Brady Simmons
@bradysimmons.bsky.social
Ecologist of the urban persuasion
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A biologist researching raccoon-human interactions in Cozumel gets hassled by tourists if she wears work clothes that disrupt their vacation fantasy mindset, so she does her science in a bikini (this scenario sorely needs a human behaviorist observing the tourists observing her observing raccoons) 🦝
Why I Have to Conduct Raccoon Research in a Bikini #science #animals
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January 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM
A biologist researching raccoon-human interactions in Cozumel gets hassled by tourists if she wears work clothes that disrupt their vacation fantasy mindset, so she does her science in a bikini (this scenario sorely needs a human behaviorist observing the tourists observing her observing raccoons) 🦝
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January 17, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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Just a reminder that NOAA releases monthly desktop screens with calendars featuring deep-sea animals and its reminder right now that at least some in government are still wholesome oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/c...
Chimaera - NOAA Ocean Exploration
This cute chimaera was seen at a depth of 820 meters (2,690 feet) in the Stetson-Miami Terrace Deepwater Coral Habitat of Particular Concern off the coast of Florida during Dive 04 of the 2019 Southea...
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January 14, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Just a reminder that NOAA releases monthly desktop screens with calendars featuring deep-sea animals and its reminder right now that at least some in government are still wholesome oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/c...
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A Tunicate #Salp’s Last Supper. A swimming smorgasbord wrapped in glassy flesh #photography #UnderwaterPhotography
Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...
Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A Tunicate #Salp’s Last Supper. A swimming smorgasbord wrapped in glassy flesh #photography #UnderwaterPhotography
Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...
Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...
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Meanwhile in Infectious Diseases Clinic…
December 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Meanwhile in Infectious Diseases Clinic…
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Congratulations to the #AAG2026 Honorary Geographer, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social! She is recognized for her groundbreaking work at the intersection of the global economy, food systems, and food security.
Attendees can join the plenary on Friday, March 20. Learn more about Dr. Clapp: buff.ly/FHXVJHa
Attendees can join the plenary on Friday, March 20. Learn more about Dr. Clapp: buff.ly/FHXVJHa
December 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Congratulations to the #AAG2026 Honorary Geographer, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social! She is recognized for her groundbreaking work at the intersection of the global economy, food systems, and food security.
Attendees can join the plenary on Friday, March 20. Learn more about Dr. Clapp: buff.ly/FHXVJHa
Attendees can join the plenary on Friday, March 20. Learn more about Dr. Clapp: buff.ly/FHXVJHa
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🌲 Why do trees matter for birds? Let’s branch out!
📉 Forests support over 75% of all bird species — yet we lose millions of acres every year.
📈 It’s time to ROOT for trees — healthy forests mean healthy birds. We’ll LEAF it at that!
🌲More “TREEquently” asked questions:
bit.ly/4iv85te
📉 Forests support over 75% of all bird species — yet we lose millions of acres every year.
📈 It’s time to ROOT for trees — healthy forests mean healthy birds. We’ll LEAF it at that!
🌲More “TREEquently” asked questions:
bit.ly/4iv85te
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🌲 Why do trees matter for birds? Let’s branch out!
📉 Forests support over 75% of all bird species — yet we lose millions of acres every year.
📈 It’s time to ROOT for trees — healthy forests mean healthy birds. We’ll LEAF it at that!
🌲More “TREEquently” asked questions:
bit.ly/4iv85te
📉 Forests support over 75% of all bird species — yet we lose millions of acres every year.
📈 It’s time to ROOT for trees — healthy forests mean healthy birds. We’ll LEAF it at that!
🌲More “TREEquently” asked questions:
bit.ly/4iv85te
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Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
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We lost an ocean champion yesterday. Jean Beasley, 90, started North Carolina's first sea turtle hospital and saved over 1,500 turtles.
She was a school teacher with no other training. By the time she died, she had co-authored a half dozen veterinary science papers on sea turtle rehabilitation.
She was a school teacher with no other training. By the time she died, she had co-authored a half dozen veterinary science papers on sea turtle rehabilitation.
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
We lost an ocean champion yesterday. Jean Beasley, 90, started North Carolina's first sea turtle hospital and saved over 1,500 turtles.
She was a school teacher with no other training. By the time she died, she had co-authored a half dozen veterinary science papers on sea turtle rehabilitation.
She was a school teacher with no other training. By the time she died, she had co-authored a half dozen veterinary science papers on sea turtle rehabilitation.
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Huzzah! After a lot of work, I'm happy to share that the results of my first chapter have been published and are available for your perusal. In this paper, I was interested in understanding how characteristics of urban environments influence the diel activity of cats academic.oup.com/jue/article/...
Housing proximity and vegetation cover affect diel activity patterns of domestic cats (Felis catus) in regionally protected shorelines
Abstract. Free-roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) are among the most impactful non-native species globally, causing the extinction of 63 endemic vertebrat
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December 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Huzzah! After a lot of work, I'm happy to share that the results of my first chapter have been published and are available for your perusal. In this paper, I was interested in understanding how characteristics of urban environments influence the diel activity of cats academic.oup.com/jue/article/...
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Coming to the end of your studies and thinking about career options? We've got another exciting ECR talk lined up, this time on #Seabird Careers 🦢💼
📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online
Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀
📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online
Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀
![Two people wearing coloured coats, sitting on a cliff overlooking the sea. They are using binoculars to watch birds in the distance. [Photo: Danni Thompson]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wvb4iczed4vztwh6wsn5fsb2/bafkreic7uzxotmlxo2s2bq2q7zmod45jchkupz3ohzmspzmz3ro7zc72w4@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Coming to the end of your studies and thinking about career options? We've got another exciting ECR talk lined up, this time on #Seabird Careers 🦢💼
📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online
Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀
📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online
Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀
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If you run across a gen A.I. slop 🤖💩 diagram in an academic journal, I’d love to know about it! Please fill out this form:
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Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.
#AcademicChatter
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Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.
#AcademicChatter
Slop graphics in academic journals
Use this form to share graphics (e.g., figures, covers, graphical abstracts) made using generative A.I. that have appeared in academic journals.
The plan is to compile these slop graphics in an ope...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If you run across a gen A.I. slop 🤖💩 diagram in an academic journal, I’d love to know about it! Please fill out this form:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.
#AcademicChatter
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Slop in journals is illuminating about journals’ quality control. And journals would like you to forget their mistakes.
#AcademicChatter
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Very happy to be part of and to see this review on #Oniscidea (woodlice, terrestrial #Isopoda) published in @soilorganismsj.bsky.social .
Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this! 🎊
Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
Have data? SHARE THEM!
#OniscidBase
Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this! 🎊
Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
Have data? SHARE THEM!
#OniscidBase
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Very happy to be part of and to see this review on #Oniscidea (woodlice, terrestrial #Isopoda) published in @soilorganismsj.bsky.social .
Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this! 🎊
Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
Have data? SHARE THEM!
#OniscidBase
Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this! 🎊
Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
Have data? SHARE THEM!
#OniscidBase
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Even your older nature photos can help scientists today! As long as you know when and where you took the photos, you can post your nature sightings on iNaturalist anytime — and they'll still contribute to science and conservation. Got anything in your camera roll to share? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Even your older nature photos can help scientists today! As long as you know when and where you took the photos, you can post your nature sightings on iNaturalist anytime — and they'll still contribute to science and conservation. Got anything in your camera roll to share? 👀
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A #Skydiver Appears to Fall from the #Sun in a Stunning Image
#photography #Icarus Credit: Andrew McCarthy
Link for more: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/andr...
#photography #Icarus Credit: Andrew McCarthy
Link for more: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/andr...
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A #Skydiver Appears to Fall from the #Sun in a Stunning Image
#photography #Icarus Credit: Andrew McCarthy
Link for more: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/andr...
#photography #Icarus Credit: Andrew McCarthy
Link for more: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/andr...
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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Deep-sea mining plumes could starve life in Pacific’s Twilight Zone
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Deep-sea mining plumes could starve life in Pacific’s Twilight Zone - Oceanographic
Researchers warn that murky plumes from Pacific deep-sea mining may replace vital food particles, threatening life from plankton to tuna.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Deep-sea mining plumes could starve life in Pacific’s Twilight Zone
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/deep-se...
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/deep-se...
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The #FindThatLizard Scholarship is accepting applications until 12/10.
We fund girls, women, and gender non conforming persons pursuing herpetology🦎🐍🐸🐢
I can’t wait to read your application! earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...
We fund girls, women, and gender non conforming persons pursuing herpetology🦎🐍🐸🐢
I can’t wait to read your application! earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The #FindThatLizard Scholarship is accepting applications until 12/10.
We fund girls, women, and gender non conforming persons pursuing herpetology🦎🐍🐸🐢
I can’t wait to read your application! earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...
We fund girls, women, and gender non conforming persons pursuing herpetology🦎🐍🐸🐢
I can’t wait to read your application! earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...
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Scaling back DEI isn’t just a moral setback—it’s a loss of innovation.
Bhalla, Trejo & @marymunson4.bsky.social in Nature Cell Biology: limiting who can participate in science “weakens research capacity and stifles discovery.”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Bhalla, Trejo & @marymunson4.bsky.social in Nature Cell Biology: limiting who can participate in science “weakens research capacity and stifles discovery.”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Scaling back DEI isn’t just a moral setback—it’s a loss of innovation.
Bhalla, Trejo & @marymunson4.bsky.social in Nature Cell Biology: limiting who can participate in science “weakens research capacity and stifles discovery.”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Bhalla, Trejo & @marymunson4.bsky.social in Nature Cell Biology: limiting who can participate in science “weakens research capacity and stifles discovery.”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Chrysometa chuchaqui is a new species of long-jawed orbweaver that was described earlier this year by Pedro Peñaherrera Romero. They are found in the cloud forests of Ecuador. #arachtober
October 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Chrysometa chuchaqui is a new species of long-jawed orbweaver that was described earlier this year by Pedro Peñaherrera Romero. They are found in the cloud forests of Ecuador. #arachtober
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Irish artist, based in New York, Katie Holten created a New York City Tree Alphabet, each letter of the Latin alphabet is assigned a drawing of a tree from the NYC Parks #womensart
October 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Irish artist, based in New York, Katie Holten created a New York City Tree Alphabet, each letter of the Latin alphabet is assigned a drawing of a tree from the NYC Parks #womensart
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Some spiders can fly! OK, not really fly, but spiders in the genus Selenops are able to glide. If they fall from a tree top they are able to steer and even right themselves in order to make their way back to a tree trunk. #Arachtober
(Selenops sp.) Yasuni National Park, Ecuador 2018
(Selenops sp.) Yasuni National Park, Ecuador 2018
October 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Some spiders can fly! OK, not really fly, but spiders in the genus Selenops are able to glide. If they fall from a tree top they are able to steer and even right themselves in order to make their way back to a tree trunk. #Arachtober
(Selenops sp.) Yasuni National Park, Ecuador 2018
(Selenops sp.) Yasuni National Park, Ecuador 2018
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New in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com: our review of the influence of #seabirds, via their nutrient transfer, on islands & adjacent marine ecosystems 🐦🏝️🪸
We highlight knowledge gaps & future directions ✨
"The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people": doi.org/10.1038/s443...
We highlight knowledge gaps & future directions ✨
"The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people": doi.org/10.1038/s443...
October 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
New in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com: our review of the influence of #seabirds, via their nutrient transfer, on islands & adjacent marine ecosystems 🐦🏝️🪸
We highlight knowledge gaps & future directions ✨
"The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people": doi.org/10.1038/s443...
We highlight knowledge gaps & future directions ✨
"The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people": doi.org/10.1038/s443...
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Bumble bees like to be mysterious about their homes, but we’ve got all the hidden facts for you! Join us on this #BugBanterPodcast to discover what these bees are up to when they leave your flowers!🏡🐝
Audio & transcript 📻 xerces.org/bug-banter/s...
Video w/ captions 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAJE...
Audio & transcript 📻 xerces.org/bug-banter/s...
Video w/ captions 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAJE...
The Secret Lives of Bumble Bees: Nesting and Overwintering | Bug Banter Podcast
We’ve all heard the familiar buzz of a bumble bee. Their fuzzy bodies fly around looking for pollen and nectar. But where do bumble bees nest? Where do they spend the winter? And how can we support th...
xerces.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Bumble bees like to be mysterious about their homes, but we’ve got all the hidden facts for you! Join us on this #BugBanterPodcast to discover what these bees are up to when they leave your flowers!🏡🐝
Audio & transcript 📻 xerces.org/bug-banter/s...
Video w/ captions 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAJE...
Audio & transcript 📻 xerces.org/bug-banter/s...
Video w/ captions 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAJE...