. 🌿

Dr Ackerfield on left standing in front of closed bottle gentian (blue)

Two years ago today, Dr Ackerfield and associates collecting a specimen of Gentiana andrewsii, our rare Closed Bottle Gentian, blooming in a wet meadow east of Boulder. 🌿 #nativeplants

Beetle larva in someone’s hand

Swallowtail butterfly

Eastern pondhawk dragonfly

Blue mistflower

Some pics from today.

With an outstanding MSc defence today, Jack has now completed his degree. Super job!

The Excitement Of Touching The Eccentric Woodcock On The Back

I'm so excited to see what moths show up! I have a less exciting night of sleeping as early as I can so I can goto the desert before it's 100 degrees to take pictures of hummingbirds

Variegated fritillary butterfly

Admirable grasshopper

Smooth sumac berries

Yellow flower of the sunflower family

A few of my favorite pics from our nature walk on our campus nature trails today. We were getting observations for the #marblebowl @inaturalist.bsky.social project/competition. 🌿🌱🦋🐝🦗🌻

All boot inspections are suspended until the last of the figs are devoured😄

Just some dudes and dudettes enjoying some artemia. Even the green is peeking out and filling its belly. 🌿💧 #fishsky #aquaria

Songs of the striped mouse show who’s friend and who’s foe Ultrasonic calls, too high for the human ear to detect, convey a wealth of information across the rodent’s territory.

In the African desert, wild mice ‘sing’ tunes that don’t travel far but help the animals to tell neighbours from strangers

go.nature.com/3K0SGDZ

Marine Biology Career Advice You asked us questions about marine biology careers, and our panel of experts answered them! In April, I solicited your questions about careers in marine biology, and we received nearly 100 questio…

ICYMI: A team of colleagues and I wrote a comprehensive list of career advice for marine biologists, which is by far the longest thing we've ever published in the 15+ year history of our blog.

Please read and share! 🧪🦑🌎

www.southernfriedscience.com/marine-biolo...

[conservation biology can’t fix all the biotic/environmental problems]… “It is, however, within our capacity to modify significantly the rate at which biotic diversity is destroyed, and small changes in rates can produce large effects over long periods of time.”
-Michael Soulé