NSF is open again!
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels wonβt resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
13.11.2025 17:58 β π 328 π 120 π¬ 7 π 5
A waxy-looking frog with a green back and upper surfaces and a yellow belly, photographed on a green leaf
Nifty Natural History Note in @asn-amnat.bsky.social: these frogs can change color from green to brown to hide against different-colored backgrounds (Image: Hugo Claessen, Wikimedia) πΏ
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29.10.2025 13:15 β π 22 π 6 π¬ 0 π 1
Two rainforest butterflies have evolved to look more alike, likely to confuse shared predators. But why donβt they get confused themselves?
To avoid mating with the wrong species, theyβve cleverly evolved distinct scents.
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08.11.2025 23:44 β π 17 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1
Dragonfly with hints of orange on its body and eyes perched on the tip of a green live oak leaf.
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 427): The flame skimmer dragonfly (Libellula saturata) perched on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) near Houston, Texas #biodiversity πΈ:Christa Denning
10.11.2025 11:36 β π 13 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 426): Red paper wasps (Polistes carolina) busy foraging at the top of the canopy of the southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) near Houston, Texas #biodiversity πΈ:Christa Denning
09.11.2025 22:11 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Ten mile run before 10am. π
San Jacinto River, Humble, TX.
09.11.2025 15:28 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Favorite quote from the description by @pothebug.bsky.social:βIn this age of artificial intelligence & big data, observations of organisms in their natural environment continue to serve as wellsprings of inquiry and remain essential to map processes to patterns in ecology, evolution & biodiversity.β
08.11.2025 14:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
(Part2) Biodiversity isnβt a quality only to describe far-off lands β itβs right here in our own backyards!
07.11.2025 22:43 β π 13 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Monarch butterfly on its 1000 mile migration to Mexico, resting on a live oak in Texas! (πΈ: Christa Denning)
05.11.2025 20:54 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Awesome! What a yard! π #BackyardBiodiversity
05.11.2025 15:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Agreed! Though my backyard is on an arguably far-off land (which, nevertheless, does share some fauna/flora with less far-off lands).
05.11.2025 15:09 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
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31.10.2025 23:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
31.10.2025 23:16 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Of COURSE it's from Florida π€£
31.10.2025 23:13 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Amazing!!! πππ
31.10.2025 21:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The talented Devon Henderson just posted a new cartoon for Euderus set, see the original here:
www.facebook.com/share/1PC6ng...
31.10.2025 20:29 β π 40 π 12 π¬ 1 π 0
YouTube video by Kelly Weinersmith
Tales from the Crypt: A parasitoid manipulates the behavior of its gall wasp hosts
Interested in learning more? Check out this #YouTube video by my collaborator, Dr. Kelly Weinersmith!
youtu.be/Ph9G-n_6dKg
31.10.2025 16:39 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Euderus set - Wikipedia
Happy Halloween ππ»π from the crypt-keeper wasp, who lays its eggs into a crypt created by its host, then manipulates the hostβs behavior for its own benefit, before devouring it from the inside out and emerging through its face!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euderus...
31.10.2025 16:31 β π 18 π 3 π¬ 1 π 3
As a Center for Teaching Excellence Fellow, I cohosted a lunch discussion at #RiceUniversity on how to incorporate environment and sustainability topics into our teaching, and how to handle AI in the classroom! Great discussions! I learned a lot!
22.10.2025 18:49 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Caterpillar crosswalk at #RiceUniversity π
22.10.2025 16:55 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I am canceling your next visit to Houston. πππ
19.10.2025 19:55 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
The Ocellated Tiger Beetle (Cicindelidia ocellata) hunting on the shore of Spring Creek, near Houston, TX. #biodiversity
18.10.2025 13:09 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Getting ready for my next trip to Mexico to visit colleagues and sample galls wasps! π²π½
17.10.2025 07:02 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Evolutionary genetics; U of Toronto
To bring together the international entomological community to share knowledge, foster collaboration & inspire future research.
June 29 β July 3, 2026 β’ Tours, France ππ¦ππͺ²π¦ππ¦πͺ°πͺ³πππ¬π§¬π§ͺ
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The podcast that explores the surprising secrets of curious people. Hosted by Rachael Moeller Gorman.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2464891
https://socializingwithscientists.com/
PhD student at Rice University β΄οΈ interested in bat flight and thermoregulation β΄οΈ Rummel Lab β΄οΈ objectively very cool and funny
Plant Evolutionary Biologist. Professor at Michigan State University.
PhD candidate studying the biology of ant-EFN interactions at EEB, Univ. of Toronto | UG - IISc Bengaluru 2019 | πΏπͺ²πΆππ²
Marie SkΕodowska-Curie fellow at ISEM Montpellier. Physicist studying complex biological systems - ecosystems, cancer, immune networks and microbial communities.
M.Sc. Graduate, KNT University
Photogrammetry | Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing β Environmental Monitoring, Forest Ecology, Wildfire
Photogrammetry β Bundle Adjustment, UAV, Canopy Cover
#RemoteSensing #Photogrammetry #UAV #Drone #DeepLearning #GIS
ecologist, UCCer
enjoys knit/crochet, bugs, gardens, nature, @inaturalist.bsky.social.
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Writer. Private investigator. Green transitionist. Northern Californian. joshmorsell.com. @greenintel.bsky.social.
Texas Medical Center (TMC) Pediatrics Professor-Vaccine Scientist-Author; Member, Philosophical Society of Texas, Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science Technology, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
A fully open-access journal covering all aspects of evolutionary biology research!
Homepage: https://academic.oup.com/evolinnean
Blog: https://www.linnean.org/news/categories/the-paper-trail
Assistant prof at OIST in π―π΅
Community ecologist / ecosystem functioning / evolutionary ecology / stats / weird plants
Come visit us ποΈβ΅οΈ
https://www.oist.jp/research/research-units/ice
Career Development Research Fellow at St John's College, University of Oxford.
Evolution, comparative genomics, cooperation, horizontal gene transfer, plasmids.
https://www.anna-dewar.com/
Colorado RNA biologist & tRNA enthusiast exploring the wild frontiers of nanopore direct RNA sequencing at the intrepid venn diagram of northern blots & machine learning.
Bat enthusiast, thermal and muscle physiologist. Assistant Professor at Rice University: rummellab.com
Latinx/Mexica βπ½Geneticist 𧬠Kelleher Lab RA and PhD Candidate at University of HoustonπΎβ₯οΈπͺ° Cofounder/President UH SACNASπ§π½βπ» βοΈBoard of Directors at SACNASπ²
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Loves beer, maps, and flipping stones. PhD, working on ant phylogeography π MSCA fellow at Museum fΓΌr Naturkunde Berlin. He/him. www.mattiamenchetti.com
Utah State University PhD Candidate π§¬ππ΅π | she/her
