Our synthesis and analysis of >400k US freshwater mussel records is finally published! Big ups to @thepopenjay and @PhishBiologist!. Article - Smithsonian Magazine - Web app -

NMNH is looking to contract a museum technician for up to 2 years to lead a project with USFWS to grow collections-based freshwater mussel genetic resources. See more info here - Gov contracting process can seem intimidating, please reach out w questions.

What do you want to know?.

RT @SIxDIGI: Thanks to @NMNH's Department of Invertebrate Zoology for a great #shellebration yesterday and all our partners who contributed….

sitting at my desk looking a three copies of a specimen. the physical specimen, a printed model, and a digital twin in augmented reality. what a time to be alive

happy "Boston Clam Jam" day to those who celebrate.

my new pb rubik’s cube time

can anyone make out the second and third lines on the label? id assume part of it is a location in eurasia #WhatTheShell

Over 280 3d models of freshwater mussels available at View them on all sorts of devices, in augmented reality, or print them - the world is your oyster! #ShellYeah

RT @mtanichthys: I am excited to announce our @NSF grant has been funded to study the evolution and diversification of N American minnows,….

RT @DNLumbantobing: Taxonomic revision of the Southeast Asian brook barb genus Poropuntius Smith, 1931 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) with descrip….

RT @SIxDIGI: We're grateful for the footage, expertise and of course, the puns! Many thanks to @USFWS for highlighting our recent collabor….

RT @USFWS: Native freshwater mussels are one shell of a friend. These "livers of the rivers" help to indicate healthy aquatic systems. @SIx….

We have captured 118,986 images of the Smithsonian's freshwater mussel collection! #ShellYeah Check out the video describing our project!.

RT @SIxDIGI: Check out a #MusselMonday feature on our collaboration with the Department of Invertebrate Zoology at @NMNH! The project will….

RT @mud_Iark: Great 2-year opportunity for someone interested in leading an effort to grow a centralized biorepository of freshwater mussel….

Great 2-year opportunity for someone interested in leading an effort to grow a centralized biorepository of freshwater mussel genetic materials. Candidate will work closely w USFWS partners to archive endangered and cultured freshwater mussels.

RT @FishInTheNews: #NewSpeciesAlert - Researchers publish a taxonomic revision of the Southeast Asian brook #barb genus #𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑢𝑠, with….

Amblema plicat

A first for me -- Barnacles attached to a freshwater mussel #unhinged