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Allie Caughman
@allieamc.bsky.social
PhD Student and NSF GRFP Fellow @ brenUCSB. hellava biologist/GeorgiaTech alum 🐝. Lover of fish math and rstats. she/her
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“Just when you think you’ve seen it all, social insects reveal another surprise.” https://scim.ag/47sVFyS
Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species
Bizarre discovery of interspecies cloning “almost impossible to believe,” biologists say
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September 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Color me surprised! 😑
Turns out that an ecological system that has one stressor removed from it (fishing) is more resilient when faced with another stressor (marine heatwaves). 🧪🌊

Link: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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No, blue whales aren't going silent off California. Here's why. | When asked whether the blue whales have gone silent since 2021, he replied: "Nope."
No, blue whales aren't going silent off California. Here's why.
Reports of blue whales going silent off California don't reflect the findings of a recent study.
www.livescience.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today!

Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!

🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology
Accurately attributing ecological shifts to climate change remains a significant challenge. Here, we present an accessible causal inference framework designed for climate change attribution in observ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Thanks @melissacmarquez.bsky.social for writing a great story on our recently published paper!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
July 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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I'm thrilled to share our new Fish & Fisheries paper synthesizing U.S. fisheries quota allocation policies and best practices for advancing their equity and fairness goals under climate change: t.co/JqjYR32qHc
June 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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It's Carnival Tuesday in Brazil and I'm happy to share the newest #SharkScience paper we just published at Fish and Fisheries!
@allieamc.bsky.social and I co-led this analysis on the at-vessel and post-release mortality for sharks caught in longline and/or gillnet fisheries 1/9

tinyurl.com/2v2rjwmd
March 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
First conference talk done! Thanks to WAS2023 for such a great weekend
November 15, 2023 at 5:47 PM
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This document has a very useful introduction to bluesky for scientists! #newsky
blueskyscience.steveharoz.com
BlueSky for Scientists
BlueSky for Scientists Authors: Steve Haroz and Mark Rubin URL: http://blueskyscience.steveharoz.com Features you may miss from Twitter or Mastodon As BlueSky is in beta, some features are not implem...
blueskyscience.steveharoz.com
October 22, 2023 at 7:54 PM
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New PhD opportunity studying cryptobenthic reef fishes, funded through the INSPIRE DTP
@unisouthampton
with cosupervision at
@NHM_London
- looking for an excellent student to work on the distribution and functions of the tiniest fish in the sea! findaphd.com/phds/project...
October 23, 2023 at 9:03 AM
Recently found out I passed my written exams for my PhD! Just my proposal defense left between me and candidacy 💪🏼
September 28, 2023 at 4:32 PM
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This was a blast, thanks all! Follow the folks in this thread for more science in your feed 🧪
Science on Bluesky is growing rapidly!

Science friends, introduce yourselves below and I’ll share! Who are you? What do you work on? Where are you based?

I’ll go first. I’m David, and I study sharks and their conservation. I’m based in the Washington, DC area.

🧪🦑🌎🦈🐡
September 27, 2023 at 12:38 AM