Andrew Rypel
@andrewrypel
School Director & Professor @auburnfisheries.bsky.social • 🧪 for Ecosystems, Fish, People & Ag • ✍️ at TangledNature.com
Do you have a place you've known so darn long, it's like an old friend? Mine is Crystal Lake in northwest Wisconsin. My newest essay is a little different. It's a reflection about my long relationship with the lake. I hope you can read it 👇 tnature.substack.com/p/crystal-la...
Teaser plots of ngram trends in various ag-related terms. Things are changing fast out there...
Some grow bigger than trucks. Others live longer than grandparents. A few appear like aliens from another planet. But giant fishes also expose some real truths about extinction, overharvest, and conservation in the modern world. 🐟🌊🦈 New Edge Effects Essay 👇 open.substack.com/pub/tnature/...
Ocean Sunfish Because it's awesome Source: digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4628d9...
Some of the most important things don't always fit neatly into our boxes tnature.substack.com/p/rejecting-...
Let's go! @solomonrdavid.bsky.social! tnature.substack.com/p/killing-th...
Special edition figure for all of you! This fig. is NOT in the blog (linked below), but was made with the primary data in the big Table. Where is your state on this figure? Any thoughts about that? Learn more in the post! 👉https://tnature.substack.com/p/killing-the-sponge
Been wanting to write this one for awhile! Conservation obsesses over rare species. But what about the common ones? Bluegill are the fish almost everyone knows & caught as a child. But, how much do we REALLY know? New long-form essay 👇 🎣 #InDefeseOfPanfish tnature.substack.com/p/behold-the...
Check out this 'Water Spirit' sculpture by Nicholas Mukomberanwa that I saw in the Atlanta Airport last week. Beautiful.
Many of life's potential opportunities resemble aspects of this situation!
Reminder that one of the nine North American sturgeon species is only found in Alabama. Sadly, that species is on the verge of complete extinction. It is definitely the most imperilled of all these sturgeons.
Many of us buy animal toys for kids, but have you considered the beaver?!
It was an interesting tidbit to learn that you could've gone to a Sacramento 'saloon' in the early 1800s and chased your bourbon with some thicktail chub! open.substack.com/pub/tnature/...
Academic leaders - I encourage you to pay close attention to perspectives like that below. If our life-changing field experiences/courses aren’t accessible, or affordable for those without means, we’re the ones gatekeeping. open.substack.com/pub/indoorou...
Is it me, or did the new LinkedIn thumbnail kind of rip off the Secchi Disc?!
Cool #FishArt spotted at the museum in Moundville @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Check out this beautiful Rough Green Snake we came across in our yard this morning. These #snakes eat insects and are impacted by pesticide applications that are probably killing off their food. Super camo in the grass and trees. Cool. 💚🐍
I've got a nice one coming out on the Tangled Nature Blog this Saturday. Preview thumbnail below. Catch up on the last blog and subscribe at this link: tnature.substack.com
Look at how pretty Sougahatchee Creek is. This is our local watershed in Auburn.