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Learn about seed dispersal, enjoy a cash bar, free desserts, visit informational booths all at our FREE Dessert with Discussion event, Nov. 6. Doors open at 6:30. Register today!

Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath

Now seeking associate editors for 2026! AEs receive free membership in SSE and free registration to the annual Evolution meeting. Indicate your interest in this short form by September 30: forms.gle/JwAmeM4YV9Fv...

This just might be the coolest thing you see today. And without @npr.org, I may have never known it existed. Give it a spin, then check link in the comments for the backstory. #Queen #Zulu www.youtube.com/watch?v=gblj...

MSU Plant Bio is hiring a new herbarium director! Our herbarium is a wonderful resource on campus and I'm excited to have the opportunity to make it even better by bringing in a new director. Details here: plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

Nice! @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social

Sophie did do a lovely job! Dedicated to our late friend and co-author Steve Tonsor @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social @xavierpico.bsky.social @gbradburd.bsky.social @quercus62.bsky.social @avawobbles.bsky.social

@datanuggets.bsky.social origin and home base: @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social

Well deserved, congrats Christine! And you do have a great lab, almost as cool as mine @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social

Good. This is an honor roll.

“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

We're hiring a field research technician! This position involves work on the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER), Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) projects at KBS. Learn more and apply: careers.msu.edu/jobs/technic...

🌳Nature-based climate solutions such as conservation agriculture and forestry can partially offset the global warming caused by deforestation, while natural forest regeneration is capable of a complete offset @kbslter.bsky.social Read more here 👉: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Though our recent #NSF grant was terminated, the @datanuggets.bsky.social program still continues through support from the @kbslter.bsky.social and other sources! We're searching for future funding opportunities and will continue to help share authentic datasets and science stories with students!

Welcome to our first @kbslter.bsky.social Artist in Residence for summer 2025 - Mikayla Thompson! Mikayla is with us at @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social this week. Mikayla explores grief, love, and joy through her poetry depicting relationships between herself, her loved ones, and the natural world.

At @asn-amnat.bsky.social it now easy for faculty to buy a gift membership for a student. Go to the member subscription page: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/journals... select "Student Member Gift" - only $25/yr. Includes access to student research and travel grants, discounted registration & more

🧪 Attention those with terminated grants, including for NSF, NASA, EPA, NIH, etc: Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela... Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).

Congratulations to this year's Hamilton Award finalists! 🎉 Join us Thursday, May 29 to hear these outstanding student talks. See the full schedule on the meeting website: www.evolutionmeetings.org/program-over... @evolmtg.bsky.social

Fun event coming up in Kalamazoo this Saturday. KBS researchers Kadeem Gilbert, Alisha Shah and Lauren Sullivan will be among the local scientists featured. Join us for a kid-friendly morning of doing experiments and increasing our scientific literacy!

New Forbes story about the economic consequences of science cuts. www.forbes.com/sites/johndr... Thoughtful and thorough analysis. 1/n

Economists warn: Trump’s science cuts threaten the U.S. economy. Slashing funding for NIH, NSF, and NASA hurts every American. These cuts are killing jobs, stalling innovation, and shrinking our economic future. We all pay the price when science is defunded. www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...

We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international) We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc. Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Why is the U.S. National Science Foundation important? Please share your stories! Use the hashtags #WithoutNSF or #WithoutScience

The Second Annual Food Grade Grains Field Day to be hosted at @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social June 10th! During this event, we will discuss the agronomic, processing, and end user quality needs and considerations of various grains. The event will specifically highlight wheat, rye, barley, and dry beans.

Last week was a big one for our #prairiestrip collaboration w/ Michigan DNR! This experiment will test fundamental ecological questions and questions important to farmers adopting the conversation practice of adding prairie to their operations. More on our blog! lter.kbs.msu.edu/2025/04/coll...

Congratulations to KBS Faculty Member @nickhaddad.bsky.social!

Congratulations to my MSU colleagues Phil Robertson @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social @kbslter.bsky.social and Jack Liu on their election to the National Academy of Sciences. Well-deserved recognition of their many contributions to science www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...

Tiny bees that nest in old empty snail shells? Okay, come on. That's got to be something out of Beatrix Potter or Thumbelina, right? Nope! They are oh so very real, resourceful, and adorable. Nature never ceases to astonish. 📷 Müller et al jhr.pensoft.net/article/27704/

Pursuant to a recent vote of the joint meeting of the ASN's Executive Committee and Diversity Committee, I am happy to report that the ASN / AmNat have deactivated our account on X. If you are following us here, you’ve come to the right place! :-)

<Puts on @asn-amnat.bsky.social President's hat> It is my great pleasure to say that the American Society of Naturalists election results are in (and winners notified). Our future council will include: Jen Lau (President 2027) Martha Munoz (Vice President 2027) Stephen Proulx (Treasurer 2026-8)

One of the most valuable things that the American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social does is fund student research grants (a benefit of membership!). This year's set of ten Student Research Award recipients is just announced: (thread) (in random order)

Now there's a memorable stat! "Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined." wapo.st/3EvzMCI

Early bird discounted registration for Evolution ends TOMORROW (Tuesday, April 15).

Congratulations to our 2025 Huxley Award recipient, Dr. Elizabeth Schultheis, for her collection of education resources called Data Nuggets, created together with Dr. Melissa Kjelvik! Learn more here: www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @datanuggets.bsky.social

The early registration and talk submission deadlines have been extended for Evolution 2025! You now have until April 15th for early-bird rates and to submit your talk. The deadline to apply to volunteer has also been extended, to April 1st.

"Many, and perhaps most, members of our academic community do not understand [the benefits of publishing] in society-based journals ... compared with for-profit journals from companies like Springer Nature, Frontiers, Wiley, and Elsevier." 🧪 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Science funding is not government waste - see my opinion piece in the Lansing State Journal about why cuts to science funding are bad for Michigan. @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinio...

Every federal $1 spent on WHOISG creates nearly $6 in economic impacts that strengthen our #blueeconomy! 🌊💰 From training educators to supporting shellfish aquaculture to reducing flood insurance rates, a $1.3M federal investment in 2023 generated $7.6M. #seagrantimpacts @whoi.edu

Our paper is out, and it is distressing. Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Raise a test tube for the brilliant, courageous young scientists who organized today’s #standupforscience rallies. You are my heroes. Well done! @standupforscience.bsky.social 🧪

🦋 Butterflies in decline across the US New research finds 22% fewer butterflies since 2000, with 13x more species declining than increasing. 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #SciComm #Biodiversity 🧪

Today is International Women's Day 👭🧪🔭. With this video we hope to motivate girls to engage in scientific careers, please circulate/ Cette vidéo en français/anglais a vocation à être diffusée dans les classes 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKlT... #InternationalWomensDay2025 #JourneeDesDroitsDesFemmes

Rule #8: Present Support of Science as a Means to Meet National and Local Goals. www.aaas.org/news/top-ten...

A new study found that U.S. butterfly populations dropped by 22% in just 20 years. Dr. Elise Zipkin and Dr. @nickhaddad.bsky.social join us to discuss what’s causing the decline and whether we can do anything about it.

@asn-amnat.bsky.social is proud to be a signature on this letter and grateful to UCS for putting this together.

The evolution societies @sse-evolution.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social are cosigners on this letter to congress.