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
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Tricia Goulding
@tcgoulding.bsky.social
· Nov 17
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, …
www.sciencedirect.com
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...
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New Nature paper!
Vaga et al. (2025) reconstruct a time-calibrated phylogeny of stony (scleractinian) corals, which suggests that some could be resilient to climate change.
Congrats @claudiavaga.bsky.social
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Vaga et al. (2025) reconstruct a time-calibrated phylogeny of stony (scleractinian) corals, which suggests that some could be resilient to climate change.
Congrats @claudiavaga.bsky.social
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
A global coral phylogeny reveals resilience and vulnerability through deep time - Nature
The most recent common ancestor of the stony coral Scleractinia dates to about 460 million years ago and was probably a solitary, heterotrophic and free-living organism.
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New Nature paper!
Vaga et al. (2025) reconstruct a time-calibrated phylogeny of stony (scleractinian) corals, which suggests that some could be resilient to climate change.
Congrats @claudiavaga.bsky.social
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Vaga et al. (2025) reconstruct a time-calibrated phylogeny of stony (scleractinian) corals, which suggests that some could be resilient to climate change.
Congrats @claudiavaga.bsky.social
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
“Plastic 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.
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.
apnews.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“Plastic 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.
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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
Those Dire Wolves Aren’t an Amazing Scientific Breakthrough. They’re a Disturbing Symbol of Where We’re Heading.
We shouldn’t be celebrating “de-extinction.” We should be focused on the species that are currently in danger.
slate.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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
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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?
I need every single academic to read this AP article asap. Trump is making extreme demands of Columbia that threaten all of us. I believe the 50 universities being "investigated" are next to see this, especially if Columbia caves. Heads up.
“It’s an escalation of a kind that is unheard of,” said Joan Scott, a historian & member of the academic freedom committee of the AAUP. “Even during the McCarthy period in the United States, this was not done.”
apnews.com/article/colu...
apnews.com/article/colu...
March 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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?
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Ancient DNA analysis from Antarctic sediments has traced 6,000 years of Adélie penguin history, revealing shifts in diet and interactions with other species due to environmental changes. doi.org/g865p9
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 Adélie penguin colonies on Antarctica's Ross Sea coast, showing how animals in the region responded to climate and environmental change events over millennia.
phys.org
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ancient DNA analysis from Antarctic sediments has traced 6,000 years of Adélie penguin history, revealing shifts in diet and interactions with other species due to environmental changes. doi.org/g865p9
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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
Credits
Jellyfish: OET/Nautilus Live
Anemone: Cathy Lewis
Feather duster worm: Pauline Walsh Jacobsen
Octopus: Schmidt Ocean Institute
December 31, 2024 at 9:04 AM
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
Credits
Jellyfish: OET/Nautilus Live
Anemone: Cathy Lewis
Feather duster worm: Pauline Walsh Jacobsen
Octopus: Schmidt Ocean Institute
Reposted by Tricia Goulding
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...
retractionwatch.com/2024/12/24/f...
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…
retractionwatch.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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...
retractionwatch.com/2024/12/24/f...
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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
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
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
F.D.A. Approves Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea
Zepbound is the first prescription drug approved specifically to treat the common condition.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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
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
Reposted by Tricia Goulding
Reposted by Tricia Goulding
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 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo
You need more ocean 🌊 in your feed! Follow these folks.
If you would like to be added please just let me know 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo
November 22, 2024 at 12:48 AM
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 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo
You need more ocean 🌊 in your feed! Follow these folks.
If you would like to be added please just let me know 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo
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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...
November 20, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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...
Reposted by Tricia Goulding
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 Schätzing.)
🧪🌎
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
Who says worms aren’t beautiful! 😍
(Also, this is eerily similar to a plot point in the novel, Der Schwarm, by Frank Schätzing.)
🧪🌎
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
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...
www.discoverwildlife.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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 Schätzing.)
🧪🌎
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
Who says worms aren’t beautiful! 😍
(Also, this is eerily similar to a plot point in the novel, Der Schwarm, by Frank Schätzing.)
🧪🌎
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
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...
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, …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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...