1/ 🧵 I'm at #BOUasm25 A day at the museum to talk about using natural history collections to build inclusive community. Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research. However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research? #ornithology

🔈 #BOUasm25 KEYNOTE Sushma Reddy @sushred.bsky.social University of Minnesota, USA Using natural history collections to build community Submit your abstract: bou.org.uk/event/a-d...#BOUasm25 #ornithology 🪶

This is so cool! A fun guessing game using the #TreeOfLife metazooa.com

Birds named after people will get new names. Here's why & why it matters, with great insights from Drew Lanham, Kenn Kaufman, Judith Scarl @birdnames4birds.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird... by @meghanbartels.bsky.social

NHMLAC Associate Curator of Ornithology Dr. Allison Shultz has contributed her expertise to a new policy adopted by the American Ornithological Society to change the common names of bird species so they are no longer named after people: bit.ly/RnmgBrbs

The American Ornithological Society says it will alter the names of North American birds named after humans, starting with up to 80 of them. The group said it will prioritize birds whose names trace to enslavers, white supremacists and robbers of Indigenous graves.

I am so proud of @amornith.bsky.social, particularly the EBN committee and my fellow counselors and leadership for taking this brave and historic step toward inclusion in our field and for all users of bird names.

The WOS welcomes this news, and we're working on a full response that we'll post in the coming days.

I've been thinking a lot about the role of science social media lately, and finding out about this sort of news and other people's reactions to it is a great example of the value it has (at least for me). Bird names for birds!

I’m absolutely delighted with this decision, what wonderful news to see first-thing this morning! So grateful for the folks who have been pushing for more inclusive bird names, I can’t wait to see what we eventually call each species!!

what better first post on my new blue sky account than to share the awesome news about #BirdNames4Birds! Really proud of everyone leading this monumental change!

This is one the biggest and likely to be most far-reaching moves to make science more inclusive! I’m so proud of @amornith.bsky.social for taking this important step. #birdnames

Please support the great work they are doing at #BlackInNHMs gofund.me/00f57803

What does an NSF Program Director mean when they say "Send me a 1-pager"? Find out all about it in today's IOS blog post. iosblog.nsfbio.com/2023/10/17/n...