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February 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Snap, Crackle, Pop - Check out our recent short on real-life applications of higher order derivatives! 🎢🥣 youtube.com/shorts/kQprW...
Snap, Crackle, Pop – beyond rice krispies #shorts #physics
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February 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Happy winter from bioZone! ❄️ Did you know that deer antlers are one of the fastest growing animal tissues?? 🦌 learn more from our new short video here!
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What's in an antler? #shorts #scicomm #deer #science #sciencefacts #biology
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January 11, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Have you ever wondered how many sperm are typically incubated with one egg during IVF? Find out here! 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3-T9eSK8wc&lc=UgxYzaI9HPaluBZ1P0N4AaABAg
December 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Did you know that puppies from the same litter can have different dads?!
Find out more on YouTube! 👉 youtube.com/shorts/dte8_...
You are BOTH the father #shorts #superfecundation
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November 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Check out bioZone's new short video on understanding pain in the brain! 🧠 👉 www.youtube.com/shorts/F0SuD...
Pain in the Brain 🧠 #chronicpain
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November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
happy belated halloween from bioZone!
have you watched our final short from this year's spooky series yet? Check it out here!! 🪳💋😘🩸 --> youtube.com/shorts/dNPFW...
spooky science : the kissing bug #shorts
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November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
info sources:
+Cornell Wildlife Health Lab. (2025). Rabbit hemorrhagic disease. Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.

+Le Gall-Reculé, G., et al. (2011, February 5). Detection of a new variant of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus in France. Veterinary Record doi.org/10.1136/vr.d...
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease | Cornell Wildlife Health Lab
cwhl.vet.cornell.edu
October 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
spooky science : deadly rabbit disease #shorts 🐇🩸

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spooky science: deadly rabbit disease #shorts
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October 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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The first global deep-sea stable isotope assessment reveals the unique trophic ecology of Vampire Squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis (Cephalopoda). Sci Rep (2019). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Vampire squid: detritivores in the oxygen minimum zone. Proc Biol Sci. (2012) doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
The first global deep-sea stable isotope assessment reveals the unique trophic ecology of Vampire Squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis (Cephalopoda) - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - The first global deep-sea stable isotope assessment reveals the unique trophic ecology of Vampire Squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis (Cephalopoda)
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October 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Vampire squids are real

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spooky science | vampire squids #shorts
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October 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
written and narrated by Marissa, edited by April
funded by UPMC Hillman Academy and National Cancer Institute (NCI R25 YES)

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NIH or UPMC
Pharmaceutical pollution influences river-to-sea migration in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Despite the growing threat of pharmaceutical pollution, we lack an understanding of whether and how such pollutants influence animal behavior in the wild. Using laboratory- and field-based experiments...
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September 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
information sources:
+Jack Brand et al. (2025). Pharmaceutical pollution influences river-to-sea migration in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), Science. doi.org/10.1126/scie...
+Anxiety drugs found in rivers make salmon take more risks, NPR www.npr.org/2025/04/14/n...
Pharmaceutical pollution influences river-to-sea migration in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Despite the growing threat of pharmaceutical pollution, we lack an understanding of whether and how such pollutants influence animal behavior in the wild. Using laboratory- and field-based experiments...
doi.org
September 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Something's fishy in the water- and it's not the fish.

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September 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
sources:
+Rebecca Siegel et al. (2020). doi.org/10.3322/caac...
+Christina Bailey et al. (2015). doi.org/10.1001/jama...
+Marcos Díaz-Gay et al. (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
+Axel Rosendahl Huber et al. (2024). doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...
Colorectal cancer statistics, 2020
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States. Every 3 years, the American Cancer Society provides an update of CRC occurrence based on incidence data (...
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August 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Colon cancer is on the rise in younger adults, and recent research suggests a microbe may be partially to blame 🦠

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Colon cancer is on the rise in younger adults #shorts
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August 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
bioZone isn't just the name of your favorite educational youTube channel, its also an important strategy for geologists

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August 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
arxiv.org preprint server for STEM fields
www.jstor.org you can filter by openly accessible content
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov open access biomedical papers
doaj.org directory that catalogues open access journals and articles
arXiv.org e-Print archive
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July 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Here are three ways that you can access scientific research for free!

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and check out the next tweet for links to resources with lots of open research
July 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Here's our June progress!
July 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
image credits:
+Leafy Sea Dragon by Martin Cathrae commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le...
+Phycodurus eques by Peter Southwood commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ph...
+Sargassum seaweed by Sam Fraser-Smith commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...
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July 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
info sources:
+ Devault et al (2020) Sargassum contamination and consequences for downstream uses: a review, Journal of Applied Phycology. doi.org/10.1007/s108...
+"10 Pokémon that resemble bizarre real-life animals" August 19, 2022. Live Science. www.livescience.com/pokemon-anim...
Sargassum contamination and consequences for downstream uses: a review - Journal of Applied Phycology
Sargassum spp. are brown algae present in the tropical and subtropical waters of the world’s oceans. Benthic or pelagic, Sargassum spp. represent substantial amounts of biomass when drifted and massiv...
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July 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Did you know that there are real animal versions of Pokemon? Dragalge is based on the Leafy seadragon ❗

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Thanks to Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick for guest writing this script Follow Kelly @kellyrabbit.bsky.social or on Ig @ russokm1105
July 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Did you know many Pokémon are inspired by real animals? We’ve collaborated with ecologist Dr. Kelly Russo-Petrick
@kellyrabbit.bsky.social to bring you a series of Pokémon videos.

Stay tuned for the next episode coming this Sunday!

Any guesses for our next featured Pokémon?
July 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
image sources cont:
+ wikipedia user JDipterocarpus commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Or...
+ Ari hidayat11 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Be...
+ Lille Natural History Museum commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hy...
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July 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM