@scottpegan.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist & Scientific Naturalist | Associate Professor | Director, E4 Initiative | @RiceUniversity #science #biology #evolution #speciation #entomology #biodiversity #genomics #discovery Lab website: https://scottpegan.com
Biology is the only science where multiplication is the same thing as division. 😂🤣😂
25.02.2026 14:07 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 328): Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) in a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) near Houston, Texas. 📸:ChristaDenning #birds #birding #biodiversity
25.02.2026 12:53 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Who ‘dis? Mite with cute eye spots on its butt? Found on the branch of a southern live oak in Houston, Texas. ID help? #biodiversity
24.02.2026 16:14 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Great example of how humans are still evolving. www.sciencealert.com/humans-are-s...
21.02.2026 20:22 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 454): #Predation in a live oak! Here, an eastern phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) caught a Question Mark butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis) in a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) near Houston, TX, USA. (📸:ChristaDenning) #biodiversity
20.02.2026 17:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) is a social bird often found in wetlands & recognized by their loud, whistling calls. (Turn up the volume.)
18.02.2026 15:42 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Look at that camouflage! 👀The Florida bark mantis (Gonatista grisea).📸:ScottNelson #biodiversity
17.02.2026 12:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 453): Florida bark mantis or lichen mimic mantis (Gonatista grisea) on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in FL, USA. (📸:ScottNelson) #biodiversity
17.02.2026 12:52 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Registration is now open! Early-bird closes April 15. www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration...
16.02.2026 18:06 — 👍 19 🔁 25 💬 1 📌 3
We are so excited to host Dr. #ScottVEdwards from @harvard.edu for today’s department seminar!
16.02.2026 15:54 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
16.02.2026 03:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It was a special moment. I was lucky to tag along!
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Thanks to my colleagues Dr. CinTy Lee from
#RiceUniversity & Dr. Richard Gibbons from Texas @audubon.org for joining us and sharing their enthusiasm and knowledge! #birding #biodiversity
#Birding w/ #NSF post-baccs & #ScottVEdwards from @harvard.edu!
65 species in 3 hours!
So much fun! 🦆🦉
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14.02.2026 18:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Nothing sez love like a haustoria 💚
14.02.2026 17:48 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0😂😂😂
14.02.2026 17:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Relationships are complicated
14.02.2026 17:22 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Happy Valentine’s Day from the “love vine” - a parasitic plant parasitizing other plant parasites! #ValentinesDay
14.02.2026 15:18 — 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1
New genome dropped for the southern live oak ...
#G3journal
"A haplotype-resolved, chromosome-scale genome assembly for the southern live oak, Quercus virginiana"
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“So, Nat’ralists observe, a Flea
Hath smaller Fleas that in him prey,
And these have smaller yet to bite ‘em,
And so proceed ad infinitum.”
-Jonathan Swift (1733) from “On Poetry: A Rapsody”
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12.02.2026 22:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Amazingly, there appear to be multiple species in this genus all using live oaks (and their galls)!
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Happy birthday, Darwin!
12.02.2026 19:30 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Super excited to read the new book #BecomingMartian by @scottsolomon.bsky.social! He is my colleague at #RiceUniversity here in #SpaceCity & a great science communicator! 🚀👽🧑🚀
12.02.2026 15:03 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 452): The big bark louse, Indiopsocus texanus (family Psocidae), collected on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in Aransas County, TX, USA. (📸:Diane Young) #biodiversity
12.02.2026 13:57 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Can I be your boatswain?
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