And it’s full of fish paintings! 😉 🐟 🎨 #sciart

The classification of ray-finned fishes monograph just dropped!

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I had a blast painting these gorgeous gobies. It’s fun to see them in action! Good luck with your defense Emily!

A great birthday present was the privilege to give a seminar yesterday on the taxonomy and classification of ray-finned fishes. The monograph that is the central piece of the talk comes out on April 18, 2024.
The presentation starts at the 2:00 mark.

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Eager to read more about natural chemicals from Noah Whiteman 's book, like this one shared in a recent seminar: tannic acid from oak tree galls—formed by wasps —which was the ink compound for drafting the Declaration of Independence!

New paper with some of my leaf paintings is out in Current Biology! It’s always such a pleasure to work with Hassan Salem and his collaborators. Congratulations! #sciart

The hardcover version of my new book Most Delicious Poison is on sale (21% off) on Amazon right now! Here is the link: tinyurl.com/m672a8ve

Thrilled to share our new paper in PLOS Biology! 🥳 Are you curious about biological #rhythms in #ecotoxicology ?

Discover why grasping the timing of life is key in understanding, predicting, and mitigating the ecological impacts of pollutants! 🕰☠

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I had so much fun painting anglerfish for this research. Lophiiformes is a cast of weird and wonderful characters!

Thrilled that Most Delicious Poison made Science Friday’s Picks for 2023! Nice to see it alongside so many titles I admire, from authors like Dr. Kate Clancy 🏳️‍🌈 (@KateClancy.bsky.social), Sabrina Imbler, Jonathan B. Losos, Lars Chittka and others. sciencefriday.com/articles/2023-… Little, Brown and Co Oneworld Publications Audible

Also 15% off at B &N today using code CYBER15: barnesandnoble.com/w/most-delicio…

Cooking yams this Thanksgiving? Need to change the conversation topic at the table? A chemical (diosgenin) from a 200 pound inedible yam was used to make the first birth control pill! Learn more in my new book Most Delicious Poison (hachettebookgroup.com/titles/noah-wh…). Image by Life Science Studios - Scientific Illustration.

Johnson et al. integrate theory with data on insects to reveal how multiple fitness components respond to climate variability across the insect life cycle, to better understand and anticipate the ecological consequence of climate change. Read now! journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

Did you know that smoking tobacco kills 8.7 million/year globally? Or that smokers in a British doctor study have 30-40% *lower* risk of Parkinson’s Disease? Or that its use as an insecticide was so widespread it showed up in tea? It begs the question, why does tobacco make it? 1

Biologists in China found that Russet Sparrows line their nests with wormwood, which keeps away pests like mites! Wormwood is also hung from doorways during the Dragon Boat Festival and is the source of the gold standard malaria drug artemisinin discovered by Dr. Tu Youyou! 1

Look at this beautiful opium poppy made by Life Science Studios - Scientific Illustration that appears in my new book! Did you know your own cells seem to make morphine? You can read more about it here: hachettebookgroup.com/titles/noah-wh…; and one of the papers on which this observation is based is here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0…

It’s publication day in the UK and Commonwealth for Most Delicious Poison! Oneworld Publications is my fantastic publisher across the pond. Enjoy 25 illustrations by Life Science Studios - Scientific Illustration as well. You can get your copy through your local bookstore or online: oneworld-publications.com/work/most-deli…. Note the monarch!

Why is a 50,000 year-old Neanderthal skeleton from Sidrón cave in Spain so special? He seems to have been treating himself with natural medicinals like the profen chamazulene from yarrow. I write about it in my new book, illustrated by Life Science Studios - Scientific Illustration: hachettebookgroup.com/titles/noah-wh…

Happy National Mushroom Day! It is time for some fun(gi) facts. Check out this image below by Life Science Studios - Scientific Illustration from my new book (tinyurl.com/59u5t79x). See how similar serotonin is to psilocin? Psilocin forms after psilocybin is consumed, producing the psychedelic effect.../1

Just a reminder, you can learn *even more* stuff about coffee (and tea! And chocolate! and yerba-maté!) in my new book that will come out on October 24. Many options for preordering here and you can also preorder from your local bookstore: hachettebookgroup.com/titles/noah-wh…