I haven't seen my ants in a while... I know they must be in diapause but i miss them lots. come out soon my tiny daughters...
January 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I haven't seen my ants in a while... I know they must be in diapause but i miss them lots. come out soon my tiny daughters...
New research in #RESPhysEnt
TGFβRI modulates metabolic reprogramming via the aPKC-PEPCK axis during pupal #diapause in the cotton bollworm, #Helicoverpa armigera
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70025
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TGFβRI modulates metabolic reprogramming via the aPKC-PEPCK axis during pupal #diapause in the cotton bollworm, #Helicoverpa armigera
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70025
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January 2, 2026 at 9:02 AM
New research in #RESPhysEnt
TGFβRI modulates metabolic reprogramming via the aPKC-PEPCK axis during pupal #diapause in the cotton bollworm, #Helicoverpa armigera
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70025
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TGFβRI modulates metabolic reprogramming via the aPKC-PEPCK axis during pupal #diapause in the cotton bollworm, #Helicoverpa armigera
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70025
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I'm not sure. I know torpor is the more temporary version & diapause is a more longterm state with reduced metabolism & alertness.
January 2, 2026 at 6:02 AM
I'm not sure. I know torpor is the more temporary version & diapause is a more longterm state with reduced metabolism & alertness.
The Austrolebias affinis inhabits Uruguay's Negro River basin in temporary pools that dry annually. Eggs enter diapause in peat substrate, resisting months of drought until rains return. IUCN lists it vulnerable from agricultural habitat loss.
Austrolebias affinis | Tankably
Known as the Affinis Pearlfish, this carnivorous South American species is a fascinating but short-lived addition for aquarists with some experience.
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December 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The Austrolebias affinis inhabits Uruguay's Negro River basin in temporary pools that dry annually. Eggs enter diapause in peat substrate, resisting months of drought until rains return. IUCN lists it vulnerable from agricultural habitat loss.
My pet ants aren't very cold (though I do put them in a cooler place for winter) Diapause isn't as extreme as hibernation. An ant may have a small snack or groom her sisters. But mostly they rest.
Starting in the warm days of March they will wake up and begin a big push to increase their […]
Starting in the warm days of March they will wake up and begin a big push to increase their […]
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December 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My pet ants aren't very cold (though I do put them in a cooler place for winter) Diapause isn't as extreme as hibernation. An ant may have a small snack or groom her sisters. But mostly they rest.
Starting in the warm days of March they will wake up and begin a big push to increase their […]
Starting in the warm days of March they will wake up and begin a big push to increase their […]
embyonic diapause
This ability to suspend a pregnancy
This ability to suspend a pregnancy
December 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
embyonic diapause
This ability to suspend a pregnancy
This ability to suspend a pregnancy
Sometimes, when I’m explaining length of chilling-based winter diapause (hibernation) termination in the mosquitoes I study, I say, “I’m from the south - you can spend Christmas in a t-shirt and then it’ll be back to freezing the next week! And if a mosquito hatches in that warm week, they’re dead,”
Christmas 2025 - temperature anomalies across the contiguous United States 🔥
Map from www.karstenhaustein.com/climate
Map from www.karstenhaustein.com/climate
December 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sometimes, when I’m explaining length of chilling-based winter diapause (hibernation) termination in the mosquitoes I study, I say, “I’m from the south - you can spend Christmas in a t-shirt and then it’ll be back to freezing the next week! And if a mosquito hatches in that warm week, they’re dead,”
Thanks!! 😎 my first set of Semikolon sticky notes were their self-adhesive section divider tabs - my absolute go-tos for binders, books, etc.
December 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Thanks!! 😎 my first set of Semikolon sticky notes were their self-adhesive section divider tabs - my absolute go-tos for binders, books, etc.
December 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Happy winter solstice to you all.
Ever wondered where butterflies go in winter? Many species go into diapause, as a dormant egg, larva, pupa or adult.
📷 A brimstone, by Eberhard Pfeuffer & my friend’s baby.
Here’s a 🧵 about resting animals from our children’s story book, Winter Sleep…
Ever wondered where butterflies go in winter? Many species go into diapause, as a dormant egg, larva, pupa or adult.
📷 A brimstone, by Eberhard Pfeuffer & my friend’s baby.
Here’s a 🧵 about resting animals from our children’s story book, Winter Sleep…
December 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Happy winter solstice to you all.
Ever wondered where butterflies go in winter? Many species go into diapause, as a dormant egg, larva, pupa or adult.
📷 A brimstone, by Eberhard Pfeuffer & my friend’s baby.
Here’s a 🧵 about resting animals from our children’s story book, Winter Sleep…
Ever wondered where butterflies go in winter? Many species go into diapause, as a dormant egg, larva, pupa or adult.
📷 A brimstone, by Eberhard Pfeuffer & my friend’s baby.
Here’s a 🧵 about resting animals from our children’s story book, Winter Sleep…
Vor der Weihnachtspause ein letztes 🐟Buch: Move Like Water von Hannah Stowe. Seit her weiß ich, dass Seehunde ihre Schwangerschaft quasi pausieren können – diapause genannt. #Fischkanon #BookSky #BuchSky
December 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Vor der Weihnachtspause ein letztes 🐟Buch: Move Like Water von Hannah Stowe. Seit her weiß ich, dass Seehunde ihre Schwangerschaft quasi pausieren können – diapause genannt. #Fischkanon #BookSky #BuchSky
The Rockefeller University » Some mammals can hit pause on a pregnancy. Understanding how that happens could help us treat cancer.
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/358959/
The dome shaped colonies representing diapause-like mouse embryonic stem cells. (Credit: Tarakhovsky lab) Seals give birth only …
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/358959/
The dome shaped colonies representing diapause-like mouse embryonic stem cells. (Credit: Tarakhovsky lab) Seals give birth only …
The Rockefeller University » Some mammals can hit pause on a pregnancy. Understanding how that happens could help us treat cancer. - Australia News Beep
The dome shaped colonies representing diapause-like mouse embryonic stem cells. (Credit: Tarakhovsky lab)
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December 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Rockefeller University » Some mammals can hit pause on a pregnancy. Understanding how that happens could help us treat cancer.
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/358959/
The dome shaped colonies representing diapause-like mouse embryonic stem cells. (Credit: Tarakhovsky lab) Seals give birth only …
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/358959/
The dome shaped colonies representing diapause-like mouse embryonic stem cells. (Credit: Tarakhovsky lab) Seals give birth only …
The Rockefeller University » Some mammals can hit pause on a pregnancy. Understanding how that happens could help us treat cancer.
https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/192233/
The dome shaped colonies representing diapause-like mouse embryonic stem cells. (Credit: Tarakhovsky lab) Seals give birth only …
https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/192233/
The dome shaped colonies representing diapause-like mouse embryonic stem cells. (Credit: Tarakhovsky lab) Seals give birth only …
The Rockefeller University » Some mammals can hit pause on a pregnancy. Understanding how that happens could help us treat cancer. - New Zealand News Beep
The dome shaped colonies representing diapause-like mouse embryonic stem cells. (Credit: Tarakhovsky lab)
www.newsbeep.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Rockefeller University » Some mammals can hit pause on a pregnancy. Understanding how that happens could help us treat cancer.
https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/192233/
The dome shaped colonies representing diapause-like mouse embryonic stem cells. (Credit: Tarakhovsky lab) Seals give birth only …
https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/192233/
The dome shaped colonies representing diapause-like mouse embryonic stem cells. (Credit: Tarakhovsky lab) Seals give birth only …
1,268 and 636 males were regularly added over ~2-3 months. We collected embryos from diapause eggs, extracted DNA, and tested for paternal alleles. A few embryos carried genetic material from the males, showing that sexual reproduction had occurred, even though most reproduction remained asexual.
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
1,268 and 636 males were regularly added over ~2-3 months. We collected embryos from diapause eggs, extracted DNA, and tested for paternal alleles. A few embryos carried genetic material from the males, showing that sexual reproduction had occurred, even though most reproduction remained asexual.
We brought together sexual lineages (left part, produce diapause eggs after fertilization by males), and obligate parthenogenetic lineages (right part 'asexual', produce these eggs asexually).
December 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We brought together sexual lineages (left part, produce diapause eggs after fertilization by males), and obligate parthenogenetic lineages (right part 'asexual', produce these eggs asexually).
Also in Issue 22:
▪️5 Research highlights
▪️5 ‘People behind the paper’ interviews
▪️‘In preprints’ Perspective on eye development
▪️Spotlight on mammalian diapause
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
▪️5 Research highlights
▪️5 ‘People behind the paper’ interviews
▪️‘In preprints’ Perspective on eye development
▪️Spotlight on mammalian diapause
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Also in Issue 22:
▪️5 Research highlights
▪️5 ‘People behind the paper’ interviews
▪️‘In preprints’ Perspective on eye development
▪️Spotlight on mammalian diapause
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
▪️5 Research highlights
▪️5 ‘People behind the paper’ interviews
▪️‘In preprints’ Perspective on eye development
▪️Spotlight on mammalian diapause
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
Natives are not enough, NOT a 1-size fits all in climate warmed states… we also need drought tolerant non-natives *in varying colors and flower sizes (🦋 + hummers + 🦇…), Aug-Jan for ALL pollinators - no longer getting a winter rest - or getting bumped out of diapause on warm days… and starving. 🌱
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Natives are not enough, NOT a 1-size fits all in climate warmed states… we also need drought tolerant non-natives *in varying colors and flower sizes (🦋 + hummers + 🦇…), Aug-Jan for ALL pollinators - no longer getting a winter rest - or getting bumped out of diapause on warm days… and starving. 🌱
New insights into the anhydrobiotic role of trehalose biosynthesis and transport in Artemia franciscana diapause embryos royalsocietypublishing.org/rsob/article... | #OpenBiology #CellularBiology #DevelopmentalBiology
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
New insights into the anhydrobiotic role of trehalose biosynthesis and transport in Artemia franciscana diapause embryos royalsocietypublishing.org/rsob/article... | #OpenBiology #CellularBiology #DevelopmentalBiology
Random caterpillar awakened by the rainy forty degree night apparently, sandwiched between two spells of Arctic air from the collapsing polar vortex. Hopefully he or she will find a suitable spot to resume diapause (dormancy) before tomorrow's return of single digit wind chills.
#weatherandwildlife
#weatherandwildlife
December 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Random caterpillar awakened by the rainy forty degree night apparently, sandwiched between two spells of Arctic air from the collapsing polar vortex. Hopefully he or she will find a suitable spot to resume diapause (dormancy) before tomorrow's return of single digit wind chills.
#weatherandwildlife
#weatherandwildlife
Where do butterflies and other insects go when it gets cold? Many will migrate, hibernate, or enter a state of suspended development called diapause. Volunteer John Hibbard visited Laufenburg Ranch at the end of Nov. for probably the last time until spring, but was still able to find a few insects.
December 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Where do butterflies and other insects go when it gets cold? Many will migrate, hibernate, or enter a state of suspended development called diapause. Volunteer John Hibbard visited Laufenburg Ranch at the end of Nov. for probably the last time until spring, but was still able to find a few insects.