An older article, but just as relevant! www.theguardian.com/science/blog... #parasites #conservation #biology

#FossilFriday The Miocene long snouted toothed whale Xiphiacetus bossi at the National Museum of Natural History

I hate dinosaur auctions and science losing fossils to private collectors. But sometimes they end up somewhere good! www.si.edu/newsdesk/rel...

www.livescience.com/health/virus... #parasites #tapeworm

Fossilized melanosomes reveal colour patterning of a sauropod dinosaur url: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

My mind can’t grasp how cool this is! #parasites #ticks #eels #fish entomologytoday.org/2025/12/03/t...

For those of you celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow and need a conversation starter, turkey parasites are always a hit topic. Talk about Gapeworms, and turkey feather lice with weird heads. Your family will love you. #parasites #turkey #birds #Thanksgiving #lice #worm

ICYMI: By me in January Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. therevelator.org/donald-trump...

Friendly reminder that there are about 86 billion nematodes for every person on earth. If you haven’t named yours yet, I’d start that soon.

Placozoans are weird.

Hell yeah. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6IM...

I don’t want to get too excited but if my calculations are correct, Clycustera tapeworms and Phagicola trematodes don’t really dig each other.

How about some spiky spiders tonight? This one is Micrathena acuta, a spiny orbweaver found in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. It is believed that the spines serve as a defense from birds and even predatory wasps. Cuyabeno Reserve, 2024

Tonight's movie!

It's October again! Time for my annual horror movie marathon. I'm going for a creature feature theme this year. The real challenge is, can I find 31 monster movies that I haven't seen?

Damn. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

From the current WJO issue: Observations of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) and a Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) consuming charred wood. #ornithology

Mind controlling lice!! www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Much like #JurassicWorldRebirth, perhaps an analysis of snake #parasites is needed when this move comes out. m.youtube.com/watch?v=az8M...

This is gross. It belongs in a museum! stpeterising.com/home/a-76-mi...

I wonder if ancient people were concerned that their kids were spending too much time with their eyes glued to petroglyphs.

Master's defense officially scheduled in November, just before Thanksgiving break! Assuming nothing goes wrong or any more delays, of course. Shit's getting real.

Does anyone else think about how many times John the Baptist contracted Schistosomiasis?

The first human case of #screwworm in the US has been confirmed! It's interesting that the first case is in the state where I currently live. The parasite gods are speaking to me. #parasites www.reuters.com/business/env...

I'm so glad I study parasites these days instead of the 70s-90s, because studying worms, mind control, and memories is a perfect recipe to end up on the target list of the Unabomber.

Phytosaurs are my favorite group of extinct reptiles, so for #FossilFriday here’s a throwback to when we found parasites in a coprolite possibly from a phytosaur!! #science #fossils #paleontology #parasites journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Mosquitoes deserve love too 🦟

IDK why but whenever I show people monogeneans they always make phallic jokes. I think they’re the least penis looking type of worm. Go look at Trypanorhynch tapeworms and then try to tell me you think monogeneans look like a dick.

The genus name of Latergator is definitely something #parasites #alligator #biology #science bioone.org/journals/jou...

theconversation.com/fossils-are-... #dinosaurs #fossils

How dare you

Now that I've seen #JurassicWorldRebirth multiple times, I'm going to go through each species featured and do some speculative parasitology. I will make my best educated guess as to what #parasites the #dinosaurs had based on their behaviors, but this is by no means a full list! (1/?) #science !!!

On FB, I’m an admin in a group called Tardigrades are Awesome. On Wednesdays we do Non-Tardigrade Invertebrate Wednesday, we highlight an invert species or latest research. I’m trying to move away from FB so I might bring NTIW here, however, the character limit could be an issue. But I’ll find a way

Finally seeing Jurassic World Rebirth tomorrow! I wonder when these movies will explore dinosaur parasites. What would be cooler than seeing a T. rex walk through the jungle with a 126ft long tapeworm dragging from its cloaca? #parasites #dinosaurs #jurassicpark #jurassicworld

Complex multi-cellularity evolved three times on earth (plants, animals, fungi) and only animals did it in a way that allowed them to be mobile. But there's no set reason why this is the case. We could totally have ended up with a second complex, multi-cellular mobile kingdom.

I don’t know why, but I hope somebody, somewhere, at any point in time, experienced intense road rage while Take it Easy was playing on the radio.

Crikey! @almnh.bsky.social received a special delivery from Triebold Paleontology today for #FossilFriday, and museum staff are already bonding with our new life-size #Deinosuchus friend as we get it ready for a future exhibit.

New bit of #ScienceCommunication from me. I get to write for children here with my latest piece for @sharks4kids.bsky.social. Got a kid who's into sharks or all things prehistoric? Then this is for them 🦈 Read more here at the Sharks4Kids website: www.sharks4kids.com/post/five-th... 🦈

Butterflies- not just beautiful, but essential! 🦋 Sadly, they are declining in many areas of the world...🌍 Protecting pollinators safeguards #biodiversity. Learn more: @ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment www.ipbes.net/assessment-r... Design by Eleanor Lutz🧪

I know they already made a remake of Point Break, but I would make a PB movie where instead of presidents, the bank robbers dress up like wholesome tv hosts like Bob Ross and Mr. Rogers.

Precious parasitic #nematodes!

Glad to see my home state making wildlife friendly highways! arizonasonorannews.com/40156/public...

I found out that this year’s ASP meeting will be happening during #SharkWeek. So needless to say any talks involving shark parasites will be immediately prioritized. #shark #sharks #parasites

Shocker. (Side Note: Shocker is a pretty good Wes Craven movie as well). www.newscientist.com/article/2481...

Sea pigs, icefish and trilobites: Antarctica’s mysterious marine life – in pictures