📰 'Master of Puppets' 🏺 #Archaeology Were expressive ceramic puppets used in ancient Central American rituals? #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologymag.bsky.social archaeology.org/issues/septe...

One of the reasons Crime and Punishment is so long, yet ends so abruptly, is that it was serialized, Dostoyevsky had gambling debts and strung it along to get paid, and finally his editor told him to wrap it up, already

He looks like he can hear you

Taking a few pictures for a science pub night in a few weeks. I want to share with that audience the thing that tipped me over into entomology. It was staring down the scope at a tiger beetle. I never recovered. Join the club!!

The Box O' Beetles is my favorite "outreach" tool. These are mostly specimens without data from our collection, but I snuck in some goodies. "Find the blind cave beetle" might be a fun activity.

It's hard to express to you how beautiful this creature is. It's like a living galaxy. #arthropod #beetle

The Popeye of mites.

Down and out at the up and under #FungiFriends

Late, in the dark, while I was just packing up, this little gecko decided to come by and say hello. #OMSystem #naturephotography #nature #photography 📷

Hedgehog at Grinton Lodge, Swaledale #yorkshiredalesnationalpark #mammalsociety #hedgehog #ukwildlife #grintonlodge #swaledale #wildlife #nature

Fall colours #10. A lil orange and red for the journey. #Fall #Autumn #Seasons #Photography #Photo #Nature #Colours #September

A Rare Encounter... Fall colours. Early morning. Magnus The Moose, getting up from a nap. Incredibly handsome and massive. An absolutely stunning beast. I was honoured to be in his presence. 🫎🍁📸🇨🇦 #AlgonquinPark #Moose #Mammals #Wildlife #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Photography #OntarioParks #Canada

#cats #catsky

Have some doodle in your day!

My little baby gets cozy and just stares at me sometimes. #cats #catsky

I started a list for scientists and others interested in leaf litter fauna, please share and let me know if you want to be added! Do you love a good hand lens, soil sieves, and Berlese funnels? Perhaps this is the place for you.

K pop demon hunters has such My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic vibes, and I’m so here for it

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

#OtD 3 Oct 2019 Indigenous peoples in Ecuador protested an austerity package by the IMF that increased fuel costs by ~30%. Over 2 weeks protesters disrupted the economy by drastically reducing oil production before the gov't caved and scrapped the bill stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1025...

Something to make you smile. This is the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen. 😊

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Coat rack to heron!! #sculpture #recycledart #reuse

Baby coral prefer to settle on small crevices rather than flat surfaces, so these 3D printed ceramic whorls attract and protect more coral than traditional cement blocks

@synthego.bsky.social I’m an OG fan of your CRISPR sgRNAs since i first tried them in 2015 during my PhD at Berkeley 🤓 I love my Synthego hoodie, but you need to put cool DNA on it like this! A rainbow Cas9 enzyme docked on the DNA would be even cooler 😎

Yes, spiders do indeed walk on their face legs

Ancient fishing nets resurrected from pottery using X-ray CT - Kumamoto University via Gaby CLARK, Robert EGAN @sciencex.bsky.social phys.org/news/2025-09...

MicroCT reveals detailed head morphology of arthropod, Leanchoilia illecebrosa - @physorg_com http://dlvr.it/RZNDZW

I am excited to share our new preprint on the CAGE complex, a mysterious hollow protein complex that I first saw years ago while surveying Tetrahymena ciliary lysate www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #cilia #protistsonsky 🧬🧪

#OtD 27 Sep 1936 1000 uniformed fascist Blackshirts led by Oswald Mosley in Leeds, UK, were confronted by 30,000 anti-fascist locals who attacked them, pelted them with stones, hitting Mosley, and drowned out speeches by singing The Red Flag stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9965...

do they know we can see them or are they just silly like that

Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco usfca.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USF_Fu...

Your lap warmer and quiet companion awaits: Chloe, located in Long Beach, NY. Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/chloe-78401314/ny/long-beach/long-beach-humane-society-ny127/

The idiom "like a moth to the flame" dates to at least the 12th century, to Persian love poem "Layla and Majnun". Shakespeare references it in "Merchant of Venice." But here's the thing. Moths DON'T fly to flames. And we're just now understanding that. Let's talk about dorsal light response.

Snoot

📢 New paper alert! In the paper, I explored practical ways to increase sustainable meal choices and I uncovered something highly impactful using a consumer-led approach… 🔗 Link to open access paper here: frontiersin.org/journals/sus... #sustainablefood #greennudges

Misha's permian period reference is done! 🌋 #ComeFireandHighWater #Gorgonopsid #GorgonOC #OCart #OCref #paleoOC

Researchers used near-infrared photography to study 2,300-year-old tattoos of wild animals—not on cave walls, but inked on the arms of a mummified woman.

Happy Caturday 😽

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

This manual acts as a guide for ordinary civilians to conduct simple acts of sabotage against enemy operations without the need for specialized training or equipment. Its main topic revolves around promoting small, accessible forms of resistance... www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184

The original true crime? In 1991, hikers in the Ötztal Alps found Ötzi the Iceman, a mummified corpse who was likely the victim in a prehistoric homicide.  What we know for sure is that he was well-fed, carried weapons, and bore over 60 tattoos.  Thaw out more clues ➡️ w.wiki/7o7W

This Friday! PS: the QR code isn't working, so find the zoom details at: isrbio.org/event-6324623

'Monday's Squirrel'- № 9-15__2025 [September 12th, 2025 • 9:41 AM] 🦊 ✌️😎 #mammals #sqrlpix

Click-Through Rate — Thomas Doyle, 2024 sculpture, mixed media 24 x 15 x 15 cm

Common Puffball Brick Cap Lycoperdon perlatum Hypholoma lateritium Upstate NY #Mushroom #FungiFriends #Photography #Nature

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

Be the flower you wish to see in the world Or something (Schinia sanguinea, the bleeding flower moth, showing up to a chaffhead flower a little early)

This crab is going to organize its community against digital surveillance and I am here for it.