Zaphillia Yost (they/he)

BA in Marine Biology @FLSouthern • 3.9 GPA with Honors • Aspiring marine science educator • LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍🌈⚧️

[Rosemary Mosco (Bird And Moon Comics) @RosemaryMosco]

Moth season is here. These are the types of moths.

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

stranger: is this snake poisonous?

us: nah fam,

stranger: *picks up snake, gets bitten, starts foaming at the mouth*

us: it’s venomous tho

[Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources @waDNR]

If he:

-Changes his entire look for you
-Travels 1,900 miles upstream to chase you
-Procreates and dies
-Replenishes an entire ecosystem with his carcass

He's not your valentine, he's a Chinook salmon

[Monterey Bay Aquarium @MontereyAq]

It’s time to roll out the facts!

Roly-polies and giant isopods are related—they represent two of the estimated 10,000 species of isopods, a group of crustaceans. Isopods have compound eyes, two pairs of antennae, four sets of jaws, and a body with seven segments.

[Ocean Conservancy @OurOcean]

In case you've never seen a Blue Dragon sea slug (Glaucus atlanticus) before... here you go 🌀🐛🌀

https://t.co/Zj0Q1k0Yks

[Shedd Aquarium @shedd_aquarium]

Meet one of our newest Shedd residents, the eastern indigo snake, Indy, short for indigo. 🐍

[Shedd Research @SheddResearch]

Catching up with conservation-related news & we want to share this @aaas piece from December about the consideration for listing Queen #conch under the ESA. Proud that Dr. Kough from @SheddResearch is quoted. https://t.co/gGYmtbdsxJ

[Sara Siwiecki (she/her) @SASiwiecki]

I was so extremely happy to see a talk about accessibility in field research at #SICB2023!! Thanks so much @bendybiologist for such an informative and powerful talk. This made me feel so seen as a disabled scientist - hope to see more chats like this in the future. 😊🫶

[Ocean Conservancy @OurOcean]

We're here to walk you through the myriad of reasons to love these slithery ocean critters!

Also, a motion to name any and all of them Liz. 🦎
Because of course.

https://t.co/eti0TyGttp

[Zaphillia Yost (they/he) @oceaniczaph]

So incredibly excited that I was able toq get a copy of @kyra_ricci 's graphic novel after attending her talk on using them to increase engagement with biology lessons in elementary classrooms! Seriously this graphic novel is so cute and full of awesome biology information!

[Jon Freeman @freemanjb]

🚨SIGN-ON: NSF is refusing to move forward with collecting LGBTQ+ data on its national STEM workforce surveys to ensure the equity of LGBTQ+ scientists. It has made its final decision.

Please sign this open letter to the NSF Director and share widely! https://t.co/vDVIlnZUmX

[Zaphillia Yost (they/he) @oceaniczaph]

@k_podkovyroff @PlantRoleModels I also LOVED this talk! As a queer/trans person in biology it's so exciting to see more conversations about how to make biology more inclusive ❤️🏳️‍🌈

[Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D @SarahMackAttack]

In a talk about “reef safe” sunscreen.

Apparently one of the common ingredients in mineral sunscreen, titanium oxide, is toxic to humans, so any aerosolized spray sunscreen with that as the active ingredient is unsafe for humans. Bummer.

Abigail Tarleton investigated further.

[Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D @SarahMackAttack]

The fashion at this conference (society for integrative and comparative biology aka #SICB2023) is stupendous. Everybody’s got their finest crab shirts, lobster skirts, eel button ups, and shark sweaters on. Wishing I had more cute squid outfits.