Our most accomplished work on chemical evolution 🥳 These N,S-cardeneolides have unique structures and bioactivities, and they also have divergent macroevolutionary histories 🤩 Structural innovation in the evolution of plant chemical defense | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

1/2 A small but provocative new study finds that students with the ability to formulate sophisticated questions - which is an important marker of, and contributor to, deep thinking - did better on an open-ended project but *worse* on a standard multiple-choice course exam […]

I am very happy to share that the latest work from the lab, led by Dr. Qi Xue, has been published in PNAS and is now online: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I'll keeping beating this drum: any college or university that puts a stake in the ground and defines themselves as AI-free (and holds students to that standard) will see their market value soar in the coming years. Students will want to go there and companies will want to hire its graduates.

our latest publication is now published! 🍾 Sensitivity to cuticular hydrocarbons across the odorant receptor family in the Indian jumping ant, Harpegnathos saltator Congrats to all of my co-authors, many of whom are undergraduates and this is their first paper! www.frontiersin.org/journals/ins...

Enjoyed a nice amphibian crossing in Salisbury, VT tonight and saw red-backed, four-toed, spotted, and so many blue spotted salamanders. Plus dozens of wood frogs!

Literally me on any social media platform

First one of my little buddies emerging… It’s winter firefly season yall!

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

Yo Philly, I'm scheming again. I spent the morning with our board member who runs point on grants. We're submitting proposals for a fall project that will require 3 walls with at least 10x10ft of space in Philly. The mural theme: Philly Bugs. Have a wall? Tell me here 👇 forms.gle/KjMpNKcgwDbV...

AI researchers rationalize the damage they're doing by invoking inevitability - that "powerful tranquilizer of the conscience," as ELIZA's inventor put it. But "if we don't change course, many people's closest confidant may soon be a computer" and "human connection will be]...reshaped beyond […]

Students shouldn’t squander years of their life, stumbling about to see what jobs accidentally present themselves that maybe they won’t hate. —Peter Hostrawser growbeyondgrades.org/blog/tell-me...

Would love to get more biologists willing to volunteer and speak with my students. Please consider signing up!

PLEASE REPOST AND SHARE! My intro biology course has an "Interview a Biologist" project where students connect with a wide range of biologists using cell/molecular tools. If you are willing to speak with a student for ~30 minutes on Zoom, please fill out this form: forms.gle/BCjJPgURsgSr...

Squirrel Girl is back - in Webtoon form! Marvel has reformatted our earliest adventures with Doreen, Nancy, Tippy-Toe and everyone else for online reading and is releasing 'em all for free on Webtoon! ENJOY www.webtoons.com/en/graphic-n...

In this video, I learned that our new butterfly species is a larval grass flinger!!! Look at that poo fly!

They're growing (and admittedly having a good time too!)

Today marked a new era for the lab! We're beginning our butterfly phase, rearing our own Squinting Bush Brown butterflies! Look at those adorable eggies!!!

So excited to have @matthewcobb.bsky.social join our Hacking Inheritance class today to discuss gene-editing, including the science, the history, and the ethics! Highly recommend this book for all those interested in diving into this topic!

Looking forward to our #SICB2026 session on Technology, Games, and Play in Biology Education tomorrow at 8am in Oregon 203! So many amazing talks and people lined up! My talk at 8:45am on CYOA fun in an organismal biology class!

When you surprise each other with exactly the same shirt on Christmas 🤣 @rosemarymosco.com, Bloodcheep is the gift that keeps on giving all year long!

NSF - Forced reorg - POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements) - Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …) I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing. “Details matter” 🙃

Thrilled to share that @corriemoreau.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Evolution, digging into the varied ways that extreme worker plasticity impacts genome evolution in turtle ants! Paper 📃: doi.org/10.1093/evol... Image 📸: Steven Wang, tinyurl.com/2rbjbyjh

Getting fired up for my Entomology class's community outreach event this Saturday! Partnering with @cosplayforscience.bsky.social, we will be opening up the multiverse of insects and insectoids with... The Museum of the Multiverse: Insects! #entomology #insects #vermont #cosplay

1,000 butterfly and moth genomes have been sequenced… and guess what they are using them for? Understanding how these insects will cope with climate change. 🌍🦋 phys.org/news/2025-11... #Biology #ClimateChange #AcademicChatter

This month's #InvertArtChallenge is one of our Pacific Northwest fireflies. They're largely overlooked because they don't light up in spectacular displays, although the larvae can glow. But they still deserve attention.

Birds y’all

I’m seeing a lot of men incredulous that even a giant, overwhelming pile of evidence doesn’t seem to be enough to take down a sex offender, and I’m like…

A game with fun art and insects on kickstarter, that's an instant back for me 😊 www.kickstarter.com/projects/hed...

Excited to announce the final version of the Mosquito Cell Atlas is out now in @cellpress.bsky.social!! 🦟🩸 There is SO much left to find & investigate in this dataset (& the rich biology of the Aedes aegypti mosquito)! We hope this helps scientists in many fields! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Thanks for writing up this blog post Zach!

#entomology share🙌 Be sure to watch our SICB YouTube guest @gregpask.bsky.social youtu.be/DuIrx3-t3tw & read IOB(our OA journal)’s #Ants go belly up: iobopen.com/2020/03/09/a...

We ready! #NoKingsDay #Silksong

Do you ever worry that while you are sleeping at night a huge red insect will creep into your house and drink your blood? #LegendaryWednesday #yokai

Me trying to warn my students about the dangers of relying on GenAI

Yesterday at the #NYCC Marvel X-Men panel, a science graduate student asked about where they get their accurate scientific information for writing the comics. @jedmackay.bsky.social immediately said, I ask Marvel’s residence science expert… @ryannorth.ca I have to agree!

Had the best time doing a #NYCC panel with @cosplayforscience.bsky.social on Pokémon Ecology Academy: Ancient Life! Got to talk about Yanmega, insect respiration, and how insects used to be much bigger in the Carboniferous!

#SICB's October zoom is coming up! Oct 21st at 6:30 pm est email [email protected] to join @kmkocot.bsky.social will talk about Icy #Inverts: #Biodiversity & #Systematics of #Polar #MarineInvertebrates www.kocotlab.com www.icyinverts.com & connect on Insta & Threads (@)kmkocot

What can insects teach us about the sense of smell? And why do bugs keep showing up in pop culture? We sit down with @gregpask.bsky.social to explore the world of insect olfaction, chemical communication, and sensory biology. #scicomm #sciants #stem #science youtu.be/izx4ctMrERc

Another fun panel with @cosplayforscience.bsky.social at #FanX! Got to talk about how heroes and villains can communicate with animals and the various ways insects use to communicate! And had such a fun time cosplaying as Ant-Man! Thanks @lisalundgren.bsky.social for organizing!

Very excited to be a part of the “Anatomy of a Superhero” panel at #FanX tomorrow with @cosplayforscience.bsky.social! Thank you so much @lisalundgren.bsky.social and @paleoparadox.bsky.social for making it happen! I will be cosplaying as classic Ant-Man, pictures later 😊🤓 #cosplayforscience

Division spotlight - now on YouTube @gregpask.bsky.social 's zoom talk. Greg is part of @sicb-dab.bsky.social & & DNNSB as an #insect #neurobiologist Watch now: youtu.be/DuIrx3-t3tw #biology #bugs #entomology #fireflies #hormones

Our second Growth, Not Grades winner is Sharlyn Barrett 🎉 Sharlyn writes how chasing perfection — whether pounds on a scale or letters on a page — left her ready to give up. She imagines an education that values growth and self-acceptance. Read and share! growbeyondgrades.org/blog/degradi...

I'm excited to chat with everyone about some really cool firefly biology with @sicb.bsky.social tomorrow night at 7PM EST! Please email [email protected] or message me if you'd like the Zoom link! cid:ii_mfcwtjht0

Did you know that the video game #hollowknight has lots of science? The knight's amor is modeled after real life beetle armor, which can be so powerful that it can withstand a car! Check out our latest #YouTube short for more! #scicomm #sciants #stem youtu.be/dDIobLnE250

hearing about the latest events in the news these days

#SICB #scholarships - it's time to apply 👍 see all links via sicb.org/grants-and-s... & www.linkedin.com/posts/sicb-a... #PhD #academia #biologists #ecologists #morphology #botany #conference #academic #grants #biology #scientists #science

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Such a wonderful essay, love seeing when students get how there are better ways to learn!