How do large mammals 🦌🐺 respond to human presence 🥾 and infrastructure 🏕️ in protected areas? With a fantastic team of collaborators across the US, we set out to answer this question—turns out, it's complicated! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Herculean effort by @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social and our incredible NPS colleagues to explore variation in wildlife responses to recreation across our National Parks. Come for the COVID-19 lockdown data, stay for the typologies of animal responses to human activity.

Large variation in wildlife responses to COVID-19 shutdowns in US National Parks. We also include some conceptual graphics on how to think about sensitive vs. habituated animals some of which benefit from being around people and others do not. doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

The first paper from my postdoc is finally out! In collaboration with @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social and Amy Angert, we outline how behavioral plasticity influences animal species’ distributions and can improve our understanding of range shifts under climate change! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Registration now open for the 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Predator-Prey Interactions. The conference will be held in Lucca, Italy from January 25 - 30, 2026. I am co-Chair of the conference with Kaitlyn Gaynor. Please send me any questions. www.grc.org/predator-pre...

Have you ever cited or come across a mention of the 'human shield hypothesis' and wondered: what is the evidence for this hypothesis, and what is the quality of that evidence? Wonder no more! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New article on AI and ecology, featuring Gaynor Lab student Katie Grabowski's work in @gorongosapark.bsky.social and several friends from @abcglobalcenter.bsky.social! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

To my fellow Columbia alumni feeling similarly ashamed of our alma matter, sign on to this statement in defense of academic freedom and stay in the loop on future action: www.columbiaalumniforacademicfreedom.org

I am having a blast at the University of Toronto EEB #Atwood2025 colloquium! I've been inspired by the well-crafted, groundbreaking student talks and the thoughtful conversations about the practice of science. A huge honour to be here

Hello Bluesky! Good to see you all again! Job alert: I'm looking to recruit a postdoc interested in working at the interface of AI and wildlife ecology, supported by the AI for Biodiversity Change (ABC) Global Center. Apply by April 15, 2025. gaynorlab.weebly.com/join-us.html