Usually, I'm outside a tank looking in at snails. Today, the snails were outside the lab, looking in at me

In honor of #invertefest, here are four of my whiteboard drawings from the invertebrate zoology lab this semester

In the immortal words of Sabrina Carpenter: I can do a lot in 15 minutes. Thanks to everyone who came to my talk at the Benthic Ecology Meeting!

Do you think people can tell that I'm teaching #cnidarians today

Lesson planning, aka making sure I have earrings for every phylum I will be teaching in my invertebrate zoology lab this semester

Deeply enamored with the sea turtles on Kauai

Conversations my parents probably didn't anticipate having with me at both age 5 and age 25:

"What do you have?"
"A CRAB!"

Anyways, Merry #Crustmas to those who celebrate

I introduced a non-science friend to #inaturalist and she just asked about all the cool observations I must be making on vacation. How do I tell her I have only made one and it's this

It's Worm Wednesday! This is my favorite worm to find in the wood fall samples

Fun fact: if you accidentally fall down an embankment next to a nest of baby alligators, they will make adorable noises to summon their mom. A second fun fact: the mom will be SO much faster than you anticipate, and you will have to sprint back up the embankment. Don't ask me how I know this.

A few weeks ago I hid 100 tiny ducks around the lab because @drcraigmc.bsky.social left me unsupervised. He finally found one he's been walking past every day.

You ever make something that turns out so cute you don't actually want to eat it

Always remember to put the important things in your calendar app