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Christine Beeton
@christinebeeton.bsky.social
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Might be working in the lab, might be staring at birds. Immunologist using venom peptides to target ion channels in chronic autoimmune diseases. Gardening & birding for relaxation. 🇫🇷 & 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸. No politics, no DMs. 🦉🪶🌱📷🧪🐈
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Can you identify this critter? 🤣
I took this photo in Southeast Texas 5 years ago and it still makes me laugh.

#Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #Texas #BirdPhotography
A fluffed-up critter standing in still water. It is beige and white.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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balail.bsky.social
Pulling a fish from the water...
Reddish Egret
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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snarkysillysad.bsky.social
Good morning from these two juvenile eastern screech owls: #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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monicapelger.bsky.social
Rob’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay left me spoiled for choice to my surprise. But I went for #Mr&Mrs blue tit in the end. 🪶
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mr&Mrs so here is a pair of bald eagles, always majestic.

#Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #Raptors #BaldEagles #BirdOfPrey
Two adult bald eagles sitting side by side high up in a tree on a cloudy day.
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Reposted by Christine Beeton
glengrambo.bsky.social
African buffalo are one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. They can way 900 kg and are apparently considered grumpy.
I’d be grumpy too if I had to carry a bunch of yelling red-billed oxpeckers around all the time!
This bull was slowly eating his way down the Sabi River in Kruger Park, SA
A bull African Buffalo crosses a river in Kruger park, South Africa. He is walking towards us and has quite large horns. He is carrying about a dozen red-billed oxpecker birds on his back. The oxpeckers are eating ticks and parasites off the buffalo and also acting as sentinels to warn the buffalo about approaching predators.
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GroundedGulls so here is a silver gull on Moreton Island, Australia, October 2023.

#Birds #Seagull #Photography #NaturePhotography
A seagull stands on sand, facing the camera. White head and chest. Beautiful eyes
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
The #BirdOfTheDay is a black necked stilt.

#Waders #Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #Stilts #BirdPhotography
A stilt, all in legs, standing on the edge of a pond, facing the camera
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
I am a little late for #Round #BirdOfTheDay but I have a great candidate!

#Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #Cardinals #BirdPhotography
A female northern cardinal sitting on a small branch, facing the camera, all puffed up against the cold
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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12 weeks of kimchi dietary intervention enhanced antigen presentation and remodeled CD4+ T cells without broad systemic activation, providing single-cell evidence of kimchi-induced dietary immunomodulation in humans
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
My first ever great horned owl photo. Mama and baby.
I did not have the camera I have now but I still love that photo. Spring 2018.

#Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #Raptors #Owls #Nests #BirdPhotography
Two great horned owls, an adult and a juvenile, sitting side by side in a nest high up in a tree, surrounded by leaves. Mama has her eyes closed and Junior is staring at the camera.
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
The #BirdOfTheDay is a flycatcher with a #Yellow belly building a nest
April 2025, Belize.

#Bird #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography
A bird holding something white and fluffy in its beak. It has a bright yellow belly, grey wings, and a black and white head. It is sitting on a small branch
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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oldpostie.bsky.social
SCIENCE!
www.livescience.com/health/medic...
Antibiotic found hiding in plain sight could treat dangerous infections, early study finds
Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen antibiotic that shows promising in treating drug-resistant infections.
www.livescience.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
The #BirdOfTheDay is the bird you have photographed the least often. For me, the #Potoo.
Saw one once very far away, hidden by branches, still got an okay shot, highly cropped.
Costa Rica, April 2023.
A grayish bark-mimic bird sitting at the top of a dead tree it matches in color. Surrounded by many leaves from other trees. The bird has its back to the camera, head turned to the side.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The platypus’s bill has 40000 electroreceptors and 60000 mechanoreceptors. It senses tiny electric fields and water movements from prey. Sweeping its bill side to side, the platypus finds hidden food underwater, hunting well even in the dark or cloudy water. ⚡🌊

#SciComm 🧪
September 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
A #BirdOfTheDay during #TakeOff.
American white pelican, Southeast Texas, November 10, 2022.

#Pelicans #Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography
A white pelican just lifting off the water.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
Happy #Caturday from #Minette!

#Cats #Pets #Photography
A Siamese mix curled up in a fleece blanket, sleeping.
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
A large fleece blanket for a tiny cat. It matches her eyes too.

#Cats #Minette #Pets #Photography
A Siamese mix cat in a blue fleece blanket. Only her head sticks out. A Siamese mix cat in a blue fleece blanket.
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
Floating around in Fall colors.
American alligators, Southeast Texas, November 2025.

#Photography #Alligators #Gators #Herps #Reptiles #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #TexasStateParks
A 3-4 ft alligator's head in the water reflecting Fall colors on trees, surrounded by lotus leaves. A 3-4 ft alligator's head in the water, surrounded by brown lotus seed pods.
November 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
After a full day of supervising me, Minette is exhausted and falling out of the blanket.

#Cats #Minette #Pets #Photography
A Siamese mix sleeping on a fleece blanket
November 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
A white ibis just hanging out on a dead tree.
Southeast Texas, November 2025.

#Birds #Ibis #Photography #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #TexasStateParks #WildlifePhotography
A white ibis standing on its right leg on a dead tree, its left leg just hanging on the side. The bird was not injured at it flew away and landed with both legs on another, longer branch. A white ibis standing on its right leg on a dead tree, its left leg just hanging on the side. The bird was not injured at it flew away and landed with both legs on another, longer branch.
November 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
Camouflage at work.
Southeast Texas, November 01, 2025.

#Hawks #Birds #Raptors #BirdsOfPrey #Photography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Birding
A red-shouldered hawk sitting on a dead plant, surrounded by plants the same brown color as some of its feathers. A red-shouldered hawk sitting on a dead plant, surrounded by plants the same brown color as some of its feathers. A red-shouldered hawk sitting on a dead plant, surrounded by plants the same brown color as some of its feathers.
November 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
christinebeeton.bsky.social
Kingbirds.
Southeast Texas, November 01, 2025.

#Birds #Kingbirds #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #TexasStateParks #BirdWatching #Birding
A grey bird with a yellow belly sitting at the end of a dead branch in front of a perfectly blue sky. A grey bird with a yellow belly sitting on a branch, surrounded by leaves and berries. A grey bird with a yellow belly sitting on a branch, surrounded by leaves and berries, a berry in its beak.
November 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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nerdychristie.bsky.social
While a new, broad-spectrum 'nanobody' antivenom performed impressively in preclinical trials, the real significance is “showing this is possible,” @andreaslaustsen.bsky.social told me. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Synthetic mix of “nanobodies” protected mice from lethal doses of venom from 17 of 18 African snakes—all except the eastern green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps). CREDIT: Wolfgang Wüster
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM