Kelly Zamudio

just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war

This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science Nectar-loving tree frog likely moves pollen from flower to flower

It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023.

Learn more on #WorldWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/4riUU1G

There's still time to apply to the PREP program at the University of Oregon! Deadline is March 2nd, see below for details.

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow

It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker

This was never about woman's sports

“The Cordyceps spider”: Taczanowskia waska sp. nov. (Araneae: Araneidae), a new spider species and a novel case of mimicry of an araneopathogenic fungus (Cordycipitaceae: Gibellula ) | ...

An amazing new species of Cordyceps-mimicking spider has just been described from the Ecuadorian Amazon - Taczanowskia waska

www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...

Ceramic goblet shaped like a woman. Woman has pale blue hair, yellow eyes and and yellow dress. She has a speech bubble which reads: fuck these fascist fucks.

Added a new piece to my shop in honor of the state of the union tonight.

www.erikarier.com/shop/fuck-th...

A small gray and white bird looks straight ahead at the camera with the most adorably intense appearance.

Hang in there lovely Bluesky people and don’t let the political shenanigans get you down this evening

(Tufted Titmouse)
#birds 🌿

Olha aí gente! Free registration to virtual Evolution 2026.

Being recognized by your mentees is the best! Congrats.

The Frog 🐸 of the Week is the Anthony’s Poison Dart Frog (Epipedobates anthonyi). The frog’s poison is called epibatidine and 1 frog has enough poison to kill a person. It was used to kill Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader.

📸 John P Clare
learn more at buff.ly/p2JdMu7

Hahahaha...😂

RIP Augustus McCrae. It was a helluva party.

Complex range expansion and selective regime in the introduced Florida cane toad - Heredity Heredity - Complex range expansion and selective regime in the introduced Florida cane toad

New paper led by my former student Cinnamon Mittan... find out what those cane toads have been doing once they got established down there in Florida... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts

This story is not surprising to a lot of us but also hugely important, especially for 🔭 because this is who the space sciences are being handed to 🧪

"Musk’s posts repeatedly echoed prominent white supremacist narratives and ideologies"

sometimes change is good.... 😜

Without naming you job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

"OK, tell me what's going on with your mentor"

🤮

'Boys will be boys' is the most sexist and pathetic excuse ever... and yet here it is just to remind you how women are viewed by a certain faction of society. Do better.

Trivers and Epstein... vile 🤮

What a lucky cat!

Sesame Street Instagram: Big Bird snuggling a smaller bird. Offering comfort in Scary Times: After a violent event, children of different ages will have different needs. These age based strategies can help them feel safer and more secure.

Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.

Let me translate for the out-of-towners: People made lanterns out of ice (frozen water), put candles in them, and arranged them into giant letters spelling "ICE OUT" on a frozen lake that is not too far from MSP airport.

Climate change may be driving spread of a deadly fungus from U.S. Southwest Valley fever has exploded since 2000. Scientists are trying to figure out why

www.science.org/content/arti...

2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody The deaths came as the Trump administration ramped up immigration enforcement, detaining a record number of people

32 others died at the hands of ICE in 2025. Do not forget them.

2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.

Here is a photo he used for several accounts.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

Using Serially Collected Specimens to Investigate the Potential Population Genetic Consequences of Reported Declines in Eastern Woodland Salamanders Biodiversity is facing global change at an unprecedented rate; understanding how species respond to this accelerated change is important to inform future environmental and wildlife-related policies. ...

New paper! Fun collaboration with @raynacbell.bsky.social lab group. I don't think Kyle (first author) is on here, but he led us in this effort 😍

That was so much fun! Thanks to you all for hosting us!!

2026 UT Spring Bee Competition This article announces the annual spring bee competition.

Find that Bee! Our annual Spring Bee Competition is now OPEN! @alexwild.bsky.social

biodiversity.utexas.edu/news/feature...

Post-Doctoral Opportunity in Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics!

If you are curious and passionate about ecology, evolution and the natural world come work with me in the Department of Biology at NYU!

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