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Stephanie Bilodeau
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Aquatic ecology PhD candidate in the Hay lab at Georgia Tech. I study spatial ecology and species interactions. Opinions are my own. She/her. http://stephbilodeau.com
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Ocean Heroes: Kristina Gjerde
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Ocean Heroes: Kristina Gjerde
She spent twenty years protecting half the planet. You have probably never heard of her.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Home from another wonderful #SICB2026! A special thanks to all the symposium hosts and contributors who spoke with me for the SICB/ICB blog. I learned so much this meeting! ❤️
January 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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The Trump Administration's announced withdraw from the IPCC is disappointing, but not surprising. US scientists will continue to play key roles in the @ipcc.bsky.social. A statement from the US Academic Alliance for the IPCC:
The US Academic Alliance for the IPCC (USAA-IPCC) was formed in March 2025 in part to prepare for this possibility and to ensure that US scientists remain able to engage in IPCC work regardless of the status and role of the US government. With the support of the USAA-IPCC, more than 70 US citizens and US-based experts who are currently serving the IPCC as coordinating lead authors, lead authors, review editors and committee members will continue to play these roles. “US climate scientists have made incredible contributions to understanding our planet’s life support systems and the impacts and risks of climate change. Their role as key players in IPCC reports have helped the US maintain our preeminent position in science and technology, and this global scientific cooperation will continue despite this unfortunate decision,” said Dr. Pamela McElwee, Professor of Human Ecology at Rutgers University, who serves as chair of the steering committee of the Alliance. “There is a reason we call our community the global scientific enterprise. We cannot grow, innovate, or advance unless we are linked together sharing, analyzing, and deliberating on vital climate data through critical international organizations like the IPCC. In the wake of this devastating move, AGU pledges to do all it can to bridge global partnership, research, and dialogue,” said Dr. Brandon Jones, President of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), which hosts the Alliance. The Trump Administration began disengaging from IPCC prior to yesterday’s formal announcement. Since February of 2025, the US State Department has not nominated experts for involvement in IPCC work, nor supported travel to IPCC meetings for selected authors, a role they have played in all prior administrations. The US government also did not participate in either of the IPCC business sessions in 2025, the first time the US has not been in attendance since the IPCC’s founding in 1988. As a result, the USAA-IPCC has assumed a key leadership role in nominating US scientists for consideration as authors for IPCC reports, including for the Seventh Assessment Report (nominating 282 authors in April 2025) and the Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (nominating 33 authors in December 2025), as well as for roles on the IPCC Task Group on Data Support and for participation in several expert workshops. AGU and the USAA-IPCC have also raised funds to support travel for US scientists and technical experts selected by IPCC to attend author meetings and workshops. Since the founding of the IPCC over four decades ago, US scientists and other experts have made critical contributions, leading formal processes as Working Group co-chairs as well as filling vitally important author and reviewer roles. IPCC findings have shaped science-based policy at all levels—from global climate agreements to local resilience plans—and strengthen the ability of policy communities to make informed decisions. Ensuring US scientists remain fully engaged in the IPCC and the global climate science community will lead to important new research opportunities and international collaborations that benefit the US in substantial ways. The USAA-IPCC looks forward to continuing our support of US climate experts, climate science research, and the IPCC. —-- The USAA-IPCC (https://www.usaa-ipcc.org/) is composed of all the US academic institutions that have observer status with the IPCC – Colby College, College of the Atlantic, Dickinson College, Emory University, Indiana University, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of California San Diego, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Yale University – together with the American Geophysical Union (AGU), which hosts the Alliance.
January 8, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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The world feels rough right now

So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.

🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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If you haven't already - please help us shape our next academic conference in Autumn 2026 by filling out a quick survey!
bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 27d
Are you a part of our Special Interest Group community and thinking of attending our 2026 annual conference? (say yes, it’s really fun 🤩)

We would be eternally grateful if you could fill out our google form survey to help us shape the 2026 event itself!
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Thank youuu 💧🔬🦐
BES Aquatic Ecology Annual Meeting
Help us design our next BES Aquatic Group Annual Meeting in 2026
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January 7, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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Today! #SICB2026
Stephanie, a white woman with short hair, smiles at the camera wearing a pink suit jacket with glittery crayfish
January 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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It’s happening!!

#SICB2026 Tomorrow, from 8AM to 3:30PM come to C120/121/122 for ✨Sex Across Origins: Questioning animal-centric assumptions and developing integrative frameworks.✨

Also! 3 fantastic complimentary sessions Tuesday in B113, with a special focus on education in the morning.
Logo for the Sex Across Origins symposium. A round cell looks like it’s about to divide, with spindle fibers. In the middle there are two rainbow-colored phylogenies. Outside the cell, it says “Sexes Across Origins” on top, and “SICB 2026” on the bottom
January 5, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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SICB friends!

Want to learn about how crayfish eat invasive aquatic plants? Come for the science, stay for my fabulous crayfish fashion!

8:15am tomorrow in B110/111. #SICB2026
January 5, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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The Invasive Crayfish Collaborative is closing out 2025 with a webinar tomorrow (Wednesday Dec. 17) at 10 AM CT from Dr. Chris Taylor (@prairieresearch.bsky.social). Learn about all things Midwest crayfishes (sorry Chappell fans, no princesses here) by registering: invasivecrayfish.org/events1/
A flyer for a webinar on the ecology and life history of Midwestern crayfishes happening on Wednesday December 17 at 10 AM CT
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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S T Y L I S H
lewispughfdn.bsky.social Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · Apr 10
Meet the carrier crab, an animal that brings its defence wherever it goes. Its back legs are specially adapted to hold anything it can wedge between itself and danger: a bit of dead coral, seaweed, a broken shell. Sometimes, though, that shield is alive – like this jellyfish! 🛡️🪼👇

🎥: Jacob Guy
December 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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The rare & beautiful violet sea snail - a predator of Portuguese Man O’War & by-the-wind sailors. It lives its whole life at the surface of the open ocean, using a bubble raft to stay afloat. It’s normally more common in warmer waters but occasionally seen here
#marinebiology #marinelife #oceanlife
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Snail traveling via salamander express — specifically, a Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra) — not something you see every day.

📷 harukano on iNaturalist
📍 Bulgaria
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
A brown snail with a cone-shaped shell sits on the head of a black salamander with yellow spots. A brown snail with a cone-shaped shell sits on the head of a black salamander with yellow spots. A brown snail with a cone-shaped shell sits on the head of a black salamander with yellow spots. A brown snail with a cone-shaped shell sits on the head of a black salamander with yellow spots.
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Spotlight: Parrot's Feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum) 🌿

This plant is a major aquatic threat, forming dense mats that choke native life, deplete oxygen, and block waterways.

#GuardIAS is managing its spread in Italy.

See our work: guardias.eu

#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Parrot's Feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum)
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Honoring James A. Estes, a pioneering ecologist whose research on sea otters in Alaska revealed how predators shape entire ecosystems. His work helped define the concept of trophic cascades and inspired generations of ecologists. Read the PNAS Retrospective: https://ow.ly/leKs50XrKBH
Honoring the life of James A. Estes, a pioneering ecologist.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Heard of "Darwin's paradox"? It refers to Charles Darwin's observation that coral reefs are wildly productive despite occurring in nutrient-poor tropical oceans. Reefs are, so the story goes, oases in marine deserts 🏝️...

Turns out that 2/3 of these assertions are very wrong...

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June 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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🦀 Sally lightfoot crab
Here are several Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus). The baby crabs are dark in color for camouflage. The adults have colorful patterns. The atmosphere is bright and happy.
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Hell yes here for this. 🤘🦑
nudibranch.bsky.social Nudibranch ウミウシ Appreciation Society @nudibranch.bsky.social · Oct 29
Welcome to the 2025 #Nudivember art challenge!

Like last year, here is a list of some lesser known, yet always fabulous, nudibranch species.

Participate as much or as little as you want in any art form you like.

Make sure to use #Nudivember and use alt text!
Nudivember 2025 prompt list 1. Cuthona anulata 2. Cerberilla tanna 3. Halgerda theobroma 4. Glossodoris electra 5. Tambja affinis 6. Diaphorodoris mitsuii 7. Hypselodoris obscura 8. Cerberilla ambonensis 9. Tritonia myrakeenae 10. Chromodoris luteorosea 11. Dendrodoris behrensi 12. Melibe pilosa 13. Doto greenamyeri 14. Cadlinella ornatissima 15. Flabellina ischitana 16. Polycera tricolor 17. Jorunna rubescens 18. Nembrotha cristata 19. Tenellia caerulea 20. Phyllidiopsis sphingis 21. Gymnodoris rubropapulosa 22. Aegires citrinus 23. Okenia mediterranea 24. Mexichromis macropus 25. Hallaxa cryptica 26. Acanthodoris lutea 27. Notodoris minor 28. Favorinus tsuruganus 29. Halgerda brycei 30. Hallaxa fuscescens
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Raise your hand if you'll be at #SICB2025 this week! ✋
December 29, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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If you are a scientist (including graduate students) or professional science communicator who is at least 18 years old and are using Bluesky for any kind of professional purposes, please consider taking our survey.

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Scientists at the University of Miami are carrying out a research study on how scientists use online platforms like Twitter/X and Bluesky. If you are 18 years of age or older and are a scientist who uses these platforms for professional purposes, please click the link below to complete a short survey. If you are interested in learning more about this research study, please e-mail us at Julia.wester @ miami.edu. In the body of your email please provide your full name, and if you would prefer to be contacted by phone, your phone number and the best time to reach you. Contacting us for more information does not commit you to participating, and should you decide to participate you may terminate your participation at any time.
December 30, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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Finally completing my migration from the bird app. Hello friends!
December 3, 2024 at 9:52 PM