Excited to share this manuscript from my lab, where we describe and compare the genomes of the trans-isthmian species Abudefduf saxatilis and A. troschelii. Available now on @genomebiolevol.bsky.social @smithsonianmag.bsky.social academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

Express yourself | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Such an important piece from @drhigginsmd.bsky.social. I had similar conclusions when I looked at the Politico poll in question, but Dr. Higgins expressed it more eloquently than I ever could. Vaccine hesitancy is not mainstream and we should not present it as such.

These wondrous worms build their homes directly on the rocky vent chimneys where temperatures can reach up to 105 degrees Celsius (221 degrees Fahrenheit). 🔥⁠ ⁠ Pompeii worms (Alvinella pompejana) live on hydrothermal vent “chimneys,” where superheated water belches from within the Earth’s crust.

Don't hesitate! There are still ~6 hours to REGISTER for #Evol2026 at the early bird rate. Learn lots! Meet people from ASN, SSE, SSB, and beyond! Catch up with old friends! Commiserate with colleagues! And save money while doing so! Register here: www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration... 1/2

Cyclones “supercharged” by marine heatwaves cause more billion-dollar disasters than unenhanced ones, according to new #ScienceAdvances research. https://scim.ag/4spH2TA

New paper led by @taylorblack.bsky.social shows AVT modulates aggression in darter lineages with nest site territoriality and paternal care but elicits no behavioral response in a species that secondarily lost territoriality and care www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#PhD opportunity at The Center for Integrative Paleobiology TIP UPJŠ in Košice. Origin and adaptive patterns of secondary flightlessness: an alternative evolution of birds. More info: tinyurl.com/2uhhbnt2 The application must be sent by 31.5.2026: lnkd.in/eaBCajVZ #palaeontology #palaeobiology

🌊 Marine heatwaves ‘nearly double’ the economic damage caused by tropical cyclones www.carbonbrief.org/marine-heatw...

Now do you believe me when I tell you the ocean has absorbed ~30% of the carbon dioxide we’ve emitted? 🩵 And that it has absorbed 90%+ of the heat trapped by greenhouse gasses? 🩵

Emperor penguins, the world’s largest penguin species, are now on the list of wildlife endangered by global warming, the International Union for Conservation of Nature announced on Thursday. nyti.ms/3OqmmwS

‼️NEW ANGLERFISH PAPER! 🐟🎣 So excited to share the final part of my Master’s research! We explore the bizarre tacklebox of anglerfish lures and show how these fishes evolved different ways to attract prey and maybe even mates in the deep sea. 🧪🦑🌊🦇🦀 Open access paper link: doi.org/10.1643/i202...

Here's the @biographic.bsky.social feature in case you missed it! Featuring stellar editing by @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social and immersive photography and video by Bennett Whitnell. Thanks also to @hakai.org and @ijnr.bsky.social for the support.

look at that you son of a bitch thats all we have. thats it. that's all there is, this impossibly delicate little egg in the endless black nothing. this water droplet. its our home, its where we all live and hating each other just makes no sense when its this precarious

Are you a biologist with a focus on malacology or invertebrate zoology? The MCZ is looking to hire a Curatorial Assistant in our malacology department! Apply at https://bit.ly/4sbHCnL

How squid survived Earth’s biggest extinction and took over the oceans www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... 🧪🌎🦑

Issue 6 has closed and issue 7, a Special Issue dedicated to The Integrative Biology of Exercise, has opened journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22... The front cover of Issue 6, by Yannis Papastamatiou, shows a great hammerhead shark

This 6-foot fish has the world’s longest freshwater migration. Amazon nations are uniting to save it www.cnn.com/science/dora...

New crustacean named after its unique butt www.popsci.com/environment/...

🌾 Croplands account for ~5% of global emissions, driven by how we grow food, not just what we grow. From fertilizer use to water management, small choices add up. Cutting emissions means smarter, context-specific farming. Explore the data: go.wri.org/crops-emissi...

#MondayMood 🐠 Museum technology is shifting how specimens are processed, providing more accessibility for research, education, outreach and collaboration. Explore our online exhibit: Inner Beauty 🩻 Skeletons Revealed from the Museum’s Fish Collection www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/onl...

You know what all teams in the men's Final Four (and both women's teams in so far) have in common? HERBARIA. UConn is threatening to cut the staff of our nat history collections (plus many other awful budget cuts). If only we cared as much about biodiversity as we do about buzzer beaters!

Who you got winning GARch Madness??? 🐟🏀😎 Credits (photos, illustrations, design): @garlab.bsky.social team & @zankurus.bsky.social

My god. Have you ever seen close-ups of sea star skin? 🧪🌊🌿

The 3D architecture of the ctenophore aboral organ and the evolution of complex integrative centers in animals 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Suggests central sensory organ is more complex and brain-like than we realized. That's got huge implications for the evolution of animal nervous systems.

Following the first independent investigation in 50 years of Monte Verde—a landmark archaeological site in Chile—researchers in Science report that it may be much younger than previously believed. https://scim.ag/47TTlQy

Informal survey of published or unpublished Marine Population Genomics Datasets due March 23. We aim to develop a resource that researchers can use to find collaborators, develop grant proposals, and find datasets. 🦑🧪🧬🖥️ forms.gle/baUNh1s8gapG...

National survey of NIH-funded researchers shows precarious state of U.S. science — ‘This is like the Titanic’ --Survey/report from @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/n...

Science has an Epstein problem. Women in paleontology say it's a symptom of a deeper misogyny. When paleontologist Riley Black learned that several scientists in her field had appeared in the Epstein files, she wasn't remotely shocked. www.cbc.ca/radio/epstei...

The need to preserve animal culture in conservation efforts. 🪶 Gift link.

Three copepods under UV from my sample last week. A female Pseudodiaptomus marinus, a female Pseudocalanus sp., and a Harpacticoida (I don’t know genus). #marineplankton 🦑

oooo! PRETTY! thanks @mbarinews.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/J0m0i...

PhyKIT has been undergoing a major transformation. Dozens of new functions/utilities, including plotting. If you've used PhyKIT before or haven't taken the plunge, please do consider checking it out. I'm really excited about expanding PhyKIT and welcome community suggestions for improvement

A contrasting evolutionary history has led to morphological and genetic distinctions between Neanderthals and us Review: The different adaptive trajectories in Neanderthals and Homo sapiens and their implications for contemporary human physiological variation🏺🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2

Despite all the headlines about cold/snow, did you know that average max temperatures were the *warmest* on record this winter for CONUS? Join our webinar this week to learn more, where I'll put this in context with the western snow drought. ➡️ Register: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Bhattacharya in @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social interview "Literally, there have not been any funding cuts." Data from NIH reporting: across-the-board cuts. It is time for the public & policy makers to grapple with the real-world impacts when HHS leaders do not engage in good faith.

That time a Tripod fish pooped & it was like ringing the dinner bell for the brittle stars. They should be renamed brutal stars b/c every time I see them do stuff they're attacking something. A nice Xenophyophore in front as well. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 691 #nazcahighseas #MarineLife

A tiny fossil fish (less than 3cm long) from the 436-million-year-old Chongqing Fish Bed represents the earliest articulated remains of any bony fish in the fossil record, and informs our understanding on the origins of all bony fishes today.🧪👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

My department is hiring a Teaching Professor in Marine Biology! northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/... Application review will begin on March 31, 2026 #EcoEvoJobs #EvolJobs #PhDjobs @ecoevo.social.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy

December 2025 through February 2026 was the 2nd warmest winter on record for the Contiguous U.S. according to Prism climate data. The widespread record to near record warmth in the west easily outweighed the cool temps in the east. 🔥🔥🔥

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

#JMIH26 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 2026 Annual meeting of: Amer. Soc. of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 🐟, Amer. Elasmobranch Soc. 🦈, Herpetologists' League 🐍 & Soc. for Study of Amphibians & Reptiles 🐸 The abstract submission and meeting website is now open jmih.net

Best practices for moving from correlation to causation in ecological research www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Coral microbiomes as reservoirs of unknown genomic and biosynthetic diversity www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs 🌊

‪ @eveliendegreef.bsky.social's latest is out in the @asn-amnat.bsky.social feature exploring the challenges of genetic forecasting😀 "Identifying Areas of Potential Risk Based on Future Genetic Adaptability in Three Arctic Whale Species" doi.org/10.1086/738889 🧪🌎🧬🌐 #consgen #popgen #evobio

Calling all researchers working on *Genomics of Adaptation to Extreme Thermal Environments* I'm serving as a guest editor of an upcoming collection in BMC Genomics and am eager to read your submission! More on scope and how to contribute here: bit.ly/4kH3PIx 🧪 @springer.springernature.com