This is why I loved teaching Vertebrate Development at Auburn University. #Pigs are so closely related to us they are saving our lives! Gotta love a 🐷🫀 cnn.com/2022/01/10/hea…

A delicate looking blue ring octopus. It is hiding some sort of prey in the bulge between its arms. The autofocus was not very cooperative for this video unfortunately

Sometimes you don't even need a microscope to see cell phenotypes. Induced pluripotent heart cells can be seen beating in their wells. (video by Jessica M. Gluck, PhD)

A beautiful male Baltimore Oriole on a Monday Morning. #oriole #grape #jelly #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2022 #Chipley #Florida

Stoplight parrotfish stopping by to say ‘hi’🔮🖖🚦🦜🐟 #stoplightparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #terminalphase #supermale #protogynous #hermaphrodite #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #bridgeinitiative #coralcity #rescueareef #staghorn #acropora

A fantastic beast booped us in Coral City today 〰️🔮🐮〰️ #manatee #boop #kisscam #muzzle #nuzzle #closeup #fantasticbeast #seacow #seaelephant #seapotato #kickpush #onthemove #commute #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #bfi #coralcity #rescueareef

THIS brightened my day. #coral #Coralreefs #Tahiti #hope apnews.com/article/pristi…

Ghost baby shark doo doo doo doo doo doo gizmodo.com/rare-baby-ghos…

Male anglerfishes and females don't look anything alike. Females are the recognizable "deep sea monsters" with big teeth, a "fishing pole” (the illicium), and a glowing lure at the end of the illicium (the esca). Males are tiny in comparison and lack all of the above features.

“Confidence is 10% hard work and 90% delusion.” Tina Fey, actor, comedian, writer, producer 💯

#MondayMusings Watch the attached video to learn more about how cleaner shrimp evolved to clean their clients! #learnsomethingneweveryday youtube.com/watch?v=L_oIIS…

Flatworms are protostomes, but they don’t have an anus. My understanding of protostome is “mouth forms first, then anus.” Am I working from a bad definition of protostome, or do flatworms do something weird?

Invasive species riding on ocean trash! 😱 earth.com/news/invasive-…

A couple weeks ago, the #shrimpsquad presented our preliminary research to other 1512L research groups! We loved sharing about our shrimp, anemones, and mutualistic systems with everyone and learning about their projects as well.

Check out Lovelace relaxing on an anemone!! #symbioticsystems #mutualism