Hermaea variopicta (Fire-tipped Sea Slug) at Wembury Point today. A very rare Sacoglossan Sea Slug; just the 8th British record I believe!
Stephanie Bilodeau, PhD
@stephbilodeau.bsky.social
Aquatic ecology postdoc in the Byers lab at UGA. I study spatial ecology and species interactions. Opinions are my own. She/her. http://stephbilodeau.com
Armed & dangerous! Lobsters have a early life stage called phyllosoma, wherein they drift through the open ocean, and have the coolest habit of taking stinging siphonophores prisoner for defense Shot on scuba, while drifting in the open ocean, out over the deep abyss, at night, far offshore
Spotted Lanternflies… should you squish ‘em? 🧪
One of the most incredible photos I have ever been sent, courtesy of Chloë James of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust Seagrass Restoration Team. Yep, that's Philodromus margaritatus...under seawater using...an air bubble to breathe and move about. I am utterly speechless!! @britishspiders.bsky.social
PhyloPic is having an October fundraiser. The goal is to raise enough money to cover web hosting for the past six months. Please share the link, and chip in a bit if you can! www.phylopic.org
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An incredible image, and overall winner of this year's Australian Geographic Nature Photography award. Using a DJI Mavic 3 Pro (drone), Matt Deakin captured an extremely rare moment - seeing a critically endangered Sawfish in the wild and passing by a Turtle, off the Pilbara coast in WA.
Another very special moment from this season in Greenland… Discovering this beautiful iceberg and its amazing green underwater base in the middle of some very thick fog was surely one of the highlights of this summer for me… #photography #nature #redsails #adventure #art 🌿
🎧 Do you want to help us understand how humans perceive forest soundscapes in Costa Rica ? Answer this quick 5-min survey: 👉 www.biodiful.org/#/soundscapes_en Take a break and listen to the voice of the forest 💚 Please like & share on 🦋 to reach more participants 🙏 🌐🌍🦤🧪🍁🪴
ICB blog Community building with open-source and #DIY monitoring #tools by @stephbilodeau.bsky.social Simply finding the tools that others have already built is often a real challenge... integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/c... #science #Scientists #technology
Apply to be a Smithsonian post-doc! We are currently emphasizing invasive animals, including beasts like spotted lanternflies and emerald ash borers. 2year fellowships, stipend $60k/year, apps due October 15th. contact me if you'd like to work on a project idea!! serc.si.edu/fellowships/...
For this #molluscmonday, we got the Violet sea slug (Edmundsella pedata). 🤿🦑 Taken: 2026-05-14 Camera: Olympus TG-5 #aquaticlife #edmundsellapedata #macrophotography #marinelife #nudibranch #nordicdiving #olympustg5 #scuba #swedishdiving #underwatermacrophotography
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Stephanie Bilodeau, PhD@stephbilodeau.bsky.social · last mo.Coral bleaching is obviously bad for corals, but what about the things that eat corals? My second dissertation chapter is out now (Open Access, doi.org/10.3354/meps...) and asks how specialist coral-eating nudibranchs find the right corals, if they avoid bleached corals, and whether they should. 🧵
Coral bleaching is obviously bad for corals, but what about the things that eat corals? My second dissertation chapter is out now (Open Access, doi.org/10.3354/meps...) and asks how specialist coral-eating nudibranchs find the right corals, if they avoid bleached corals, and whether they should. 🧵
...just realized as I was about to post about some super cool science that I don't think I was ever added to the Marine Life feed, so let's rectify that! #addOcean
#SICB Pittsburgh Abstract submission is open for SICB 2027! www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/abstrac... Come share your research and learn about the most exciting areas of integrative, comparative, & organismal #biology in Pittsburgh, PA on January 3-7, 2027. The deadline is August 28 at 11:59 PM HST.
I care about Chara. Do you care about Chara? 🌿😍
MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams@msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhy do we care about Chara? Possibly Michigan's most important underwater understory species, this macroalga (large algae!) provides critical habitat for aquatic life. Read our article: www.canr.msu.edu/news/why-do-...
I am shocked to have learnt today that green crabs, Carcinus maenas, have assymetrical claws, quite as much as the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus ((post below). While one claw seems to have canine- and cutting molars-like structures, the other looks like fit for crushing Two males in photos
Miguel Clavero@chikichanka.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe ultimate predation machine Inner and outer views of the claws of an Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Note that one claw has canine-like teeth (left in this case, though not always) while the other has molar-like structures Any creature must fear this beast a bit and be careful
A half century of invasive crayfish monitoring in northern Wisconsin continued this week with Cornell's recently retired David Lodge and first year University of Illinois PhD student Kaylin Wallen
Hey folks, this hasn’t gotten much attention, but remember those proposed OMB rule changes we all commented on recently? There’s a new attempt to sneak them just for NSF. We have three days to comment. Please don’t sleep on this!
Noam Ross@noamross.net · 2mo agoThree more days to comment on NSF's attempt to smuggle in OMB's already-rejected policies of terminating any grant without cause, gutting civil rights obligations and restricting international collaborations. Submit your comment today! Then call your representatives. 🧪
Attention Ecologists! We are going to need *a lot* of ecologists. The First Lego League Teams need to speak with a scientist about their projects every year. Every year it's a different type of scientist. Last year was archaeologists. This year, ecologists! Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf a fish was a schoolteacher would they wear a short sleeve button up shirt and a tie, or JUST a tie?
My lab is HIRING - we have an opening for a #postdoc focused on marine invertebrate symbioses & evolution (heavy focus on microbial -Omics and bioinformatics, but lots of fun fieldwork opportunities too!) Full position info here: www.biklab.org/join-the-lab Please help spread the word! #SymbioSky
🧪 Take a second 2 participate in an auditory study of biodiversity & nature perception by @biodiful.bsky.social Available in Spanish, French or English You will hear short recordings from tropical forests across Costa Rica. Choose the 1 you prefer the most. www.biodiful.org#/soundscapes...
Vietnamese Mossy tree frogs are both arboreal and aquatic. They wade in moss-covered puddles for camouflage and climb about the canopy in rainforests. #naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #amphibian #treefrog #frog #herps #eastcoastkin #photography
I'm excited that our paper (@chrisblanar.bsky.social +others), "Spatial Variation in Sex-biased Parasitism of an Androdioecious Mangrove Fish" is out now as part of the "Sex Across Origins" symposium!@sicb.bsky.social @aramaticasper.bsky.social @jjinsing.bsky.social academic.oup.com/icb/article/...
Spatial Variation in Sex-biased Parasitism of an Androdioecious Mangrove Fish
Synopsis. Divergent selection between the sexes may enable parasites to better infect one host sex over the other, potentially leading to sex-biased parasi
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I'm thrilled to announce (over a month late!) that after successfully defending my PhD at Georgia Tech this spring, I've started a postdoc position in the Byers lab at @ugaecology.bsky.social. I'll be looking at how life history traits affect marine species distributions!
Natural history on canvas: Brueghel knew about bird-eating noctule bats Just published in @pnas.org, OA for all eyes Led by the one-and-only @romero-vidal.bsky.social, with the amazing @elena-tena.bsky.social and Sonia Sánchez-Navarro @ebdonana.bsky.social LINK: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Interested in doing a postdoc in plankton ecology, on topics of community assembly, trait-based ecological resilience, stressor interactions, harmful algal blooms and others? Contact me to discuss developing a proposal for MSU's EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship (Nov 1 application deadline).
Lars Brudvig@lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 2mo agoJoin us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...