Each summer, I lead a week-long creative retreat for environmental researchers & academics on Catalina Island. We develop your most ambitious project ideas. It's truly life-changing. Applications for the 2026 Storymakers fellowship are now open! Deadline is Feb 1. dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/enga...

“The Storymakers program is a weeklong intensive that trains full-time, established researchers in the art of environmental storytelling” 🧪 #SciComm

At @skypeascientist.bsky.social we were able to give out more grant funding than we took in this year, thanks to people who support us! That grant funding went to 13 science communicators across the country on their in-person projects. YOU can support us here: givebutter.com/SupportSAS25

If you can think of a better fish for Day 8 of #25DaysofFishmas, let minnow! Westward ho, we go on our #Fishmas road trip to the canyon rivers of the Intermountain West, home of the Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), a minnow who's no small fry - meet the largest minnow in North America!

Hey cuties, wanna share some snacks, chat, & pack up native plant seeds for free distribution? Join us December 17th for the next iteration of the Native Plant Prep Party! The goal: Pack up 10,000 seed packets. We're currently at 2000 already packed. RSVP here: luma.com/o3sladpu

What a nice Sunday it is!! ❄️ ⛄️

ARTISTS! I need your help! In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend. Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...

Check out our publication on media coverage and the issue attention cycle of the recently identified and endangered Rice’s whale!

Did you know sharks are older than Saturn’s rings? #ICYMI Shark scientist @curlybiologist.bsky.social shares her own marine science journey including co-founding @misselasmo.bsky.social, plus researching the Pacific Spiny Dogfish and more on See Jurassic Right: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

On today’s See Jurassic Right Back To School series episode, I chat with shark scientist & @misselasmo.bsky.social cofounder, @curlybiologist.bsky.social! We chat about the sharks’ redemption era, her research on the nostrils of the Pacific Spiny Dogfish, and more: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Oh to be a cat in a Trader Joe’s bag who has no idea what a dissertation is

“There is nothing a piece of bread and butter can’t fix.” A real thing I just said out loud to myself as I’m wresting with my data

I am officially dreaming in MatLab scripts 🫡

Opinion of the day that shouldn’t be a political stance: Everyone deserves access to food. Yes I’d like my taxes to go to SNAP. No I don’t care what SNAP recipients buy with said taxes.

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

Gonna have to put Jersey bagels in the acknowledgements for getting me through the final year of my PhD at this rate

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All I see are two toasted marshmallows

A court ruling that anyone authorized to administer an oath of office can swear in a congressperson would be a really good precedent to have when Republicans refuse to swear in the 120th congress.

This fall, @megstampede.bsky.social & I are collaborating to create a 2026 calendar! Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them! Sales will fund our '26 Native Plant Project Pre-order now, they’ll ship in early November! Squidfacts.net

Colleagues in ocean science academia: 🧪🦑🌎 I am working on the section of my marine biology career advice book about applying to graduate school. I have lots to say here from both my own experience and years of teaching this stuff, but I’d welcome your input on any or all of this if you’re willing.

There's a good essay in @science.org about the importance of free global access to climate and weather data. The atmosphere doesn't know about borders, so paywalls anywhere hurt predictions everywhere; even more so for those who can't pay www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We’re BACK BABY. At Bad Art for Good, we’re gonna get together and make some art to make things better. How can art make things better? Creating makes us feel good! Art moves people! And we need a LOT of people to move right now! RSVP luma.com/w8v2xk5i

When you visit Friday Harbor Labs, @fishguy.bsky.social always has cool fish to discuss 🐟 Last week we pondered the horned searobin (Bellator militaris), & what its spines could be for. CT scan available on MorphoSource for you to explore www.morphosource.org/media/000027546 Images made in 3D Slicer

@drcatmac.bsky.social I have finally succeeded in applying to so many things I forgot I applied and then was pleasantly surprised when I got it 🤷‍♀️

What I'm asking archaeologist to do here is meet with a group of students who are 9 times out of 10 working on a robotics club project through First Lego League. These students will ask you a bunch of questions on a video chat, usually after school or during their lunch break. It's fun!

Here I am. Once again. I'm out of archaeologists. We matched 576 groups w/archaeologists, leaving 13 groups unmatched. This brings me pain! We've never run out of scientists like this before. 598 requests for one category is A LOT. But still. Archaeologists 🥺 www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

We are officially in SHARK-A-THON fundraising mode! Our goal this year? $12K to start 2026 strong! Click the link below to learn more about the fundraiser and how your contribution will make a difference! 🦈 donate.misselasmo.org/campaign/726... #fundraiser #nonprofit #sharkscience

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I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂

Of all the stupid things that this regime has done, this is right up near the top. Postdoctoral researchers come to the US on H-1B visas. This will further destroy the US science enterprise. Stupid stupid stupid.

Love crabs? Get a Crab facts (or eel facts or frog facts) advent calendar here! Squidfacts.net They fund my science education nonprofit @skypeascientist.bsky.social!

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

It's Friday night baby

Hidden Worlds In Shark Blood: How A Latina Scientist Is Leading In Marine Research

I am deeply skeptical of the idea that finding the individual shark that bit a person and hunting it down is a good solution for beach safety, and I said so in this piece. 🧪🌎🦑🦈 www.biographic.com/to-catch-a-k...

Good things happening alert: Field School is running our 5th annual Drag n’ Tag event (drag queens+shark research). We run this event to raise funds for local LGBTQ+ youth org Pridelines. Enjoy these photos and donate to support their work here! donate.misselasmo.org/event/drag-n...

nostalgic bonnethead sharks 🌈⚠️

Can you be a scientist and an artist? The latest installment in my YouTube experiment explores why science and art go hand-in-hand and how art can be a powerful tool for communicating your science. I also shoutout @invertebabe.bsky.social + @kaithefishguy.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jow-...

IT'S ADORABLE! New fish species just dropped: the bumpy snailfish at 10,000 ft down in the ocean gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...

Crime is going to go up because joblessness is going up and resources for the poor and struggling are going down. People steal before they starve. And all of this would have been avoided if more people voted for the kind smart Black lady.

I finally did it. My first chapter is FINALLY written and out for all to see. If you’ve attended my talks you 100% know what this is about. If you haven’t attended my talks, shark nostrils are more interesting than we thought. Enjoy! academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...

My advisor and her family have tragically lost their home and belongings in a fire. Please share this GoFundMe, and if you have the means, consider donating! www.gofundme.com/f/support-br...

Fun fact: if you teach any type of organismal biology you can justify buying the inaccurate skeletons (to yourself) by saying “I’m bringing this to class and having students identify all the inaccuracies as a learning opportunity” The students in my ornithology class loved it

My advisor and her family have tragically lost their home and belongings in a fire. Please share this GoFundMe, and if you have the means, consider donating! www.gofundme.com/f/support-br...

5 Research scientist positions! Apply and work with us in beautiful Western Australia on all things shark depredation, fisheries electronic monitoring, freshwater habitat enhancement, stock assessments, and mollusc fisheries search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...

New paper! @coralcitycamera.bsky.social is a livestream from a coral reef in Florida, and countless people tuned in during COVID lockdown as an escape. Those people recognized and named some regular “characters” on the reef. 🦑🧪🌎🐠

I’m proud to announce my first first-author paper of my Ph.D! We described and modeled the muscle architecture of a pangolin’s tongue using DiceCT and 3D modeling approaches. Each model is available on the Holliday lab Sketchfab. academic.oup.com/icb/advance-... sketchfab.com/holliday/col...