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Matthew A. Mulvey
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Matthew A. Mulvey, Ph.D.
Host-Pathogen Interactions + bugs, birds, and other carbon-based lifeforms.
https://www.biology.utah.edu/faculty/matthew-mulvey/
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Aurora borealis shining bright over Salt Lake City tonight!
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Can you spot the wee demon face between the wings of this Red-faced Dragonlet?
Happy Halloween!!! 🎃 👻 👿

#costarica #dragonfly #nature
Red dragonfly perched on a leaf. Patter between the sets of wings looks a bit like a devil face.
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Ringed Kingfisher, waiting until after No Kings Day to make an appearance.
🪶 #birds #wildlife #costarica
Small kingfisher (brown, white and blue) sitting on a branch and looking stoic.
October 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Need something to read on a Sunday afternoon?
'Global Footprint of the Multidrug Resistance Island Ec17R and Resistance Gene Co-Occurrence in Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates'
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#UTIGA #UTIsky #sepsis #uti #UPEC #ExPEC #IDSky #SciSky 🧪
October 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Common Checkered-Skipper dining out at UNC Chapel Hill
🦋
Burnsius communis

#butterflies #macrowildlife #canonr5 #insect #pollinator
Small Black and White butterfly slurping up lunch on a purple flower
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Gray-Cowled Wood-Rail patrolling the muddy banks of the Sierpe River

#birds 🪶
#costarica
#wildlife
#canonR5
#birdfreaks
Yellow beak, red eyes, gray cowl, brown body, pink legs, cool bird
September 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Black-chinned Hummingbird sipping from a stream in the Wasatch Mountains.

#birds #wildlife 🪶
Head-on view of a black-chinned hummingbird, hovering over a stream.
September 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Meow.

#macro #jumpingspider #spider #cutie
Paradise spider (Habronattus festus)
September 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Excited to hear from @bacterialtalk.bsky.social speaking as part of the NIAID T32-sponsored Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series @utah.edu
@uofubiology.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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American Kestrel balancing act
#birds 🪶
#wildlife
American Kestrel perched on the tip of a branch with snowy mountains in the background.
September 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Little Blue Heron chillin’ on the banks of the Sierpe River.
#birds 🪶
#costarica #mangroves #wildlife
Little Blue Heron standing cross-legged on a muddy river bank with tangles of mangrove roots in the background.
September 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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First attempt at a Milky Way shot. Taken at Meek’s Cabin Reservoir, WY. Imagine fewer clouds, and happy stars reflected in the water. Maybe next time…

#milkyway #stars
August 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Song Thrush with breakfast, seen with @mgblango.bsky.social (who personally knows every single bird along the Saale River in Jena, Germany)
#birds 🪶
#wildlife #germanwildlife #r5
Brown and white bird in the grass with a black grub in its beak.
August 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Paddle-tailed Darner skimming above the boardwalk at Silver Lake, UT. ⛰️

#dragonfly #nature #canonr5 #insect #wasatch
Blue dragonfly with tellow-green stripes in flight
August 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Common wood-pigeons barely tolerate the bird paparazzi in Jena, Germany.
🪶
#birds
Closeup of a wood pigeon with purple, green and blue hues on a window sill in Jena, Germany.
August 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Grey heron taking flight from the Saale river in Jena, Germany. Thanks to @mgblango.bsky.social and @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social for a fantastic visit with great science and wonderful birds.
🪶 #birds 🧬 🔬 🇩🇪
Grey heron taking off from shallow water with wings up and water trailing from its legs.
August 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Congrats Dr. O'Connor Matthews! Excellent defense!

@uofubiology.bsky.social‬ @utah.edu‬
July 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Rufous-tailed hummingbird, part deux.

#birds 🪶 #birdfreaks #costarica 🇨🇷 #hummingbird
Shimmery green humming bird with rusty tail and purple-ish wings on a branch, with attitude.
July 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Shy bird.

Rufous-tailed humming bird with the remnants of a spider on its beak.

#birds 🪶
#costarica #wildlife #canonr5
Metallic green hummingbird with rusty clores tail on a branch, blinking with one foot scratching its throat.
July 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Black Hawk at sunset on the Osa Peninsula
#birds 🪶 🇨🇷 🌅
Black hawk on volcanic rock with Pacific ocean in background. Bird is all black, except for orange beak and legs.
July 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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'Baby's got blue eyes
Like a deep blue sea
On a blue blue day'
– Elton John

#insectsinflight #dragonfly #nature
Blue-eyed Darner
June 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Bee-fly Mimic dining out in the Wasatch mountains.

#insects #utah #wildlife #flower
June 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Nomad Bee contemplating life and the fate of science in America while perched on the stamina of a sticky geranium.

#insects #flower #macro
June 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Spotted Towhee in need of some Visine.
🪶 #birds
Cool bird with red, red eyes
May 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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“If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a monkey
Haven't you always wanted a monkey?” — Barenaked Ladies
#costarica
For the record, I actually would not buy a monkey and neither should you.
White-faced Capuchin monkey hanging out in the treetops on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
May 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM