Alexia Hilber
@alexiahilber.bsky.social
Parasite communities of waterbirds 🦩🪱
M.S. Marine Science @ Nova Southeastern University | Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab | Digenean Enthusiast
M.S. Marine Science @ Nova Southeastern University | Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab | Digenean Enthusiast
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Alexia Hilber
@alexiahilber.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hi everyone!
My name’s Alexia, I’m a MS marine science student studying the endoparasite community of Florida’s waterbirds. I’m excited to share some of my photography and talk about worms 🪱
My name’s Alexia, I’m a MS marine science student studying the endoparasite community of Florida’s waterbirds. I’m excited to share some of my photography and talk about worms 🪱
Greater Flamingo from Isabela Island, Galapágos 🪶
August 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Greater Flamingo from Isabela Island, Galapágos 🪶
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Does it ever drive you crazy just how fast the night changes 😩
July 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Does it ever drive you crazy just how fast the night changes 😩
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C elegans can sense sound AND serve as a genetic model for an understudied form of human hearing loss! As the moderator mentioned- what CAN’T worms do?? 🤩 🪱 #worm25
July 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
C elegans can sense sound AND serve as a genetic model for an understudied form of human hearing loss! As the moderator mentioned- what CAN’T worms do?? 🤩 🪱 #worm25
A little Galápagos finch on Santa Cruz Island all fluffed up during a rainstorm #birds #photography
June 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A little Galápagos finch on Santa Cruz Island all fluffed up during a rainstorm #birds #photography
One of my favorite shots from my recent trip to the Galápagos Islands, the domed-shaped Galápagos Tortoise from Isla Santa Cruz
June 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
One of my favorite shots from my recent trip to the Galápagos Islands, the domed-shaped Galápagos Tortoise from Isla Santa Cruz
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Jesus.
The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...
The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...
June 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Jesus.
The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...
The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...
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For the past few weeks, our PI Dr. Kerstetter, graduate student Alexia Hilber, and undergraduate students ventured to the Galápagos Islands as a research trip for their Ecology of the Galápagos Islands class. (1/3)
June 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
For the past few weeks, our PI Dr. Kerstetter, graduate student Alexia Hilber, and undergraduate students ventured to the Galápagos Islands as a research trip for their Ecology of the Galápagos Islands class. (1/3)
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Like flamingos, roseate spoonbills' colour comes from the food they eat.
Shrimp and crabs contain pigments called carotenoids that help turn their feathers a beautiful shade of pink. 🪶
Shrimp and crabs contain pigments called carotenoids that help turn their feathers a beautiful shade of pink. 🪶
May 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Like flamingos, roseate spoonbills' colour comes from the food they eat.
Shrimp and crabs contain pigments called carotenoids that help turn their feathers a beautiful shade of pink. 🪶
Shrimp and crabs contain pigments called carotenoids that help turn their feathers a beautiful shade of pink. 🪶
I love when an ID session lines up perfectly with literature. Here’s a Parorchis (catoptrophon?) from a Night Heron. My sample -> morphology sketch -> literature
April 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I love when an ID session lines up perfectly with literature. Here’s a Parorchis (catoptrophon?) from a Night Heron. My sample -> morphology sketch -> literature
Reposted by Alexia Hilber
April 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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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
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The 2025 Undergraduate Student Symposium was a success! Congratulations to two of our awesome undergrad researchers, Kevin Rafferty and Katie McKimmy, for presenting their hard work yesterday!
April 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The 2025 Undergraduate Student Symposium was a success! Congratulations to two of our awesome undergrad researchers, Kevin Rafferty and Katie McKimmy, for presenting their hard work yesterday!
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During the presidential campaign, I wrote an op-ed about how Trump’s proposed policies would be bad for ocean science and conservation, and senior members of my field told me I was being unprofessional.
Thinking about them as I read a news story called “the darkest day in scientific history.”
Thinking about them as I read a news story called “the darkest day in scientific history.”
April 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
During the presidential campaign, I wrote an op-ed about how Trump’s proposed policies would be bad for ocean science and conservation, and senior members of my field told me I was being unprofessional.
Thinking about them as I read a news story called “the darkest day in scientific history.”
Thinking about them as I read a news story called “the darkest day in scientific history.”
Reposted by Alexia Hilber
Why are parasites cool? Feat. #TheLastofUs
April 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Why are parasites cool? Feat. #TheLastofUs
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
I’ll be there Sunday! Come stop by :)
Tortuga through the years! 🌊🌴☀️
Did you know the lab has hosted a booth at Rock The Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival for multiple years in a row? We are so honored to have been invited back for another year - and it’s just 10 days away!
Did you know the lab has hosted a booth at Rock The Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival for multiple years in a row? We are so honored to have been invited back for another year - and it’s just 10 days away!
March 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I’ll be there Sunday! Come stop by :)
Reposted by Alexia Hilber
Tortuga through the years! 🌊🌴☀️
Did you know the lab has hosted a booth at Rock The Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival for multiple years in a row? We are so honored to have been invited back for another year - and it’s just 10 days away!
Did you know the lab has hosted a booth at Rock The Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival for multiple years in a row? We are so honored to have been invited back for another year - and it’s just 10 days away!
March 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Tortuga through the years! 🌊🌴☀️
Did you know the lab has hosted a booth at Rock The Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival for multiple years in a row? We are so honored to have been invited back for another year - and it’s just 10 days away!
Did you know the lab has hosted a booth at Rock The Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival for multiple years in a row? We are so honored to have been invited back for another year - and it’s just 10 days away!
Reposted by Alexia Hilber
So many great signs at the DC @standupforscience.bsky.social rally today, but I think this had to be my favorite:
March 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
So many great signs at the DC @standupforscience.bsky.social rally today, but I think this had to be my favorite:
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Great news! 🌊 Our lab is partnering with Rock The Ocean for Tortuga Music Festival 2025! Here is a thread to learn about this collaboration.
March 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Great news! 🌊 Our lab is partnering with Rock The Ocean for Tortuga Music Festival 2025! Here is a thread to learn about this collaboration.
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Happy International Women & Girls in Science Day 2025! Just a few of the amazing students I've had the privilege of working with over the last 17 years in my @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social lab here at NSU. Thank you for all your inspirational efforts!
#WomenInScience #womeninSTEM
#WomenInScience #womeninSTEM
February 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Happy International Women & Girls in Science Day 2025! Just a few of the amazing students I've had the privilege of working with over the last 17 years in my @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social lab here at NSU. Thank you for all your inspirational efforts!
#WomenInScience #womeninSTEM
#WomenInScience #womeninSTEM
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Enjoy this STUNNING Nephrostomum I pulled from a Cattle Egret last week. New genus to add to my dataset :)
February 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Enjoy this STUNNING Nephrostomum I pulled from a Cattle Egret last week. New genus to add to my dataset :)
Reposted by Alexia Hilber
Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.
February 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.
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Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
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Congratulations to Shelby Boyles, who presented her current thesis work at day 2 of the HCAS Research Graduate Symposium last week!
The Preferred Menu of Two Stingrays: A Wide Selection of Small Invertebrates and More
The Preferred Menu of Two Stingrays: A Wide Selection of Small Invertebrates and More
February 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Congratulations to Shelby Boyles, who presented her current thesis work at day 2 of the HCAS Research Graduate Symposium last week!
The Preferred Menu of Two Stingrays: A Wide Selection of Small Invertebrates and More
The Preferred Menu of Two Stingrays: A Wide Selection of Small Invertebrates and More