Andrew Rypel
@andrewrypel.bsky.social
Director of the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences @ Auburn University https://agriculture.auburn.edu/research/faas/ • 🧪 for Ecosystems, Fish, People & Ag https://sites.google.com/view/rypel-lab/home • ✍️ at TangledNature.com
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Edge Effects: The Smashed Butterfly
Lessons on our hidden impacts from a single monarch
tnature.substack.com
I Killed a Monarch and It Won’t Leave Me Alone!
Here’s my new short-format (Edge Effects) piece on Tangled Nature
Do y'all ever feel this same way?! 🦋 👇
tnature.substack.com/p/edge-effec...
Here’s my new short-format (Edge Effects) piece on Tangled Nature
Do y'all ever feel this same way?! 🦋 👇
tnature.substack.com/p/edge-effec...
Cool #FishArt spotted at the museum in Moundville @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Cool #FishArt spotted at the museum in Moundville @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
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I Killed a Monarch and It Won’t Leave Me Alone!
Here’s my new short-format (Edge Effects) piece on Tangled Nature
Do y'all ever feel this same way?! 🦋 👇
tnature.substack.com/p/edge-effec...
Here’s my new short-format (Edge Effects) piece on Tangled Nature
Do y'all ever feel this same way?! 🦋 👇
tnature.substack.com/p/edge-effec...
Edge Effects: The Smashed Butterfly
Lessons on our hidden impacts from a single monarch
tnature.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I Killed a Monarch and It Won’t Leave Me Alone!
Here’s my new short-format (Edge Effects) piece on Tangled Nature
Do y'all ever feel this same way?! 🦋 👇
tnature.substack.com/p/edge-effec...
Here’s my new short-format (Edge Effects) piece on Tangled Nature
Do y'all ever feel this same way?! 🦋 👇
tnature.substack.com/p/edge-effec...
I Killed a Monarch and It Won’t Leave Me Alone!
Here’s my new short-format (Edge Effects) piece on Tangled Nature
Do y'all ever feel this same way?! 🦋 👇
tnature.substack.com/p/edge-effec...
Here’s my new short-format (Edge Effects) piece on Tangled Nature
Do y'all ever feel this same way?! 🦋 👇
tnature.substack.com/p/edge-effec...
Edge Effects: The Smashed Butterfly
Lessons on our hidden impacts from a single monarch
tnature.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I Killed a Monarch and It Won’t Leave Me Alone!
Here’s my new short-format (Edge Effects) piece on Tangled Nature
Do y'all ever feel this same way?! 🦋 👇
tnature.substack.com/p/edge-effec...
Here’s my new short-format (Edge Effects) piece on Tangled Nature
Do y'all ever feel this same way?! 🦋 👇
tnature.substack.com/p/edge-effec...
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May his memory be a blessing. Snider’s song-stories are utterly unique and true accounts of life growing up in America.
youtu.be/MBMp085x5-Q?...
youtu.be/MBMp085x5-Q?...
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
May his memory be a blessing. Snider’s song-stories are utterly unique and true accounts of life growing up in America.
youtu.be/MBMp085x5-Q?...
youtu.be/MBMp085x5-Q?...
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1/2 #NearLab @chasedbrownstein.bsky.social described Birmingham Darter Etheostoma birminghamesnse in April 2025 It is under threat from a mega data center. A petition was filed yesterday by the @biologicaldiversity.org to review the species for protection under the ESA
www.wbrc.com/2025/11/14/n...
www.wbrc.com/2025/11/14/n...
National conservation group joining fight against proposed data center
A national conservation group is joining their fight, saying the center will have a major impact on a fish population found only in this area of Alabama.
www.wbrc.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
1/2 #NearLab @chasedbrownstein.bsky.social described Birmingham Darter Etheostoma birminghamesnse in April 2025 It is under threat from a mega data center. A petition was filed yesterday by the @biologicaldiversity.org to review the species for protection under the ESA
www.wbrc.com/2025/11/14/n...
www.wbrc.com/2025/11/14/n...
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Here's one of my old poems on migratory waterfowl and situationships from the vault. If it resonates with you, sound off in comments!
"CENTRAL FLYWAY" (2023).
🧵1/4
"CENTRAL FLYWAY" (2023).
🧵1/4
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Here's one of my old poems on migratory waterfowl and situationships from the vault. If it resonates with you, sound off in comments!
"CENTRAL FLYWAY" (2023).
🧵1/4
"CENTRAL FLYWAY" (2023).
🧵1/4
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releasing these huuuuge sturgeon and watching them swim away is the best part of my job 🫶🏼
another week in the field complete, and one step closer to finding out what is harming these ancient fish 🧪👩🏻🔬🌎🌐🦑
#sturgeonsaturday
another week in the field complete, and one step closer to finding out what is harming these ancient fish 🧪👩🏻🔬🌎🌐🦑
#sturgeonsaturday
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
releasing these huuuuge sturgeon and watching them swim away is the best part of my job 🫶🏼
another week in the field complete, and one step closer to finding out what is harming these ancient fish 🧪👩🏻🔬🌎🌐🦑
#sturgeonsaturday
another week in the field complete, and one step closer to finding out what is harming these ancient fish 🧪👩🏻🔬🌎🌐🦑
#sturgeonsaturday
I’ve spent my life studying fishes, but also, writing songs from time to time. Turns out, those two pursuits aren’t as different as I once thought. My recent post on Tangled Nature is finally ready! I hope y'all enjoy this one👇
tnature.substack.com/p/more-than-...
tnature.substack.com/p/more-than-...
More Than Words
On music, science, and being your honest self
tnature.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I’ve spent my life studying fishes, but also, writing songs from time to time. Turns out, those two pursuits aren’t as different as I once thought. My recent post on Tangled Nature is finally ready! I hope y'all enjoy this one👇
tnature.substack.com/p/more-than-...
tnature.substack.com/p/more-than-...
"If you kill a cockroach you are a hero, if you kill a butterfly you are bad. Morality has aesthetic standards." ~Nietzsche
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"If you kill a cockroach you are a hero, if you kill a butterfly you are bad. Morality has aesthetic standards." ~Nietzsche
I didn't realize generative ai was being used for species pages. Not good.
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I didn't realize generative ai was being used for species pages. Not good.
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It’s Elementary My Dear Walleye
By George Whitman, who is dressed as Dr. John Watson this Halloween While this Sherlockian mystery is fictional, it is inspired by a real event in which a Walleye was illegally introduced into Lake Cascade, Idaho. The events described below parallel the actual…
By George Whitman, who is dressed as Dr. John Watson this Halloween While this Sherlockian mystery is fictional, it is inspired by a real event in which a Walleye was illegally introduced into Lake Cascade, Idaho. The events described below parallel the actual…
It’s Elementary My Dear Walleye
By George Whitman, who is dressed as Dr. John Watson this Halloween While this Sherlockian mystery is fictional, it is inspired by a real event in which a Walleye was illegally introduced into Lake Cascade, Idaho. The events described below parallel the actual research conducted to uncover its origins. Looking back over the notes of my many adventures with Sherlock Holmes, I cannot but reflect upon the remarkable variety of his methods.
californiawaterblog.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It’s Elementary My Dear Walleye
By George Whitman, who is dressed as Dr. John Watson this Halloween While this Sherlockian mystery is fictional, it is inspired by a real event in which a Walleye was illegally introduced into Lake Cascade, Idaho. The events described below parallel the actual…
By George Whitman, who is dressed as Dr. John Watson this Halloween While this Sherlockian mystery is fictional, it is inspired by a real event in which a Walleye was illegally introduced into Lake Cascade, Idaho. The events described below parallel the actual…
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Another recent pub highlighting the value of long-term research: Declining adult body size and contracted life history in an unexploited boreal Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) population during a period of warming cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/... Kudos to Matt Guzzo for leading this one
Declining adult body size and contracted life history in an unexploited boreal Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) population during a period of warming
Evidence of declines in fish body size with warming in the absence of exploitation are lacking. During a period of regional climate warming (1986-2016), we examined trends in growth, size-structure, a...
cdnsciencepub.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Another recent pub highlighting the value of long-term research: Declining adult body size and contracted life history in an unexploited boreal Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) population during a period of warming cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/... Kudos to Matt Guzzo for leading this one
Shrimping boat heading into the Gulf at dusk
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Shrimping boat heading into the Gulf at dusk
I have many fav blogs from my time editing the California Waterblog, but this gem from @jrlund.bsky.social will always be among the elite. Simple, wry and hilarious:
californiawaterblog.com/2022/08/14/t...
californiawaterblog.com/2022/08/14/t...
The vortex of executive activity
by Jay Lund The graphic below seems to apply to any bureaucracy, with larger bureaucracies showing this tendency more strongly. In this vortex conception of management, one can often make mor…
californiawaterblog.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I have many fav blogs from my time editing the California Waterblog, but this gem from @jrlund.bsky.social will always be among the elite. Simple, wry and hilarious:
californiawaterblog.com/2022/08/14/t...
californiawaterblog.com/2022/08/14/t...
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Looking for some interesting science or reads on the science/art interface. Anyone have any good recommendations?
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Looking for some interesting science or reads on the science/art interface. Anyone have any good recommendations?
Looking for some interesting science or reads on the science/art interface. Anyone have any good recommendations?
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Looking for some interesting science or reads on the science/art interface. Anyone have any good recommendations?
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The magnitude, advanced methods and extent of Native American agriculture continues to be vastly underestimated IMHO: scitechdaily.com/archaeologis...
Archaeologists Uncover Massive 1000-Year-Old Native American Farms That Defy the Limits of Agriculture
Hidden beneath Michigan’s forests, researchers have uncovered vast ancient farmlands built by ancestral Menominee communities, revealing a complex agricultural system. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with...
scitechdaily.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The magnitude, advanced methods and extent of Native American agriculture continues to be vastly underestimated IMHO: scitechdaily.com/archaeologis...
I've never once, ever, regretted taking the time out to watch one.
October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I've never once, ever, regretted taking the time out to watch one.
Peter Moyle and Tom Taylor shining a light on one of the most righteous California native fish - the Sacramento Sucker. Enjoy! 👇👏🐟
Resilient California Fishes: Sacramento Sucker
By Peter Moyle and Tom Taylor ____________________ The fresh waters of California support a diverse native fish fauna, 130 taxa by our count (Leidy and Moyle 2021). At least 56 of these taxa are on trajectories towards extinction 7 are already…
By Peter Moyle and Tom Taylor ____________________ The fresh waters of California support a diverse native fish fauna, 130 taxa by our count (Leidy and Moyle 2021). At least 56 of these taxa are on trajectories towards extinction 7 are already…
Resilient California Fishes: Sacramento Sucker
By Peter Moyle and Tom Taylor ____________________ The fresh waters of California support a diverse native fish fauna, 130 taxa by our count (Leidy and Moyle 2021). At least 56 of these taxa are on trajectories towards extinction 7 are already extinct; 32 are listed as threatened or endangered by state and federal agencies. Not surprisingly, the declining species attract lots of attention because protecting them affects water use statewide.
californiawaterblog.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Peter Moyle and Tom Taylor shining a light on one of the most righteous California native fish - the Sacramento Sucker. Enjoy! 👇👏🐟
I'm looking for someone to help the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences at Auburn University part time with our communications work. Come join us!
War Eagle! #SciCom #FishSci #Fisheries #Jobs
www.auemployment.com/postings/56445
War Eagle! #SciCom #FishSci #Fisheries #Jobs
www.auemployment.com/postings/56445
TES Communications & Marketing Specialist
The College of Agriculture’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Science is looking for a TES Communications & Marketing Specialist to create and manage communication, marketing and promotio...
www.auemployment.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I'm looking for someone to help the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences at Auburn University part time with our communications work. Come join us!
War Eagle! #SciCom #FishSci #Fisheries #Jobs
www.auemployment.com/postings/56445
War Eagle! #SciCom #FishSci #Fisheries #Jobs
www.auemployment.com/postings/56445
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Touché, neighbor.
October 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Touché, neighbor.
"Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ~Margaret Mead
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ~Margaret Mead
Cornell bird personality quiz: my result
October 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Cornell bird personality quiz: my result
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High-quality food for thought -- what should we feed our brains ?
My next blog post on Tangled Nature is posted! It’s all about feeding your brain what matters: why some ideas endure, why others fade, and what "mental fitness" means in the age of ultraprocessed content.
Read it here 👉 open.substack.com/pub/tnature/...
#Ideas #Science #Memology #AI #Reading
Read it here 👉 open.substack.com/pub/tnature/...
#Ideas #Science #Memology #AI #Reading
In defense of ideas with a long half life
Feed your brain what matters
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
High-quality food for thought -- what should we feed our brains ?
"Like building a stellar physical record collection, the surest way to craft a life that matters is to fill your mind with ideas that refuse to die."
open.substack.com/pub/tnature/...
open.substack.com/pub/tnature/...
In defense of ideas with a long half life
Feed your brain what matters
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"Like building a stellar physical record collection, the surest way to craft a life that matters is to fill your mind with ideas that refuse to die."
open.substack.com/pub/tnature/...
open.substack.com/pub/tnature/...