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The American Genetic Association @theaga.bsky.social · Aug 12

Here's a new genome from the CCGP: The Lahontan Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi). This species, endemic to Western North America, may be in danger of extinction.
Photo: NDOW

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · Apr 8

Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Apr 7

Colossal Bioscience did not revive dire wolves, despite a sensationalist Time Magazine cover story.

Making genetically modified animals that are cosplaying as extinct species is not de-extinction.

Large Marge Sent Me 👻 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · Apr 7

Dire wolves were not close relatives of gray wolves. They last shared a common ancestor more than 5 million years ago. What Colossal has done is make something new and slapped a dire wolf sticker on it, as if an organism equals a hypothetical genome.

Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal

The extinct giant canids were a remarkable example of convergent evolution

www.scientificamerican.com

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Hallie Arno @halliearno.bsky.social · Mar 1

One of my first internships was with ME Sea Grant (where I learned R!), and I wouldn't be where I am now without that opportunity. This is devastating for the future of coastal/ marine management in Maine.

Emily Knight @emilyknight.bsky.social · Mar 1

Maine Sea Grant changed my life when they gave me the Knauss Fellowship on Capitol Hill. I owe them my career. How will young scientist looking to use our skills to serve the public find opportunities going forward? We are killing ourselves. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/01/m...

Maine Sea Grant funding terminated as Trump administration makes cuts to NOAA

The move to discontinue the $4.5 million grant program leaves 20 employees and the Sea Grant’s programming in limbo.

www.pressherald.com

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NOAA @noaa.gov · Feb 12

(1 of 5) JUST IN: January temperature marks a new global milestone.

Arctic sea ice coverage near record low.

bit.ly/3Qd7FdP

#StateOfClimate @climate.noaa.gov

1-January-2025-Global-Temperature-Departures-from-Average-Map

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Joe Hanly @hanliconius.bsky.social · Jan 29

Someone should write a book about the genomics of marine organisms titled The Shellfish Gene

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Peter N. Dudley @conservation.bio · Jan 7

Remember: you didn't use RStudio for your analysis. You used R for your analysis.

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SharkScience @sharkscience.bsky.social · Jan 4

Maine Sea Grant – NOAA Fisheries Undergraduate Paid Internships in Sea-run Fish Research. 🦑🌎🌿🦈🐟 seagrant.umaine.edu/funding-oppo...

Maine Sea Grant - NOAA Fisheries Undergraduate Internships in Sea-run Fish Research - Maine Sea Grant -

Summer 2025 - Paid Internships This opportunity is open! Maine Sea Grant is partnering with NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) to provide opportunities for undergraduates to gain experi...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year!
P.S. Here’s us last night below.

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Hallie Arno @halliearno.bsky.social · Dec 25

Merry #fishmas! Along with being adorable, Lumpsuckers are used in Atlantic Salmon #aquaculture to eat sea lice, resulting in interesting genetic differences between wild and domestic populations. #25daysOfFishmas

A medium sized light blue lump fish swimming upwards in a tank with a pale yellow background.

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Hallie Arno @halliearno.bsky.social · Dec 20

Been waiting for the #Fishmas Lake Sturgeon day! 🐟 #25DaysOfFishmas

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Jenni Prokkola @jmprok.bsky.social · Dec 18

Atlantic #salmon, brown #trout and their hybrids can be difficult to distinguish, especially at early life stages. This new DNA-based method can be used to screen lots of individuals to verify the species or detect hybrids! 🧪🐟

With a low-cost DNA extraction, it is less than 1 euro / sample.

Fast and cost‐efficient species identification of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), brown trout (Salmo trutta), and their hybrids using a single SNP marker

A workflow for developing a cost- and time-efficient, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based assay for species and hybrid identification is described. In a reference set (n = 46), the developed a....

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Hallie Arno @halliearno.bsky.social · Dec 16

Visited Chicago just in time for #Garweek and #fishmas! Saw live Shortnose & Longnose gar at Shedd Aquarium, then fossils at the Field Museum. The living gar's DNA is very similar to their ancient relatives!

The head of a dark colored shortnose gar in a well planted aquarium tank.

Three gar, one shortnose and two longnose, in a well planted aquarium tank with other fish in the background.

Two gar fossils in a museum display case.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Dec 11

A study of 632 freshwater fish species from 9,989 locations finds climate warming affects fish abundances, with increases at the poleward edges of species’ distributions and declines at the equatorward edges of species’ distributions. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Hallie Arno @halliearno.bsky.social · Dec 9

Quick field trip attempting to retrieve temperature loggers failed due to high water levels, but views like this remind me of why I'm doing #ecology

Sunshine on a river gorge with whitewater/ rapids. Spots of snow and balsam trees cover the rocks and surrounding land.

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Hallie Arno @halliearno.bsky.social · Dec 7

MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · Nov 14

The Onion should buy Elsevier next

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Hallie Arno @halliearno.bsky.social · Dec 7

Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · Dec 6

Great image illustrating why aquatic connectivity matters *laterally* as well as up/downriver: These Central Valley juvenile chinook are the same age, but the bottom "floodplain fatty" reared in hyper-productive off-channel wetlands.

Screenshot from CalTrout webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqMJ...

Hallie Arno @halliearno.bsky.social · Dec 5

The Golden Redhorse is one of my favorites from biodiversity surveys on the Buffalo River, AR! #25DaysOfFishmas

A woman in a blue shirt holding a medium-sized golden redhorse fish. The background is a rocky river beach with some green trees and shrubs.

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Hallie Arno @halliearno.bsky.social · Dec 5

For those looking for undergrad/postgrad/ post-bacc #fellowsips in #ecology, I would highly recommend the NPS Scientists in Parks Program! Happy to answer questions about my experience with Great Lakes I+M www.scientistsinparks.org/apply

Apply | SIP Internships

www.scientistsinparks.org

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Rachel A.S. Forbes @rachelasforbes.bsky.social · Dec 4

We found that the stable isotopes in North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) baleen plates reflect the population's distribution shift to the Gulf of St. Lawrence #rightwhale #stableisotopes @altmetric.com @drhaydo.bsky.social
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Stable isotope analysis of baleen from North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis reflects distribution shift to the Gulf of St. Lawrence

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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · Dec 4

Around this time last year @boyswillbebugs.bsky.social, @allomygale.bsky.social, @spissatella.bsky.social, @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social and I published an open letter on supporting transgender persons in STEMM.

We have decided to open to additional signatures 🧪⚒️🦑

medium.com/@transrights...

An open letter to the scientific community in the US and UK on the crisis impacting transgender…

Downloadable file

medium.com

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Hallie Arno @halliearno.bsky.social · Dec 2

Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · Dec 2

as both a scientist and an occasional scientific illustrator i'm pretty grossed out by a journal using AI imagery. not only are AI image generators fundamentally based in plagiarism (y'know, the thing we're really not supposed to do?), they're a major source of emissions + environmental degradation

Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · Nov 7

🌎The Plant Ecology of Nature-Based Solutions

A Special Feature providing:
🔸focused analysis of the #plant #ecology of NbS
🔸key insights, challenges & opportunities for future research

#COP29 #COP16Biodiversity 🧵1/13 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652745...