Every time I enter a scientific space, I am mentally prepared to stick out. I go in with the expectation that I’ll be the only one because there can’t be disappointment when I am if I had no hopes in the first place.

Time for the weekend again

Another species of snake that has my heart: Acrochordus javanicus or the Elephant Trunk Snake. Saw this video the other day and was reminded how cute and wrinkly they are 🥹 #SnakeSunday

In my higher education journey, I didn't have many mentors that looked like me or shared my experiences. I wish there were more opportunities to have these interactions. If you're feeling the same way, please sign up to be a mentee ASAP, so we can match you to a mentor!

Hello museum lovers! We are having a t-shirt and hoodie fundraiser to expand our non-profit. Our goals are to build a student scholarship fund, provide research and travel grants, and continue programming to support and broaden participation in NHMs. tinyurl.com/yck76s88

This is Hank Bart. He's a professor at Tulane University & director of TU’s Biodiversity Research Institute. Learn more about him and the Royal D. Suttkis Fish Collection he curates below! #RollCall #BlackInNHMs #WhatsYourScience

Are insects cool? Jessica Ware sure thinks so! She is a professor and curator at the American Museum of Natural History. Learn more about her and why she finds entomology an interesting field in the video below: youtu.be/oLqjEEnKqa0 #RollCall #BlackInNHMs #WhatsYourScience

Happy #BlackInNHMs Week 2022! #RollCall I am a science outreach coordinator for LSU College of Science and was formerly the outreach coordinator for the LSU Museum of NatSci! I am passionate about getting people excited about science and broadening participation in the natural sciences. #MuseumFriends

This is Leanne. She is a marine biologist at the American Museum of Natural History. Find out more about what marine biologists do and how Leanne uses museum collections: youtu.be/rITfuJx6P64 #RollCall #BlackInNHMs #WhatsYourScience

#BlackinNHMs week It's time to reintroduce myself. I'm Brazilian, studying croakers and drum fishes. I'm a first-year PhD student at Museu Nacional (UFRJ - Brazil) and often I found myself staring at those jars to get a better understanding of Stelliferinae taxonomy #RollCall

Allow me to reintroduce myself, My name is Adania Flemming, I am a PhD candidate FLORIDA in UF Department of Biology & Florida Museum who is #BlackInNHMs & founded Black in Natural History Museums! I am an Ichthyologist who studies ecology and systematics of fishes.I also do Biological education research! #RollCall

We have another evolutionary biologist on deck! Hadeel is a PhD student at University of Michigan that uses her skills as an evolutionary biologist to study fish & fish fossils. Learn more about how she integrates these two things into her field below! #RollCall #BlackInNHMs #WhatsYourScience

Late to the #RollCall but I still had to show up for #BlackInNHMs Week! I'm Adé & I used to work at Yale Peabody Museum as a Vertebrate Paleo collections assistant & tour guide. Looking to return when renovations are done🤞🏿but in the meantime I've gotten to visit a few others!

I missed #RollCall the first day again, but at least I'm earlier than last time! My name is Brianna & I'm a PhD candidate at American Museum of Natural History. I CT scan & extract DNA from a group of Neotropical snakes to understand their genomic & morphological evolution! Happy #BlackInNHMs Week!

“Darling, let's go hunting, oh let's go” Day 5 is here! This day is all about exploring nature & the museums around you. We have two activities to help you do that: our #bioblitz & scavenger hunt. Follow the thread below for more details on each activity #BlackInNHMs

Gear up for our third #BlackInNHMs Week! We have so many great panelists and topics lined up for this event.

Finally I do #BiNHMs #RollCall on time! I'm Brianna, a PhD candidate at American Museum of Natural History. I am interested in the genomic & morphological evolution of Neotropical arboreal snakes 🐍 I post this during my first PhD field season in Panama looking for Cat-Eyed Snakes & Bluntheaded Tree Snakes

Black in Natural History Museums #RollCall I'm Patricia Torres-Pineda and I'm interested in understanding which evolutionay mechanisms allowed Poeciliids to be as diverse and succesfull as they are in the Caribbean islands and actively using #museumcollections to elucidate this

Ooo missed this #BlackInNHMs #RollCall ! i’m a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences working on human-wildlife interactions🐾👣. i work with Moe Flannery Dr. Rebecca F. Johnson Jack Dumbacher 🤗. back in the day i worked here as an educator & also volunteered w/animal husbandry! 📸:Cesár Estien, PhD 🇵🇸