TheNauticalWarlock
@thenauticalwarlock.bsky.social
Ecologist (BA in Biology with a focus on Ecology and Evolution) | Birding and Fishing as a Hobby and Career | Founding Member of the FishWatching Movement | All opinions are my own and do not represent the views of any associates/employers
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My latest for @nytimes.com! For 40 years, paleontologists have grappled over whether a small tyrannosaur — named Nanotyrannus — was its own animal, or simply a teenage T.rex. The debate has been ... contentious. Which is why it's so fun to finally be able to say this:
Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
The Case of the Tiny Tyrannosaurus Might Have Been Cracked
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My latest for @nytimes.com! For 40 years, paleontologists have grappled over whether a small tyrannosaur — named Nanotyrannus — was its own animal, or simply a teenage T.rex. The debate has been ... contentious. Which is why it's so fun to finally be able to say this:
Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
An Opah to celebrate 10 years of #SundayFishSketch
October 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
An Opah to celebrate 10 years of #SundayFishSketch
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Happy to have been interviewed for part of @lisasgardiner.bsky.social's @sciencenews.bsky.social article about my favorite bioeroding & carbonate-sand-pooping fishes, parrotfishes; also includes keen insights from Drs. Katie Cramer & Ana Molina Hernández. www.snexplores.org/article/parr... 🧪🐠🪸🏖️
Parrotfish shape the future of coral reefs, one bite at a time
Could these colorful fish aid struggling coral? Yes, but not always. Parrotfish play a complex role in reefs — and sometimes may cause harm.
www.snexplores.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Happy to have been interviewed for part of @lisasgardiner.bsky.social's @sciencenews.bsky.social article about my favorite bioeroding & carbonate-sand-pooping fishes, parrotfishes; also includes keen insights from Drs. Katie Cramer & Ana Molina Hernández. www.snexplores.org/article/parr... 🧪🐠🪸🏖️
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Repeat after me: these budget cuts are theft. Our elected officials are stealing from us. They work for us, and they are breaking what we hired them to protect.
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
www.science.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Repeat after me: these budget cuts are theft. Our elected officials are stealing from us. They work for us, and they are breaking what we hired them to protect.
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I hate everything
I hope Colossal Biosciences is happy that their little marketing stint is going to lead to more extinctions
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
I hope Colossal Biosciences is happy that their little marketing stint is going to lead to more extinctions
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as reason to cut endangered species list
The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I hate everything
I hope Colossal Biosciences is happy that their little marketing stint is going to lead to more extinctions
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
I hope Colossal Biosciences is happy that their little marketing stint is going to lead to more extinctions
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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This post by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum demonstrates clear defiance of the Endangered Species Act. He states that regulation is not the solution.
Innovation is needed- in concert with regulation- to find new paths to recovery while protecting what still exists.
#Resist
Innovation is needed- in concert with regulation- to find new paths to recovery while protecting what still exists.
#Resist
April 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This post by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum demonstrates clear defiance of the Endangered Species Act. He states that regulation is not the solution.
Innovation is needed- in concert with regulation- to find new paths to recovery while protecting what still exists.
#Resist
Innovation is needed- in concert with regulation- to find new paths to recovery while protecting what still exists.
#Resist
Excited to finally be starting my season as a Seabird Research Assistant on the Farallones.
#pointblueconservationscience
#farallonislands #seabirdresearch #conservationbiology
#pointblueconservationscience
#farallonislands #seabirdresearch #conservationbiology
March 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Excited to finally be starting my season as a Seabird Research Assistant on the Farallones.
#pointblueconservationscience
#farallonislands #seabirdresearch #conservationbiology
#pointblueconservationscience
#farallonislands #seabirdresearch #conservationbiology
March 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“No vineagar for me, I just use snot!”
Comical and informative sketch of a Man-o-War fish (Nomeus gronovii).
Living amongst and even feeding on the tentacles of its namesake Siphonophore, this Driftfish (Nomeidae) uses a dense layer of mucus to counteractpotential stings. #fishart #sciart
Comical and informative sketch of a Man-o-War fish (Nomeus gronovii).
Living amongst and even feeding on the tentacles of its namesake Siphonophore, this Driftfish (Nomeidae) uses a dense layer of mucus to counteractpotential stings. #fishart #sciart
March 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Haida Chinook Salmon for an old #SundayFishSketch #haidaart #salmon #fishart #pacificnorthwest #digitalart
February 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Haida Chinook Salmon for an old #SundayFishSketch #haidaart #salmon #fishart #pacificnorthwest #digitalart
February 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My support and deepest sorrow to all in DOI and beyond who have had their careers unlawfully ripped away from them. This disgusting flaunting and abuse of power is a direct threat to our nation, it's people, and the wild country we have left.
#nationalparks #federallayoffs #doge #usfws
#nationalparks #federallayoffs #doge #usfws
February 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My support and deepest sorrow to all in DOI and beyond who have had their careers unlawfully ripped away from them. This disgusting flaunting and abuse of power is a direct threat to our nation, it's people, and the wild country we have left.
#nationalparks #federallayoffs #doge #usfws
#nationalparks #federallayoffs #doge #usfws
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I think that considering current situation with science in the US and upcoming elections in Germany, we should do one thing we almost never do - open discussion on how politics impacts science both within scientific community (e.g. in universities, research institutions, etc) & with general public.
February 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I think that considering current situation with science in the US and upcoming elections in Germany, we should do one thing we almost never do - open discussion on how politics impacts science both within scientific community (e.g. in universities, research institutions, etc) & with general public.
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