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Emily Kane
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Assistant professor, The Kane Lab @ UL Lafayette
Fish biomechanist and organismal biologist by day, amateur photographer and dog mom by night.
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(Profile pic by S. Yadav)
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I got a cool shot of a thundercloud a few nights ago in downtown Lafayette!
A barn-like building in the foreground with other short buildings in the background. Deep purple clouds flash above.
May 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Sculpin tank is ready for new arrivals this summer! Two remain to keep the tank cycled and they got the penthouse suite!
Two multi-chamber tanks on a wire rack. They are both connected to a sump below that is also connected to a chiller. The top tank contains water and one large chamber with a pile of cichlid rocks with holes in them. The other tank on the bottom sits empty to dry out.
May 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Emalie came in with THE BEST shirt today! 🥰
A person wearing a black shirt that says "pretend I'm a sculpin" in capital letters.
May 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Fieldwork is delayed due to weather, but I can try out my new camera rain jacket!
A digital mirrorless camera in a plastic bag with arm holes on the sides and a black nylon cover for the lens.
May 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Spring is here! Enjoy these photos I took on Monday 🥰
A monarch caterpillar s is purged vertically on the back side of a stem and is peering around the right edge. Its antenna are tilted toward the right as if they're blowing in the wind. A black and white garden spider is sitting in its web, facing the camera. Camera. The characteristic zigzag web pattern can be seen. An Eastern swallowtail chrysalis precariously hanging by a thread from a fennel stem. A spider mold hanging from a diagonal branch. This sun is coming up behind it and it is backlit in front of a dark background of trees. It looks like it's climbing the branch.
May 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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I've been bitten by ants more times in the past 2 weeks than I have by pitbulls in my whole life.
My white and brown pibble sleeping on his toy.
May 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Happy first day of pool, for those who celebrate!
Me and my dog in my inflatable pool. He's standing there looking at me because he wants me to throw his ball which is floating.
May 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Spring bug photo dump!
Very green image with a bright green grasshopper on a green blade of grass with green grass. Blurred in the background. The grasshopper's eye is white with a little black dot. A close-up of a dragonfly showing detail on the top of the eyes and back of the head. A close-up of a very large grasshopper standing vertically on a plant stem. There are small white flowers behind its head out of focus. It's eyes have a striped pattern!
May 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Last day of classes! This swallowtail caterpillar knows what's next. 😂
Swallowtail caterpillar on a plant stem curled in a j shape about to make a cocoon.
May 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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I wouldn't be here without NSF. I've been close to walking away several times. Each time I thought, "let's just see". I applied for the PRFB and got it! This kick started my research program and increased my competitiveness on TT apps. In short, it motivated me to keep going.
Fieldwork 2024 photo showing me above the water line scooping a net through a tidepool below the water line. NSF is a major reason I am able to continue this work today
May 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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I'm so glad I get to work alongside these amazing new faculty in our department! I'm excited to see what they accomplish this summer, both personally and professionally.
A group of pre-tenure faculty sitting around an outdoor table in front of the campus swamp.
May 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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We had a big flash flood yesterday. Here are some of the critters I found in the water.
Two snails look over the edge of the grass blade they are on, seemingly checking out the water below. A little brown skink rests in the water on a grass blade with only its head poking out. A dragonfly fell in the water and is floating on top. I rescued it right after this pic. A spider rests on a very small grass blade that is protruding above the water line.
April 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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So, I saw fire ant rafts today. You never realize how many colonies are around until it floods. Kind of gross but also kind of cool that they can do this.
April 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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This is what 5 in. of rain in 2 hours looks like. There's a road under the water.
A large standing body of water. There is a house, dry, on the left and a phone pole, fence, and Greenfield on the right. The right. As far as you can see is water down the road.
April 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I just want to post some photography today ok.
A blooming purple Iris unfurling White false garlic flowers. They have yellow middles and six white petals. Dandelion with seeds, dew, and one spider web hanging off Purple woodsorrel flower
April 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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The irises are blooming!
Picture of a young purple Iris and its petals are just starting to unfold
April 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Here are some photos from Cat Island off of coastal Mississippi this past weekend. Being in saltwater feels like home to me.
A Southern stingray approaching me in the water on a sandbar. A. Ghost crab nervously peeking out of its hole in the sand to see if I'm gone yet. Two laughing girls standing side by side looking at me on the edge of his Sandbar that is out of the water. The coast of Mississippi can be seen in the distance with some infrastructure such as a water tower.
April 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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New lab friend for the Fall Biomechanics class! 🥰
Monty the mantis shrimp in a glass aquarium
April 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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The swamp on campus today:
April 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Natives are underrated. Exhibit 1:
Small lumpsucker fish facing the camera with its fins out to the side and mouth wide open 😮
April 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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I had a lot of fun at the Lafayette Holi Festival this past weekend! This was the 13th year the Acadiana Indian Association has put on this event, and I hope there are many more. It was a beautiful way to share Indian culture.
Women on stage throwing green and red powder into a crowd. The crowd is also throwing blue, pink, and purple colors into the air. Many people have their cell phones up filming the display. A group of three kids take a selfie. They are covered in colors. One is lifting their glasses to be able to see. A man with a badge signifying. He is part of the organizing committee throws red powder as though he is pitching a softball. A group of people are standing behind him. The side profile of a man taking a selfie. In the background is blue powder raining down after being thrown out from a person on stage. Large chunks of powder are visible. Several people have their hands in the air.
April 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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First baby fish of our mosquitofish toxicity breeding study! Such a special little fish 🥰

This is a follow up to the findings in our recent paper: www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/12...
Very small baby fish in a glass bowl
March 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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I've been having some early mornings checking on fish for a toxicity experiment on a greenhouse off campus. Good news is our fish are passing their test with flying colors! Better news is we found this little friend living in our gear. ♥️
Relatively large skink with red head on a black floor with yellow lines.
March 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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I got my sticker today! Thanks Ethan!
Hand holding a blue and pink colored clownfish sticker that says "biological reality"
March 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Yay, my students are headed to the field tomorrow! We were all ready to go and then were on hold due to an IACUC misunderstanding. It's March but the wheels are finally moving on this thing.
Graduate student Jonathan is standing on the muddy bank of a pond wearing waders and a hoodie with mud on it. He's holding a green minnow trap in his right hand and a small fish in his left hand. Another student can be seen in the background pulling in a different minnow trap.
March 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM