(and big thanks to the awesome sea slug enthusiasts who helped us ID them and explained their crazy symbiosis)
tim brown
super cool development in our understanding of co-extinction
Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.
Ectoparasites of electric eels are like buses - you wait your whole life for one and suddenly two turn up in a year!
(dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/10/dolo...)
What's cooler than a sea slug? A SOLAR POWERED SEA SLUG!!!
Elysia viridis are kleptoplasts, retaining chloroplasts from the algae they consume and using them for photosynthesis.
These two specimens were found in the rockpools at Filey, on a shore search survey with @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
My first article is out in Climate and Development (and it's Open Access)! Based on data collection with one Malawian village, I examine how to build fairer and effective toolkits for community-based loss and damage assessments in post-disaster contexts.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Alex Wild
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New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
Catriona Flesher
Two dance flies (Empis tessellata) in a hedgerow. The male hangs by his front legs as he copulates with a female who is feeding on a nuptial gift (a bibionid fly) he has caught and offered her as a prelude to mating...I watched the whole event..transfixed!
🌊 Parasites are not always bad! In blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), trematode infection can buffer acute heat stress, linked to increased heat shock protein expression. A surprising twist on host-parasite interactions under warming conditions
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What if the most influential organisms on Earth are the ones we rarely see?
Parasite Tales at the Dead Zoo Lab uncovers the hidden world of parasitic worms-revealing their role in biodiversity, evolution & health.
Discover the science of the unseen: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
