Colin J Anthony

In our last thread, we left the jelly-enjoyers of Bluesky with a cliff hanger ending, in what one eager onlooker described as soap opera science 😜 ... wait no more, we are back! Grab your popcorn shrimp and come with us on a journey spanning more than...

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The urge to write one of these grows as my inbox overflows with such journals...

Our science photo book The Radiant Sea is out Sept 2nd!!
30 years of research, 10 years of "we should", and a year of collating pix and writing.
Sönke and I show (mostly for the first time) images of how organisms produce, use, and interact with light in the sea. #bioluminescence #fluorescence 🦑🧪🌊

Community-collected data and genetics research helped prove what scientists suspected for centuries: bluebottles aren't one species, they're four! Learn more: tr.ee/tZsAXV

#InverteFest

Check our latest paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social about the unique sex determination system in Nautilus ➡️ XX/XY chromosomes unlike other cephalopods (ZZ/Z0).
with @reef-combo.bsky.social and @anariesgo.bsky.social et al., and led by Hector Torrado.
Get it: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lbs~_LsQS...

Can't wait to hear all about it!

🚨🚨We’re hiring graduate students!🚨🚨

We are hiring 1-2 PhD students to start sometime in 2026 (Fall start dates preferred). Opportunities to work on a diversity of eco-evo-immuno and symbiosis projects!

Deadline Oct 15! Please share broadly!

Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem

Marine biodiversity: Gone with the wind? Our dispatch out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social

New research shows that wind and currents act as invisible barriers, reshaping our view of ocean connectivity. 🌊🪼

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@iramaegele.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

JellyCamp2025. Coming up in October, hosted at Mystic Aquarium!! www.maritimeaquarium.org/jelly-camp-2...

iNaturalist has officially documented a northward range expansion of upside-down jellyfish in Florida! 🌊
Absolutely stoked to see community generated data make hugely impactful discoveries like this! And more stoked to have worked with Myles and the Strader Lab at Texas A&M. 🥳🎉
Please Enjoy!

Animals that live at the ocean’s surface (Anthony et al. 2024 Current Biology)

Are you interested in open ocean organisms? Specifically the one's at the surface?
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If so, message me. We are starting a collaborative community to exchange ideas and communicate research. The field is new, so let's push it in the right direction together! 💙

BEHOLD! One of Earth's greatest lineages of life: the lil wiggle arm guys, Meteora.

These single-celled critters, originally found in deep-sea sediments, are SO DIFFERENT from other lifeforms on Earth that they're likely in their own kingdom (as in, the Animal Kingdom, the Plant Kingdom etc). 🧪🌿

The Plants, The Animals, and The Wiggles ~~~~~~~

Drosophila picticornis, a Hawaiian fly with patterned wings

Wish I could be at #Evol2025 this year! I’ll be starting a new lab at NYU this fall, and will be recruiting at all levels. Please spread the word if you know anyone who wants to work on evo. genomics, phylogenies, and comparative development of inverts (like Hawaiian Drosophila!) shchurch.github.io

Physalia megalista, a cnidiran with a gas filled float, raised sail, and long blue tentacles hanging below. Image credit: Dalila Destanović

Excited to share our study on sailing siphonophores, AKA bluebottles or man-o'-war! 🌊 we received hundreds of samples from scientists around the world, part of a huge effort to sequence genomes and test for multiple species 🧬 out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 🦑🧪📌

Opinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention.

"When I moved to America from Russia to join a biology lab at Harvard Medical School in 2023, it felt as if I found my dream job. America was a paradise for science...Instead, my visa was revoked and I was sent to a detention center in Louisiana."

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Sightings of these on Guam... interesting jelly

NEW PAPER ON CORAL RESTORATION PUBLISHED IN ONE EARTH!
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Within we find a lack of knowledge on basic coral biology limits innovation.
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Please enjoy! doi.org/10.1016/j.on...
Request on ResearchGate if you need access:
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