If you look up "short king" in the dictionary, there's just a picture of him #PrehistoricPlanet #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge

PREHISTORIC PLANET SEASON 3 DROPPED WITH ALL THE EPISODES

Honored to be speaking at the @linneansociety.bsky.social online lecture series. Come for the cute bat photos, stay for the fun research 🦇🦇🦇

Hybridization in extant species can be a pain to study as it is, but the idea of that extinct species could've been hybridizing sounds like a literal nightmare.

Reposting for #GarWeek. And I have since found older illustrations.

The oldest European depiction of a gar I have found so far from a map of 'New France' circa 1612. In 1609, Samuel de Champlain previously reported seeing a 'Chaousarou' (the Iroquois name) in Lake Champlain, and the written description fit that of a gar. 1/2

Sharks DO get cancer, as in this Great White observed in 2014 near Australia. Every vertebrate species, with long enough observation, will display cancerous growth, because cancer is "baked-in" to multicellularity & the capacity for growth. Rates vary by species, but *cancer is a constant*.

Nearly 15 thousand kilometers from home and I still managed to find a familiar face.

SO GOOD to be back in the field down south on the Mississippi River floodplains!!! The @garlab.bsky.social team has definitely been getting some gars! #GarWeek

Wake up, babe, a new species of Redhorse just dropped. Meet the Apalachicola Redhorse (Moxostoma antelunare), which is found throughout the Apalachicola River Drainage as well as Enconfina Creek in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. 🐟🧪 www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand. "Developed new species concept"

🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪 Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

Tis' the season for anatomically inaccurate decorations

Based on morphological and molecular data, the authors described a new cave-dwelling species, Triplophysa xiuwenensis sp. nov., from the karst region of southwest China. 🧪🌍⚒️ #TeamFish 🐟

gartastic

*When it's picture day and the photographer tells you so smile big* From the description of Alligator Gar by Lacepede 1803

I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.

SUNY-ESF is truly a one-of-a-kind school that attracts undergraduate and graduate students from all over the world to become the next leaders in environmental protection and sustainability. I wouldn't be where I'm at now without my past research and education there and it needs to be supported.

"We term females exhibiting this reproductive mode as xenoparous..." queues up Alien: Earth

Fun #Jaws night with @lsu.bsky.social LSU Museum of Natural Science folks. We’ve learned a lot about #sharks since this movie came out. Like they don’t live for thousands of years, and won’t eat up your boat. 🦈 🚤

Hooked into a bunch of big Alligator Gar on the Trinity River today with guide Kyle Naegeli. Truly an unforgettable experience getting to feel the power of such big fish.

48 confirmed attendees already for #SSB2026, within a week of registration opening. Remember that the meeting attendance cap is 200. Register today to join us in January! ssb2026.github.io @systbiol.bsky.social

I just updated my online shop with my newest prints, check it out! Not into traditional wall art? My art is also available on stickers, notebooks, towels, phone cases, external battery packs, duvet covers, shower curtains, tote bags, ornaments, yoga mats, & more! fineartamerica.com/profiles/noa... 🐡

I know #AFS155 and AOS are going on at the same time right now but we have the better registration gift.

Today was a bad day to be an apple snail! Madison and I removed a total of 148 egg masses and 36 adults of invasive Apple Snails from the San Antonio River with the San Antonio River Authority this morning. A great start to #AFS155

*Me whenever gar or dinosaurs are mentioned*

Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology! Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions. (Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.) lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...

The natural history of British fishes: London: Printed for the author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 1802-08. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5897360) #nature #illustration #art

They tried to get me. NEVER GO TO A SECONDARY LOCATION.

Gars haven't survived for tens of millions of years to be your target practice. Bowfishing is for losers who don't have the patience to angle for fish they can't see.

𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠, a new species of eyeless cavefish is described from Guizhou Province, China. 🐟🧪 mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...

EvoDevotees, if you are at #PASEDB2025 and interested in either of these job opportunities for Fish Facility Manager or Presidential Postdoc at Michigan State U, let’s grab a coffee and chat #EndlessFishMostBeautiful @evodevopanam.bsky.social

how it feels to be asked about your research

"Save The NSF" - a little blogpost I wrote to amplify the #SaveTheNSF mission. The National Science Foundation is one of the world’s premier funders of basic science research; proposed federal cuts would derail how we do science in the U.S. aguidetoacademia.blogspot.com/2025/07/save...

Ready for some psychic damage paleonerds?

@thegarfather.bsky.social talking on gars! Re-examining species richness in ancient fish lineage (Lepisosteus) #JMIH25

DAY ONE OF #JMIH25

The new oldest European depictions of gar and bowfin I've come across, from John White the Governor of the ill-fated Roanoke settlement in 1585. You can find these and more on the British Museum's Digital Collections

A PSA to all sawfish fans attending #JMIH25, the aquarium at the Mall of America has two massive Green Sawfish, 16 and 18 feet long.

A 10/10 gator gar spotted at Sharkheads in Buloxi Beach

I use BHL every single day in my research and teaching. I could not write my books or articles without it, I don't know what my students would do without it, and I would have to radically rethink my career without it. This is more critical with funding cuts. Please, please someone support BHL.

There is one month left to apply for our Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution! These awards provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in #ecology and #evolution. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons... #science

New whale species discovered: Baelenoptera artificialis

I start my new role as Director of the LSU Museum of Natural Science today - I’m extremely proud of this place and my colleagues here www.lsu.edu/mns/

Lab did well conferencing and collecting in Taiwan 🇹🇼 and now doing fieldwork in Thailand 🇹🇭 #LSU_Fish Wish I was with them but I’m not well enough yet unfortunately.

Ants tickling aphid butts to collect honeydew, "It's ain't much but it's honest work."

A herring is a fish. When a herring is preserved by salting and smoking, it turns red and smells. It's so pungent that it's a great diversion to distract hunting dogs from their trail. Now, a ‘red herring’ refers to anything that diverts attention from the issue at hand.

Shortnose Gar, Lepisosteus platostomus. #SundayFishSketch #SciArt

Some caterpies visited our garden earlier this week. Haven't seen them in a few days, hopefully we see some Butterfries flying around soon