I am OBSESSED with Costa’s #hummingbirds. This little jewel is giving me some serious side eye. Taken in Big Morongo Canyon Preserve in California. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #WildlifeWednesday

I just learned that a group of Narwhals is called a ‘blessing’, and I like this!

Had an amazing weekend at #SouthernFriedGaming. Board games played: ( *❤️to play again, ** bought $$) Castles of Burgundy* Tokaido Duo** Moon Colony Blood 🩸 bath* For Sale Hot Streak* Mole Rats in Space Gadget Builder Fountains Mountain Goats 🐐 ** Mageling #workhardplayhard

Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...

Study Reveals How Avocados Reverse Sexes Throughout the Day

Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. How avocados do this has been unclear — until now, thanks to a UC Davis study.

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The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter the whale up until a couple was found having sex inside it. Now the whale’s jaws are opened only for special occasions, such as Swedish election days.

This is such a cool article. It says sharks are also older than Saturn's rings and the North Star www.popularmechanics.com/science/anim...

Sharks Are Older Than Trees, Which Seems Wrong

They were around before everything from Saturn’s rings to flowering plants to the literal North Star.

popularmechanics.com

Some birds are a challenge!!! Like this Wakatobi white-eye! Two shots of this v cute, v kinetic but uncooperative bird that is endemic to Wakatobi Indonesia 🇮🇩 . #WildlifeWednesday #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Such a cool paper on the diversity of #bird song!!! Across 3000 passerine species, birdsong is organized around 8 motifs that are shaped by biology & the physics of how sound travels through different environments. In @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The global biogeography of passerine songs

Although bird songs are classic models for understanding the evolution of vocal communication, their global diversity has long made the development of a unifying framework challenging. By analyzing th...

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#mentoring added a night in NYC after BBRF council to go dancing with my grad mentor Tracey Shors! So fun to catch up!!!

For #WildlifeWednesday, two fancy 🕊️ doves. Asian emerald dove & black-napped fruit dove (f). Taken in Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia 🇮🇩 #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

We bird at dawn!! (let’s face it, they’re not going to photograph themselves)

Are you an early-career researcher? Check out the ECR hub in the Research Communities where you will find opportunities to network and build connections and access content and resources to support your career development. go.nature.com/4w77y6O #Academicsky 🧪

For #WildlifeWednesday, the oriental dollarbird (cue 🎶Wu-Tang Clan’s C.R.E.A.M 🎶) Taken in #Wakatobi Indonesia 🇮🇩 #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

My quote of the day Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

Rufous-backed kingfisher! Love ❤️ #kingfishers & this one is so pretty. Taken in Bali 🇮🇩 #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #WildlifeWednesday

Chemogenetic inhibition of the noradrenergic locus coeruleus promotes the development of risk-taking decisional strategies and selectively enhances motor impulsivity in females https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.02.736138v1

For #WildlifeWednesday an orange-headed thrush from Bali Indonesia 🇮🇩. (Cue the R.E.M. 🎶 …I got my orange thrush🎶) #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildlifephotography

For #WildlifeWednesday, Javan #kingfishers. Low light made this a challenge so was v happy to come away with this shot. #Bali 🇮🇩 #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #WildlifePhotography

Bali myna!!!! (3 looks) They were almost poached to extinction with <10 in the wild 20 years ago. Through protection & captive breeding there are now ~600 in the wild. Privileged to have seen them at #Bali National Park #WildlifeWednesday #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

For #WildlifeWednesday I’m thrilled to share my 1st ever pitta photo: the Javan banded-pitta 💙💛 Taken in Bali! #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildlifephotography

Lesson’s motmot! What a beauty #birds #WildlifeWednesday #BirdsSeenIn2026 🇵🇦

Yay!! #WildlifeWednesday Excited to share this Allen’s #hummingbird taken in So Cal. #birds #wildlifephotography #BirdsSeenIn2026

Honored to be newly added to this group of Distinguished Professors at Georgia State University!

For #WildlifeWednesday & #EarthDay, two looks at a keel-billed toucan. Taken in El Valle Panama. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Oh was I excited for this #WildlifeWednesday!!!! LOVED seeing this boat-billed heron at Los Duendes Ecolodge in Panama 🇵🇦 (swipe for two looks) #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #muppets #wildlifephotography

Honored to be invited back to @rutgersupress.bsky.social (where I got my PhD) to give the keynote address at the Rutgers Training in Addiction Research Program annual symposium! The trainees are SUPER impressive. Thx Chris Pierce for the invite

Mostly I photograph birds but if there were monkeys in Atlanta I’d focus on them as well. Had to go to #Panama to see these howlers. So much personality #monkeys #wildlifephotography

Congrats lab member Sydney Ku for CRUSHING IT in the GSU 3-min thesis competition. Not only was she amazing, but she won 1st prize & people’s choice in the doctoral thesis category.

🎶”who runs the world…” 🎶 Empowering visit by @thebalelab.bsky.social !!!

White-breasted nuthatch in the classic nuthatch post. Lullwater Preserve #Atl. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #WildlifeWednesday