With affection to all #2026MMM appreciators!

Love the new trailer even though there are too many primates but was that Onychomys?? Obvs coming back for the That’s So Metal division! #NDmammals

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! #2026MMM (With a hat-tip to the Dropkick Murphys) The season's upon us, it's that time of year! Science & carnage, there's battles to cheer, there's twists to these plots and there's stings to be stung, there's research to do and plenty of fun!

Spent some time in #NDmammals lecture today discussing the recent #2026MMM divisions announcement and trash-talk started almost immediately @mmmletsgo.bsky.social

ICYMI : I spent an hour drinking beer and talking about the ecology of deer mice. #micematter #fieldecology #Peromyscus #smammals @ndfieldecology.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/CQtx4VP...

Excited to meet the folks at Science on Tap Minocqua to talk about mice of the Northwoods! The discussion will also be on YouTube; check the link for more info! #micematter #Peromyscus #populationeco www.scienceontapminocqua.org

Trying to focus on the good things… autumn trapping starts tonight, and I have to prepare for a science talk in a brewery

#MeetAMouse This deer mouse is 2631-2 who was captured in a trap with 2629-30. Upon release they both ran up the same tree to console each other on a rough night. Funny thing is, 2629-30 was captured each night but with a different companion each time. Social behavior? @ndfieldecology.bsky.social

Tonight’s #2025MMM soundtrack is Men at Work because overkill is what you get when there’s too much #carnage

#2025MMM #DivisionSameandDifferent #TeamSquirrel Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social #mammals #sciart

MMMemes #2025MMM

#2025MMM #WildCard #TeamSquirrel Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social #mammals #sciart

Thanks goodness I didn’t miss the #2025MMM wild card competition. My choice should be fairly clear from my username and past choices #RodentsRise #NDmammals

Since I’m not teaching #NDmammals this year plus the shitshow that is twitter rn, I was not super motivated to participate in #2025MMM. But thanks to a challenge from some former students …

Yes to this. My argument is: where would you put them? The response is usually: the Arctic! Which means thanks to human-caused climate change they’d just go extinct again as we warm up the tundra. If that’s not a waste of financial and intellectual resources I don’t know what is

And this doesn’t even consider the upcoming proposals to tax university endowments, which will kneecap both public and private universities

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...

In the struggle against ignorance, I fear ignorance is winning bc it has better PR

Some folks have asked, given recent news, “how do I show my friends/family the impact of NSF?” We have some easy Fact Sheets for you! Here’s a brief thread about this website: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... which hosts a ton of useful one-pagers.

As scientists, we must continue to support diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Most importantly, broadening participation in science is the right thing to do. In addition, numerous peer-reviewed pubs have shown that diverse teams are more productive and innovative. Diversity has benefits!

Me: Let me give ggplot a quick try Me (20 minutes later): This is the most beautiful graph I’ve ever seen

Fear and uncertainty dominated conversations this week among those doing NIH-funded research involving people who are transgender, gender fluid, nonbinary, or otherwise gender minorities. scim.ag/3Ce2Tto

This is a real problem that will limit creativity and productivity within the sciences. Without welcoming people with different backgrounds and experiences into STEM fields, how can we find innovative solutions to problems?

There is a trend within ecology to use remote sensing to test hypotheses at a large scale, but this study indicates how the devil is in the details. It is essential for ecologists to remember the sticky situations brought about by scale. #biodiversity #habitat wildlife.org/the-finer-si...

One benefit of being part of #GLUG at #NEONsci : collaborations I never would have imagined, putting so many pieces of a giant puzzle together