ALT A two-panel composite image. The top panel shows Owen Jones teaching in a Vanderbilt Law School classroom, wearing a blue suit and pink tie, holding a book open while gesturing to students seated in front of him. A whiteboard behind him shows notes including the phrases "S.O.F. Does Apply" and "S.O.F. Applies, And Is." The Vanderbilt logo is visible on the wooden lectern. The bottom panel is a branded graphic featuring two photos of Jones — one outdoors in a blue checked shirt with a conference lanyard, photo credit to Matt Ferry — alongside bold text reading "Owen Jones" and "Force of Nature: Applications of Natural Selection to Other Fields." The ESI Vanderbilt logo and the National Center for Science Education logo appear at the bottom left, with a small image of dairy cows in the lower right corner.

ALT A composite image featuring close-up photograph of wild carrot (Daucus carota) flower heads — the characteristic flat-topped clusters of small white flowers — set against a lush green meadow background. A small reddish-brown beetle is visible resting on the center of the lower flower head. Inset in the upper right corner is a black and white photograph of Dave McCauley working at a laboratory bench, holding a pipette and surrounded by scientific equipment and supplies, wearing a plaid shirt and glasses.

ALT A dramatic collage on a black background featuring the word "CHAOS" in large heavy metal-style white lettering in the upper left corner. Large 3D-rendered teal bacteria cells dominate the center of the image. Three researchers are composited into the scene: Megan Behringer stands on the left in a rust-colored blouse and white pants; William McLaughlin stands in the center foreground smiling, wearing a brown sweater and glasses; and Owen Hale sits in the lower right at a table covered with scientific models and educational materials, wearing a dark cap and navy shirt. A real photograph of a red bacterial culture plate is visible in the upper right corner.

ALT A cartoon illustration of a tardigrade (water bear) wearing a black gas mask with glowing green lenses and a green radiation symbol on the filter canister. The tardigrade's characteristic segmented, chubby gray body and small clawed legs are visible. The background is a deep space scene with swirling purple, pink, and blue nebula clouds and stars.

ALT A decorative collage-style graphic with "COEVOD" in large bold letters across the top against a tan background with torn paper edges and pink floral accents. Three portrait photos of the 2026-2027 CoEvoD Fellows are arranged across the image. Claire Cheng, wearing a red top, appears as the largest photo on the right. Maria Elbon appears in a smaller framed photo in the upper left. Joshua Eis, wearing glasses and a dark shirt, appears in a smaller framed photo in the lower left. Gold squiggle decorative elements and scattered pink flowers frame the composition.

ALT A four-panel composite image. Top left: a museum specimen photograph of a yucca moth, Tegeticula corruptrix, displayed with wings spread, labeled in italic text below. Top right: a partial phylogenetic tree diagram labeled "Late cheaters" showing evolutionary relationships among yucca moth species across multiple U.S. states. Bottom left: a larger phylogenetic tree showing the full evolutionary history of yucca moths, with a cutout portrait of Olle Pellmyr — a bearded man wearing glasses — overlaid in the lower left corner. Bottom right: a photograph of a flowering Yucca filamentosa plant in full bloom against a gray building, labeled in italic text below.

ALT A four-panel composite image. Top left: a close-up nature photograph of a mottled brown toad camouflaged among twigs and leaf litter. Top right: two women in a laboratory setting — a younger woman with red hair wearing a blue top and blue gloves holding a small frog, and an older woman with white hair in a red cardigan smiling beside her, with white plastic containers holding frogs visible behind them. Bottom: two cartoon green frogs sit in a grassy wetland scene, both looking upward toward the laboratory photo above them, as if watching the researchers with anticipation.

ALT A large brown and white spotted octopus is shown in a vibrant underwater coral reef scene with numerous blue and yellow tropical fish swimming in the background. The octopus is wearing nine black graduation caps with gold tassels — one on its head and one on each of its eight arms — representing the central brain and the eight arm ganglia described in the post.

ALT The cover of Evolutionary Studies: The Magazine, Spring 2026. The background shows a gray, wintry aerial view of the Vanderbilt University campus with the iconic Kirkland Hall tower visible. A film strip across the middle contains four photos documenting Nashville's January 2026 ice storm, including iced-over trees, a white dog in snow, and ice-covered cars and buildings. A cutout photo of a smiling woman in a rust-colored blouse, identified as Megan Behringer, appears on the right with the caption "The Behringer Lab is Cruising!" The lower portion features a dark brown banner with a photo of Owen Jones pointing at the camera and a smaller portrait of Wenhan Zhu, with text announcing Jones' new book and welcoming Zhu to the ESI community. The ESI logo and "Evolution Rocks" appear in script across the center.

ALT A magazine page titled "Rollins-Smith Lab: Evolutionary Immunity in Action." The upper right shows a photo of two women in a laboratory setting, one younger woman in a blue top an

ALT A 3D microscopy-style rendering of large blue rod-shaped bacteria fills the background against a deep blue field. Two illustrated bacteriophage viruses — with green icosahedral heads, cylindrical bodies, and spider-like legs — are shown attached to the surface of the bacteria. In the lower right corner, a colorized vintage portrait of Max Delbruck shows a young man in a tan suit jacket smiling slightly.

ALT Six members of the Zhu Lab pose together in their research laboratory at Vanderbilt University. The group stands in front of shelving units stocked with laboratory supplies, equipment, and cardboard boxes. From left to right: a man wearing glasses and a gray vest, a woman with long blonde hair in a brown cardigan, a woman with dark curly hair in a beige sweater, a tall man with a beard in a tan and white color-block shirt, a woman with long blonde hair in a black top, and a man wearing glasses and a baseball cap with a graphic t-shirt. Laboratory benches with colorful sample tubes, pipettes, and equipment are visible on the right side of the image.

ALT A pale, elongated Antarctic icefish swims through a muted blue underwater scene with rocky coral substrate visible in the background. Cartoon ice cubes are scattered around the edges of the image. A small illustrated protein structure diagram showing alpha helices and beta sheets is overlaid on the body of the fish, representing the rhodopsin visual protein central to the research.

ALT A large great white shark is shown swimming underwater in clear blue ocean water, with a school of smaller fish visible in the background. Four different species of trees — two conifers and two broadleaf trees — are composited along the top edge of the image as if sitting at the water's surface. The shark has a cartoon white goatee beard drawn on its chin, implying age and wisdom.

ALT Promotional graphic for Biodiversity Day and Doctors by Nature event on November 5th, 4:00-6:00pm at the Adventure Science Center, featuring four cute cartoon animals — a frog, a pig, a dog, and a cat — wearing lab coats and stethoscopes, set against a lush green forest background, with the ESI and Vanderbilt University logos in the upper left corner.

ALT Colorized portrait of mathematician Nils Aall Baricelli composited into a modern data center setting surrounded by server racks, with his name displayed in white text at the top.

ALT Smiling woman, text: award winning Lin Meng