Science Magazine gets it wrong. 🧵

Our article is now available open access! Come learn what we learned about the last 50 years of invertebrate conservation under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. doi.org/10.3389/fcos...

Where are our weasels? Weasels are so sneaky – how would you know if their populations were stable or on the decline? To lure weasels in we did a test to figure out what their favorite food is, check out the result here. youtu.be/fKaPWv7YJIQ

I used to assume that iNaturalist observers were mainly interested in filling out their "life list," and so would be less likely to report species they'd already seen. When we looked into it, we found the opposite. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We have a cool new job that just opened up at the museum. Head of Conservation ($50-$88K) Be the champion for the conservation activities and the related messaging for the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. www.governmentjobs.com/careers/%7B0...

I gave an interview to the BBC at midnight while the #LAfires were raging outside and I couldn't sleep. Turned into one of the most thorough and well-researched articles on wildlife and wildfire I've had the pleasure of contributing to.

PhD Position in Movement Ecology of Forest Elephants Kays lab @ncstate.bsky.social and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences Starting Fall 2025 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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?...

Really good and easy to read article on 'that tiny, tiny, little fish', useful for language classes and more . . .

How are different facets of biodiversity changing? A new study looks across 2432 time series and 90 years finding no general trend in *functional diversity* of birds and mammals. By @karinorman.bsky.social @cboettig.bsky.social and Perry de Valpine onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

How do ecologists estimate occupancy in practice? https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.07402 #SDM

If you missed my talk but still want to learn how to make your R code more reproducible, my slides are here 🙂: daxkellie.quarto.pub/will-your-co... All the links to packages and resources I mentioned are there, so hopefully this can be a nice reference, too! #ESAus2024 #rstats #quartopub 🧪🌏

Thrilled to share "How do ecologists estimate occupancy in practice?" out now in @ecography.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/ecog... We highlight patterns, best practices, and outstanding questions in studies of wildlife "occupancy." Let me know what you think. 1/3

Really proud of this paper and the opportunity to work with the Stacks! I definitely recommend it for folks trying to break out of the toxic for-profit publishing groups.

We formed the Schmidt Center for Data Science & Environment 2 years ago to transform research into real change. On the eve of the likely final UN meeting on Global Plastics Treaty, our paper led by center RSE staff appears in Science (doi.org/10.1126/scie... ). But the real story is on the ground 🧵