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Yes, Nature is transgender too! Between fish, fluidity and finding myself as a trans marine biologist

June 18, 2026
Yes, Nature is transgender too! Between fish, fluidity and finding myself as a trans marine biologist
In the author's words: "an action shot of myself in my happy place." Photo credit: Edith Franz

The journey to a Ph.D. is never smooth sailing, plenty who have dared to tackle it will agree. But what if this strenuous, maybe even torturous, endeavor is the easiest part of your life? Welcome to my journey, which I am calling “Transitioning during your PhD”. Let’s start with a quick backstory. My doctoral journey started in 2024 and I was early in my transition. I came out to my friends and fa ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Bristlecone pines, some of Earth’s oldest living life forms

September 3, 2018
Imaggeo on Mondays: Bristlecone pines, some of Earth’s oldest living life forms
A thousands of years Old Beauty. Credit: Raphael Knevels (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

About 5,000 years ago, the ancient city Troy was founded, Stonehenge was under construction, and in the rugged Sierra Nevada mountain range, groves of bristlecone pine seedlings began to take root. Many of these pines are still alive today, making them the world’s oldest known living non-clonal life forms. Raphael Knevels, a PhD student from the Friedrich-Schiller-University’s Department of Geogra ...[Read More]