💡 What if monitoring wildlife was automatic and could even differentiate among species? New research in @StacksJournal.bsky.social shows a novel idea: using the rate of temperature change in den boxes to track martens, fishers, and even sometimes squirrels. 🌍🧪🦊 A 🧵 #WildlifeConservation

Kudos to Pepper for her hunting skills & her contribution to science, and if you find a dead animal you should always see if your county or other local scientists are looking for study subjects, but also JUST KEEP YOUR CATS THE FUCK INSIDE. gizmodo.com/florida-cat-...

NEW! 🎉 We need wildlife disease surveillance to predict epidemics, but data sharing is rare - we found that only 2-3% of studies share raw data. So, we spent three years developing a data standard and R package to help get wildlife disease data into FAIR repositories. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If we choose not to act, Or fail to adapt, Then suffer we will. #ShowYourStripes

It's like evil Gifford Pinchot drew a map. That's a lot of national forest land in the Lower 48 and a massive amount of BLM land in Alaska. Some of the best public lands we have will be available for purchase, but not by people like you or me. Thanks to @wilderness.org for pulling this together.

Quick. Somebody tell Trump that the best way to own Elon is to restore all research grants and double NSF funding.

Check out our new paper in #BioScience!!! If COVID taught us anything, we very much need to be doubling down on our scientific structure and not regressing, and we need to improve collaborative networks that transcend geopolitical boundaries. #naturalhistory #collectionsareessential

Really wish people would stop talking about the problem with Science under Trump as “budget cuts”. No. Budgets are set deliberatively by elected members of congress. Budgets haven’t been cut. What’s happening are *purges* and *censorship*.

#2025MMM GORG

Are you wondering how many educators have signed up for 2025 March Mammal Madness resources? #2025MMM

We need to break down the silos between addressing climate change, biodiversity loss, and human suffering. Fortunately, the solutions are often complementary -- and we can sometimes find "win-win-win" opportunities to address all three. More from Project Drawdown: drawdown.org/insights/we-...

I don’t care what Colossal or Beth Shapiro are trying to sell you. Woolly mammoths are extinct and not coming back. De-extinction is an unethical vanity grift that cannot deliver on its promises.

Imagine DOGE opens your mail and finds your household electric bill. To eliminate this cost, they burn your house down without warning. Then they total up the bills that, as a homeless person, you will never again pay. On its website, DOGE boasts about the money it has saved you.

Stopping deforestation is one of the largest and most effective climate solutions. It can reduce global emissions by ~10-12%, equivalent to the entire U.S. economy. It could be a powerful "emergency brake" on climate. So why aren't we paying more attention to it? drawdown.org/insights/how...

Close your eyes. Take deep breaths. Slowly inhale through your nose, and exhale through your mouth. With each breath, imagine the face of someone you love, or a place you hold sacred. They are why we do this. Recommit yourself to the work. May we be strong. May we be steadfast. May we never forget.

Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…

A challenging time for American science. apple.news/An8MD0FhpQ8S...

This is why I get so angry about anticipatory compliance. So many of these EOs are being overturned. This is good news, and it means our advocacy is making a difference! Keep it up!

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

Forty-seven scientific societies have signed a letter organized by the @ucsusa.bsky.social urging Congress to protect federally funded research and federal scientists: www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...

Good framing from AOC www.npr.org/transcripts/...

New EO to promote timber production on FS and BLM-with FWS implications related to the Endangered Species Act and NEPA.. (b) Within 60 days…the FWS…shall complete a strategy on USFS and BLM forest management projects under section 7 of the ESA to improve the speed of approving forestry projects.

But idiots think we’ll have a thriving human population on Mars 😂. Ecology… www.abc.net.au/news/science...

It’s not even in dispute & very clear in data. Racist federal housing finance policies in the 1930s+ [redlining] combined with continued disinvestment, made communities of color disproportionately have more concrete & less green infrastructure, which make them hotter. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Tracking DOGE/Trump firings at National Parks: www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...

A call for the United States to continue investing in science 🌐🌾 🧪https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00648-25

Some examples of research USGS does that is at risk with RIFs and restructuring: - earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings - landslide risk assessments - water quality testing - wildlife conservation - wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation - invasive species tracking

Please read—this is becoming serious!

Just saying.

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com

This is a worth a read. And Lincoln Larson is a good source for any reporters covering the impacts of cuts to the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, and other land management agencies. 🧪 cnr.ncsu.edu/news/2025/02...

"The parks are institutional bulwarks of the left in the sense that they offer a sense of possibility of how much better life could be with resources collectively managed." defector.com/what-are-pub...

There are 43 CRUs across the US. Their mission is to conduct research, train & educate graduate students, & provide technical assist. to cooperators (like state F&W agencies). They’ve already lost scientists to initial layoffs. Their complete loss would be devastating to conservation & education.

It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week! Did you know that domestic cats are among the world's most harmful invasive species? You can help keep your cat and other animals safe by keeping your #CatsIndoors. #NISAW

This well-referenced page includes personal stories from those terminated, with links to share your story. Congressman Ro Khanna and the House Science Committee are surveying the impact of these cuts.

The #2025MMM Bracket is LIVE!! We have a Player Portal for EVERYONE! We have a Learner Portal w/ pages for College, High School, Middle School, & K-5 students! We have an Educators Portal with those sweet sweet curricula materials! youtu.be/1QKQN1YC6zw?... libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...

Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

This is a very bad idea. Cutting methane emissions is a key “emergency brake” to help stop climate change. Plus, it improves air quality and improves energy security and safety.

EDUCATOR SIGN-UP: All MMMaterials are freely available for all, but educators who sign-up through the form, you will get extra context & guidance (and any necessary patches/communiques) for successfully stewarding #2025MMM with your learners: forms.gle/PciZp9bzTnAM...

If DOGE wants to cut actual government waste, are they going to cut subsides to fossil fuels, Big Ag, and military contractors too? I’ll just wait…

If you support any of this, you’re honestly just a terrible person. People’s lives are being upended and destroyed. For every 1% increase in unemployment, 40,000 people die—yet some are celebrating.

Late rut time means horny horny Tule Elk bulls. This was taken in September in the Carrizo Plains for Snapshot USA 🦊🧪📷

#Hawaii HB 364 is critical to "turning off the tap" on the #cat overpopulation crisis. It would require sterilization of all pet cats (with exceptions) and provide support resources. This bill will be heard in the JHA Committee on Feb. 12. Take action today! act.abcbirds.org/a/take-actio...

First paper from my postdoc is out in #EcologicalMonographs w/ @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social! We looked at patterns of summer co-occurrence among 5 predators at 3 time scales to assess how competition, prey, & habitat affected predator distributions in north Idaho, USA. dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... It takes a village. Or about 300 coauthors 📸 🦌

With the Arctic blast sweeping across the U.S., now is a great time to transition that outdoor cat to a happy indoor cat! #CatsIndoors

It's a complex and emotional issue, but in the absence of population regulation by predators, kangaroos in some regions need to be culled in order to avoid overgrazing, harm to ecosystems, and mass starvation events. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I am recruiting two funded graduate students (1 MS, 1 PhD) to join the lab and the Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences program at Oregon State University! If you are into population ecology and a combination of fieldwork and modeling - then check this out! Please share/repost widely!

I thought I knew a lot about raccoons, then I got this footage. Had to bring in @mikecove.bsky.social to help me figure it out. youtu.be/7-3c-VrYf1g?...