Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️

Hi, I'm Brooke (she/her)! I'm a recent PhD graduate with research interests in sexual selection, mate choice, host-parasite interactions (especially those involving host sex), and animal behavior. I'm looking for a postdoc position! I also create short-form videos and I'm a photographer and artist.

Here is your Halloween inspiration: Decorator Crabs. #LetsChangeThat

SPOOKY SEASON IS UPON US! Meet the Sea Spiders. #LetsChangeThat

The thing about RFK Jr is that he’s not just a eugenicist who peddles extreme and dangerous anti-science, anti-vaccine conspiracy theories that cause suffering, pain, and death, but he’s also a vile racist piece of s**t

How it has felt to look at the venting tab on ecoevojobs lately

Duke Biology has two faculty positions we're searching for: 1) Assistant Professor in Cellular and Molecular Systems 2) Assistant Professor of the Practice with a focus on Ecology. See here the following link for more details and how to apply: biology.duke.edu/about-us/jobs

various local catfish #fish #ichthyology #art #digitalart #marinebio

Update: Montana will also be cutting coverage of care for trans youth in accordance with Trump's rule. Like Colorado, the tapering period doesn't apply to puberty blockers. Interestingly, this also confirms that Montana Medicaid restarted coverage of gender-affirming care for adults at some point.

Do Oarfish really signal doom? #LetsChangeThat

If anyone knows a lab willing to karyotype a salmonid with their horrible little extra whole genome duplication, point me their way please! 🧪 I’d love to conclusively know how many chromosomes ciscoes have

Exciting news! We here at the LSU Museum of Natural Science @lsumns.bsky.social and Dept. of Biological Sciences are looking for Curator and Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Paleobiology! Come work with us! We are fun, supportive and active! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/jo...

Wake up babe new shark just dropped

JOB ALERT: UNC Bio is hiring 2 tenure track assistant profs doing molecular, cell, and dev bio. The search is intentionally broad, so please share widely and spread the word! Find more information and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325... Application review begins Nov 1.

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

Reposting because all of my jobs have always come from someone in my network referring me or knowing someone who needs a science communicator 🤞

I am way behind on the times; I only now found out about @oceanfilly.bsky.social's paper on neurodiversity in biosciences, or specifically, about the lived experiences of neurodivergent biologists. 🧪 Link: https://academic.oup.com/icb/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/icb/icag109/8725764​

📣🎓 Open #PhD Position (3.5 years) 🎓📣 Want to come work with me on culture and social bonds in apes? 🐵 Apply to join my new group in the @livingingroups.bsky.social at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social. Full job posting: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/131133/cultu... Deadline 📅 23 October 2026 Please share widely!

We will always share our publications with you! For free! And you might even ask questions!

How it feels to be an early career scientist right now

Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings... One of Grimalditeuthis bonplandi's tentacle clubs is like a little squid hand puppet. They will flap it around, and would-be predators will think they are getting a tasty squid snack, when they really are going to be a snack for a squid. #SQUIDtember

Bardolino, Italy 😍

Thanks so much @oceanfilly.bsky.social for spreading the word about our SICB Fine Art America account fineartamerica.com/profiles/sic... All profits go to student scholarships for SICB www.instagram.com/reel/DdKbQUb...

Oh yeah, I'm a MILF Man, I Love Fish

Had to do this super quickly haha 🔊 Sound On

This black dragonfish (Idiacanthus sp.) was spotted at 527 meters (1,729 feet) in Monterey Bay. Black dragonfish are built for life in the darkness of the deep ocean. Their ultra-black skin helps them stay camouflaged from prey like fishes and crustaceans. 🐉🖤⁠

ICB "We explored spatial variation in sex-biased #parasitism in #mangrove rivulus, an androdioecious #fish in which simultaneous hermaphrodites can facultatively transition to male." doi.org/10.1093/icb/... Fitzwater et al & subscribe @oceanfilly.bsky.social YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UCqg...

Getting a what’s app DM from a student who needs to interview a scientist and the assignment is due tomorrow? Whew. Not great folks. Letting kids loose unattended to dm random adults? No! Please no!!!

Time for a new school year, and with that, a lot of opportunities for people to introduce themselves. If you’re leading these intros, please include a chance to share pronouns. 14% of sign ups for my workshop use nonbinary pronouns, so you’ve probably got at least one in your group.

ICYMI: I am now on Cameo, and you can hire me to send the shark lover in your life a personalized video message with shark facts! www.southernfriedscience.com/want-to-wish...

Tenure Track job alert! We're hiring someone to teach Microbiology and Genetics! Know someone on the job market? Must have a PhD. Position is mostly teaching (65%) but research expected. Send them my way! Will have official ad details soon 🧪🦠🧬

One major issue with Ocean Ramsey's claim that "I help save sharks by showing people that sharks aren't scary" is that people thinking sharks are scary is not why sharks are threatened. We know this thanks to something called data and evidence. www.southernfriedscience.com/what-ocean-r...

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Yes, @subnautica.bsky.social 2 really is an underwater paradise (and sometimes hell), but always interesting. Marine Biologist @oceanfilly.bsky.social and I explore one of the coolest creatures in the new game, The Deepwing Brooder! Watch and listen on See Jurassic Right: youtu.be/6NMLFKF4PRM

A Marine biologist, the iconic Brooke Fitzwater aka @oceanfilly.bsky.social, plays @subnautica.bsky.social 2 and we geek out about all the cool lil guys in the oceans of Proteus on the latest See Jurassic Right. Watch on YouTube, listen wherever you get your podcasts. youtu.be/6NMLFKF4PRM

I had the urge to draw a watermelon nautilus 🍉 Lol

ICB - #Neurodivergent perceptions s12 blog "I had always felt like I was “different.” Sometimes, I even felt like I was “wrong.” It was only about halfway through my #PhD that I started realizing that I might be neurodivergent..." integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/s...