Katie Duryea

Low tide but a lovely day!🌊☀️🩴

Another semester in the books. Can’t say I’m a fan of 2025 so far. But here’s hoping for an upswing.

New cockroach digs!

Gnomes are out of hibernation!

First snakes of the season!

Sounds of Spring! #springpeepers #aprilshowers #campuswildlife

Thank you!!! I am honestly in love! Should be handy for field work ;)

In my defense, it’s a hybrid. #midlifecrisis #ev #maverickbutinaniceway

This is figure 2, which is a multi-paneled figure showing the Hi-C contact map for haplotype 1 of the spotted lanternfly.

A Data Descriptor in Scientific Data presents an annotated, haplotype-phased, chromosome-level genome assembly for the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula, which could help with the development and optimization of management practices. https://go.nature.com/42aRyEC 🧪 🧬

Spring in NH…

Hey dorks,

I know it’s the end of the semester and it feels like the beginning of the end of the world…

But, I’ve got a big, steaming hot pot of HOPE that I’m ready to ladle out to whoever needs it!

When we stand up, the Turd ™️ backs down, bc he isn’t made of character and fortitude like us.

How AI is revealing the language of the birds Researchers have been eavesdropping on an unusual family of crows in Spain, collecting data on hundreds of thousands of different sounds the birds made. Small microphones recorded a variety of soft calls, far quieter than the familiar 'caws' people usually hear. The team then used AI to analyse the sounds and group them together. The researchers hope is to one day be able to understand the meaning of the birds' vocalisations and perhaps even try to speak their language. For more stories like these sign up for the Nature Briefing: An essential round-up of science news, opinion and analysis, free in your inbox every weekday: https://go.nature.com/371OcVF

Crows make a huge number of different sounds, and artificial intelligence could help us understand what they mean. Watch this video from the Nature team. 🧪

Much of the vegetation on this planet relies on fungi—and now, scientists can watch these fungi grow. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

My students just get me! I gave them the option to make memes as extra credit towards their exam scores. No regrets!

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti...
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I appreciate the small business carve-out. Many, like @rakkasantea.bsky.social, are owned by and employ those who oppose fascism.

Meet the 'wooly devil,' a new plant species discovered in Big Bend National Park The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist...

The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist. By @jamesdoubek.bsky.social

Mood.

A short-eared owl perched on a wooden post.

Happy #SuperbOwl Sunday! 🦉🏈

Short-eared owls are the most diurnal (active during the day) of all the northeastern owls. They are most often observed in the late afternoon and at dawn or dusk.

📷: Greg Gard

Primate Phenotypes: A Multi-Institution Collection of 3D Morphological Data Housed in MorphoSource - Scientific Data Scientific Data - Primate Phenotypes: A Multi-Institution Collection of 3D Morphological Data Housed in MorphoSource

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right - for fruit fly maggots It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and what neurons are responsible.

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and what neurons are responsible.

Rats! Climate change is helping increase their populations in cities Winters are getting warmer and shorter as the climate changes. That's helping rat populations grow in several U.S. cities.

Winters are getting warmer and shorter as the climate changes. That's helping rat populations grow in several U.S. cities.

People often claim they know when ChatGPT wrote something, but are they as accurate as they think?

Turns out that while general population is unreliable, those who frequently use ChatGPT for writing tasks can spot even "humanized" AI-generated text with near-perfect accuracy 🎯

Burano ❤️

How it’s going…

Are we surprised that Meta and Amazon are on the list?

In a surprise, U.S. colleges saw higher enrollment last fall The number of students in undergraduate and graduate programs rose above pre-pandemic levels for the first time.

The number of students in undergraduate and graduate programs rose above pre-pandemic levels for the first time.