Jacanas, or Jesus Birds, say no to traditional gender roles! These birds are polyandrous, meaning one female has multiple males partners. While the female leaves to hook up with more mates, males stay home to protect the chicks🐣 #birds #birdfacts #scicomm #animalbehavior #science #animalfacts

Charlotte's Web movie adaptation left out that Charlotte was actually a cannibal😅🕷️ Females in many spider species, including barn spiders, eat their reproductive partners after doing the deed👀 #spider #insect #cannibal #scarystories #halloween #scaryanimals #scicomm #animalbehavior #science

Cordyceps—the fungus featured in The Last of Us—is actually real😱 and oh so spooky!🍄 Shout out to @blackforager.bsky.social for knowing all the fungi facts and keeping us safe😂 What’s your favorite spooky animal (or fungi)? #cordyceps #thelastofus #fungi #zombieantfungus #scicomm

Horned lizards have the scariest defense mechanism in the animal kingdom😳🩸 Happy Halloween Week! Stay tuned for more scary animal stories😈 Do you have any scary animal stories? #hornedlizard #scicomm #halloweenstory #halloween #animalstories #scaryanimals #science #animalbehavior #lizards

Tarantula wasps’ reproduction tactic is an all-around creepfest 🫣🕷️ What’s scares you the most about tarantula wasps??👀 #wasps #tarantulas #scaryanimals #storytime #halloween #halloweenstory #insects #tarantulawasp #animalbehavior #animalstories #creepyanimals #scarystorytime

It's almost time! ⌛ C3PO's annual Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser is coming back to the UCOMM parking lot on October 14, 2025 🎃 🍂🥳 We'll be there every day from 11am-5pm through Halloween‼️ Come out and support USA's undergraduate research! 🔬 🧬 #pumpkinpatch #fundraiser #undergraduateresearch #autumn

There’s a reason that scientists at primate conferences rarely bring up homosexual behavior.👇 That’s because it’s not shocking to them at all — it’s expected. 🌈🦧 In the wild and captivity, same-sex behavior is just a normal part of primate life. #queeranimals #lgbtq #primates #academicconference

Trunks: nature’s multipurpose sex toy 🐘👀 #scicomm #elephants #QueerAnimals #lgbtscience #animalfacts

DragonCon in the books! Debuted three costumes (banned book fairy below) and won “best novice” at the Page to Stage costume contest for last year’s Narnia map dress. Really enjoy this later life hobby I’ve picked up.

Disney got it wrong! 🐠❌ In real life, Nemo’s dad would’ve become his mom. That’s right — the largest male clownfish changes sex when the female dies. It’s called sequential hermaphroditism. Follow for more queer animal facts! 🦄 #queerscience #scicomm #queeranimals #lgbt #pride

Nope - THIS is my favorite one so far!

This might be my favorite one so far

Anyone can be a parent, even queer penguins! 🐧🌈 From the famous Roy and Silo in New York to a same-sex pair in the Netherlands, queerness is observed across penguin species in both zoos and the wild. #QueerAnimals #SciComm #pride #lgbt

Did you know bonobos have sex to solve arguments? 🐒 💋 Yeah—same-sex behavior isn’t rare in nature. It’s actually central to how bonobos bond, build alliances, and resolve conflict. Welcome to Queer Animals, where we look at how queerness shows up naturally in the animal kingdom. 🏳️‍🌈 🌎

Happy pride! #scicom #themoreyouknow

Bird drama! My wife and I, on a beach walk, saw this osprey carrying its catch. It seemed to take a meandering path back inland until it suddenly turned back, flying as fast as its little (in comparison) wings could carry it. And no wonder!

We DID get to talk about the disgusting stench. #2025mmm

#roguehunt Item 25: Be a pal to pollinators everywhere! Read a little about the diets of the locals who help provide fresh food (butterflies, moths, bees, wasps). Plant indigenous seeds or seedlings that will provide food for our flying friends. Native Blueberry bush - also popular with canines

Taking a bit of a break doing a mini-hunt. #Roguehunt Item 21: Last summer "fridgescaping" blew up as the hot new TikTok trend, but that's so 2024. Let's see you "-scape" a closet, pantry, garage, or other storage unit instead. - Inspired by Marina My Fabric cabinet.

The competition is heating up in our #2025MMM Face-Off! Psychology is currently leading the departments. Faculty are holding the lead over students. And shoutout to Dr. Johnson for leading the individual rankings! Round 2 ends on Monday, so keep an eye out for the next batch of results!

Quokka Joey as amuse bouche 😭 but also 🤣 #2025mmm #scientificallyaccuratebabytossing

Poor quokka (I assume) #2025mmm

Garnage #2025mmm

“Whatcha gonna do?” - A-bomb ginkgos taunting radioactive isotopes #2025mmm

More scientifically accurate standing around not noticing each other! #2025MMM

Absolutely devastated. www.facebook.com/share/p/1BJo...

Bad owl!!! #2025mmm

Pooh bear wins! #2025mmm

Also, sun bears are basically Winnie the Pooh.

Sun bear vs hedgehog. The battle of the cute. #2025mmm

Well, at least my losses for the day only made it to the next round in my bracket. #StillInIt #2025mmm

But, but, but - the sturgeon eats mermaids in the winter/spring, right?!? #2025mmm

Dammit! It’s always the humans!!!!! #2025mmm

This number one seed better not have been some kind of trick. #2025mmm

Hock-a-loogie is my new favorite way to win a battle #2025mmm

#homehabitatadvantage should be the end of this frilly land plant #2025mmm

Consistent conversation at our lab - “but it’s like just ONE bacteria, right?” #2025mmm

2 Weird fish species with land animal parts = love from me #2025mmm

Off we go! Roots and Relicts. At least we know the tree won’t be leaving the field of battle. #2025mmm

Aquatic mammals ftw! Dude! My head bracket is 8/8. Another MMM record! #2025mmm

Wait. Mountain beavers are not beavers?!? I based my whole heart bracket on a beaver/tree matchup. Heart. Broken. #commonnameproblems #notdoingyourresearchsucks #2025mmm

New MMM record! I guessed an upset correctly! #teamsmiley #quokkas4life #2025mmm

One day I’ll make lists of all the species that could be in different divisions than they’re in. Clearly Indri belongs in Tuxedo Style. Especially with that fancy singing voice! #2025mmm

When did entering MMM brackets into the bracket manager become my full time job? When literally 98% of our entrants waited until the last hour before the wild card to send in their brackets. And 50% in the wrong file format. #2025mmm

MMM Mammal Monday! Need help filling out your bracket? Here’s some great tips on one of the combatants 🦌 Good luck preparing this week and follow us for more helpful tips! #mmm2025 #c3polab #mammalmonday #animalfact #sciencecommunication

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MARCH MAMMAL MADNESS BRACKET DROP!!!! #2025MMM Did you get the combatants you dreamed of? HAPPY RESEARCHING THE SPECIES!! libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...

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