Carly Cassella
@carlycassella.bsky.social
Reader, writer, nail biter (she/her)
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Carly Cassella
@carlycassella.bsky.social
· Nov 14
First-Ever Amber Discovered in Antarctica Shows Rainforest Existed Near South Pole
Imagine a time machine that could whisk you back to the age of the dinosaurs.
www.sciencealert.com
Imagine a time machine that could whisk you back to the age of the dinosaurs. Suddenly, you find yourself in a dense, swampy forest, with insects buzzing between flowers, ferns, and conifers.
Believe it or not, you're standing in West Antarctica.
www.sciencealert.com/first-ever-a...
Believe it or not, you're standing in West Antarctica.
www.sciencealert.com/first-ever-a...
Jane Goodall accomplished an astounding feat in her 91 years of life: She fundamentally changed the world's view of what it means to be human. 🧪
www.sciencealert.com/how-jane-goo...
www.sciencealert.com/how-jane-goo...
How Jane Goodall Changed Our View of Chimps (And Humans) Forever
Jane Goodall, the world's most famous primatologist, accomplished an astounding feat in her 91 years of life: She fundamentally changed the world's view of what it means to be human.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Jane Goodall accomplished an astounding feat in her 91 years of life: She fundamentally changed the world's view of what it means to be human. 🧪
www.sciencealert.com/how-jane-goo...
www.sciencealert.com/how-jane-goo...
Reposted by Carly Cassella
I love my job 😂♥️🧪https://www.sciencealert.com/fish-buttholes-may-be-the-reason-we-now-have-fingers-study-finds
September 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I love my job 😂♥️🧪https://www.sciencealert.com/fish-buttholes-may-be-the-reason-we-now-have-fingers-study-finds
Reposted by Carly Cassella
ScienceAlert: 'Massive Study Links 8 Genetic Signals to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'
'"For decades people with ME have asked to be heard, and now science is catching up."'
#DecodeME
www.sciencealert.com/massive-stud...
'"For decades people with ME have asked to be heard, and now science is catching up."'
#DecodeME
www.sciencealert.com/massive-stud...
Massive Study Links 8 Genetic Signals to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) is a debilitating and long-neglected disease that experts typically dismissed as psychosomatic for decades.
www.sciencealert.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
ScienceAlert: 'Massive Study Links 8 Genetic Signals to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'
'"For decades people with ME have asked to be heard, and now science is catching up."'
#DecodeME
www.sciencealert.com/massive-stud...
'"For decades people with ME have asked to be heard, and now science is catching up."'
#DecodeME
www.sciencealert.com/massive-stud...
Archaeologists have discovered the tools of a mysterious new hominin from more than a million years ago on a neighboring island to the ‘hobbit’ ancestors.
We now have two big questions to solve: Who were they? And how did they make a deep sea crossing?
www.sciencealert.com/ancient-tool...
We now have two big questions to solve: Who were they? And how did they make a deep sea crossing?
www.sciencealert.com/ancient-tool...
Ancient Tools Suggest Indonesian 'Hobbits' Had a Mysterious Neighbor
The ancestors of the ancient 'hobbits' who once lived on the Indonesian island of Flores were not the only early hominins to cross deep ocean barriers more than a million years ago.
www.sciencealert.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Archaeologists have discovered the tools of a mysterious new hominin from more than a million years ago on a neighboring island to the ‘hobbit’ ancestors.
We now have two big questions to solve: Who were they? And how did they make a deep sea crossing?
www.sciencealert.com/ancient-tool...
We now have two big questions to solve: Who were they? And how did they make a deep sea crossing?
www.sciencealert.com/ancient-tool...
Since 1958, humans have visually explored between 0.0006 and 0.001 percent of the deep seafloor -- Earth's largest ecosystem.
Even if we ramp up explorations, researchers predict it could take ~100,000 years for us to see the whole damn thing.
www.sciencealert.com/weve-only-gl...
Even if we ramp up explorations, researchers predict it could take ~100,000 years for us to see the whole damn thing.
www.sciencealert.com/weve-only-gl...
We've Only Glimpsed 0.001% of Earth's Deep Seafloor, Study Reveals
Earth's surface is mostly deep ocean, but a new study reveals just how little we have glimpsed of the floor of our planet's largest ecosystem.
www.sciencealert.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Since 1958, humans have visually explored between 0.0006 and 0.001 percent of the deep seafloor -- Earth's largest ecosystem.
Even if we ramp up explorations, researchers predict it could take ~100,000 years for us to see the whole damn thing.
www.sciencealert.com/weve-only-gl...
Even if we ramp up explorations, researchers predict it could take ~100,000 years for us to see the whole damn thing.
www.sciencealert.com/weve-only-gl...
Reposted by Carly Cassella
Avian influenza is a devastating setback for Patagonia’s Southern elephant seals.
It may take a century before the colony of Península Valdés returns to its 2022 numbers, says a new paper co-authored by WCS Argentina.
🌎 bit.ly/42PpTJm
It may take a century before the colony of Península Valdés returns to its 2022 numbers, says a new paper co-authored by WCS Argentina.
🌎 bit.ly/42PpTJm
April 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Avian influenza is a devastating setback for Patagonia’s Southern elephant seals.
It may take a century before the colony of Península Valdés returns to its 2022 numbers, says a new paper co-authored by WCS Argentina.
🌎 bit.ly/42PpTJm
It may take a century before the colony of Península Valdés returns to its 2022 numbers, says a new paper co-authored by WCS Argentina.
🌎 bit.ly/42PpTJm
"It's a bit like the guy in the Chinese zoo who had dogs that he painted to be pandas. And everyone you know fell for that story."
www.sciencealert.com/did-dire-wol...
www.sciencealert.com/did-dire-wol...
Did Dire Wolves Just Come Back From Extinction? Here's The Truth.
The internet is currently abuzz with talk of dire wolves – an extinct species of prehistoric wolf that used to roam North America and that was famously featured in the HBO fantasy series, Game of Thro...
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April 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"It's a bit like the guy in the Chinese zoo who had dogs that he painted to be pandas. And everyone you know fell for that story."
www.sciencealert.com/did-dire-wol...
www.sciencealert.com/did-dire-wol...
A colossal iceberg the size of Chicago has broken from a floating glacier in Antarctica. Like a retractable roof at a stadium, the drifting structure has opened up a hidden habitat below to the elements...
... and to the prying eyes of an ROV 👀
www.sciencealert.com/antarctic-ic...
... and to the prying eyes of an ROV 👀
www.sciencealert.com/antarctic-ic...
Antarctic Iceberg Breaks Away to Reveal a Never-Before-Seen Ecosystem
A colossal iceberg the size of Chicago has broken from a floating glacier in Antarctica, and like a retractable roof at a stadium, the drifting structure has opened up a hidden habitat to the elements...
www.sciencealert.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A colossal iceberg the size of Chicago has broken from a floating glacier in Antarctica. Like a retractable roof at a stadium, the drifting structure has opened up a hidden habitat below to the elements...
... and to the prying eyes of an ROV 👀
www.sciencealert.com/antarctic-ic...
... and to the prying eyes of an ROV 👀
www.sciencealert.com/antarctic-ic...
Reposted by Carly Cassella
Reposted by Carly Cassella
Whenever I see Salvinia, I'm mesmerized. Not only because it's a float fern (yes, fern), incredibly beautify, also I always try my best to look at those egg beater looking hair clusters that hold up water drops so elegantly. #iamabotanist
#plantjoy 🧪🌸🌱
#plantjoy 🧪🌸🌱
February 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Whenever I see Salvinia, I'm mesmerized. Not only because it's a float fern (yes, fern), incredibly beautify, also I always try my best to look at those egg beater looking hair clusters that hold up water drops so elegantly. #iamabotanist
#plantjoy 🧪🌸🌱
#plantjoy 🧪🌸🌱
It's hard to imagine birds of paradise looking any flashier than they already do with their bright, elaborate plumage. But just wait til you see them under ambient UV and blue light.
They even glow from the insides of their mouths!!! 😱 🧪🦉
www.sciencealert.com/most-birds-o...
They even glow from the insides of their mouths!!! 😱 🧪🦉
www.sciencealert.com/most-birds-o...
Most Birds-of-Paradise Are Secretly Biofluorescent, Study Finds
Birds-of-paradise have some of the most famous mating displays in the world, but there's more to their colorful rhythmic gymnastics than initially meets the human eye.
www.sciencealert.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It's hard to imagine birds of paradise looking any flashier than they already do with their bright, elaborate plumage. But just wait til you see them under ambient UV and blue light.
They even glow from the insides of their mouths!!! 😱 🧪🦉
www.sciencealert.com/most-birds-o...
They even glow from the insides of their mouths!!! 😱 🧪🦉
www.sciencealert.com/most-birds-o...
Reposted by Carly Cassella
In 2018, @blkahn.bsky.social said that the warming stripes graphic 'belongs in a damn museum', even suggesting that it was 'fit for the Museum of Modern Art' (see gizmodo.com/this-climate...).
Well...
Later this month, they will appear in the Museum of Modern Art: press.moma.org/exhibition/p...
Well...
Later this month, they will appear in the Museum of Modern Art: press.moma.org/exhibition/p...
January 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In 2018, @blkahn.bsky.social said that the warming stripes graphic 'belongs in a damn museum', even suggesting that it was 'fit for the Museum of Modern Art' (see gizmodo.com/this-climate...).
Well...
Later this month, they will appear in the Museum of Modern Art: press.moma.org/exhibition/p...
Well...
Later this month, they will appear in the Museum of Modern Art: press.moma.org/exhibition/p...
A colossal ice core just drilled in Antarctica may contain the oldest, unbroken timeline of Earth's climate, going back 1.2 million years.
Each meter holds ~13k years of deep, compressed history. The whole sample could extend across the Golden Gate Bridge. 🧪🌏
www.sciencealert.com/oldest-unbro...
Each meter holds ~13k years of deep, compressed history. The whole sample could extend across the Golden Gate Bridge. 🧪🌏
www.sciencealert.com/oldest-unbro...
Oldest Unbroken Record of Earth's Climate Pulled From Antarctic Ice Sheet
A colossal ice core sample drilled in Antarctica may contain the oldest, unbroken timeline of Earth's climate, stretching back more than a million years.
www.sciencealert.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A colossal ice core just drilled in Antarctica may contain the oldest, unbroken timeline of Earth's climate, going back 1.2 million years.
Each meter holds ~13k years of deep, compressed history. The whole sample could extend across the Golden Gate Bridge. 🧪🌏
www.sciencealert.com/oldest-unbro...
Each meter holds ~13k years of deep, compressed history. The whole sample could extend across the Golden Gate Bridge. 🧪🌏
www.sciencealert.com/oldest-unbro...
A "provocative" new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans – big-headed cousins of the Denisovans and Neanderthals – that once lived alongside Homo sapiens in eastern Asia more than 100,000 years ago 🧪
www.sciencealert.com/large-head-p...
www.sciencealert.com/large-head-p...
'Large Head People': Mysterious New Form of Ancient Human Emerges
A "provocative" new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans – cousins of the Denisovans and Neanderthals – that once lived alongside Homo sapiens in eastern Asia more than 100...
www.sciencealert.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:20 PM
A "provocative" new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans – big-headed cousins of the Denisovans and Neanderthals – that once lived alongside Homo sapiens in eastern Asia more than 100,000 years ago 🧪
www.sciencealert.com/large-head-p...
www.sciencealert.com/large-head-p...
Imagine a time machine that could whisk you back to the age of the dinosaurs. Suddenly, you find yourself in a dense, swampy forest, with insects buzzing between flowers, ferns, and conifers.
Believe it or not, you're standing in West Antarctica.
www.sciencealert.com/first-ever-a...
Believe it or not, you're standing in West Antarctica.
www.sciencealert.com/first-ever-a...
First-Ever Amber Discovered in Antarctica Shows Rainforest Existed Near South Pole
Imagine a time machine that could whisk you back to the age of the dinosaurs.
www.sciencealert.com
November 14, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Imagine a time machine that could whisk you back to the age of the dinosaurs. Suddenly, you find yourself in a dense, swampy forest, with insects buzzing between flowers, ferns, and conifers.
Believe it or not, you're standing in West Antarctica.
www.sciencealert.com/first-ever-a...
Believe it or not, you're standing in West Antarctica.
www.sciencealert.com/first-ever-a...
Reposted by Carly Cassella
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We have enough funding to bring some staff to bioGraphic, but not the whole team. We’re looking everywhere for financial support, and to bring more people over, we need to raise US $150,000.
Will you help us?
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November 14, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Here’s where you come in.
We have enough funding to bring some staff to bioGraphic, but not the whole team. We’re looking everywhere for financial support, and to bring more people over, we need to raise US $150,000.
Will you help us?
www.biographic.com/hakai-magazi... bsky-sos&c_src2=hakai
We have enough funding to bring some staff to bioGraphic, but not the whole team. We’re looking everywhere for financial support, and to bring more people over, we need to raise US $150,000.
Will you help us?
www.biographic.com/hakai-magazi... bsky-sos&c_src2=hakai
Reposted by Carly Cassella
“A native New Zealand insect that once mimicked its toxic neighbor has changed color in deforested areas, in a striking example of human-induced evolution.”
#scicomm
#sensoryecology
#mimetism
www.sciencealert.com/these-insect...
🧪 🦗 🐙
#scicomm
#sensoryecology
#mimetism
www.sciencealert.com/these-insect...
🧪 🦗 🐙
These Insects Changed Their Entire Color Because of Humans
A native New Zealand insect that once mimicked its toxic neighbor has changed color in deforested areas, in a striking example of human-induced evolution.
www.sciencealert.com
November 12, 2024 at 3:31 AM
“A native New Zealand insect that once mimicked its toxic neighbor has changed color in deforested areas, in a striking example of human-induced evolution.”
#scicomm
#sensoryecology
#mimetism
www.sciencealert.com/these-insect...
🧪 🦗 🐙
#scicomm
#sensoryecology
#mimetism
www.sciencealert.com/these-insect...
🧪 🦗 🐙
Reposted by Carly Cassella
I spoke to space plasma physicist Jamie Jasinski about the perils of sunning Uranus 🧪
Strange Anomaly in 1986 May Have Warped Our Perception of Uranus
For decades, we've thought we had a pretty good grasp of Uranus.
www.sciencealert.com
November 11, 2024 at 11:55 PM
I spoke to space plasma physicist Jamie Jasinski about the perils of sunning Uranus 🧪
I was today years old when I found out the true meaning of honeydew 🤯
Inspect a Southern Beech tree in NZ & you'll see long wispy hairs emerging, with clear liquid at the tip. This is honeydew, the delicious sugary poo of scale insects feeding on the tree's phloem!
This important energy resource supports a whole ecosystem, from sooty mould to native bees and birds! 🧪
This important energy resource supports a whole ecosystem, from sooty mould to native bees and birds! 🧪
April 7, 2024 at 11:54 PM
I was today years old when I found out the true meaning of honeydew 🤯
Reposted by Carly Cassella
Brachycybe millipede dads can cart their kiddos around like a minivan!
This genus has one of the few known cases of obligate paternal care in arthropods. Dads groom the eggs and protect them from fungal infections, desiccation, and predation. 🌿🧪🐛
This genus has one of the few known cases of obligate paternal care in arthropods. Dads groom the eggs and protect them from fungal infections, desiccation, and predation. 🌿🧪🐛
April 2, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Brachycybe millipede dads can cart their kiddos around like a minivan!
This genus has one of the few known cases of obligate paternal care in arthropods. Dads groom the eggs and protect them from fungal infections, desiccation, and predation. 🌿🧪🐛
This genus has one of the few known cases of obligate paternal care in arthropods. Dads groom the eggs and protect them from fungal infections, desiccation, and predation. 🌿🧪🐛
Reposted by Carly Cassella
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This weekend I put together a worm bin with instructions that suddenly and inexplicably stopped at a major cliff hanger…
🫣what’s going to happen??
🫣what’s going to happen??
March 24, 2024 at 10:57 PM
This weekend I put together a worm bin with instructions that suddenly and inexplicably stopped at a major cliff hanger…
🫣what’s going to happen??
🫣what’s going to happen??
Went to visit the flying fox colony in Melbourne last weekend with @tesskou.bsky.social and stumbled across another creature trying to find baby bats
February 26, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Went to visit the flying fox colony in Melbourne last weekend with @tesskou.bsky.social and stumbled across another creature trying to find baby bats
The first ripe tomato in my garden is not very happy with my care 😭
February 19, 2024 at 10:55 PM
The first ripe tomato in my garden is not very happy with my care 😭
Writing about deep sea worms today, and for some reason, I can't stop smiling?? Wonder what it could be ...
📷: Shimada et al., Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2023
zse.pensoft.net/article/1090...
📷: Shimada et al., Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2023
zse.pensoft.net/article/1090...
February 1, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Writing about deep sea worms today, and for some reason, I can't stop smiling?? Wonder what it could be ...
📷: Shimada et al., Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2023
zse.pensoft.net/article/1090...
📷: Shimada et al., Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2023
zse.pensoft.net/article/1090...