This fish has cloned itself for 100,000 years. Scientists just figured out how. Amazon mollies don't need a man, and never will. A new study finds they can purge and repair genetic mutations that would otherwise plague a self-cloning species. 🧪 🦑 🌍️ 🐟️

This fish has cloned itself for 100,000 years. Scientists just figured out how.

Amazon mollies don't need a man, and never will. A new study finds they can purge and repair genetic mutations that would otherwise plague a self-cloning species.

nationalgeographic.com

That's a wrap on 2025's #25DaysofFishmas - the 10th year of #Fishmas silliness! Thanks to everyone who has followed along as we explored some of the amazing fish that call the US home. From Atlantic to Pacific, there's a lot worth protecting - wishing everyone peace and renewal of hope for 2026.

From a serious-looking sculpin to the Arctic's only air-breathing fish, the Northwest leg of the #25DaysofFishmas road trip was full of surprises! Our trip's almost done, but not without a final stop in the Northeast + #GreatLakes region - because there's no place like H.O.M.E.S. for the holidays!

To this day, I've never found anything more spiritual than a river

Ben Goldfarb@bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 9mo ago

“What were once bedrock aspects of daily life & spirituality increasingly appear as infrastructure, background scenery, or vague environmental concern. Our lived relationship w/ rivers has, in a quiet but profound way, been deleted.” — @andrewrypel.bsky.social tnature.substack.com/p/no-one-tal...

If a “little toy doll(y) that toddles and coos” is on your list, Salmonid Claus is definitely going to deliver on Day 21 of #25DaysofFishmas! We end the northwest leg of our road trip with the Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma), a brightly colored fish + this week’s #SundayFishSketch mystery species!

Today is Sunday AND the winter solstice AND we were gifted with a beautiful day and bright blue sky. Can't waste the gift!

Sometimes when I'm shopping here in Germany I see things that I just can't pass up

Day 19’s #25DaysofFishmas feature wouldn’t feel out of place at Santa’s Workshop! ❄️ We trade a our road-trip car for a seaplane and head north - very north - to Alaska and the Alaska Blackfish (Dallia pectoralis), a tough-as-ice fish that breathes air and has been described as “a bulldog with fins”

I have so much willpower and self control in all areas of my life. Until the very moment I lay eyes on a pretty plant or a bookstore Oh well! Worst comes to worst, someone gets some free plants in 3 years. The books I'll ship

When it comes to fish with unfortunate names, the chubsucker really got screwed. So for this #FishOfTheWeek let's learn enough for them to redeem themselves. There are 4 species of chubsucker, all belonging to the Erimyzon genus. And if you think their genus name saves them, you're wrong 1/7

This week's #SundayFishSketch - #25DaysofFishmas mystery fish is a bit of a tough one, so one more clue: males and females of this species form monogamous pairs before spawning, and both provide parental care for their eggs/young

Katie O'Reilly@drkatfish.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Here are this Sunday's #SundayFishSketch - #25DaysofFishmas mystery fish species clues! For Sunday December 14, sketch the species you think these clues are describing (don't spoil it early if you know it!). The answer will be revealed with the day's #Fishmas calendar! @lampichthys.bsky.social

taxonomy 101: whales are not fish taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals taxonomy 301: whales are fish

If you can think of a better fish for Day 8 of #25DaysofFishmas, let minnow! Westward ho, we go on our #Fishmas road trip to the canyon rivers of the Intermountain West, home of the Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), a minnow who's no small fry - meet the largest minnow in North America!

Ever heard of adaptive radiation? If not, cichlids are a great introduction! Happy Fishmas day 37!

When we think about fish large enough to attack people, sharks are usually what comes to mind. However, there is one fish in the ocean that even most sharks would choose to leave alone. And that is the goliath grouper, a fitting choice for #FishOfTheWeek 1/6

Made a Bluesky feed to keep up on all things #25DaysofFishmas this year! The more fishmas-es, the merrier - just use #25DaysofFishmas hashtag to be included! bsky.app/profile/did:...

This singing moose head hung over the stand selling glühwein and one of my friends loved it. I just kept thinking of Billy Bass...

The Christmas market opened on Thursday so naturally we had to go last night and enjoy it. A few glasses of glühwein and I mind the crowds a whole lot less

When it comes to remaining unseen, there are many animals with insanely good camouflage. But fish really take camouflage to every extreme. For this #FishOfTheWeek, let's look at fishes power of invisibility 1/6

It decided to snow a bit this morning and we rescued a poor hedgehog that got caught out in it instead of safely hibernating. He was taken to a wildlife rehab where they'll help him to gain some weight and be properly prepared for winter

Today is World Fisheries Day, so for #FishOfTheWeek let's talk about a fisheries issue that is becoming more and more common, reductions in size of fishes due to fishing pressure. This may seem like a small issue but is in fact a major problem for many reasons 1/5

It's time for #FishOfTheWeek and today I want to talk about a really cool fish that has become much maligned (not without reason) in North America. That's right, today we're gonna talk about the so-called Frankenfish. The snakehead 1/7

"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs

I didn't get to do #FishOfTheWeek last week because I was in Poland for field work, but it's gar week this week so of course I have to talk about one of my all-time favorite fishes. And there's a lot know, so get ready to learn something new 1/8

Mogwai intensifies

a bunch of stuffed animals are sitting in a case

Alt: Five mogwai going hyper nuts in Gizmo’s box

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jon rosenberg@jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 11mo ago

This post is specifically for @ethankocak.com and nobody else www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Just continuing my record of always living in a town with a river. This one is smaller than others, but still just as pretty

We also got to see the ruins of an old castle today, though sadly we didn't get to go inside

Today we got to see a massive rock structure with Neolithic age tool marks! The rock structure was so big you almost can't see me in the pics!

Potato and leek soup, pumpkin gnocchi with chorizo, and house lemonade that tasted like if mulled cider was lemonade instead? And all for $9? And a tasty little berry cake from a 24 hour bakery for dessert? Yea, I had a delicious lunch today

Tried some Polish treats today. Apple and chokeberry shortbread cookies and chocolate covered chokeberries. Delicious!