ABS Socials at the BRTC – All Things Halloween!! 🎃 🗓️ Friday, October 31, 2025 ⏰ 4:00 PM 📍 BRTC, 3380 University Dr E, Rm 128, College Station, TX 77845 #TAMUECCB #TAMUBRTC #Biodiversity #Halloween #Halloween2025 #SpookySeason

🍁 We had an amazing time at ECCB’s Fall Social! 🍁 A perfect afternoon at TAMU Gardens with good food, great company, and beautiful fall vibes. 🌿🍂 Thanks to everyone who joined us and made it special! 💛 #TAMUECCB #FallSocial #AggieCommunity #FallVibes

Howdy! We invite you to join us for another ABS Hour on Wednesday, October 8th, at 3 PM in WFES 119 or via Zoom. tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786 We hope you’ll join us! #TAMUECCB #research #education #ecology #conservation #phylogeography #landscapegenetics #wildlifeforensics

🌿 Exciting news! We welcome Dr. Eric Duell, Dr. Aaron Hogan & Dr. Antonio Rodrigues to @tamueccb.bsky.social, bringing expertise in plant-soil interactions, forest dynamics & evolutionary ecology. agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2025/10/03/n... #TAMUECCB #EcologicalScience #ConservationBiology

Howdy! Join us on Friday for this week's ECCB Seminar! 📅 Friday, October 3rd 📍 WFES 411 or Zoom: tamu.zoom.us/j/92751478457 🕛 12:00 - 1:00 PM #TAMUECCB #Seminar #Ecology #Conservation

Howdy! We invite you to join us for another ABS Hour on Wednesday, October 1st, at 3 PM in WFES 119 or via Zoom. tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786 We hope you’ll join us! #TAMUECCB #research #education #ecology #conservation #biodiversity #socialintegration

🪳 Want to learn all about lice? Check out Dr. Jessica E. Light’s (@jeclight.bsky.social) new paper on lice classification in Insect Systematics: Past, Present, and Future. This new publication should do the trick! 🔗 academic.oup.com/isd/article/... #TAMUECCB #InsectSystematics #Taxonomy #Lice

Howdy! Join us on Friday for this week's ECCB Seminar! 🗓️ Friday, September 26th 📍 WFES 411 or Zoom: tamu.zoom.us/j/92751478457 🕛 12:00 - 1:00 PM #TAMUECCB #Seminar #FireArms

Dr. Katy Gonder and Dr. Kevin Njabo represented Texas A&M ECCB at the Concordia Summit 2025 during #ClimateWeekNYC 🌍 Engaging with global leaders to advance evidence-based solutions for biodiversity conservation and climate resilience. #Concordia2025 #TAMUECCB #ConservationScience #ClimateAction

Howdy! We invite you to join us for another ABS Hour on Wednesday, September 24th, at 3 PM in WFES 119 or via Zoom. tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786 We hope you’ll join us! #TAMUECCB #research #education #ecology #conservation #biodiversity #Anthropogenic

🎉 Congrats to our award winners at the Texas A&M AgriLife College Connect! 👏 We celebrate their achievements and wish them continued success! 🔗 Full bulletin: agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2025/09/18/c... #TAMUECCB #AgriLife #BestAndBrightest #AggiesOfAGLS #CollegeConnect #Awards #Ceremony

🧬 New Publication Alert! Is the lined pocket mouse (Chaetodipus lineatus) really its own species? After decades of uncertainty, our research says: nope. 🔗 academic.oup.com/jmammal/adva... #TAMUECCB #Biodiversity #Conservation #Science #NaturalHistoryCollections

Howdy! Join us on Friday for this week's ECCB Seminar! 🗓️ Friday, September 19th 📍 WFES 411 or Zoom: tamu.zoom.us/j/92751478457 🕛 12:00 - 1:00 PM #TAMUECCB #Seminar #RemoteSensing #Technoecology

🌎 ABS Journal Issue 9 is live! 🌎 The new Perspectives issue shares inspiring stories on #biodiversity #conservation & the people–nature connection. 👉 Read the latest and past issues here: biodiversity.tamu.edu/communications/abs-journal #TAMU #TAMUECCB #AppliedBiodiversity #Perspectives

Howdy! We invite you to join us for another ABS Hour on Wednesday, September 17th, at 3 PM in WFES 119 or via Zoom. tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786 We hope you’ll join us! #TAMUECCB #research #education #ecology #conservation #biodiversity #climatechanges #humanactivity

Texas A&M ECCB is expanding access to biodiversity data 🌎 Through the Ranges Digitization Network, our mammal collections are now digitized to support research & conservation. Read more 👉 agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2025/09/11/t... #TAMUECCB #Biodiversity #ConservationScience #TAMU #DigitalCollections

Howdy! Join us on Friday for this week's ECCB Seminar! 📅 Friday, September 12th 📍 WFES 411 or Zoom: tamu.zoom.us/j/92751478457 🕛 12:00 - 1:00 PM #TAMUECCB #Seminar #Curator #Collections #MarineFishes

Howdy! We invite you to join us for another ABS Hour on Wednesday, September 10th, at 3 PM in WFES 119 or via Zoom. tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786 We hope you’ll join us! #TAMUECCB #research #education #ecology #conservation #biodiversity

Howdy! Join us on Friday for this week's ECCB Seminar! 📅 Friday, September 5th 📍 WFES 411 or Zoom: tamu.zoom.us/j/92751478457 🕛 12:00 - 1:00 PM #TAMUECCB #Seminar #ConservationTechnology #EmergingTools #MonitorBiodiversity

Howdy! We’re excited to announce that the Applied Biodiversity Science (ABS) program will be kicking off its Fall 2025 meetings, September 3rd, at 3 PM in WFES 119 or via Zoom. tamu.zoom.us/s/94385929786 We hope you’ll join us! #TAMUECCB #research #education #ecology #conservation #biodiversity

📸 ECCB #PhotoContest 2025 📸 Show us your perspective on #ecology, #conservation, and #campuslife through your lens! 🌿✨ eccb.tamu.edu/wild-perspec... Ready to share your best shot? Click the link and join now! #TAMUECCB #AgriLife #ConservationThroughLens

👏 We are proud to announce that Dr. Jacquelyn Grace has received The Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Award! 🏆 Congratulations, Dr. Grace! 🎓🌟 #TAMUECCB #TeachingExcellence #Award

🍂 The Fall Semester Seminar Series Begins! 🍂 Howdy! Join us on Friday for the first ECCB Seminar of the fall semester! 🗓️ Friday, August 29 📍 WFES 411 or Zoom (tamu.zoom.us/j/92751478457) 🕛 12:00 - 1:00 PM #TAMUECCB #Seminar #RiskAssessment

Howdy! #TAMUECCB is excited to announce the first defense of the new academic year: Katrina Keith’s dissertation defense, on Friday, August 29, at 9 AM in WFES 119 or Zoom. tamu.zoom.us/j/9337368140... We hope to see you there! #Ecology #Students #Thesis #ThesisDefense

🌟 Welcome Class of 2029 & new Graduate Students! 🌟 Kicked off #HowdyWeek with our ECCB Open House & Orientation. Here’s to a great year ahead. Gig ’em! 👍 #TAMUECCB #OpenHouse #Orientation #ClassOf2029 #GraduateStudents #AggieLife #GigEm

✨ Today we gathered for our New Faculty Orientation Reception at #TAMUECCB! It was a warm and welcoming afternoon, filled with new faces, conversations, and excitement for the semester ahead. 🌿💫 Welcome to our newest faculty—we’re so glad you’re here! 💚 #NewBeginnings

📢 Congrats to Dr. Jessica Light (@jeclight.bsky.social) on her new Zoological Journal paper! A decade-long international collaboration, presented at the International Louse Conference in France. 🔗 academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a... #TAMUECCB #Research #Biodiversity #InternationalCollaboration

Howdy! Join us for the ECCB #OpenHouse on Friday, Aug. 22! #Explore labs, view #research posters, meet student orgs, and learn more about #TAMUECCB. 👉 eccb.tamu.edu/new-student-... All are welcome — see you there! #Ecology #Conservation #Biology #Discover #Aggieland #Howdy #TAMU

🦏 Congrats to Dr. Craig Marianno & Jordan Hillis on their #wildlife #conservation work! Their Rhisotope Project was featured on PBS NewsHour. 📖 stories.tamu.edu/news/2024/07... www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmCr... #RhisotopeProject #RhinoConservation #PBSNewsHour #ScienceForWildlife #ResearchImpact

Join our upcoming webinar series to learn all about graduate study opportunities in the Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology (ECCB). Let your journey begin here. 🔗 Learn more: eccb.tamu.edu/explore-grad... #TAMUECCB #GraduatePrograms #Ecology #ConservationBiology #ExploreScience

When you call, and the chimps call back… 🐒🎤 Athanas at #GangahStation calls into the #forest — and the #chimpanzees respond. Captured today in #Cameroon and shared via #Starlink. 🎥 Sound on! #TAMUECCB #FieldworkMagic #CameroonWildlife #Conservation #Biodiversity #Wildlife #CameroonBiodiversity

Prof. Emeritus Dr. Thomas Lacher co-authored a new study revealing 10,000+ species are on the brink of extinction. Featured on @mongabay.com‬, the study urges urgent global action. news.mongabay.com/2025/07/more... #TAMUECCB #Biodiversity #Ecology #Conservation #BiodiversityCrisis #NatureReviews

🎉Congrats to ECCB PhD student Otshabile Bahetoleng & Dr. @amandastronza.bsky.social on receiving an #NSF #award Their #research explores how communities in Botswana’s #Kalahari Desert live with #lions through the ethic of Botho. 🤝Thanks to Cheetah Conservation Botswana for their support!

🌍 Congratulations to Dr. Jessica E. Light (@jeclight.bsky.social) for her active role at the 8th International Conference on Phthiraptera in Marseille, France! Details 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #TAMUECCB #Phthiraptera2025 #BiodiversityResearch #AcademicExcellence #GlobalScience

🌿New Article in @nature.com Reviews! Prof. Emeritus Thomas Lacher @tamu.bsky.social is lead author of "The status, threats and conservation of Critically Endangered species." www.nature.com/articles/s44... 👏Congrats to Prof. Lacher and team! #Biodiversity #NatureReviews #TAMU #TAMUECCB #Ecology

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Gary Voelker from our Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology on receiving the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for 2025–2026! 📖 Read more about the award: stories.tamu.edu/news/2025/06... #TAMU #TAMUECCB #FulbrightScholar #AcademicExcellence #Awards

Happy Father’s Day! 👔☕🌮 This week, we gathered over a special breakfast to celebrate all the amazing dads in our department and college community. It was a wonderful time filled with good food, great conversations, and lots of smiles. #TAMUECCB #FathersDay

🌿 A Legacy of Conservation in Cameroon Dive into an inspiring journey of resilience, leadership, and biodiversity conservation. 📖 Read the full story: bit.ly/agrilife-cam... #TAMUECCB #Conservation #WildlifeProtection #Cameroon #TexasAMAgriLife #Sustainability #EnvironmentalLeadership #Journey

🎉 We are excited to share that Moeka Ono, a PhD student in the ECCB, has a new article published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 🌳📚 Read it here: 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/for... Congrats, Moeka! 👏 #TAMUEECB #Research #ConservationBiology #Forestry #PhDResearch

🌿 A new Texas A&M AgriLife Research study with NASA aims to predict ecological tipping points in U.S. wetlands using satellite and weather data. 👉 agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2025/06/03/s... #TAMUECCB #WetlandConservation #EcologicalTippingPoints #AgriLife #NASA #EnvironmentalResearch #Sustainability

Howdy! The Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology invites you to Mei-Kuei Lu’s doctoral defense on Tuesday, June 10, at 10:00 AM CST in WFES 336 or via Zoom. (tamu.zoom.us/j/93492224437) We hope to see you there! #TAMUECCB #Ecology #Students #Thesis #Thesisdefense

Howdy! The Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology invites you to Hannah Bleth’s thesis defense on Monday, June 2, at 9:00 AM CST in WFES 411 or via Zoom. (us05web.zoom.us/j/82013885775) We hope to see you there! #TAMUECCB #Ecology #Students #Thesis #Thesisdefense

🌃💡 "No one wants a building that kills birds." We're honored to be part of the nationwide initiative to reduce light pollution and protect migratory birds. Together, we're making Texas skies safer for wildlife. 🔗Read the full story: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #LightsOutTexas #TAMUECCB

Howdy! The Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology invites you to Rose Blanchard’s PhD defense on Tuesday, May 27th, at 10:00 AM CST in WFES 411 or via Zoom. (tamu.zoom.us/j/95627099672) We hope to see you there! #TAMUECCB #Ecology #Students #Thesis #Thesisdefense

📣 We're proud to share that Dr. Hsiao-Hsuan (Rose) Wang is the editor of the first-ever Invasions Newsletter, led by IUCN SSC & global experts on invasive species. 🌿 👉 viewer.joomag.com/invasions-ne... #TAMUECCB #InvasiveSpecies #VegetationScience #Ecology #ConservationBiology

Happy Mother’s Day! 💞 We celebrated Mother’s Day early this Friday morning with sweet treats in our Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology. Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms in our department and everywhere! 🌸💐💞 #TAMUECCB #MothersDay #MothersDay2025 #AggieMoms

Congrats, Aggies! 🎓 Your hard work, dedication, and resilience have brought you to this incredible milestone. As you step into the next chapter, may you continue to inspire, lead, and shape a brighter future. We are so proud of you! ✨ #TAMUECCB #TAMU #AggieNetwork #TAMUgrad

New resource! 🐾 Understanding Animal Behaviour by Terry Ord from UNSW—a graphic novel exploring animal behavior, featuring our faculty member Jessica Yorzinski. 🌿 Great for students in bio, ecology & animal science. www.ordlab.unsw.edu.au/understandin... #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalScience

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. X. Ben Wu (Ecology & Conservation Biology) on receiving the Outstanding Mentoring Award from Texas A&M’s Graduate & Professional School! 🌟 We’re proud to celebrate Dr. Wu’s dedication and impact on student success. 👏 #TAMUECCB #AggieMentors #TAMUGrad #FacultyExcellence

🎓✨ Finals are here, Aggies! May the Force be with you as you conquer your exams. You've got this. 💪 BTHO Finals! Happy Star Wars Day & best of luck in your finals! 🚀📚 #TAMUECCB #MayTheForceBeWithYou #FinalsWeek #AggieStrong #StarWarsDay