Matt Murphy
@mjosmurphy.bsky.social
Insect behavioral ecologist. Inverts * neural systems * evolution * bioinformatics * science shitposts * anthro animals Rabbit liker 🐰🐇 Posts are my own opinion. https://web.archive.org/web/19991128095921/http://www.zombo.com/
two months ago, groundskeeping shattered my living room window and had to board it up. what it feels like now that it's fixed:
My latest for @sciam.bsky.social is all about the real biology, ecology, and climate science that is used to create the world of Pokémon, and how scientists use it to teach science in the real world. This is just about the most fun I’ve ever had interviewing anyone, and I hope you enjoy! 🧪🌎
The Pokémon universe goes hard on ecology and climate science
The Pokémon franchise, including its recent game Pokémon Pokopia, is inspired by real animals and their ecology. It’s no surprise that so many scientists love to try and “catch ’em all”
scientificamerican.com
QRP with your most popular piece on bsky ~ It's this silly crab painting I made years ago, by a pretty wide margin
Dan Liimatta@danliimatta.bsky.social · 5d agoQRP with your most popular piece on bsky ~
Are wasps feeling the heat this summer? Be kind to wasps at your picnic this summer: share your meal & tell us what they're after. Is it Ham (protein-rich)? or Jam (sugary) @uclnews.bsky.social @theconversation.com @femi-benny.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social theconversation.com/where-have-a...
Where have all the wasps gone this summer?
And why you should let them share your picnic ham and jam.
theconversation.com
*Year of the Linux desktop intensifies*
Comfortably Numb@numb.comfortab.ly · 4d agoOh great. AI can be infected, and spread the virus now.
Found a job ad for a teaching professor position, teaching a class that I taught for 7 years in grad school! And it's in my hometown! It's a big pay cut but living back east will be worth it. Wish me luck.
Half my non-Irish ancestors lived in Molise for 1300 years. I'll take a free trip to an Italian ski resort or university town, if I can't get Cork or Prague.
Ghost of Kyiv@samvydav24.bsky.social · 4d agoBy all means MAGA, go after the German, Irish and Italian Americans. Be the party of "Heritage Heirloom Americans" only. Please proceed.
Les antennes ne seraient pas le seul organe olfactif du sphinx du tabac. Ce papillon de nuit possèderait des soies poreuses sur ses ailes capables de détecter l'odeur de certaines plantes.
Le papillon de nuit cacherait un sens de l'odorat dans ses ailes pour trouver ses plantes préférées
Découvrez comment des poils olfactifs sur les ailes d'un papillon de nuit lui permettraient de sentir ses plantes de ponte Auriane Polge Publié le 31 Juil 2026 à 23H00 Noses on the wing: the olfactory capacity of hawkmoth wings | Journal of Experimental Biology, 27.07.2026 https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/229/14/jeb252047/372157/Noses-on-the-wing-the-olfactory-capacity-of image : Sensilla on the wing margins of Manduca sexta. (A) A female M. sexta. Red lines mark regions along the wing margins where sensory scales and sensory bristles were found. (B) Light microscopy image of the margin of a female forewing. Arrows, sensory bristle. Asterisks, sensory scale. (C) Left: scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of a sensory scale (asterisk). Right: enlarged view of the tip. (D–G) SEM images of sensory bristles on the forewing and hindwing margins of a female (D,E) and a male (F,G). Left: sensory bristles (arrows). S, socket. Right: enlarged view of bristle tips (filled arrowheads, subapical pores; open arrowheads, pores). ------ Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Hawk moths have a second nose for evaluating flowers - Max Planck Neuroscience, 27.07.2026 https://maxplanckneuroscience.org/hawk-moths-have-a-second-nose-for-evaluating-flowers/
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Eons: Life and Death on Pangaea thread The Eons team trusted @lacerdajulio.bsky.social @kiabugboy.bsky.social and myself to help with the reconstructions for the series. I'm consolidating my posts to this thread so that they're easier to find. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt Watch link:
Eons
Take a journey through the history of life on Earth.
pbs.org
Miltank loungefly bag concept (for the chic milk-enjoyer)
Does anyone have good info on applying a Neuropixels setup to record from insect (esp. Lepidoptera) central brains? Looking for methodology leads for future (faculty/ staff scientist) research
oh yeah, cos these go together. thank you Amazon Music.
tried to use my Bluesky banking account but it would only let me buy hand-drawn Alf genitals from a 38 year old nonbinary artist, and it only accepted deposits if they had alt text
