Bryan White, MS Bio, MPH 🧬

games.crvscience.com PhyloClade (Originally called Cat or Dog?) has been republished. Its a fun way to learn about evolution, phylogeny, and taxonomy. And train your brain 🧠 🧪🧬💻 #BioSky #SciSky #SciComm #Taxonomy #Biodiversity #ScienceEducation #ScienceGames #Biology #TreeOfLife #Games #Gaming

A newly identified fossil amphibian, measuring 737 millimetres in length and dating back around 237 million years, may have been fully adapted to life in the sea, according to a study in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/4iiWdep #Paleosky #evosky 🧪

So in a huge surprise to absolutely no one, it turns out that NIH director Jay Bhattacharya's new journal based on the premise of letting his friends and only his friends publish essentially whatever they want is full of crackpot nonsense from retired cranks.

If you don’t move…they can’t see you. 🦖 🕷️ 🐙 (maybe) 👀 🧪🐡 🎃 #SciArt #Dinosaurs #Spiders #Octopus #Cthulhu #Halloween #Spooky #GreetingCards #PostCards #HolidayGifts #ScienceGifts shop.crvscience.com

I found a folder full of unprocessed data from earlier this year. No idea why this was overlooked at the time, but here is the Splinter galaxy taken in May with my Edge 8". I haven't taken many deep sky images with this scope; something I must do more of. 🔭

🌊 Nearly all of the world’s coral reefs now Critically Endangered Coral reefs are one of the clearest indicators of the ocean’s health. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/nearly-...

"I shouldn't have done that." - claude

🌳 PhyloClade: Tree of Life Cnidaria + Ctenophora (Jellies) · Quick Sprint (30s) Score: 1580 pts (11 correct) 🔥 Best streak: 6 Play free at crvscience.com/games/phyloc...

playing with a figure for a pangenome paper. left, a random 500kb of the maize genome, with insertions above and deletions below the reference. insertions square-root scaled. right, a random 50kb segment with insertions shown at scale. the maize genome is a mess, folks!

There’s a frost advisory overnight Friday into Saturday morning. https://mrf.lu/2v8cP

Today's favourite fungi from the very rainy woods

🌳 PhyloClade: Tree of Life Reptilia (Reptiles) · Quick Sprint (30s) Score: 1865 pts (12 correct) 🔥 Best streak: 8 Play free at crvscience.com/games/phyloc...

🐾 RedList: IUCN Conservation Status — 10-Species Survey (Birds) 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩 Exact Status: 6/10 (60%) · Close (1-Tier Off): 4 Score: 1515 pts · 🔥 Best Streak: 6 Play free at games.crvscience.com

Birds

Golden Eagle (Hawks & Eagles)

🌳 PhyloClade: Tree of Life Deuterostomia: Echinodermata (Sea Stars & Allies) · Quick Sprint (30s) Score: 1160 pts (8 correct) 🔥 Best streak: 6 Play free at games.crvscience.com

Great piece by Tom Harris on cloud feedback The world's cloud cover is reducing, which makes the planet hotter This may be why Miocene Climatic Optimum temperatures were 7 - 8C up on pre-industrial for CO2 levels of just 400 - 600ppm Very, very, scary substack.com/home/post/p-...

Green elfcup #fungi

One of the best feelings in the world is sitting on the rocks at Lime Kiln, looking south, and seeing this. Today, it was doubly so! 👀🥰 #orcas #killerwhales #srkw #whalesky #jpod

This is not the news I wanted to read today. It is clear that the uncontrolled outbreak in the DRC is not tenable and we will continue to see imported cases outside of the DRC. Kenya and now Nigeria. This is a regional/ global emergency. www.wsls.com/health/2026/...

⚔️ PhyloVersus: Triplet Duel Outgroups found: 10/10 (100%) Score: 2875 pts 🔥 Best streak: 10 Play free at games.crvscience.com

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This owl was getting banded and tagged by the Rocky Point Bird Observatory. For the owl’s safety, he/she was wrapped up. These photos…🤣🦉. So cute.

A study in the South China Sea found that a deep-sea mining trial significantly disrupted the microbial ecosystem, altering nutrient cycling and energy flow. 🌊

🌳 PhyloClade: Tree of Life Ecdysozoa: Hexapoda (Insects) · Timed Rush (60s) Score: 4830 pts (27 correct) 🔥 Best streak: 20 Play free at games.crvscience.com

This is Andromeda! In roughly 4.5 billion light years, we will collide with it. It has around 1 trillion stars! This image was taken with a Seestar S30 and was processed in AstroWizard. I hope you enjoy! @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social #astronomy

AstroBin's Image of the Day: "Saturn - 6 years evolution" by Simon Labergere www.astrobin.com/6gwtq3/ #astrophotography

🌳 PhyloClade: Tree of Life Mammals: Eutheria (Placentals) · Quick Sprint (30s) Score: 2630 pts (16 correct) 🔥 Best streak: 8 Play free at games.crvscience.com

📅 Daily Challenge 2026-10-18: Clade Sprint Score: 9/10 (90%) • ⏱️ 53s 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟥🟩🟩 Play free at games.crvscience.com

#indiedev #indiegames #videogames #GameDev #mobilegames #webgames #BrainTraining #STEM #STEMgames #EduSky

What the heck is this?? It’s beautiful and I need to know! It was in my marine plankton sample this week. #marineplankton 🦑🔬

I mean. They are just so cute. 13th trip to the ice starts in two weeks and I simply cannot wait to see these amazing creatures again. 🧪🦑🌎🦉 (Photo taken under 2025 NZ AMLR permit)

Crescent Moon 11.2% Waxing Crescent Moon My favorite phase of the Moon #Nature 🔭 #Photography #Science #WitchSky #Photo #NightSky #Astronomy

Conditions are deteriorating rapidly in the Florida Panhandle as Hurricane Isaias' eyewall is imminent. Flooding has begun, most notably around Panama City. Many gusts in the 50-60mph range already. #Isaias #HurricaneIsaias

Spicy water

Hurricane Isaias strengthens into a Category 3 major hurricane with last-minute Gulf Coast evacuations underway https://cnn.it/4dqzHie

UPDATE: Isaias is now a major hurricane: 120 mph winds. Gulf Coast: finish preparations; follow local officials. Source: NOAA/NHC, Berg, Oct. 9, 8:20 a.m. EDT. Alerts: https://hurricanes.gov https://NewsCubby.com/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=isaias_major_20261009

Hurricane Isaias has shut in 1.28 million barrels per day of US Gulf oil, 62.89% of output, and 57.35% of Gulf gas. 121 of 371 manned platforms have been evacuated. A rather neat example of how dumb it is to double down on fossil fuels during a climate breakdown www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ancient yew and oak, growing side by side for probably centuries, their roots and crowns locked in a tight embrace. The magic of an Irish rainforest 🌍

Absolutely massive Caulophacus @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 969 #samplinggap #MarineLife

A lab worker’s death after a reported accident in Russia has raised concern for #plague. A reminder: As the US dismantles public health, we weaken our ability to detect and contain the next threat. Cutting surveillance doesn’t eliminate danger. It makes us slower to see it.

🌍 A super El Niño is becoming a global stress test — from fisheries and food security to wildfire risk and coral reefs. Three recent Nature pieces trace the same story: impacts are accelerating, preparedness matters, and ecosystems need every bit of resilience we can build. #ElNino #ClimateChange 🌐🧪

Maybe Galiteuthis (will report back is squid squad says something else) @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 962 #samplinggap #MarineLife