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Natalie van Hoose

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Science journalist & filmmaker | Water, wildlife, disease | Stories in Science News, Fast Company, Florida Sportsman, American Archaeology & more | Angler, coonhound-wooer, PR rep for anoles

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Cookie-cutter shark Christmas cards? Take my money!

04.03.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Boy do I wish you had posted this before lunchtime

02.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Friend, if my math is right, you were paid $23.75 per student taught. It hurts to type that.

20.02.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I taught four courses for UF, full-time, 300 students each, $28,500.

20.02.2026 05:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Like the man said, he's just looking for ways "to keep the lights on and keep food on the table.” (Psst, UF, I am an award-winning instructor and will teach this class for the low, low price of $50K).

20.02.2026 03:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I also taught a course for UF. The university paid me $4,000.

20.02.2026 02:59 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

After all, he was just trying to make some extra dough

03.02.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Here to second this. ^^ I was a skeptic, but it's been a game-changer.

01.02.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I saw this, too! Could not believe my eyes. Glad you got some footage.

01.02.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

WOW 🀩

22.01.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please someone cover this with the headline "The Eyes Have It"

06.01.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a colour photograph of a Christmas postcard with fish themed wordplay. The card reads With best wishes for a very happy Christmas. Grief find no plaice and pain no perch nor carping critic vex your sole. The words plaice, perch, carp and sole are illustrated with those fish species

a colour photograph of a Christmas postcard with fish themed wordplay. The card reads With best wishes for a very happy Christmas. Grief find no plaice and pain no perch nor carping critic vex your sole. The words plaice, perch, carp and sole are illustrated with those fish species

Before we head off for the holiday season we wanted to wish you all a Merry Fishmas 🐟 and a Happy New Year πŸŽ†

πŸ“·PCU1.3: A festive postcard from Joseph Thomas Cunningham, a marine biologist known for his work on flatfish, to an unknown recipient

19.12.2025 09:23 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Matt, please accept my sincere condolences. Thank you for sharing this tribute to your father and your shared joy on the water.

19.12.2025 01:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's what I want to know! I think we are reasonably annoyed.

04.11.2025 23:40 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone have a good-news environmental story from the past week we can share in the @therevelator.org newsletter? I have a lot of NEGATIVE news in this issue and could use something to balance it all out. πŸ’€

I'll settle for semi-good news!

Ideas welcome up until 9am PT Wednesday!

04.11.2025 22:53 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Eavesdropping used to be my favorite hobby until I realized most people on the phone were just describing previous conversations.
The last time I was this disappointed was when I learned enough Czech to find out all the hushed conversations on the evening tram in Prague were about potatoes.

21.10.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A protestor at a No Kings rally in Gainesville, costumed as Trump with crown and royal robe, holds a sign that says "I'm the King of Liars." Another protestor holds a sign that says "No Kings in America."

A protestor at a No Kings rally in Gainesville, costumed as Trump with crown and royal robe, holds a sign that says "I'm the King of Liars." Another protestor holds a sign that says "No Kings in America."

Protestors with signs line a street in Gainesville at a No Kings rally. One sign says "Not normally a sign-carrying guy, but jeez!"

Protestors with signs line a street in Gainesville at a No Kings rally. One sign says "Not normally a sign-carrying guy, but jeez!"

Protestors wear inflatable costumes, including a chicken in sunglasses, frogs with crowns, and a skeleton T-Rex.

Protestors wear inflatable costumes, including a chicken in sunglasses, frogs with crowns, and a skeleton T-Rex.

No Kings in Gainesville, Fla.

19.10.2025 01:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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No Kings - Gainesville, Fla.

19.10.2025 01:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Anchovy

19.10.2025 00:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

We will be writing more of these. If you’re a scientist and your science has been disrupted, we want to hear from you: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

09.10.2025 14:50 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

My friend, a Texas alum, flew into Gainesville to go to the game and preach at church tomorrow, and I am glad he knows the mercy of the Lord because he will not get any from the rest of us. #GoGators 🐊

04.10.2025 23:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reef Keepers - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark Florida’s Coral Reef has guarded our coastline for thousands of years. Now, this natural treasure is struggling to survive. REEF KEEPERS follows the journey of a tight-knit band of defiant scientists ...

LAST CALL for pledges to the Reef Keepers crowdfunding campaign! These funds support our next shoots as we capture Florida's coral story. Two Frost Science Museum tix and other donor perks are still up for grabs! Heartfelt thanks to all our contributors. πŸ™ seedandspark.com/fund/reef-ke...

04.10.2025 22:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Login β€’ Instagram Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

Gainesville friends! Stop by Cypress & Grove tonight from 5-7 p.m. for a Reef Keepers pop-up event. Trailer showing at 5:30. Fab raffle prizes from Life Unplastic, The Lynx, Opus coffee at 6:00. Hang out w/ film producer Alyson Larson & me to talk all things coral!
www.instagram.com/p/DPL8z-sje1...

30.09.2025 19:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reef Keepers - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark Florida’s Coral Reef has guarded our coastline for thousands of years. Now, this natural treasure is struggling to survive. REEF KEEPERS follows the journey of a tight-knit band of defiant scientists ...

Want to support our storytelling? We're halfway through a crowdfunding campaign for our next shoots and are looking for 240 people to pledge $25. Your help gets our crew on boats and to labs and backyards to tell Florida's coral story. Thank you. πŸ™ seedandspark.com/fund/reef-ke...

19.09.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
REEF KEEPERS | Trailer
REEF KEEPERS | Trailer YouTube video by Scrub Jay Productions

Our trailer is out! "Reef Keepers" is about the fight to keep Florida's Coral Reef alive against the odds. Filmmaker Alyson Larson and I are capturing the personal stories behind one of the nation's greatest environmental crises in a tale of hope and Florida defiance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCb5...

19.09.2025 14:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This sounds like one of my favorite book dedications, penned by Camilo Jose Cela: "I dedicate this 13th and definitive edition of my 'Pascual Duarte' to my enemies, who have been of such help to me in my career."

16.09.2025 20:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A short story called "Diamonds in the Rough," courtesy of San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park. See it? 🐍

15.09.2025 02:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One stout rainstorm, and you can shoot the rapids in the middle of Gainesville.

26.08.2025 01:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. "Midwestern apes" stopped me in my tracks as cold as an Indiana snowstorm. In an argument about choosing words, that was a very revealing choice on her part.

24.08.2025 02:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please tell me the subject line of your email was "Rheality check"

18.08.2025 17:02 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0