hey! every single bug on this page was painted with cochineal red- paint made with the pigment FROM bugs! How cool is that!

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is just on another level 😮‍💨 That's what a 50.37 400m hurdles world record looks like 🖼️ #Paris2024 #OlympicGames

Sydney Mclaughlin becomes the first woman to ever win the women's 400m hurdles back to back at the Olympics, setting a new world record of 50.36 seconds

Sha’Carri Richardson just earned her first Olympic gold medal. The gold medal isn’t the win. Persevering is the win. For all who kept going … #ThatsAW

🇳🇱 OH MY HEAVENS! Sifan Hassan wins the 2024 Olympic marathon and breaks the Olympic record in 2:22:55. Superhuman. She finishes the Olympics with a 🥉 bronze medal in the 10,000m, 🥉 bronze medal in the 5000m and now 🥇 gold medal in the marathon.

Imane Khelif and Kaylia Nemour, the two women who made history for Algeria ❤️ Imane Khelif is the first woman from Algeria to win gold in welterweight boxing Kayla Nemour is the first gymnast from an African nation to win an Olympic medal, and with a gold as well

NEW REVIEW OUT Fungal pathogens (in fact, not only fungi and not only pathogens!) manipulate the microbiota of their plant hosts during infection. We reviewed the processes involved, focusing on effector proteins with selective antimicrobial activities. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

As a researcher you get to do both!!

Wow! A blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus I think) feeding on ant brood. These snakes are completely subterranean, so you can’t really observe them in the wild. They’re specialized predators of ants and termites and, evidently, they look really weird when they eat. Ant 🐜 🐍 🐜

the fact that this will be a close election will never not be jarring to me

Last week, our Plant Ecology Lab found this orchid, the Long-lipped Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes longilabris). Considered critically imperiled in some parts of it's range, The Jones Center at Ichauway is the only place in Georgia it has been documented in the last 25 years! 🌱😲

SHE DID IT AGAIN! Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg. At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week and began interacting with a male.

Pop tart bug?

We got gay married 🫶🏻🏳️‍🌈 I love you so much, Nate (12/13/24)

We are hiring! 🌎️ Our Landscape Ecology Lab is searching for someone who will use advanced technologies and techniques to enhance conservation outcomes in collaboration with agencies and research partners. 🌲 🔗Check out our jobs page for more info! jonesctr.org/jobs/

赤虫に突撃！ボウズハゼ

Life imitates art

BAD BUNNY SUPER BOWL LX

George Orwell on writing:

Mexico reported a 64% rise in overwintering monarch butterfly habitat this season, with forest coverage expanding to about 7.24 acres from 4.4 acres last year, credited to conservation efforts and favorable weather