David Naylor
@davidnaylorww.bsky.social
Student of the Universe.
Resident of the San Gabriel Mountains, Alta CA
Steward of land in the Mojave Desert.
California Naturalist.
Explorer of life and micro environments.
iNat: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/davidnaylorww
Resident of the San Gabriel Mountains, Alta CA
Steward of land in the Mojave Desert.
California Naturalist.
Explorer of life and micro environments.
iNat: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/davidnaylorww
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The cover art is finished for my new book and I LOVE IT!
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The cover art is finished for my new book and I LOVE IT!
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
An interesting conversation with Claude AI that starts with looking at entropy in living systems, but then takes some thought provoking turns ...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
An interesting conversation with Claude AI that starts with looking at entropy in living systems, but then takes some thought provoking turns ...
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💬 “By looking for genes with specialised functions and different expression levels we can begin to disentangle how the fungi and algae interact and form these symbiotic associations." - Ellen
Mapping cellular dynamics with the lichen cell atlas 🌏
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Mapping cellular dynamics with the lichen cell atlas 🌏
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July 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
💬 “By looking for genes with specialised functions and different expression levels we can begin to disentangle how the fungi and algae interact and form these symbiotic associations." - Ellen
Mapping cellular dynamics with the lichen cell atlas 🌏
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Mapping cellular dynamics with the lichen cell atlas 🌏
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An amazing macro video of Pilobolus by @scottish.fungi. This unique fungus starts as a spore eaten by a grazing animal, survives digestion, and grows in the excrement.
Why? To escape dung and land on fresh plants.
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An amazing macro video of Pilobolus by @scottish.fungi. This unique fungus starts as a spore eaten by a grazing animal, survives digestion, and grows in the excrement.
Why? To escape dung and land on fresh plants.
Alfred DH on Instagram: "🌀 Nature is infinitly complex…
Each of these Pilobolus are only a few millimetres tall, and most people would pass them by without even knowing they’re there.
They have many...
118K likes, 235 comments - scottish.fungi on February 4, 2025: "🌀 Nature is infinitly complex…
Each of these Pilobolus are only a few millimetres tall, and most people would pass them by without even...
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An amazing macro video of Pilobolus by @scottish.fungi. This unique fungus starts as a spore eaten by a grazing animal, survives digestion, and grows in the excrement.
Why? To escape dung and land on fresh plants.
@paulstamets.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/scottish.fun...
An amazing macro video of Pilobolus by @scottish.fungi. This unique fungus starts as a spore eaten by a grazing animal, survives digestion, and grows in the excrement.
Why? To escape dung and land on fresh plants.
A great feeling of accomplishment, more than 40 years after first arriving in this state and being amazed at its bounty of biodiversity.
May 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A great feeling of accomplishment, more than 40 years after first arriving in this state and being amazed at its bounty of biodiversity.
Biologists Discover New Phylum of Bacteria in Earth’s Deep Soil | Sci.News - www.sci.news/biology/deep...
Biologists Discover New Phylum of Bacteria in Earth’s Deep Soil | Sci.News
Biologists have discovered a widespread and relatively abundant bacterial phylum, named CSP1-3, in deep soils and evaluated its phylogeny, ecology, metabolism, and evolutionary history.
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April 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Biologists Discover New Phylum of Bacteria in Earth’s Deep Soil | Sci.News - www.sci.news/biology/deep...
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A very well deserved award for the discovery of nitroplasts:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A very well deserved award for the discovery of nitroplasts:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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March 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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A very well deserved award for the discovery of nitroplasts:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A very well deserved award for the discovery of nitroplasts:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"This microbial inheritance represents a critical yet historically underappreciated ecological dimension in plant reproductive biology."
"This microbial inheritance represents a critical yet historically underappreciated ecological dimension in plant reproductive biology."
Seed-Borne Microbial Inheritance and The Future of Crop Breeding
Microbial Transmission in Plant Reproduction
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March 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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"This microbial inheritance represents a critical yet historically underappreciated ecological dimension in plant reproductive biology."
"This microbial inheritance represents a critical yet historically underappreciated ecological dimension in plant reproductive biology."
Out today in 'Nature'.
"We detected amino acids (including 14 of the 20 used in terrestrial biology), amines, formaldehyde, carboxylic acids, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and N-heterocycles"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Seems prebiotic, but quite a rich mix of 'building blocks' of life.
"We detected amino acids (including 14 of the 20 used in terrestrial biology), amines, formaldehyde, carboxylic acids, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and N-heterocycles"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Seems prebiotic, but quite a rich mix of 'building blocks' of life.
Abundant ammonia and nitrogen-rich soluble organic matter in samples from asteroid (101955) Bennu - Nature Astronomy
Rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu contain some of the molecular building blocks of life on Earth, such as amino acids and nucleobases. They also carry ammonia that formed billions of years ago in...
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January 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Out today in 'Nature'.
"We detected amino acids (including 14 of the 20 used in terrestrial biology), amines, formaldehyde, carboxylic acids, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and N-heterocycles"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Seems prebiotic, but quite a rich mix of 'building blocks' of life.
"We detected amino acids (including 14 of the 20 used in terrestrial biology), amines, formaldehyde, carboxylic acids, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and N-heterocycles"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Seems prebiotic, but quite a rich mix of 'building blocks' of life.
Here's a magnificent specimen for #slimemoldsunday !
Chocolate tube slime mold on a sprig of #moss. Northwest Territories, Canada. #slimemould #fungifriends
January 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Here's a magnificent specimen for #slimemoldsunday !
Gotta get myself some of the ‘aroma of biochemically available high energy electrons’ !
This morning. Some call hydrogen sulphide the smell of rotten eggs. I call it the aroma of biochemically available high energy electrons. #MicrobialCentrism @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound
January 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Gotta get myself some of the ‘aroma of biochemically available high energy electrons’ !
Interesting work on biomineralization from Studio Esmee Geerken at the interface between minerals, and living organisms.
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What can this tell us about the emergence of life on earth?
#microbes #foraminifera #radiolaria #diatoms
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What can this tell us about the emergence of life on earth?
#microbes #foraminifera #radiolaria #diatoms
January 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Interesting work on biomineralization from Studio Esmee Geerken at the interface between minerals, and living organisms.
images.ctfassets.net/ikqtz4dcn2st...
esmeegeerken.com
What can this tell us about the emergence of life on earth?
#microbes #foraminifera #radiolaria #diatoms
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What can this tell us about the emergence of life on earth?
#microbes #foraminifera #radiolaria #diatoms
In the beginning, there was …
… endosymbiosis.
… endosymbiosis.
Delighted to share our new preprint on the cell biology and genome of Stentor pyriformis, a giant ciliate that maintains Chlorella endosymbionts in surface-associated microtubule baskets.
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December 21, 2024 at 10:05 PM
In the beginning, there was …
… endosymbiosis.
… endosymbiosis.
Spectacular.
December 16, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Spectacular.
Wondrous thread(s).
❄️🧪🧵 In late fall through winter, ice sometimes grows into wild, gorgeous, and unusual structures variously known as frost flowers, ice ribbons, rabbit frost, hair ice, ice wool, and needle ice. Delicate and ephemeral, they're often found in forests.
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📷 Wikimedia + Flickr (details in alt text)
December 14, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Wondrous thread(s).
A view of life both micro and macro from a granite-gneiss outcrop in the old-growth Catchacoma Forest, Ontario, Canada. Expertly and exquisitely described by @aliennextdoor.bsky.social
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The Lichen Forest of Catch Rock
Catch Rock, a granitic outcrop, looking south toward Catchacoma Forest from where I was sitting facing north to the marsh, ON (photo by Nina Munteanu) . I’ve always been fascinated by the min…
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December 2, 2024 at 12:21 AM
A view of life both micro and macro from a granite-gneiss outcrop in the old-growth Catchacoma Forest, Ontario, Canada. Expertly and exquisitely described by @aliennextdoor.bsky.social
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Whether you eat it or not, it’s good at least to know a little about the chemistry.
Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating! Here's some relevant chemistry for the day: www.compoundchem.com/2017/11/23/t...
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
November 28, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Whether you eat it or not, it’s good at least to know a little about the chemistry.
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From the abstract:
"analysis reveals that, despite different 3D architecture, the molecular organization of thylakoid membranes in vascular plants and green algae is strikingly similar."
#algae #photosynthesis #microscopy #plants
From the abstract:
"analysis reveals that, despite different 3D architecture, the molecular organization of thylakoid membranes in vascular plants and green algae is strikingly similar."
#algae #photosynthesis #microscopy #plants
November 27, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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From the abstract:
"analysis reveals that, despite different 3D architecture, the molecular organization of thylakoid membranes in vascular plants and green algae is strikingly similar."
#algae #photosynthesis #microscopy #plants
From the abstract:
"analysis reveals that, despite different 3D architecture, the molecular organization of thylakoid membranes in vascular plants and green algae is strikingly similar."
#algae #photosynthesis #microscopy #plants
Several of these deserve to be on your must read list for the holidays.
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
November 27, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Several of these deserve to be on your must read list for the holidays.
Maria Popova's 'The Marginalian' has an interesting recent piece covering the work of Paul Stamets and others on the ability of mycelium to detect and respond to vibrations and music.
www.themarginalian.org/2022/11/13/m...
#mycology #mushroommonday #fungifriends #musshroomsky #fungi
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#mycology #mushroommonday #fungifriends #musshroomsky #fungi
Nature Is Always Listening: The Wondrous Science of How Mushrooms Respond to Music
What playing music has to do with the happiness of the forest.
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November 25, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Maria Popova's 'The Marginalian' has an interesting recent piece covering the work of Paul Stamets and others on the ability of mycelium to detect and respond to vibrations and music.
www.themarginalian.org/2022/11/13/m...
#mycology #mushroommonday #fungifriends #musshroomsky #fungi
www.themarginalian.org/2022/11/13/m...
#mycology #mushroommonday #fungifriends #musshroomsky #fungi
Charming and informative.
“We’ve shown that bacteria have this profound importance on earth,” HHMI Investigator Bonnie Bassler said. “They communicate with chemical words, they count their numbers, they act in groups, and they carry out tasks as collectives that they could never accomplish as individuals.”
Scientist Spotlights: HHMI Investigator Bonnie Bassler
YouTube video by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
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November 21, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Charming and informative.
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It's actually the world's most expansive peat bog! I think flow because of how vast it is and also how much water there is. Super beautiful. Here's some more info
theflowcountry.org.uk
theflowcountry.org.uk
The Flow Country - The Flow Country
The most intact and extensive blanket bog system in the world Stretching across Caithness and Sutherland in the far north of Scotland this vast expanse of blanket bog comprises a complex set of interl...
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November 21, 2024 at 11:10 AM
It's actually the world's most expansive peat bog! I think flow because of how vast it is and also how much water there is. Super beautiful. Here's some more info
theflowcountry.org.uk
theflowcountry.org.uk
An interesting new twist for the troubled Cadiz project in the Mojave Desert.
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Column: Green hydrogen or greenwashing? Mojave water scheme takes new twist
For two decades, Cadiz has been trying to sell groundwater. Now it's getting into the clean energy business.
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November 20, 2024 at 2:06 PM
An interesting new twist for the troubled Cadiz project in the Mojave Desert.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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