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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 14h

Tip rate estimates can predict future diversification, but are unreliable and context dependent https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.06.680809v1

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 18h

This whiptail gulper eel (Saccopharynx lavenbergi) was spotted 880 meters deep in Monterey Canyon back in 1993—one of only 18 sightings in nearly 40 years! 📹️😍 With its massive mouth and glowing tail, this deep-sea icon even inspired MBARI’s logo. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nwD...

Throwback to one of our earliest encounters with a deep-sea gulper eel

YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

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Rosa Fernández @rosafernandez.bsky.social · 1d

How did animals repeatedly conquer land? 🌊➡️⛰️ We analysed ~1,000 gene repertoires (24M genes!) from all animal phyla to uncover how this happened. Work led by @gemmaeling.bsky.social & Klara Eleftheriadi, both first coauthors of this titanic effort!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Independent genomic trajectories shape adaptation to life on land across animal lineages

How animals repeatedly adapted to life on land is a central question in evolutionary biology. While terrestrialisation occurred independently across animal phyla, it remains unclear whether shared gen...

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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 4d

thank you for your help. I found Table 1 (addenda to 7th ed) on RG, but I can't find the actual list of 5089 species names.

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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 4d

Can I find the associated species list online?

Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 4d

I would love to see an effort like this for other fields! Systematic ichthyology anyone...

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Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core

Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project

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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 5d

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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Matt Girard, a Research Biologist in the NMNH's Department of Vertebrate Zoology, introduces us to the little-known world of marine-fish larvae, which can be as different in appearance from the adults they will become as caterpillars and butterflies. 🐟

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGSn...

Big Discoveries from Little Fishes: Dr. Matthew Girard, Research Biologist

YouTube video by Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 5d

🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674

A job ad with multiple images, including the exterior of the museum, a view of collections (jars on shelves), and pictures of some cool, tropical fish but I don't know enough about fish to describe them other than to say they're pretty colors of yellow and blue/green

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Gustavo Silva de Miranda @gustavo-de-miranda.bsky.social · 5d

🎓🐟 The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History & OU’s School of Biological Sciences are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Curator of Ichthyology / Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences (start Fall 2026).

Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/174674

#AcademicJobs #Ichthyology #Museum #Biology

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Mayara Neves @mayaranevesbio.bsky.social · 8d

Thrilled to see our PNAS paper out! Such an amazing journey and couldn’t have asked for a better experience working with the Evans Lab 💙🐟

Kory Evans Ph.D @sternarchella.bsky.social · 8d

New paper alert!!!🚨 in our new study we find that Antarctic icefishes added a new module in their skulls during their adaptive radiation special shout out to @mayaranevesbio.bsky.social who led this project!

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 8d

New research on Lake Baikal #sculpins supports a holarctic lotic ancestor to a limnetic radiation and reveals reticulate adaptations to lotic, bathyal, and pelagic habitats. 🐟🧪

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sink or swim: Phylogenomic analysis of Baikal sculpins reveals multiple transformations to pelagic, bathybenthic, and lotic ecomorphologies

Lake Baikal ranks among the world’s most species-rich freshwater ecosystems; however, the evolutionary histories of endemic taxa remain poorly underst…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 8d

We have a new paper on the icefish adaptive radiation led by @mayaranevesbio.bsky.social, a new PI at UFPR 🧊🐟

Kory Evans Ph.D @sternarchella.bsky.social · 8d

New paper alert!!!🚨 in our new study we find that Antarctic icefishes added a new module in their skulls during their adaptive radiation special shout out to @mayaranevesbio.bsky.social who led this project!

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

www.pnas.org

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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 8d

congratulations!

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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 11d

This change limits eligibility to the pool of students with the *least* access to information about GRFP, and will favor the lucky few with access to mentorship and social capital as an undergrad

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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 11d

2nd year grad students are no longer eligible to apply. Currently enrolled grad students must be in their first year, whether in a MS, BS-MS, or Ph.D.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 11d

New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Brian Gallagher @bkgallagher.bsky.social · 12d

Check out our new paper in Nature describing trends in US freshwater fish biodiversity! Great to be part of such an amazing team.

Nature @nature.com · 12d

Nature research paper: Diverging fish biodiversity trends in cold and warm rivers and streams

go.nature.com/42JFObR

Diverging fish biodiversity trends in cold and warm rivers and streams - Nature

In the past three decades, fish abundance, richness and uniqueness have diverged across cold and warm streams, and the effects on native fish communities of stream warming and increases in introduced fishes have magnified each other.

go.nature.com

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William B. Ludt, PhD @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social · 22d

Attention students: the deadline for our fall collections study award coming up soon! Use the funds to come out and use our LACM specimens for your research.

Megan Barkdull @meganbarkdull.bsky.social · 22d

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student whose research would benefit from visiting a collection at the @nhm.org? Apply now for our Collections Study Award! Deadline is Oct. 1; learn more at nhm.org/student-coll...

Flyer for the award. Has images of three students interacting with collections materials; text reads:

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Student Collections Study Award
October 1st, 2025 Application Deadline
Application and Details:
https://nhm.org/student-collections-study-award

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Dan MacGuigan @dmacguig.bsky.social · 15d

Check out our new preprint! We compare sequence versus synteny approaches for resolving a challenging #phylogenetic problem. In this case, synteny is far more informative! Also includes the first chromosome-level #genome for the enigmatic #fish family Gyrinocheilidae. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Thom Sanger @thomsanger.bsky.social · 27d

I am one of a growing number of voices encouraging the scientific community to engage with people and policymakers outside of our typical professional circles. Our professional organizations, including @sicb.bsky.social, also need to engage with new audiences by making their science accessible.

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 28d

My amazing #Wiki colleague @tiagolubiana.bsky.social has released this lovely video on the #BHLImageExporer. This tool (bhl-gallery.toolforge.org) explores @biodivlibrary.bsky.social images in #Wikicommons. It facilities image reuse in the #Wikiverse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK9i... #ILoveBHL

The BHL Image Explorer — A search tool for public domain biodiversity images

YouTube video by Tiago Lubiana

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Cientifico Latino, Inc. @cientificolatino.com · 28d

Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline?

We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨

🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks

#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship

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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 28d

Ohio State is searching for an entomologist at the Associate/Full level!

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Martha N. and John C. Moser Chair in Arthropod Biosystematics and Biological Diversity

Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact [email protected]. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 29d

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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