Dr. Brooke Bessesen
@brookebiologist.bsky.social
🌎🐘🌱🐬🍄🪶🌼🦩🐢🦋🐾
Marine biologist, University of Reading, studies sea snakes, big on biodiversity, author, books include Vaquita: Science, Politics, and Crime in the Sea of Cortez.
Marine biologist, University of Reading, studies sea snakes, big on biodiversity, author, books include Vaquita: Science, Politics, and Crime in the Sea of Cortez.
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What a pickle! What makes a distinct taxon? What should we protect?
One new paper led by @brookebiologist.bsky.social gives us food for thought 🌎🧪
Morphology, ecology and behaviour of the Golfo Dulce yellow sea 🐍 tell us one story...
genetics 🧬 tell us another
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
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One new paper led by @brookebiologist.bsky.social gives us food for thought 🌎🧪
Morphology, ecology and behaviour of the Golfo Dulce yellow sea 🐍 tell us one story...
genetics 🧬 tell us another
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
👇
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
What a pickle! What makes a distinct taxon? What should we protect?
One new paper led by @brookebiologist.bsky.social gives us food for thought 🌎🧪
Morphology, ecology and behaviour of the Golfo Dulce yellow sea 🐍 tell us one story...
genetics 🧬 tell us another
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
👇
One new paper led by @brookebiologist.bsky.social gives us food for thought 🌎🧪
Morphology, ecology and behaviour of the Golfo Dulce yellow sea 🐍 tell us one story...
genetics 🧬 tell us another
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
👇
It makes me deeply happy to see so many science and author friends showing up on this platform. Welcome!!
November 20, 2024 at 12:43 AM
It makes me deeply happy to see so many science and author friends showing up on this platform. Welcome!!
In a room of grownups, this smart young fellow sat with his mom, listening intently to my talk at the university. He then asked the best question of the night: “What is the easiest thing **I** can do to help save the vaquita?”
Are you feelin’ it? It’s called HOPE.
Are you feelin’ it? It’s called HOPE.
December 6, 2023 at 3:21 PM
In a room of grownups, this smart young fellow sat with his mom, listening intently to my talk at the university. He then asked the best question of the night: “What is the easiest thing **I** can do to help save the vaquita?”
Are you feelin’ it? It’s called HOPE.
Are you feelin’ it? It’s called HOPE.
My favorite shot from this week: on the FIL Niños stage with Pablo Montano. We took the kids on a journey through sea and sky to meet Mexico’s vaquita and California condor, with LIVE ART on the big screen by Cineamano.
December 3, 2023 at 2:34 PM
My favorite shot from this week: on the FIL Niños stage with Pablo Montano. We took the kids on a journey through sea and sky to meet Mexico’s vaquita and California condor, with LIVE ART on the big screen by Cineamano.
What an honor (a bit intimidating, honestly) to speak alongside Mexico’s distinguished evolutionary biologist Dr. Antonio Lazcano, known for his preeminent science on early life.
December 1, 2023 at 3:34 AM
What an honor (a bit intimidating, honestly) to speak alongside Mexico’s distinguished evolutionary biologist Dr. Antonio Lazcano, known for his preeminent science on early life.
More HOPE. This morning’s young adult talk at FIL was so well attended they had to build an overflow area & stream it to a jumbo screen. The curiosity & compassion of the teenage audience was palpable—it’s clear they care very deeply for vaquita and they truly want to help.
November 30, 2023 at 9:48 PM
More HOPE. This morning’s young adult talk at FIL was so well attended they had to build an overflow area & stream it to a jumbo screen. The curiosity & compassion of the teenage audience was palpable—it’s clear they care very deeply for vaquita and they truly want to help.
🔺TOMORROW 10am🔺
“[My] talk about the vaquita addresses the critical situation of this species of porpoise... the unsustainable fishing practices that affect numerous marine species.”
@FIL Guadalajara Mexico 🇲🇽
“[My] talk about the vaquita addresses the critical situation of this species of porpoise... the unsustainable fishing practices that affect numerous marine species.”
@FIL Guadalajara Mexico 🇲🇽
November 29, 2023 at 5:20 PM
🔺TOMORROW 10am🔺
“[My] talk about the vaquita addresses the critical situation of this species of porpoise... the unsustainable fishing practices that affect numerous marine species.”
@FIL Guadalajara Mexico 🇲🇽
“[My] talk about the vaquita addresses the critical situation of this species of porpoise... the unsustainable fishing practices that affect numerous marine species.”
@FIL Guadalajara Mexico 🇲🇽
Heading south tomorrow for two weeks of vaquita conservation talks and I’m packing a companion. 🩵
November 27, 2023 at 4:42 PM
Heading south tomorrow for two weeks of vaquita conservation talks and I’m packing a companion. 🩵
For my upcoming talks… “Attention! 🚨 Do you live in La Paz or Loreto, Baja California Sur? Don't miss Dr. @brookebiologist's activities in your city and become passionate, along with her, about the conservation of endangered species! 😍” —translated quote, Obsidiana: Ciencia y Cultura por México
November 27, 2023 at 2:29 PM
For my upcoming talks… “Attention! 🚨 Do you live in La Paz or Loreto, Baja California Sur? Don't miss Dr. @brookebiologist's activities in your city and become passionate, along with her, about the conservation of endangered species! 😍” —translated quote, Obsidiana: Ciencia y Cultura por México
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We are hiring a new postdoc to work on the conservation of the endangered snail kite! Lots of potential for impact.
Expertise in pop biology, quant modeling & conservation are desirable. 1.5 years w/potential to extend. Start date ASAP.
fletcherlab.com
We are hiring a new postdoc to work on the conservation of the endangered snail kite! Lots of potential for impact.
Expertise in pop biology, quant modeling & conservation are desirable. 1.5 years w/potential to extend. Start date ASAP.
fletcherlab.com
November 27, 2023 at 1:56 PM
Please repost
We are hiring a new postdoc to work on the conservation of the endangered snail kite! Lots of potential for impact.
Expertise in pop biology, quant modeling & conservation are desirable. 1.5 years w/potential to extend. Start date ASAP.
fletcherlab.com
We are hiring a new postdoc to work on the conservation of the endangered snail kite! Lots of potential for impact.
Expertise in pop biology, quant modeling & conservation are desirable. 1.5 years w/potential to extend. Start date ASAP.
fletcherlab.com
Have you guys seen this? Extraordinary footage of a humpback whale birth captured in Maui, Hawai’i. I know a few locals in Costa Rica who have witnessed humpy births from their kayaks or spotting scopes, but obviously no underwater video. youtu.be/BQPAgFH96mQ?...
November 27, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Have you guys seen this? Extraordinary footage of a humpback whale birth captured in Maui, Hawai’i. I know a few locals in Costa Rica who have witnessed humpy births from their kayaks or spotting scopes, but obviously no underwater video. youtu.be/BQPAgFH96mQ?...
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I was back in Richmond Park again yesterday - another glorious morning, with a few deer for company 🦌
November 26, 2023 at 5:23 PM
I was back in Richmond Park again yesterday - another glorious morning, with a few deer for company 🦌
Happy thought for today: baby porcupines are called ‘porcupettes’. You’re welcome. 🙂
November 26, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Happy thought for today: baby porcupines are called ‘porcupettes’. You’re welcome. 🙂
🧪🦑 For everyone expressing interest in the science bolstering renewed hope for vaquita (the world’s most endangered marine mammal), I posted 2 genetics papers in the 🧵 and this one is about gillnet avoidance: www.int-res.com/articles/esr...
Over the next couple weeks, I’ll be giving numerous talks in Mexico about their endemic porpoise, la vaquita marina (Phocoena sinus), with the hope of re-sparking interest in its conservation.
November 25, 2023 at 2:59 PM
🧪🦑 For everyone expressing interest in the science bolstering renewed hope for vaquita (the world’s most endangered marine mammal), I posted 2 genetics papers in the 🧵 and this one is about gillnet avoidance: www.int-res.com/articles/esr...
Over the next couple weeks, I’ll be giving numerous talks in Mexico about their endemic porpoise, la vaquita marina (Phocoena sinus), with the hope of re-sparking interest in its conservation.
November 24, 2023 at 9:29 PM
Over the next couple weeks, I’ll be giving numerous talks in Mexico about their endemic porpoise, la vaquita marina (Phocoena sinus), with the hope of re-sparking interest in its conservation.
Reposted by Dr. Brooke Bessesen
YES
YES YES YES
for anyone who doesn't know, coremata are inflatable hairy butt balloons that male moths use for courtship
(📷Vinita Punia Sangwan/CC BY-NC/iNaturalist)
YES YES YES
for anyone who doesn't know, coremata are inflatable hairy butt balloons that male moths use for courtship
(📷Vinita Punia Sangwan/CC BY-NC/iNaturalist)
November 17, 2023 at 5:14 PM
YES
YES YES YES
for anyone who doesn't know, coremata are inflatable hairy butt balloons that male moths use for courtship
(📷Vinita Punia Sangwan/CC BY-NC/iNaturalist)
YES YES YES
for anyone who doesn't know, coremata are inflatable hairy butt balloons that male moths use for courtship
(📷Vinita Punia Sangwan/CC BY-NC/iNaturalist)
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Cool job! Assistant Professor in Marine Invertebrate Biodiversity at the University of Florida.
#AcademicSky 🧪🦑🦐🦞🦀🐙
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/52...
#AcademicSky 🧪🦑🦐🦞🦀🐙
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/52...
University of Florida - Details - Assistant Professor Position in Marine Invertebrate Biodiversity
explore.jobs.ufl.edu
November 22, 2023 at 3:23 PM
Cool job! Assistant Professor in Marine Invertebrate Biodiversity at the University of Florida.
#AcademicSky 🧪🦑🦐🦞🦀🐙
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/52...
#AcademicSky 🧪🦑🦐🦞🦀🐙
explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/52...
Polar bear hairs are translucent (not white) and hollow, protruding from heat-absorbing black skin. Perfect design. This is the kind of random stuff that pops into my mind. 🤓
November 22, 2023 at 2:23 PM
Polar bear hairs are translucent (not white) and hollow, protruding from heat-absorbing black skin. Perfect design. This is the kind of random stuff that pops into my mind. 🤓
Thanks @mattbille.bsky.social
Still a fan of your book! Matt's Sci/Tech Blog: Book Review: Vaquita (mattbille.blogspot.com)
November 22, 2023 at 2:21 PM
Thanks @mattbille.bsky.social
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Reposted by Dr. Brooke Bessesen
New position in the Southeast Region of NOAA Fisheries to lead field research on North Atlantic Right Whales. Great opportunity to work with a critically endangered species.🌎🐋🧪
Research Fish Biologist
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November 22, 2023 at 1:28 PM
New position in the Southeast Region of NOAA Fisheries to lead field research on North Atlantic Right Whales. Great opportunity to work with a critically endangered species.🌎🐋🧪
I’ve been prepping PowerPoints for my lecture tour in Mexico, which begins next week at the Guadalajara International Book Festival.
November 22, 2023 at 1:01 AM
I’ve been prepping PowerPoints for my lecture tour in Mexico, which begins next week at the Guadalajara International Book Festival.
Reposted by Dr. Brooke Bessesen
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Thanks for this post, David—lovely to find so many scientists in one place! I’m Brooke, a biologist studying sea snake ecology and phylogenetics on the Pacific side of Costa Rica. I am a researcher for the University of Reading in the UK but based in the US. I write books too.
November 20, 2023 at 10:48 PM
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