Tricia Goulding's Avatar

Tricia Goulding

@tcgoulding.bsky.social

Systematics, taxonomy, phylogenomics and biogeography of marine invertebrates. Former Peter Buck Fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Fulbright Scholar at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna

941 Followers  |  369 Following  |  4 Posts  |  Joined: 14.11.2024  |  1.8928

Latest posts by tcgoulding.bsky.social on Bluesky

Preview
Papuan women's mangrove forest in Indonesia is increasingly threatened by development and pollution On the southeastern coast of Jayapura city lies a mangrove forest where only women are permitted to enter.

β€œPlastic bottles, tarpaulin sheets and pieces of wood are seen stuck between the mangrove roots. The water around the mangrove forest is polluted and dark.” Sanyi said once she removes the trash and gets to the muddy ground where the clams live, there are many fewer than there used to be.

14.04.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Those Dire Wolves Aren’t an Amazing Scientific Breakthrough. They’re a Disturbing Symbol of Where We’re Heading. We shouldn’t be celebrating β€œde-extinction.” We should be focused on the species that are currently in danger.

Colossal’s bungled wolf announcement isn’t a conservation win. It’s a sad reminder of how the offensively rich want to foist their vision of the future on everyone. My latest for @slate.com

10.04.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1832    πŸ” 722    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 46

This needs more traction - please repost. It would've been earth-shattering 2 months ago. Trump is trying to force Columbia to unseat the dept chair of the Middle Eastern, South Asian, & African Studies department by March 20. What if Trump gave your university 1 week to dismantle your department?

16.03.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Ancient DNA reveals 6,000 years of the lives of Antarctic penguins Analysis of sedimentary ancient DNA has illuminated 6,000 years of the lives of AdΓ©lie penguin colonies on Antarctica's Ross Sea coast, showing how animals in the region responded to climate and environmental change events over millennia.

Ancient DNA analysis from Antarctic sediments has traced 6,000 years of AdΓ©lie penguin history, revealing shifts in diet and interactions with other species due to environmental changes. doi.org/g865p9

05.03.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A round jellyfish with glowing golden stripes on the bell and long tendril tentacles against a background of deep sea sediment.

A round jellyfish with glowing golden stripes on the bell and long tendril tentacles against a background of deep sea sediment.

An anemone with many white thin tentacles

An anemone with many white thin tentacles

A close up into the centre of a feather duster worm with radiating striped white and brown tentacles

A close up into the centre of a feather duster worm with radiating striped white and brown tentacles

A semi-translucent octopus with a spotted mantle and blue tentacles.

A semi-translucent octopus with a spotted mantle and blue tentacles.

Happy New Year from invertebrates that look like fireworks.

Credits
Jellyfish: OET/Nautilus Live
Anemone: Cathy Lewis
Feather duster worm: Pauline Walsh Jacobsen
Octopus: Schmidt Ocean Institute

31.12.2024 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2008    πŸ” 684    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 25
Preview
Finland Publication Forum will downgrade hundreds of Frontiers and MDPI journals A committee of scholars in Finland has decided to downgrade 271 journals from Frontiers and MDPI in their quality rating system, in a move that may discourage researchers from submitting manuscript…

A committee of scholars in Finland has decided to downgrade 271 journals from Frontiers and MDPI (including Diversity, Taxonomy, Frontiers in Marine Science) to a level comparable to non-peer reviewed journals.
retractionwatch.com/2024/12/24/f...

28.12.2024 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.

Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

21.12.2024 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 17422    πŸ” 5165    πŸ’¬ 376    πŸ“Œ 362
Preview
The Charming Doodles Charles Darwin’s Children Left All Over the Manuscript of β€˜On the Origin of Species’ From fish with legs to carrot cavalries, an endearing testament to the human life of science.

www.themarginalian.org/2016/04/06/c...

25.11.2024 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Ok, I’m loving the starter packs! This one is for women (inclusively defined) in Ocean Science.

You need more ocean 🌊 in your feed! Follow these folks.

If you would like to be added please just let me know πŸ‘‹ … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo

22.11.2024 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 409    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 11

This is great!! I’d like to join too 🐚🌊

22.11.2024 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

I'm hiring a coordinator for our #mesophotic Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) program! This exciting new project will generate unprecedented amounts of information about the biodiversity of deep reefs in the Pacific. Spread the word! us242.dayforcehcm.co...

20.11.2024 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
Preview
This underwater robot just ran into something bizarre at the junction of three vast tectonic plates in the Pacific Ocean What it found was literally dazzling...

Have a look at the video of this amazing, iridescent, deep-sea polychaete worm.

Who says worms aren’t beautiful! 😍

(Also, this is eerily similar to a plot point in the novel, Der Schwarm, by Frank SchΓ€tzing.)

πŸ§ͺ🌎

www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

17.11.2024 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
Post image

Also check out β€œThe Coral Triangle and Strait of Malacca are two distinct hotspots of mangrove biodiversity” rdcu.be/dmJn6

17.11.2024 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Global diversification and evolutionary history of onchidiid slugs (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) Many marine species are specialized to specific parts of a habitat. In a mangrove forest, for instance, species may be restricted to the mud surface, …

Hello Blue Sky! I’m here to read about biodiversity, ancient DNA and evolutionary biology. I research marine snails, and previously focused on slugs in mangrove forests. Here’s one of my papers from that work: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

17.11.2024 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

@tcgoulding is following 20 prominent accounts