Sara Lewis
@silent_sparks
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once loved twitter, but I’ve now moved on. Come join me @Threads ✨💚 https://t.co/kt6cJtYaBi #fireflies #SciComm #wonder
Boston, MA
Joined September 2015
Gosh I’ve loved @Twitter for #scicomm & #AcademicTwitter. But I guess it’s time to move along. If you love #fireflymagic, come find me 🔜 ✨💚🙏!
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373 Followers • 0 Threads • Follow me into the world of fireflies & other natural magic ✨ | Coral reefs 🐠 | Wonder 🦋 | @TuftsBiology professor emerita 🔬 | @IUCNFireflies 💚. See the latest...
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Excellent thread that's worth your time! We also recommend following @IUCNFireflies and @silent_sparks to learn more about firefly conservation.
Where did all the fireflies glow? We hear it in our comments - hey, why don't I see that many lightning bugs anymore? The simple answer is, because there aren't as many as there used to be. But why? Before we answer that, you need to know how this beetle starts out life. 🧵
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Know someone who loves #fireflies? Consider this #insect gift option, available at your favorite independent https://t.co/ZXtqstwrhx...
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Because fireflies are toxic, lots of other insects have evolved ways to look like them!
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#Fireflies as a “gateway bug” for conservation? Artists are exploring ways to boost firefly #conservation as many species decline. #LightningBugs aren’t the only #insects that could benefit. A PNAS Science and Culture piece: https://t.co/Rqe2GmQeJz
#ClimateChange #SciComm #SciArt
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The orchid mantis is a spectacular beauty with legs and abdomen resembling the petals of an orchid (see comments). Interestingly, we don't usually see them in proximity to any orchids.
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Magical video of fireflies lighting up a rural Pennsylvania field at dusk captured by video artist Diana Lehr. https://t.co/lN6ppEytKC
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I really enjoyed seeing @BucknellU Professor Sarah Lower (@seslower), #biology, and the students who assist her in her research on #fireflies featured in this story in @TheAtlantic.
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Growing tourism could be a gift or a curse for lightning bugs.
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Did you know newly dead corals can lose significant amounts of calcium carbonate? In this new study led by @FRAME5_7 published in @CommsBio @NaturePortfolio, we found losses of up to 40% one year following mortality. https://t.co/93Z8Sagi36
I am excited to share our latest #OpenAccesspaper in @CommsBio @NaturePortfolioon how newly deceased corals experience rapid carbonate loss and the consequences to reef integrity #SCTLD with @LAlvarezFilip Paper: https://t.co/on8jljrCtm A thread🧵
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Strong work protecting these amazing #fireflies by the México team of @IUCNFireflies 🇲🇽✨💚!! #tourism
#conservation
#entomology
@IUCNssc @IUCNSULi @ProtectSpecies @xercessociety @CONANP_mx
https://t.co/gGKkBSYOGl
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The International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, has asked the Mexican government to take steps to lessen the harm done by tourists to a threatened firefly species in which males blink...
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Morpho butterflies are amazing. This is one of my favorites, Morpho cypris. Striking metallic blue iridescence! The wings actually don’t have blue pigment, it’s made from scale structure and way the light reflects! Specimens in the #McGuireCenter at @UF @FloridaMuseum
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Working together to keeping the #FireflyMagic alive! @IUCNssc @IUCNFireflies @ProtectSpecies @xercessociety @Buzz_dont_tweet @IDADarkSky
#TimesEvoke | ‘From its enzymes to its role in the food chain, the little #firefly is a big part of the cycle of #life’ @IUCNFireflies, @silent_sparks @Tufts_Biology
#nature #biodiversity
https://t.co/Mylfh4JpC0
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#TimesEvoke | ‘From its enzymes to its role in the food chain, the little #firefly is a big part of the cycle of #life’ #nature #biodiversity @IUCNFireflies @silent_sparks @Tufts_Biology
https://t.co/Mylfh4JpC0
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Fireflies have some of the coolest larvae! Lampyris sp. larva from Lagodekhi protected area, Georgia.
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… right here ✨💚✨💚✨💚 @xercessociety @IUCNFireflies @IUCNssc @CONANP_mx
#luciernagas
#insects
#conservation
#mexico
#español 2/2 https://t.co/mU41hPff1y
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Fantastic piece by @MJ_Coren about #shiftingbaselines. For more on those vanishing #fireflies, you’ll def want to watch @cisteilperez’s TEDx talk…. 1/2 https://t.co/A1BsKPZpZo
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Accepting climate-related disasters as the new normal will make it harder to restore the environment back to health.
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Well we all knew hogfish were fearlesss (they eat spiny urchins) but now even their skin is cool
This fish has “skin sight” that’s unlike any other animal known to use the same tactic to protect itself
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