THAT'S SO 🤘 EMOJI BATTLE #2026MMM #2026mmm Round 1 🦡🆚💉: 🦡👃💉/💉⛓️‍💥👚/🏆🦡 🪏🆚🤏: 🪏🤏🦗/🤏🛫🦗/🏆🪏 🦎🆚🦇: 🦎🎈🫁/🦇🛫🔚/🏆🦎 👄🆚🦴: 👄🐟🏊‍♂️/🦴💀🧹/🏆👄 🐁🆚🦂: 🦂🧯🐁/🐁🍽️🦂/🏆🐁 📿🆚🥶: 📿🫦🥶/📿🍽️🥶/🏆📿 🪱🆚🐦‍⬛: 🪱🦷🦵/🐦‍⬛🔪🪱/🏆🐦‍⬛ 🥸🆚🐛: 🥸🦴🆙/🦴⬇️🐛/🏆🥸

TONIGHT it's Round 1 of the THAT'S SO METAL Division! #2026MMM #2026mmm All that running away from night one of the Money Mammals Division that had folks griping... well well well...

💀 IS FOREVER EMOJI BATTLE #2026MMM Round 1 🐮🆚🐭:🐭🍽️👶🏼/🐮🌊🐭/🏆🐮 🐐🆚🦦:🏜️💨🦦/🦦➡️🪨/🏆🐐 🐬🆚🐀:🌋🐕🐀/🐀🏊‍♂️🪨/🏆🐬 🦭🆚🦘:🏌️‍♂️🦭😴/🦘🏖️😬/🏆🦘 🐯🆚🐹:🪄🐹🙂/🐯🍽️🐹/🏆🐯 🐂🆚🐁:🐁🍽️🌾/🦶🐁😰/🏆🐂 🐺🆚🧥:🐺🧥🐧/🧥😡🐺/🏆🧥 🐪🆚🦇:〽️🦇🐀/🦇🆙👋/🏆🐪

Given tonight's #2026MMM, you might wonder how do we recover DNA from ancient animals or humans? To find out see www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp_y...!

Last up of the Night: #7-seed Falkland Island Wolf (Dusicyon australis) vs. #10-seed Sea Mink (Neogale macrodon)! #2026MMM

UP NEXT: 4th-seeded Caribbean Monk Seal (Neomonachus tropicalis) vs. 13th-seeded Yallara (Macrotis leucura), a special collaboration between @mammalssuck.bsky.social & yours truly #2026MMM

Next Up: #2-seed Wild Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) vs. #15-seed NZ Greater Short-Tailed Bat (Mystacina robusta) #2026MMM

UP NEXT: 5th-seeded Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) vs.12th-seeded Martinique Giant Rice Rat (Megalomys desmarestii) #2026MMM

Next Up: #6-seed Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) vs. #11-seed Little Swan Island Hutia (Geocapromys thoracatus)!! #2026MMM

NEXT UP: 8-seeded Saudi Gazelle (Gazella saudiya) vs. 9-seeded Japanese Otter (Lutra nippon) #2026MMM

UP NEXT: 1st-seeded Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) vs. 16th-seeded St Kilda House Mouse (Mus musculus muralis) #2026MMM

Next up: Aurochs (Bos primigenius) vs. Bramble Cay Meloymis (Melomys rubicola)!!! #2026MMM

TONIGHT is ROUND 1 of the Extinction is Forever Division of species lost in recent decades & centuries due to the actions, and inactions, of humans. #HumanImpacts #Anthropocene #2026MMM

Dusting off some cobwebs... #2026MMM

📚 LEGENDS EMOJI BATTLE #2026MMM Round 1 🐊🆚📜:🐊👄🧍🏽‍♂️/🐊📜🌊/🏆🐊 🐈🆚🦇:🦇😵‍💫👂🏽/🐈🦷🦇/🏆🐈 🦉🆚🥈:🦉⤵️🪿/🪿🦶🏽🥈/🏆🦉 🐇🆚🐁:🐇🌾🐁/🦅🗡️🐇/🏆🐁 🪹🆚🐟:🪹👀🪙/🪹🍽️🐟/🏆🪹 🐕🆚📖:🦂💉📖/🐕👅📖/🏆🐕 🦊🆚🦂:🦊🥱👃🏽/🦊🍽️🦂/🏆🦊 🦁🆚🧫:🦁🦁💑/🦁〽️🧫/🏆🦁

TONIGHT! Round 1 of the LIBRARY LEGENDS!!!! Tonight we will explore some amazing taxa that are associated with libraries- through symbolism, through lifestyle, invited guests and pesky pests! #2026MMM

💲MAMMALS EMOJI BATTLE Round 1 #2026MMM 🐋🆚🐿️:🐿️🪄🗑️/🐋🌊🗑️/🏆🐋 🦏🆚🦌:🦏🦌🌅/🦌↩️🦏/🏆🦏 🦒🆚😛:🦒🦵🏼😛/😛😨🏃🏼‍♂️‍➡️/🏆🦒 🐘🆚🦦:🦦👀🐭/🦦🤫🐘/🏆🐘 🦛🆚🦥:🦛🌊🦥/🦥🚣🏻‍♂️👋🏻/🏆🦛 ⚔️🆚😾:⚔️🗡️😾/😾🤕👋🏾/🏆⚔️ 🐐🆚🦧:🦧⁉️🔊/🐐😱🏃🏾‍♂️‍➡️/🏆🦧 🤓🆚🦍:🤓↔️🦍/🦍💥🌳/🏆🦍

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME to the first night of ROUND 1 MONEY MAMMALS DIVISION! #2026MMM

#2026MMM WILDCARD EMOJI BATTLE RESULTS 🦴🆚💉: 🦴👚🐜/💉👚🐜/ 🦴👀🐜/💉👀🐜/🦴💥💉/ 💉🗡️💀/💉🗡️🦴/💉🍽️🥣/ 🏆💉

Are you ready? #2026MMM

ONE WEEK UNTIL THE WILD CARD! #2026MMM Pick your portal: Players: libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM... Learners: libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM... Educators: libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...

What’s that? You’re having trouble filling out your #2026MMM Bracket? Too hard to make the decisions? What is an Arabian Oryx and can it beat a Eurasian Lynx? (Answers: Antelope and it better not) DON’T PANIC Grab your towel and follow along with Professor Bobcat’s March Mammal Madness Manifesto.

#2026MMM Celebrates Libraries & Librarians! news.asu.edu/20260220-art...

BRACKET DROP DAY!!!! Get yours now at the LibGuide! libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM... Pick your portal: Players, Learners, or Educator! #2026MMM

So you are just sitting there refreshing your browser waiting for the 2026 March Mammal Madness Bracket to drop... ...while you wait visit www.animordle.com The Wordle Game with Animal Names to pass the time. New puzzles start on March 1st. Feel free to play the archives. #2026MMM #Animordle

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

But first, let's take a moment for the #2026MMM teaser trailer premiere! youtu.be/aK8CfWSZO4A

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! #2026MMM (With a hat-tip to the Dropkick Murphys) The season's upon us, it's that time of year! Science & carnage, there's battles to cheer, there's twists to these plots and there's stings to be stung, there's research to do and plenty of fun!

You know what's better than science-themed March Mammal Madness Valentines of #2026MMM Combatants!?! Science-themed March Mammal Madness Valentines of combatants that carry ear-worms. They're INFECTIOUS! Download in color or greyscale at the LibGuide libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...

As per always on this most holy of mammal holidays, Groundhog's Day, March Mammal Madness launches our annual tournament page! #2026MMM @mmmletsgo.bsky.social libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...

I know I’m super late to the party, but a big thank-you-hug to my #secretstoat this year - I love everything!! #2025MMM #2026MMM

Are you ready? #2025MMM

March Mammal Madness tournament action begins Monday with the WILD CARD! #2025MMM You can enjoy the play-by-play by following @mmmletsgo.bsky.social There is still time to get your bracket & play along! Players portal libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM... (use left panel for Educator & Student Portals)

What’s that? Having trouble filling out your #2025MMM Bracket? Too hard to make decisions? Is Zorilla a typo? Does that mean Katie blew the seeding in the Tuxedo Style Bracket? (That's easy: No) DON’T PANIC Grab your towel and follow along with Professor Bobcat’s March Mammal Madness Manifesto.

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

It's TIME! See our link in our bio or scan the code to get the details on how to participate. Join the Environmental Science Club on Wednesday for more details and help filling out your bracket. All brackets due by 3/10. #bcvammm #2025MMM @creativesatbc.bsky.social

The #2025MMM DIVISIONS!!!

EDUCATOR SIGN-UP: All MMMaterials are freely available for all, but educators who sign-up through the form, you will get extra context & guidance (and any necessary patches/communiques) for successfully stewarding #2025MMM with your learners: forms.gle/PciZp9bzTnAM...

You know what will briefly take your mind off the relentless existential crises? Overthinking this March Mammal Madness #2025MMM Teaser Trailer. youtu.be/Uvb0Cic6r9o

Darwin Day is coming up! Mark your calendars for 2/12 at 7 PM ET / 4 PT for NCSE's annual Darwin Day webinar. This year's guest is the founder of March Mammal Madness, Katie Hinde! @mammalssuck.bsky.social @mmmletsgo.bsky.social ncse.ngo/darwin-day-2... #DarwinDay #whyteachevolution #MMM #EduSci

I'm realizing a lot of you probably aren't familiar with March Mammal Madness so here's what it's all about. You fill out your bracket of animal 'battles'. Then each battle will be narrated live by scientists here on Bsky in the most absurd and nerdy way possible. libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...

#2025MMM Calendar!

Happy #SecretStoat! Thank you to my mystery weasel, I love my adorable Fox 🦊🥰

And a highly promising #2024MMM competitor!

TONIGHT #2024MMM begins in earnest as eight epic bouts take place! Our bracket pool has 6/8 going the same way, so we will win or lose together 🫡 will reigning champ, Lovely Spouse, take victory for a second year? Or will a series of stunning upsets carry Opossum to victory?? Only time will tell!

As per tradition, in honor of Darwin Day, March Mammal Madness announces the specific divisions for the annual tournament.

2024 March Mammal Madness Valentines! Get yer 2024 Combatant Valentines! Come for the science, stay for the word play! libguides.asu.edu/marchmammalm...

On this holiest of mammal holidays, Groundhog’s Day, there are only 3 more weeks until the bracket drops and 5 more weeks until the 12th Annual March Mammal Madness Tournament begins! #2024MMM libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...

It's been a few months in the making... & it's now finally ready: The Anti-Colonial Research Library hosts 400+ open-access articles and books, websites, YouTube videos on practical examples of Indigenous and anti-colonial research methodologies. Use and share widely! anticolonialresearchlibrary.org