Chris

You are not the only one who does this. When I checked the gift closet this year, discovered I only needed to shop for 2 things.

This poem is written in the shape of a Christmas tree (well, most of it is) … Needles I wrote a poem in the shape of a Christmas tree but then forgot to water it and only a few days later [but the words beyond this point are scattered around the bottom of the page, like needles which have fallen from a Xmas tree) there were words all over the carpet

Annual reminder to water your Christmas tree poems …

Few chonks have ever chonked with such unrestrained and unashamed chonkility as this peaceful, Japanese chonk.

well Impossible Metals is so mad about this report that they spent all weekend posting about it on my LinkedIn...so you are definitely going to want to tune in! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Gummy bear ducks?! Nice.

First day of #crustmas with some friends gathered for the holidays.

From left to right: Magnapinna squid, sea pig, pterotrachea sea elephant, giant Pacific octopus, remipede, coelacanth, and tripod on the rug

Excited to finally see STREAMS guidelines for environmental and host-associated microbiome studies out today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Manta ray
Black & white tegu
Samoan flying fox
Peacock
Lophelia coral (Desmophyllum pertussum)

NIU biologist dives into coral reef mystery with NSF-funded research | NIU Newsroom DEKALB, IL — When long-spined sea urchins across the Caribbean began dying by the thousands in 2022, marine scientists feared a repeat of an ecological...

So excited for our #nsffunded research to kick off with an amazing team of researchers @viromegirl.bsky.social @ianhewson.bsky.social @drchriskellogg.bsky.social Dr. Marilyn Brandt (UVI).
newsroom.niu.edu/niu-biologis...

November is buy some art from a local artist month (okay maybe we made that up) But seriously, shop small and support artists this season

artologica.etsy.com
"local" can also apply to your little corner of the internet ; )

I’ve definitely gotten so wrapped up in a book that I stayed up late bc I had to know what happened next, which could be construed as destroying sleep cycle and therefore requiring an increased caffeine budget - sounds like a complement if you stop reading after that!

Super proud of Dr Brayan Vilanova Cuevas for successfully defending his dissertation on Philaster diadema interactions. Well done, and watch out world!!

Drawing in white ink against a soft blue and green background of a jellyfish with long tangled tentacles and a double bell.

Happy #WorldJellyfishDay!

I've drawn quite a few jellyfish in my time. Their relatively simple and distinctive shape make them an ideal subject for the beginner artist. As you improve, you can tackle the wider variety of color and form. Here is a fantastical one 🪼

Grandpa Simpson yelling at a cloud

Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!

🎃 Looking for some last-minute Halloween costume inspo?

Look no further, here are FOUR Steal the Looks: Bay-Delta Edition! Which one are you dressing up as this halloween? 🌿

#stealthelook #baydelta #halloweencostumeidea #chinooksalmon #sandhillcrane #riparianwoodrat #deltasmelt

A global coral phylogeny reveals resilience and vulnerability through deep time - Nature The most recent common ancestor of the stony coral Scleractinia dates to about 460 million years ago and was probably a solitary, heterotrophic and free-living organism.

New Nature paper!

Vaga et al. (2025) reconstruct a time-calibrated phylogeny of stony (scleractinian) corals, which suggests that some could be resilient to climate change.

Congrats @claudiavaga.bsky.social

Link to paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

gold octopus samurai helmet type 1 with strap

type 2 octopus in gold on samurai helmet

darker metal black-brown octopus helmet with gold sunburst design

I have over the years accumulated pix of various octopus themed samurai helmets! the black one is 19th Century and the others are I believe 17th and 18th Edo era #octopusday #worldoctopusday

Three stickers featuring a Humboldt Squid with an orange hat.

The Halloween Humboldt Squid has arrived! The only way to get these stickers is to join my Patreon. Help support open science and get some jaunty ocean stickers.

These stickers will go out Monday, October 20th, so sign up before then!

patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler

“Not safe for autoclave.”

🦠Join the legendary @viromegirl.bsky.social lab

Jobs in marine micro, virology & genomics
💻 Viral 'omics in seagrass
🧬 Marine microbial & bioinformatics
🧫 Vibrio phage + iron biogeochemistry
🎓 sea urchin–ciliate diseases

👉 www.marine.usf.edu/genomics/app...

#MarineVirology #Phagesky #Microbiome

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

Embroidered petri dish with mold spores

Embroidered petri dish by Elin Thomas #sciart available for purchase share.google/E0lQIDs7sY9e...

Pls share: Hofstra University is looking for a Tenure-Track Microbiologists!
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We are seeking a microbiologist with a research focus on a non-pathogenic bacterial model system.
hofstra.peopleadmin.com/postings/6542

A photo of a large gold-plated enamel pin photographed on top of a lichen-covered rock. The enamel pin features a whale skeleton covered with various deep sea creatures, such as octopuses, hagfish, a giant isopod, a crab, and chimaeras.

Whale Fall pin 🦀🐋🦑

Goniatite fossils packed throughout this piece of shale. The shells of these ancient relatives of Squid and Octopus must have littered the sea floor that covered this part of the earths surface over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

5 species of parrotfish in 15 seconds. Rainbow, redband, midnight, blue, stoplight. That’s why we call Coral City the Parrotfish Capital of the World. 🌈💙🚦🧣🌌🦜🐟🏛️🌎 #rainbowparrotfish #blueparrotfish #redbandparrotfish #stoplightparrotfish #redbandparrotfish #coralcitycamera #miami #coralcity

The summarised schedule of Black in Micro Week 2025, October 14-16. All times are in Eastern Standard Time. Mon 14: Pathways for Change. Welcome and Keynote Address 12pm. Marian Johnson-Thompson, PhD. Panel Discussion: Finding Black Spaces in STEM, 1:15-2:15 PM. Weds 15, Careers & Research: ECR Symposium 9-12 PM. Panel discussion: Navigating Careers in Microbiology 2-3 PM. Thurs 16, Community: Panel Discussion - Empowering Your Science 12-1:15 PM. Workshop: Science in Action

Friendly reminder: 🎉 Pre-register today & get ready to join our FREE online celebration. Everyone is welcome. To keep #BlackInMicro alive Donate: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM and Register to attend: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro (see links in bio) #BiMWeek2025

Illustration of a colorful Queen Triggerfish, done in Photoshop with a Wacom drawing tablet.

A favorite warm-water fish of the Western Atlantic: Queen Triggerfish (Balistes vetula). Photoshop, August 2025.
🧪🐡🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #fish #triggerfish