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Ana Riesgo @anariesgo.bsky.social · May 14

Very nice piece about our article on how sponges collect eDNA in deep sea waters that can be used to reconstruct their ecosystem composition by Olivia Hewitt www.currentconservation.org/mysteries-of...

Mysteries of the deep sea captured by the mouth of a sponge | Current Conservation

Current Conservation Mysteries of the deep sea captured by the mouth of a sponge

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Chema Martin @chemamd.bsky.social · Mar 25

🚨Registration for the UK #EvoDevo meeting is open! Join us on July 11th in London to enjoy an exciting day of talks, posters, friends, and superb science!
-Registration (only £5!): shorturl.at/9cQGL
-More info: londonevodevo.ac.uk

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · Mar 14

We’ve just published the most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet (called Bedmap3), and we learnt some pretty cool facts about Antarctica that you can use to impress your pals. Ready?

Graphic: Hamish Pritchard et al

A map showing the topography of Antarctica, without ice

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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · Feb 22

Spotted in Wisconsin. $10.49 for eggs.

Prices keep going up and Donald Trump isn’t doing a damn thing about it!

Sticker of Donald Trump with an "I DID THAT!" speech bubble, pointing towards the price tag for a carton of eggs in a grocery store. The price of eggs shown is $10.49.

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Ana Riesgo @anariesgo.bsky.social · Feb 11

🤣🤣🤣 dynabeads for all!!!

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Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales @mncn-csic.bsky.social · Feb 7

📢 ¡Visitad 'El suelo, un paseo por la vida' 🪱 y 'Bosques complejos, nuestros aliados' 🌳 en Fresno de Cantespino y Maderuelo respectivamente. Estas exposiciones del #proyectoERA (financiado por FECYT) acercarán la #ciencia del MNCN a los habitantes de la comarca. www.mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...

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Xiomara Cantera @xiomaracantera.bsky.social · Feb 7

Estáis en Madrid? Pues os animo a descubrir la exposición fotográfica de Luis Castelo: Historia Natural que estará en las salas del @mncn-csic.bsky.social hasta el 11 de mayo de 2026
mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...

El MNCN presenta Historia Natural, una exposición fotográfica de Luis Castelo | Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Se exhiben más de 40 imágenes y ejemplares, esqueletos y huevos de las colecciones de Aves, Mamíferos y Herpetología

https://mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicación/el-mncn-presenta-historia-natural-una-exposicion-fotografica-de-luis-castelo

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Jan 31

Black coral from @marumunibremen.bsky.social dive 110 #MarineLife

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Ana Riesgo @anariesgo.bsky.social · Jan 30

theconversation.com/life-in-the-...

Life in the world’s deepest seas: The challenge of finding 1,000 new marine species by 2030

A new initiative by the International Seabed Authority has set an ambitious goal, and our team is one of the first to be involved.

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Nature @nature.com · Jan 29

An analysis of published data reveals how genetic diversity has been changing in populations of 622 terrestrial and marine species and the effectiveness of different types of intervention to boost genetic diversity

https://go.nature.com/3CwUUaN

Conservation strategies aided by assessment of global genetic diversity

Assessment of how genetic diversity has been changing.

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Bryce Stewart @bd-stew.bsky.social · Jan 25

Happy #MarineBiologistDay compadres! 🦈🪸🦑🦐🦞🦀🐙🐳🐋🐬🦭🐟🐠🐡🪼

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Ana Riesgo @anariesgo.bsky.social · Jan 26

So funny he acquired the meteorites from a supplier? Why would someone dedicate his time to such bullshit? Bat shit I mean

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · Jan 21

🪸 New ERGA-BGE Case Study!
Scientists from @ciimar.bsky.social are leveraging #genomics for the conservation of Mediterranean red #coral - a key species under threat from over-harvesting and rising ocean temperatures. 🌡️

www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/conserv...

#genomes for #conservation

Conservation genomics of the Mediterranean red coral, Corallium rubrum: a habitat-forming octocoral threatened by overharvesting and anthropogenic climate change

Corallium rubrum is an octocoral (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) distributed in the Mediterranean Sea and in the neighboring North-Eastern Atlantic. Due to its arborescent morphology, this habitat-forming specie...

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Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · Nov 17

New review: "Archaeocytes in sponges: simple cells of complicated fate." Ereskovsky, Melnikov & Lavrov propose archaeocytes as a cell type specific to the class Demospongiae. Clear homologues of archaeocytes are absent in other sponge classes?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · Jan 8

Happy birthday, Alfred Russel Wallace, father of biogeography and co-discoverer of the theory of evolution by natural selection. In his book Darwinism (1889), he referred to the impacts of "invading" species (such as the black rat) carried by commerce and replacing native species all over the world.

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Ana Riesgo @anariesgo.bsky.social · Dec 21

Look at all those beautiful and mysterious sponges 😍

Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Dec 21

Starting today's dive with an impressive amount of sponges. #SchmidtOcean dive 767 #IntoSouthernOcean #MarineLife

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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · Dec 20

Abajo, puedes leer sobre cangrejos de río en @es.theconversation.com
Y en este enlace youtu.be/C0AQsAu8F4c?... puedes ver el cangrejo del rey, un documental sobre 450 años cangrejos de río y gente en España.
@ebdonana.bsky.social

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Prof. Anna Metaxas @annamet.bsky.social · Dec 20

RECRUITING PhD student to study kelp dispersal and transport from the coastal zone to the deep sea. See our website for particulars. annametaxas.com

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Joan J. Soto-Angel @joanjsoto.bsky.social · Dec 19

For those feeling Christmassy🎅, here's some aglaopheniid hydroids🎄 with ascidians and corals at their base. Looks like someone in the reef will have lots of gifts 🎁 this year. #Hype4Hydrozoa

Hydroid colonies resembling Christmas trees with ascidians at their base.

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Pam Engelberts @pam-engelberts.bsky.social · Dec 19

Excited to share GenomeFISH: genome-based fluorescence in situ hybridisation for strain-level visualisation of microbial communities.

@sjmcilroy.bsky.social, @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social, @jamesvolmer.bsky.social

doi.org/10.21203/rs....

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GenomeFISH: genome-based fluorescence in situ hybridisation for strain-level visualisation of microbial communities

Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) is a powerful tool for visualising the spatial organisation of microbial communities. However, traditional FISH has several limitations, including limited p...

doi.org

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Ana Riesgo @anariesgo.bsky.social · Dec 19

Awesome, Pam!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · Dec 19

Two postdocs available to study cryptobenthic fishes

Simon Brandl's postdoc in Texas, with an emphasis in ecology
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Luke Tornabene's postdoc in Washington, with an emphasis in systematics
static1.squarespace.com/.../Pursuit+....

#ichthyology #TeamFish

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · Dec 17

🧪🌎🦑🦈🌊 Some of our favorite deep-sea moments of the year—in stunning 4K! 📹👏

WATCH: youtu.be/ZlzRgvaGGGE

Some of our favorite deep-sea moments of the year—in stunning 4K

YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

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Catalan Initiative for the Earth Biogenome Project @catbiogenoma.bsky.social · Dec 17

🚨 Oferta de feina: a la Iniciativa Catalana per a l'Earth Biogenome Project busquem un/a freelance en comunicació científica apassionat/da per la divulgació per sumar-se al nostre equip 🙌🧬🌍

Més detalls 👉 www.biogenoma.cat/oferta-treba...

Siusplau, feu RT i compartiu 😊

Oferta treball: Tècnic/a de comunicació científica - Biogenoma Oferta treball: Tècnic/a de comunicació científica

Busquem un/a freelance en comunicació científica apassionat/da per la divulgació per sumar-se a l'equip de la Iniciativa Catalana pel Earth Biogenome Project (CBP). Tasques: · Dissenyar, redactar i de...

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Dec 13

Analysis of the oldest-known genomes from early modern humans in Europe, who lived around 45,000 years ago, helps to provide a more precise date for when Neanderthals and modern humans mixed, according to research published in Nature. https://go.nature.com/3ZR8Kh1 🧪 🏺

This is figure 1, which shows the geographical distribution of modern human specimens older than 40 ky that produced genome wide data

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