Here's just one example of a wonderful workshop to be offered by @billurbektas.bsky.social and colleagues during @biogeography.bsky.social conference. Do not miss this opportunity to learn from the experts in the field!

Are you planning on coming to @biogeography.bsky.social conference in Aarhus in January, 2026? Consider signing up for one of several great workshops being offered.

Deadlines for travel awards to TIBS 2026 biannual meeting in Aarhus have been extended till Oct 31. If you're an early-career researcher, consider applying!

Just a week left to register for this month's Funk lecture. This time we will hear from Dr. Brett Scheffers. Register and tune in!

Don't forget to register for this month's Funk lecture! Click here to learn more: www.biogeography.org/news/news/oc...

This is extortion. Faculty, students, staff, alumni across the country need to get to their Presidents & Trustees today. Just say no. This blackmail only works if most everyone folds. Capitulation now means the end of American higher education for a generation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

I am filled with so much love and gratitude that I cannot grieve. Dr. Goodall worked tirelessly in her gentle, hopeful way for a better world for all life on Earth. She has laid down her field notebook for the last time; now it is for us to fill with wonder, joy, and connection, into infinity.

🪶 If you are able, you donate here: birdpop.org/pages/do... We lost roughly $1 million in funding without warning. Projects cancelled included all of our bird monitoring work for the National Park Service & projects w/ the Bureau of Land Management on Gunnison's Sage-Grouse, Pinyon Jays & more. 1/4

A reminder that @biogeography.bsky.social will host Dr. Brian McGill for Funk lecture this Wednesday! Be there or be square!

Do not miss this month's Funk lecture by Dr. Brian McGill! Coming up on Sep 24. Sign up below.

More coverage of the scathing review by more than 80 scientists of the report from the DOE's climate working group. It's biased, cherry picked, and written with a scientifically unsupported agenda. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Abstract submission for @biogeography.bsky.social biannual conference in Aarhus has been extended till Sep 8. Join us for 5 days of all things biogeography! conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...

Ohh, killing two birds with one stone. I like it!

Abstract submission is due Sep 1. You don’t want to miss this opportunity!

Abstract submission deadline for the @biogeography.bsky.social conference in Aarhus is a couple weeks away. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn the latest research on all things biogeography. Hope to see you there!

Those of us in STEM must vocally affirm that the humanities are our allies, and no department is expendable. Arguing we can survive by cutting whole disciplines isn’t just inhumane, it’s nonsensical. The humanities tell us why we’re here in the first place, and what to do about it! This isn’t hard!

Reymond did a great job presenting his work on functional distinctiveness at the ESA 2025.

The 12th Biannual Conference of @biogeography.bsky.social is coming to the beautiful city of Aarhus, Denmark in January 2026! Abstract submissions are now open until Sept 1. Attendance is capped at 400—submit early to secure your spot! More details below. conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...

🌿 PhD Opportunity in Biodiversity Sciences 🌿 Join our lab to explore the processes shaping biodiversity across space and time. Competitive stipend, flexible project design, and membership in the vibrant @qcbs.ca network. Montreal | Concordia | MSc/PhD Details: bit.ly/3UCmDMB

A reminder that this month's Funk lecture is upon us! Tune in for Mario Moura's talk on Wednesday. Register below.

🧪 UPDATE: All 63 House appropriators will meet **this Thursday** about science funding levels. They'll deliberate on the proposed multi-billion dollar cut to NSF's budget ($9.0B --> $7.0B). If you think that's bad for our country, here's who to call: appropriations.house.gov/about/member...

Frontiers of Biogeography (the flagship journal of @biogeography.bsky.social, now with an impact factor!) has recently published some cool papers. Check them out and consider publishing your work in our journal.

I am so late to this, but welcome Liz to EEOB and Ohio State! We cannot wait to have you.

Mark your calendars for the next Funk lecture! Dr. Mario Moura will speak about biodiversity shortfalls and ways to fill the gaps! You don't want to miss this.

Exciting news! Our society journal has been included in the Clarivate Journal Citation Report for the first time, with an impact factor of 2.5! It's an excellent option for fully open access publication of biogeographical research! biogeography.pensoft.net

Great opportunity in a great lab!

The species richness of European dragonflies and damselflies is influenced by current climate, following the known balance between water and energy, and the availability of freshwater habitats, but also by climatic conditions during the last ice age. #NICED @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social 🧪🌐 👇

Help us record firefly flashes! 👇🙏

This is absolutely appalling. The civil servants at the NSF deserve so much better.

"Institutions must support transgender and gender nonconforming and other marginalized scientists by securing their safety and privacy; their access to legal aid and health care; and their opportunities in education, employment, and society," argues a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/4kQCMtr

Frontiers of Biogeography, @biogeography.bsky.social journal, has for the first time been included in the Clarivate Journal Citation Report, with an impact factor of 2.5. It's an excellent option for fully open access publication of biogeographical research! biogeography.pensoft.net

Another @biogeography.bsky.social Funk lecture is upon us! Tune in this Wednesday for @ndimhypervol.bsky.social's talk on how SDMs can help address the Wallacean shortfall.

Last February, I led a proposal submission that encompassed six months, hundreds of hours, four institutions, a massive team, and and 256 pages. NSF just informed us that the entire Biology Integration Institute program was archived and our proposal would not even be reviewed. With a form email.

🚨 The #EndangeredSpeciesAct is under threat. A proposed rule would strip habitat protections by redefining harm and weakening one of the most effective #conservation laws in U.S. history. Read the op-ed by Point Blue’s Rose Snyder & Liz Chamberlin @thehill.com 🔗 shorturl.at/2JffK 🌎🧪🦑🌐🦉 #savetheESA

“The University of Michigan is using private, undercover investigators to surveil pro-Palestinian campus groups, including trailing them on and off campus, furtively recording them and eavesdropping on their conversations, the Guardian has learned”

Check out this cool work from @andrebellve.bsky.social

ESA Action Alert: Contact your senators to advocate to fund science agencies and programs – Ecotone | News and Views on Ecological Science esa.org/esablog/2025...

1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride. So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels. They opened the drawbridge to block them. So they marched to a different bridge. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Every day I think the people appointed to top government positions can't possibly be any more incompetent — and every day I'm proven wrong. wtaf.

What the actual f*ck??

Reminder to register for this super cool @biogeography.bsky.social Funk lecture by @jacquelyngill.bsky.social next week!

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

For the first time in nearly 30 years, the EPA under Trump failed to release the U.S.’s annual greenhouse gas emissions report. So a nonprofit did it instead. Facts don’t disappear just because the government refuses to print them. Read their findings below ⬇️ www.cbsnews.com/news/greenho...

As the Trump administration fires government researchers, cancels scientific grants, and targets universities with funding freezes, scientists who might once have welcomed public attention for their work or spoken up on issues affecting their field are instead opting for silence. scim.ag/4jLxA9E

duh!

If you are a person who cares about the future of science in the US, please take actions this week to #SaveNSF. @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social are leading a week of action - here is a Media Support Tool from the societies docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧪🧑‍🔬🧬🖥️🦑

🧪 What the f is going on with NSF right now??? 🚨🚨🚨 There's been so many NSF updates within the past 48 hours that it's hard to keep track. It feels like an onslaught. It *is* an onslaught. But it's still vital to remain focused, organized, and strategic. So here's my recap of past 48 hours...

NEW: Starting May 5, NSF will implement an across-the-board 15% indirect cost rate (mirroring policies at DOE, NIH) Also, NSF staff expect 341 additional terminations today, bringing the total number of terminations to ~1,380.

Our messages are not getting outside our bubbles. Been telling a US citizen about the assault on science and the NIH since January. Sent this article today. Response was "What is NSF?"

New study finds where birds are declining most. High trend resolution data reveals complexity of bird population changes. “This is the first time we’ve had fine-scale information on population changes across such broad spatial extents and across entire ranges of species,” said Dr. Amanda Rodewald.