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YouTube video by bioZone Pain in the Brain 🧠 #chronicpain

Check out bioZone's new short video on understanding pain in the brain! 🧠 👉 www.youtube.com/shorts/F0SuD...

YouTube video by bioZone spooky science : the kissing bug #shorts

happy belated halloween from bioZone!
have you watched our final short from this year's spooky series yet? Check it out here!! 🪳💋😘🩸 --> youtube.com/shorts/dNPFW...

info sources:
+Cornell Wildlife Health Lab. (2025). Rabbit hemorrhagic disease. Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.

+Le Gall-Reculé, G., et al. (2011, February 5). Detection of a new variant of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus in France. Veterinary Record doi.org/10.1136/vr.d...

YouTube video by bioZone spooky science: deadly rabbit disease #shorts

spooky science : deadly rabbit disease #shorts 🐇🩸

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The first global deep-sea stable isotope assessment reveals the unique trophic ecology of Vampire Squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis (Cephalopoda) - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - The first global deep-sea stable isotope assessment reveals the unique trophic ecology of Vampire Squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis (Cephalopoda)

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The first global deep-sea stable isotope assessment reveals the unique trophic ecology of Vampire Squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis (Cephalopoda). Sci Rep (2019). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Vampire squid: detritivores in the oxygen minimum zone. Proc Biol Sci. (2012) doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

YouTube video by bioZone spooky science | vampire squids #shorts

Vampire squids are real

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Pharmaceutical pollution influences river-to-sea migration in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Despite the growing threat of pharmaceutical pollution, we lack an understanding of whether and how such pollutants influence animal behavior in the wild. Using laboratory- and field-based experiments...

written and narrated by Marissa, edited by April
funded by UPMC Hillman Academy and National Cancer Institute (NCI R25 YES)

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NIH or UPMC

Pharmaceutical pollution influences river-to-sea migration in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Despite the growing threat of pharmaceutical pollution, we lack an understanding of whether and how such pollutants influence animal behavior in the wild. Using laboratory- and field-based experiments...

information sources:
+Jack Brand et al. (2025). Pharmaceutical pollution influences river-to-sea migration in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), Science. doi.org/10.1126/scie...
+Anxiety drugs found in rivers make salmon take more risks, NPR www.npr.org/2025/04/14/n...

Something's fishy in the water- and it's not the fish.

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Colorectal cancer statistics, 2020 Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States. Every 3 years, the American Cancer Society provides an update of CRC occurrence based on incidence data (...

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+Rebecca Siegel et al. (2020). doi.org/10.3322/caac...
+Christina Bailey et al. (2015). doi.org/10.1001/jama...
+Marcos Díaz-Gay et al. (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
+Axel Rosendahl Huber et al. (2024). doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...

YouTube video by bioZone Colon cancer is on the rise in younger adults #shorts

Colon cancer is on the rise in younger adults, and recent research suggests a microbe may be partially to blame 🦠

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bioZone isn't just the name of your favorite educational youTube channel, its also an important strategy for geologists

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arxiv.org preprint server for STEM fields
www.jstor.org you can filter by openly accessible content
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov open access biomedical papers
doaj.org directory that catalogues open access journals and articles

Here are three ways that you can access scientific research for free!

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and check out the next tweet for links to resources with lots of open research

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Here's our June progress!

image credits:
+Leafy Sea Dragon by Martin Cathrae commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le...
+Phycodurus eques by Peter Southwood commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ph...
+Sargassum seaweed by Sam Fraser-Smith commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...

Sargassum contamination and consequences for downstream uses: a review - Journal of Applied Phycology Sargassum spp. are brown algae present in the tropical and subtropical waters of the world’s oceans. Benthic or pelagic, Sargassum spp. represent substantial amounts of biomass when drifted and massiv...

info sources:
+ Devault et al (2020) Sargassum contamination and consequences for downstream uses: a review, Journal of Applied Phycology. doi.org/10.1007/s108...
+"10 Pokémon that resemble bizarre real-life animals" August 19, 2022. Live Science. www.livescience.com/pokemon-anim...

Did you know that there are real animal versions of Pokemon? Dragalge is based on the Leafy seadragon ❗

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Thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script Follow Kelly @kellyrabbit.bsky.social or on Ig @ russokm1105

Who's that Pokemon?

Did you know many Pokémon are inspired by real animals? We’ve collaborated with ecologist Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick
@kellyrabbit.bsky.social to bring you a series of Pokémon videos.

Stay tuned for the next episode coming this Sunday!

Any guesses for our next featured Pokémon?

image sources cont:
+ wikipedia user JDipterocarpus commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Or...
+ Ari hidayat11 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Be...
+ Lille Natural History Museum commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hy...

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+ Luc Viatour lucnix.be commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ma...
+ Motohiro Sunouchi commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ph...
+ Motohiro Sunouchi commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De...
+flickr user Simon_sees commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Or...

Pollinator Deception in the Orchid Mantis | The American Naturalist: Vol 183, No 1 Abstract Mimicry has evolved in contexts such as camouflage, predator deterrence, luring of prey, and pollinator attraction. Mimicry of flowers has until now been demonstrated only in angiosperms, yet...

written by Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick, narrated by Fareeda, edited by April
funded by UPMC Hillman Academy and National Cancer Institute (NCI R25 YES)

info sources:
+O’Hanlon et al. (2014). Pollinator Deception in the Orchid Mantis, The American Society of Naturalists. doi.org/10.1086/673858

Did you know that there are real animal versions of Pokemon?

Shout out to Fareeda for narrating her first bioZone video!

And thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script. Follow Kelly on ig @ russokm1105 or on bluesky @kellyrabbit.bsky.social

who's that pokemon?

Did you know many Pokémon are inspired by real animals? We’ve collaborated with ecologist Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick @kellyrabbit.bsky.social to bring you a series of Pokémon videos. Stay tuned for the next episode coming this Sunday!

Any guesses for our next featured Pokémon?

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Brood X periodical cicada by G. Edward Johnson commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20...
Brood X Cicada commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Br...
Brood X periodical cicadas by G. Edward Johnson commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20...
Brood X Cicada Nymphs commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Br...

info sources
Periodical Cicada Information from University of Connecticut cicadas.uconn.edu/broods/
Emergence of the 17-Year Cicada from Purdue Entomology extension.entm.purdue.edu/cicadas/
www.fs.usda.gov/foresthealth...
bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Nincada...

YouTube video by bioZone Real life Pokemon: part 1 Nincada #shorts

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written by Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick, narrated by Steph, edited by April
funded by UPMC Hillman Academy and National Cancer Institute (NCI R25 YES)

Did you know that there are real animal versions of Pokemon? The Nincada evolutionary line is inspired by cicadas ‼️

Thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script. Follow Kelly on Instagram @russokm1105 or on Bluesky @kellyrabbit.bsky.social

I recently found these cool mushrooms in my backyard that looked a lot like zombie fingers 🍄

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who's that Pokemon

Did you know many Pokémon are inspired by real animals? We’ve collaborated with ecologist Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick @kellyrabbit.bsky.social to bring you a series of pokemon videos. Stay tuned for the first episode coming soon!

Any guesses for our first featured Pokémon?