My dissertation's final chapter is now in The Royal Society #OpenScience! We hypothesized that the head and post-cranial body could evolve independently in armored catfishes due to functional constraints. Turns out, we were WRONG! (1/3) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…

“they circle; now dense like a polished roof, now disseminated like the meshes of some vast all-heaven-sweeping net...wheeling, rending, darting...a madness in the sky.” Edmund Selous, 1905

📢Job Alert: Fish/Herp Collection Manager position at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates just posted. See the link for full details: cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CornellC… #job #fish #herp #museum #NaturalHistory

Wish somebody would pretend to be an Alabama offensive lineman and hold me for 3-4 hours every weekend

Recently read a quote that shook me to my core: "you only have a slightly better chance of becoming a tenure track professor as a professional athlete or rock star, and the money isn’t nearly as good" I know this already, right? But still is scary seeing it laid out like this!

Beauty and beast~ swipe to see the wild looking larvae of those delicate lacewings! #insect #insects #Entomology #sciart #scienceillustration #nature #lacewing #DigitalArtist #illustration #ArtistOnTwitter

Explaining memes to my colleagues like:

Wildlife biologist phones will be like "here are some special memories just for you" and it's literally a picture of a dead animal you found on the beach.

One of my favorite ichthyologists Jon Armbruster talking catfish LSU Museum of NatSci

We are still looking for 1-2 people willing to volunteer a few hours a month to become one of the co hosts for the show. Each host puts out one episode per month. All training is provided and a microphone can be provided too. Reach out if interested!

I still feel this one, as I work through the last of my final assignments from UCP.

Wrapping up intro biology lab research presentations in style. Hand knitted and designed- every major phyla covered in the class ... and a few prokaryotes and viruses because the microbiologist in my department insisted 😊 I'm sure Mark O. Martin would approve of the decision

For the seventh consecutive year, the largest source of planet-warming greenhouse gases in the United States is a coal-fired power plant in Alabama. 🏭 Read about it: al.com/news/2022/12/a…

Postdoc position in comparative genomics - The Hamilton Lab is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to help us understand the evolution of spider genomes.

Dee Kent, then 77, was on her way from Valley, Alabama, to a doc's appt. in Opelika when she was pulled over. Police cuffed & arrested her for failure to pay a $141 trash bill. She said her husband had recently died, and she sometimes forgets to pay. (1) bit.ly/3utTdDq

My lab is seeking applicants for 1-2 MS/PhD positions studying marine-derived freshwater fish radiations. Projects will include macroevolutionary genomics and/or phenotypic approaches. Please email or DM for more info.

Was splitting Shale rock out on my front porch when all of a sudden boom! A nearly complete Olenellus sp. greets me who a "hello" after 521 million years. The Shale comes from the Lower Cambrian Rome Formation in Montevallo, Alabama.

Any Great Lakes/Midwest fish people know of fish pass usage by freshwater drum? Types they like/don’t like etc…

Holy crap our Shark Week paper made waitwait ! Thanks Peter D Sagal you just made my day. Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… Dr. Catherine Macdonald Dr. Lisa Whitenack Daniel Garza Shark Migration

I am so concerned about the use of plastic grass that if anyone on here is considering using it I will give you alternative advice ( free )as to how to landscape without it. If I can stop one square meter being layed it's worth the effort.