An important conversation with some great suggestions for improving scientific integrity! 👏 🧪 🐟

While waiting out comments from reviewers on my thesis, I made a 2-month visit to the Goodfish lab at the University of Tasmania! Working with sand flathead to understand how they are impacted by fishing pressure was a really meaningful application of what I’ve been learning throughout my PhD 🐟🧪

Very important article and read academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Plankton folk! I’m going through my ‘mystery eggs and cysts’ folders and I’ve put together a document with them all together. If you think you might be able to help ID any of them, please let me know and I’ll send you a copy. Thanks! #marineplankton 🦑

Excited to share my second thesis chapter is published today as part of this issue 🎉 Exploring variability in physiological traits between (and within) individual fish can help us understand how metabolic performance and growth rates change in response to factors like warming temperatures 🔥 🧪🐟🦑

"A recent piece by a U.S. Forest Service fire researcher supporting manipulating designated Wilderness areas showed a profound misunderstanding about Wilderness, its history, its stewardship policies, and the Wilderness Act itself." – Wilderness Watch missoulacurrent.com/wild-wildern...

🧪 #fishsky #fisheriesscience #estuaries #fishphysiology #fishbiology

Estuarine fish face complex stressors, including highly variable salinity and oxygen availability 🫧 In a new paper, “The impact of isosmotic conditions on the metabolism and hypoxia tolerance of a reportedly oxyconforming teleost,” we ask how common galaxias cope with these challenges 🐟

Speak up for grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem! Urge Congress to oppose the Grizzly Bear State Management Act. >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose-grizz... 📸 Sam Parks

🚨 The climelab.net lab is seeking a postdoc in ecophysiology for 2-years to work on drivers of animal thermoregulation in a phylogenetic and global context. #ecophys 📷 Stellenbosch, South Africa Closes: 26th Nov 2025 Submit app directly to Prof Clusella-Trullas.

The speed with which salmon have returned to the Klamath - like the Elwha - after dam removal is overwhelmingly hopeful. And in both cases thanks to decades of tireless advocacy by local Tribes.

Want to join a global 🌎 initiative to test the thermal limits of 🐟 using standardised approach? Led by @patricepottier.bsky.social, we are planning a globally distributed experiment to collect data on fish embryonic heat tolerance 🌡️. Make this experiment global! 🔗: www.thermalecologyalliance.org

Help keep Wilderness wild! Stop Congress from killing federal Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves across the entire Lower 48 states! >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/hr845-wolf-esa

The #Roadless Rule protects 45 million acres of unfragmented, pristine national #forest lands from clear-cutting and damaging new roads. The Trump administration has announced an official rulemaking process to rescind the Roadless Rule — public comments are due by September 19!

On behalf of the livestock industry, the USDA recently shot and killed a 3-month-old wolf pup in New Mexico. Another wolf is poised to be killed soon too — unless Interior Secretary Doug Burgum grants him a reprieve. Please sign and share if you haven't already done so. 🚨⬇️

"The applause on the steps of state parliament earlier in the day spilled into terror a few blocks away, granting these men the illusion of validation." Searing piece by @mrdtjames.bsky.social on the moment the line between rhetoric and violence dissolved www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/02/a...

Wattle you know... it's National #WattleDay, so we have three facts that may surprise you. 1/5

Y’all, can anyone think of an example of an invasive species that we caused to be invasive and then introduced another species to get rid of it but that also ended up being invasive? Double invasive? Lol

Had a blast at the annual ASFB conference @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social in Darwin. ☀️🐊 I was happy to share my research on fish behaviour. Lots of amazing talks through the week. Looking forward to the next one! @whatahoot.bsky.social @timothy-d-clark.bsky.social

It feels like we're going backward, but there are hopeful projects underway, like the MPA network off the British Columbia coast. If done right, it “could be a real, meaningful model for reconciliation” with First Nations. My latest in @biographic.bsky.social. www.biographic.com/welcome-to-t...

Great presentation @timothy-d-clark.bsky.social 👏👏

Everyone say "fish!" 📸 The #ASFB2025 delegates assemble outside the #Darwin Convention Centre for the obligatory group photo.

New fish species keep popping up in Sweden, most likely because of ocean warming! Today a large Mahi Mahi in Lysekil! (Photo Janice Melander)

FYI if you're not in the right time zone for this do not fret! Sign up as an online attendee to get access to the required docs and Discord site, then you can contribute when it's a good time for you and chat with others awake at the same time on Discord. Fun for all time zones!

I was really moved by this figure from @drjessmt.bsky.social’s keynote address this morning at #ASFB2025 These changes are occurring faster and faster, with future generations facing #climatechange conditions that would be unthinkable to their ancestors, visualizing it like this makes it personal 🔥

Another #ConservationJobs roundup, mostly in Canada. Please share — someone in your network will be job hunting. All job ads #ShowTheSalary, which is rapidly becoming the norm (not just a best practice). www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...

Once abundant in California waters, the sunflower sea star was nearly wiped out by sea star wasting disease. The cause wasn't clear at first, but one culprit has been identified—a bacterium named Vibrio pectenicida. This finding may help scientists understand and control this disease.

See this cool TT position focused on the Sensory Physiology of Sound at Aarhus University in Denmark! www.au.dk/om/stillinge... @sicb.bsky.social @sicb-spdac.bsky.social #AcademicSky #Invertebrate #marinelife #herps 🧪

Brazil is feeding shark meat to kids, hospital patients & more via government procurements. This influx of shark meat into public buildings is exposing infants & other vulnerable groups to high levels of mercury & arsenic. *This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network.

For @biographic.bsky.social, writer @craigwelch.bsky.social followed @hakai.org scientist @rhizalyssa.bsky.social's quest to unveil the the killer that decimated populations of sea stars off the West Coast. It took a few years but the lab's hard work paid off: www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...

One like, one clam fact

I had an amazing time in Antwerp at the #SEBconference I had the opportunity to share my research on the impact of parasites on fish behaviour🐟🪱 So many great talks! @whatahoot.bsky.social @lkuchenmuller.bsky.social @timothy-d-clark.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social

Thanks @sebiology.bsky.social for a great conference here in #Antwerp! Looking forward to the next one 🥳

So many great talks on the last couple days of #SEBconference! It was great to hear from @chris-on-fish.bsky.social and @bradhowell.bsky.social about their work at Trent, as well as my #DeakinMarine friends @gradito.bsky.social on work from her M.S. and Alex Berry on his PhD research 👏

Some great talks on fish metabolism, thermal tolerance, and bioenergetics by folks from @trentuniversity.bsky.social at this year’s #SEBconference in Antwerp, Belgium. @sebiology.bsky.social @erinmcstewart.bsky.social @jaydebon.bsky.social @chris-on-fish.bsky.social

I’m excited to share my research in the Open Animal session today at #SEBconference! I’ll be speaking from 12:15-12:30 in the Nightingale rooms, come along for a chat about how SMR does (or doesn’t!) change with different life history traits in #fish 🐟

A fantastic talk on the “big stage” by @lkuchenmuller.bsky.social on a new method for measuring blood oxygen partial pressure in #rainbowtrout 🐟 #SEBconference

Leave it to @timothy-d-clark.bsky.social to weave a rant on Antwerp’s barber shops into his talk about the awesome physiological adaptations of #tuna 💇‍♂️ Glad to hear that no teleosts are losers here at #SEBconference 😅

@leon-at-sea.bsky.social doing an incredible job of breaking down the causes and consequences of premature hatching 🐣 These are summarized in a recent review I was lucky to help write! You can read the full text here: doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #SEBconference

This morning at #SEBconference, how sensitive are embryos to different environmental stressors? I caught some great talks by Zara Cowan and @patricepottier.bsky.social calling for more balanced research across life stages 🪺

Sandra Binning giving the President's Medallist talk on the importance of considering parasites for increased ecological relevance. Great presentation! 🐟🧪 #SEBconference @sebiology.bsky.social @jexpbiol.bsky.social

A terrific afternoon for fish biology here at #SEBconference ❤️🐟 Great talks by @leeuwisrobin.bsky.social, Moa Metz, and @erinmcstewart.bsky.social about different ways that fish respond to climate warming!

Such a joy to hear Sandra Binning talk about her career in research and how she got started investigating the “small stuff”. Thanks for a great lecture, Sandra ❤️ #SEBConference

If you’re an ECR at #SEBCONFERENCE in Antwerp and interested in writing for Conservation Physiology in Action, or getting involved in reviewing, come chat to our editorial team tomorrow @conphysjournal.bsky.social

Having a great time exploring #Antwerp before this year’s #SEBconference 🧪 Can’t wait to catch up with everyone at the #ECR mixer tonight 🍻

FINclub research trip going well! 32 people, dozens of fish and invert species, 16 experiments, two dogs and lots of fun. Some photos in thread. 🧪🐟🦑

🧪 🐟 #Australian students interested in #marinescience, check this opportunity out!

JFC this reads like a horror movie except it's been unfolding across a swathe of the South Australian coastline, indiscriminately killing all manner of marine life Yet another devastating phenomenon we're all going to become more familiar with in the advent of fossil-fueled marine heatwaves

So, Murray Watt is the new Environment Minister in the re-elected @albomp.bsky.social government. Murray, please implement environmental law reform and increase investment in environmental protection and recovery, as large numbers of experts have advised. theconversation.com/australians-...

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