GarLab is always thankful for gar! What are you thankful for? #garlab #gar #thankful #nativefish

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GarLab is always thankful for gar! What are you thankful for? #garlab #gar #thankful #nativefish

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SNEAK PEEK of filming GarLab for IMAX!!! Award-winning Director lan Shive and Cinematographer Toni Stintzing visit @garlab.bsky.social to shoot part of an upcoming nature documentary!

Saving the C-Gar! “Cuban scientists race against time to save fish as old as the dinosaurs” LINK: www.reuters.com/business/env...

Just when you think gars can’t get any bigger, we’re taking them to IMAX 😮 @garlab.bsky.social

Support @garlab.bsky.social & native fish conservation and receive a limited edition #GarWeek sticker! crowdfund.umn.edu/participant/... #UMNGive

May I have this dance? 💃🏻🐟 #garlab #gar #dancingwiththestars #dancingwiththegars

In newly reconnected backwaters of the Lower Mississippi River, an ancient fish finds its way home www.nfwf.org/media-center... Update on National Fish & Wildlife Foundation and partners’ Mississippi River floodplain restoration work!

NEW episode of MeatEater Podcast chatting gars & native fish conservation! Grateful for the opportunity to chat stewardship of freshwater natural resources with Steve Rinella and the hunting & fishing crew! youtu.be/xLDSV5qbyzw?...

Students perspectives on Alligator Gar fieldwork down south @garlab.bsky.social! University of Minnesota students reel in a fin-tastic catch during Mississippi River fieldwork cfans.umn.edu/news/alligat...

WHY sturgeon gotta be like that??? [wait for it] North America’s largest freshwater fish (White Sturgeon) is obviously jealous of the second largest (Alligator Gar) with its armored scales, teeth, poisonous eggs, air-breathing…but I suppose barbels are cool? 😅

You KNOW what else I saw? GARora Borealis!

Enjoying #GarWeek? Join us for a webinar on Weds, Nov 12, at 2 pm EST, highlighting positive social and conservation developments for important native fishes, including gars. Featuring @solomonrdavid.bsky.social, Alec Lackmann, & @dirtydog.bsky.social. Register now: fisheries.org/2025/10/webi....

“Behold The GARLIATH!”: Enormous “Living Fossil” Hauled From Mississippi Floodplains Stuns Scientists www.iflscience.com/behold-the-g...

Literally everyone else at the zoo today when I mentioned it was #garweek:

Write a lil Gar Rap for the haters 😆🐟

Here's my #GARtwork for #GarWeek 2025. I call this markers on paper composition “Under the Surface.” It’s inspired by the alligator gar’s magical smile + the power of #scicomm. Thank you to @garlab.bsky.social, @solomonrdavid.bsky.social, OKWildlifeDept, + all involved in #GarWeek2025 #sciart

Find a person who looks at you the way @solomonrdavid.bsky.social looks at gar! #GarWeek www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw84...

#FossilFriday 🤝 #GarWeek

Mississippi mentioned in #GarWeek 🤌🏻

Combining the life cycle theme for #sundayfishsketch h with #GarWeek for a quick ink sketch of the Alligator Gar life cycle. Eggs -> larval -> juvenile -> adult -> back to eggs! Don't eat those eggs!

A quick doodle for the final day of #GarWeek, a large melanistic Alligator Gar cruises underneath an oblivious Ocelot somewhere in the bayous of Louisiana. A scene that may have happened several times in the past, and may continue to occur if both species are valued and protected. #wildlife #sciart

Annual #garweek post! As @solomonrdavid.bsky.social ‘s favorite week comes to a close, we say cheers to these fantastic fishes! I loved having a reason to wear all my gar jewelry 🫶

It's #GarWeek! Celebrate these living fossils by learning all about what makes this freshwater species known as "trash fish" so special in our latest conversation with @solomonrdavid.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw84...

Convinced Shannon to do a paint night with me for #garweek! Her gar bus brings me so much joy🌞 #GARtwork

For #GarWeek, here is a juvenile gar from southern Green Bay that we encountered this summer. Look that those pectoral fins go! After length measurement, this fish was released on site. #GreatLakes

“Are you the gar girl from downstairs?” YES! Happy #GarWeek and Aquarium Friday! The ancestral fishes exhibit at NEAQ has all sorts of freshwater friends, including gar, lungfish, sturgeon, and more ❤️🐟🦑 Big thanks to @garlab.bsky.social as always for a great week!

I dream of being a long snouted predator in the backwaters of Laurentian rivers, but for now I crush shells with my round teeth and am sad #garweek #scheenstiaposting #totalgroupginglymodi

Woo! 🥳 #GarWeek #Gar #Conservation

Thank you Maya Higa and the Alveus Sanctuary Team for supporting #GarWeek and freshwater conservation!

Happy #FossilFriday! It’s #GarWeek so check out these 50 million year old #gar fish from #Utah at the Science Museum of Minnesota! This genus, Lepisosteus, goes back to the Cretaceous and is still swimming today! Thanks to @bellmuseum.bsky.social & @garlab.bsky.social for hyping these cool #fish!

It's a #GarWeek #FossilFriday! Here's some of the ganoid scales off of gar that we routinely find when scouting in the Hell Creek. So far only 1 complete gar skeleton has been found in the HCF, and I found it a full 10 years before I found my first Tyrannosaurus.

I'm still in time for #garweek? I've always thought long toothy snoots are cute. Pen and watercolor gar.

The time has come….our hybrid gar has a name! Drumroll please 🥁🥁🥁

Beyond Minnesota, #GarLab contributes to research much further down the Mississippi River! In partnership with The Nature Conservancy in Mississippi, we study gar ecology and life history in floodplain habitats. #GarWeek

Happy day 5 of #GarWeek, conservation and research day! Here in Minnesota, the #GarLab is proud to contribute to valuable conservation efforts to protect native non-game fishes.

Which ancient fish are you? #GarWeek #Conservation #Garology #FishSciComm #SciComm #GarLab

Take a minute and enjoy some ASM-GAR. #GarWeek We use dissections to collect information on life history and ecology and infer the specimens' sex, age, diet, and more! #Conservation #Garology #ASMR #FishSciComm #SciComm #GarLab

VOTING DAY! Your name suggestions for our hybrid gar have been wonderful, and now is your chance to cast your votes🗳️ Use THIS FORM until midnight to submit your top picks - a list of options is found at the top of the form: bit.ly/4ote984 #GarWeek

On the fourth day of #GarWeek, we’re celebrating other native, ancient fish species! Check out these species bios to get an idea of what other ancient fish besides gar reside in North America and beyond.

Did you know that gars can dance too! Comment down below your favorite Dancing with the Gars couple. #GarWeek Slides created by: @luxi_feyereisen #Conservation #DancingWithTheStars #GarLab #Garology #FishSciComm

During Gar Week 2025, between Tuesday and Wednesday, offer your name ideas for the hybrid gar! #GarWeek #Conservation #Fisheries #GarLab #FishSciComm #SciComm

GARtwork contest ends Friday 11/7 at 10 am Central!

Forgot to post here that it's gar week :P here's a fossil gar (atractosteus) hunting a knightia

Mark Hove always has kind words to share, time for mentoring, and an encyclopedic knowledge of mussels that can come only from having a true lifelong love of oft-ignored organisms.

Let’s see what you’ve got 😎 #GarWeek #Conservation #Fisheries #GarLab #Garology #FishSciComm #SciComm