Back from a successful trip collecting tissue samples from museum skins at The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin & Martin-Luther University Natural History Collection! Very excited for our upcoming conservation genomics project on the truly massive Great Bustard (biologist for scale)

Another cool giant animal we just missed out on - meet ‘Giga-goose’

I keep trying to tell yall that fishes are gorgeous. Look at this beautiful Chlorurus bowersi!

Stunning

A reminder that if you are going to #JMIH24  (Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - including ASIH) in Pittsburgh that the early registration deadline is June 10th (prices go up considerably after that). Register here: burkclients.com/JMIH/meetings/…

Audiobook version of ‘Explaining Life Through Evolution’ coming soon. #evolution - thanks @gbaucom for the push to make this happen in your wonderful review of the book for SSE

Just a couple of wrasse wranglers in front of an active volcano. Collected several species that are new to our large CT scan and stable isotope dataset!
#backdatwrasseup

#GAR2024 FREE virtual conference is this coming Monday/Tuesday June 3-4!

Join us to hear about the latest gar & bowfin research. See link in quote tweet for registration info (FREE!)

Hi! Egyptologist here. We know the great pyramid was constructed over ca 20 years. An ENTIRE settlement was found by Dr Mark Lehner at Giza for the men who build the pyramids. They worked in gangs (organized like an army)+ competed with one another. Read more. Tweet less.

The H-index is the GRE of the SATs.

Enjoyed reading about stoic philosophy recently. The world can seem so hectic and chaotic. So remember: Everything the universe gives you it can take away. Everything changes. You can only control what’s under your control don’t worry about the rest. Live according to nature.

I am at UBC in Vancouver for my son’s graduation so I used this time to sneak in the bookstore and get books I have meant to read for a while….

God I love Phylogeny

At our happy place - eating bug 🐛 cookies and touching sharks 🦈 at the Audubon Aquarium #NOLA

Jellies are my jam. 😍 #FathomVerse #fathomversefaves fathomverse.game.