Noah Bressman, PhD
@noahwithfish.bsky.social
I LOVE fish! Fish biologist, angler, artist, science policy adviser, #SciComm. Amphibious fish, invasive species, biomechanics, functional morphology, behavior, ecology, fisheries. Assistant Professor of Physiology @ Salisbury University. He/him. AuDHD 🐡🎣🐟
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Sometimes you stumble on some #sharkscience that makes you think you don't really know anything about them at all. Yesterday i found this paper: "Observations of the bowmouth guitarfish by-catches by the tropical tuna purse seine fleet in the Indian Ocean’s open waters"
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
January 22, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Sometimes you stumble on some #sharkscience that makes you think you don't really know anything about them at all. Yesterday i found this paper: "Observations of the bowmouth guitarfish by-catches by the tropical tuna purse seine fleet in the Indian Ocean’s open waters"
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
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Min-vlog from #SICB2026! @sicb.bsky.social @sarahmackattack.bsky.social @taorminalepore.bsky.social @noahwithfish.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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#SICB2026 goers get involved in
ICB's Inked in Science -
Science Ink: #Tattoos Of The #Science Obsessed-review of the @carlzimmer.com #book
reviewed by Lauren Hamilton
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/s...
& read the paper by @noahwithfish.bsky.social inspiring our cover
ICB's Inked in Science -
Science Ink: #Tattoos Of The #Science Obsessed-review of the @carlzimmer.com #book
reviewed by Lauren Hamilton
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/s...
& read the paper by @noahwithfish.bsky.social inspiring our cover
January 7, 2026 at 12:54 PM
#SICB2026 goers get involved in
ICB's Inked in Science -
Science Ink: #Tattoos Of The #Science Obsessed-review of the @carlzimmer.com #book
reviewed by Lauren Hamilton
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/s...
& read the paper by @noahwithfish.bsky.social inspiring our cover
ICB's Inked in Science -
Science Ink: #Tattoos Of The #Science Obsessed-review of the @carlzimmer.com #book
reviewed by Lauren Hamilton
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/s...
& read the paper by @noahwithfish.bsky.social inspiring our cover
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The American Dipper is NA’s only aquatic songbird, and happens to be in my top 2 birds🐦! Here’s one I happened to see at Multnomah Falls just outside a Portland for #SICB2026 doing its namesake “dipping” behavior! They will all walk around underwater looking for 🐛 and lil 🐟 to eat
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The American Dipper is NA’s only aquatic songbird, and happens to be in my top 2 birds🐦! Here’s one I happened to see at Multnomah Falls just outside a Portland for #SICB2026 doing its namesake “dipping” behavior! They will all walk around underwater looking for 🐛 and lil 🐟 to eat
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My lab is seeking a #postdoc for a 3-year project on Pilbara leaf-nosed #bat 🦇 conservation, addressing climate change vulnerability using physiological, ecological, & modelling approaches.
Apply now: murdoch.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/MurdochCaree...
Apply now: murdoch.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/MurdochCaree...
January 6, 2026 at 5:26 AM
My lab is seeking a #postdoc for a 3-year project on Pilbara leaf-nosed #bat 🦇 conservation, addressing climate change vulnerability using physiological, ecological, & modelling approaches.
Apply now: murdoch.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/MurdochCaree...
Apply now: murdoch.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/MurdochCaree...
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I’m excited to be the first ever Artist-in-Residence at #SICB2026! Stop by the @sicbjournals.bsky.social booth during the poster session to chat with me about scientific art and take home some swag with my artwork on it! 🐡
January 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I’m excited to be the first ever Artist-in-Residence at #SICB2026! Stop by the @sicbjournals.bsky.social booth during the poster session to chat with me about scientific art and take home some swag with my artwork on it! 🐡
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#SICB2026 is almost starting!
If there, be sure to stop by the expo areas at coffee breaks to get must have items like these light catchers made from
@noahwithfish.bsky.social 's art & issue 6's
#octopus cover by Janina Rockner & Letizia Zullo.
@jmacrander.bsky.social is hosting the booth!
If there, be sure to stop by the expo areas at coffee breaks to get must have items like these light catchers made from
@noahwithfish.bsky.social 's art & issue 6's
#octopus cover by Janina Rockner & Letizia Zullo.
@jmacrander.bsky.social is hosting the booth!
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
#SICB2026 is almost starting!
If there, be sure to stop by the expo areas at coffee breaks to get must have items like these light catchers made from
@noahwithfish.bsky.social 's art & issue 6's
#octopus cover by Janina Rockner & Letizia Zullo.
@jmacrander.bsky.social is hosting the booth!
If there, be sure to stop by the expo areas at coffee breaks to get must have items like these light catchers made from
@noahwithfish.bsky.social 's art & issue 6's
#octopus cover by Janina Rockner & Letizia Zullo.
@jmacrander.bsky.social is hosting the booth!
I'll be presenting on a very different topic than usual for #SICB2026... "Strengths, challenges, & experiences of neurodivergent faculty in academia" at 8:45am on Jan. 7th in Room A105 as part of Symposium 12: Disabled & Neurodivergent perception, community, & identity in the biosciences (1/2)
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I'll be presenting on a very different topic than usual for #SICB2026... "Strengths, challenges, & experiences of neurodivergent faculty in academia" at 8:45am on Jan. 7th in Room A105 as part of Symposium 12: Disabled & Neurodivergent perception, community, & identity in the biosciences (1/2)
Having done a similar postdoc in the Fudge Lab on hagfish slime, I highly recommend this opportunity!
The Fudge Lab at Chapman University is recruiting a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the biophysics of hagfish defensive slime deployment. Please repost!
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
Apply here: tinyurl.com/4p937dn5
January 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Having done a similar postdoc in the Fudge Lab on hagfish slime, I highly recommend this opportunity!
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Our first direct hit. Oddly our oyster work is the most popular thing we do. Great return on investment for taxpayers funding bay restoration.
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Horn Point Confirms Deep NOAA Cuts
A nearly 50 percent reduction in federal funding for oyster restoration threatens to sharply reduce oyster production in the Chesapeake Bay, jeopardizing one of the region’s most successful environmen...
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December 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Our first direct hit. Oddly our oyster work is the most popular thing we do. Great return on investment for taxpayers funding bay restoration.
cambridgespy.substack.com/p/horn-point...
cambridgespy.substack.com/p/horn-point...
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RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
The dumbest thing I did all year was catch a big fish in my kayak a few days ago, pull the hook out of the mouth while there was still a lot of tension in the line, then let go of the hook, which rocketed into my finger, burying deeply. I think touching the bone. What about y’all?
December 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The dumbest thing I did all year was catch a big fish in my kayak a few days ago, pull the hook out of the mouth while there was still a lot of tension in the line, then let go of the hook, which rocketed into my finger, burying deeply. I think touching the bone. What about y’all?
Fellow neurodivergent people, does anyone else struggle immensely with stereograms? I have never been able to see the hidden images. After finally being explained how to see them (and not just that they exist) I thought would be able to finally see them… nope. Is this a neurospicy perception thing?
December 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Fellow neurodivergent people, does anyone else struggle immensely with stereograms? I have never been able to see the hidden images. After finally being explained how to see them (and not just that they exist) I thought would be able to finally see them… nope. Is this a neurospicy perception thing?
Stop by the @sicbjournals.bsky.social to check out some of my artwork, plus I’ll have some giveaways to share!
If you're going to #SICB Portland 2026,
be sure to stop by and purchase see the fantastic #art of @noahwithfish.bsky.social
Long time SICBer and @sicbjournals.bsky.social co author)
Noah is our featured SICB Journals booth #artist !🙌
See Noah's site
noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah and stop by.
be sure to stop by and purchase see the fantastic #art of @noahwithfish.bsky.social
Long time SICBer and @sicbjournals.bsky.social co author)
Noah is our featured SICB Journals booth #artist !🙌
See Noah's site
noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah and stop by.
December 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Stop by the @sicbjournals.bsky.social to check out some of my artwork, plus I’ll have some giveaways to share!
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Walking catfish are invasive in Florida & sometimes they're fish out of water. But they don't mind.
In fact, @noahwithfish.bsky.social authored a paper documenting their movements on land.
Some walking catfish were observed walking across parking lots to eat worms in puddles!
#25DaysofFishmas
In fact, @noahwithfish.bsky.social authored a paper documenting their movements on land.
Some walking catfish were observed walking across parking lots to eat worms in puddles!
#25DaysofFishmas
The Invasive Catfish That Walks Across Parking Lots
Walking catfish hunt prey in parking lots. A fish out of water story.
blog.nature.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Walking catfish are invasive in Florida & sometimes they're fish out of water. But they don't mind.
In fact, @noahwithfish.bsky.social authored a paper documenting their movements on land.
Some walking catfish were observed walking across parking lots to eat worms in puddles!
#25DaysofFishmas
In fact, @noahwithfish.bsky.social authored a paper documenting their movements on land.
Some walking catfish were observed walking across parking lots to eat worms in puddles!
#25DaysofFishmas
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In honor of reaching 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I want to celebrate! I’ll offer you, the people, a chance to win a signed copy of my book why sharks matter, and will offer guest spots on upcoming shark research expeditions!
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
In honor of reaching 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I want to celebrate! I’ll offer you, the people, a chance to win a signed copy of my book why sharks matter, and will offer guest spots on upcoming shark research expeditions!
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
The Batman Effect, just published in NATURE:
When an experimenter dressed as Batman boarded a train, passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seats to another “pregnant” experimenter than if Batman wasn’t present (67.21% vs. 37.66%) #SciComm 1/2
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
When an experimenter dressed as Batman boarded a train, passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seats to another “pregnant” experimenter than if Batman wasn’t present (67.21% vs. 37.66%) #SciComm 1/2
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect - npj Mental Health Research
npj Mental Health Research - Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
www.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The Batman Effect, just published in NATURE:
When an experimenter dressed as Batman boarded a train, passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seats to another “pregnant” experimenter than if Batman wasn’t present (67.21% vs. 37.66%) #SciComm 1/2
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
When an experimenter dressed as Batman boarded a train, passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seats to another “pregnant” experimenter than if Batman wasn’t present (67.21% vs. 37.66%) #SciComm 1/2
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A new neighbor moved into town and came over to say hi…
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A new neighbor moved into town and came over to say hi…
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Evolutionary remodeling of the ventral retina enables aerial vision in the four-eyed fish Anableps anableps https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.02.686143v1
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Evolutionary remodeling of the ventral retina enables aerial vision in the four-eyed fish Anableps anableps https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.02.686143v1
Well, I tried my first fish sketch in a long time on a pumpkin for Halloween. I attempted a cleared and stained harvestfish, but the mouth came out more like an Opah’s. Does that count? 🐟 🐡
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Well, I tried my first fish sketch in a long time on a pumpkin for Halloween. I attempted a cleared and stained harvestfish, but the mouth came out more like an Opah’s. Does that count? 🐟 🐡
I went to take a couple of casts from the dock this morning before getting started with work, and got a nice 18” bass, but also found an invasive crayfish in my minnow trap that has not been documented for my county yet... Even when I’m off the clock, the invasive species find me… time to report
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I went to take a couple of casts from the dock this morning before getting started with work, and got a nice 18” bass, but also found an invasive crayfish in my minnow trap that has not been documented for my county yet... Even when I’m off the clock, the invasive species find me… time to report
Oh man, can’t believe I almost missed world hagfish day! Having harvested perhaps more hagfish slime in a year than any other individual to investigate how effective their slime could be at stopping small boat propellers at high speeds for the Navy, I can attest their their slime is really unique!
Happy world hagfish day, nerds!
Your car has just been crushed by hagfish: Frequently Asked Questions – Southern Fried Science
Your car has just been crushed by hagfish: Frequently Asked Questions – Southern Fried Science
Your car has just been crushed by hagfish: Frequently Asked Questions
Wait, what? Earlier today, Oregon State Police reported that a truck carrying a shipment of live hagfish overturned, spilling its slimy cargo all over the highway and damaging at least one vehicle.…
www.southernfriedscience.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Oh man, can’t believe I almost missed world hagfish day! Having harvested perhaps more hagfish slime in a year than any other individual to investigate how effective their slime could be at stopping small boat propellers at high speeds for the Navy, I can attest their their slime is really unique!