New job alert! We're hiring a short-term technician from mid May to late August to survey birds and pests in lettuce fields across the California Central Coast. Housing provided, pay is $20-23. Check out the job ad to apply: karp.ucdavis.edu/join-the-lab/

🍒🪶Excited for our new article to come out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social We show that falcons attracted to orchards using nestboxes reduce food safety risks and crop damage from wild birds. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Excited to hype up this excellent paper led by Mia Lippey, finishing up her PhD at @ucdavis.bsky.social, and in collaboration with @beckyck.bsky.social, @dskarp.bsky.social + others, finding that once again in (agro)ecology "it depends". 👩‍🔬 🐞🪲🌍🌐🧪 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

Amazing morning tagging along for the salmon research on Putah Creek!

You may have heard that the UC decided to cancel the Presidential Postdoc program, a decision which lots of folks found incredibly short-sighted. But we just got an email from UC Pres Milliken that the fellowship program is back, baby! (at least for the time being, but hey, it's something)

If you're an undergrad looking for a great biodiversity/conservation field course, please check this out. Run by my buddy Jordan Karubian through Tulane U.

First time chasing a rare bird with the kiddo... a total success! (after a mild scare when a Sharp-shinned Hawk flew off with a bird in its talons that we thought was our Sagebrush Sparrow.)

The Bodega Marine Lab and @ucdavis.bsky.social were on @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social last night! 🎉 We’ll take "Ways to Make a Marine Scientist’s Day” for $1,000, please, and give a big shoutout to our @whiteabalone.bsky.social team! 📺: Season 42, E9434 - Week 10, Episode 49

New agroecology research in "Ecological Applications"👇

We showed that they vary even within the same genus doi.org/10.1111/1365... (shameless plug 😅)

Another really cool pest paper just came out in @esajournals.bsky.social! Led by Mia Lippey, we show how variable pest responses are to landscape context... even in the same cropping system! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Kiddo went all out on my birthday cake this year... With a little help from @rachaelabay.bsky.social :)

For 4 days I followed @ucdavis.bsky.social scientists into the High Sierra to learn secrets from a tree, a bird and a changing world. I came back with this story, a new @unfoldpodcast.bsky.social episode, tons of pics and even watercolors.🌲🪺 🎨 Enjoy! www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

The Brown and Stachowicz labs are looking for a postdoc for an NSF-funded project on the thermal dependence of disease in eelgrass! As a bonus you get to be based at the Bodega Marine Lab! Interested? Find out more here: brown-ecology.com/join-us/

Excited about this paper led by Katja Poveda & Heather Grab! We use SEM to show natural habitat at large scales improves biocontrol. But, locally, it can decrease yields, perhaps due to edge effects or areas of lower agronomic quality. Check it out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I heard rumors about this but devastating to see it happening.. “the PPFP faculty hiring incentive is sunsetting as of fall 2025” 💔 www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Ok #bird people- can anyone ID my daughter's Halloween costume? Hint the key is the feet and the tail... (Also this costume was 100 percent kid driven)

Time for an intro! Hi everyone, my name is Mike, and I recently started grad school in the Safford Lab at UC Davis where I’ll be working towards a PhD in the Grad Group in Ecology researching avian ecology for improved conservation efforts and ecosystem management, primarily in forested systems.

Congrats to the absolutely incredible @rachaelabay.bsky.social !!!

Eclipses fool birds into thinking it's morning! Congrats to @rosvall-lab.bsky.social for this amazing work! Total solar eclipse triggers dawn behavior in birds: Insights from acoustic recordings and community science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New paper out today led by Prof. @dskarp.bsky.social Marketing birds: The traits birdwatching tourism companies highlight in Costa Rican tour itineraries

Stoked to share our new paper, just out in @amornith.bsky.social, that explores the traits that predict which species that appear in Costa Rican bird itineraries! (open access link below, thread to follow) academic.oup.com/condor/advan...

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Alpine lakes among the dramatic peaks of Kings Canyon Nat'l Park grace Ecosphere's October cover. New research shows how introduced trout have impacts that ripple through the food web and reshape bird communities Browse the full #OpenAccess issue: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/21508925...

Yo #teamfish, major dream job alert!

Job Alert! Assistant Prof of Fish Ecology at @wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351

Come join our amazing department!!!!

NSF GRFP solicitation is finally up. Life Sci deadline extended to Nov 10 but 2nd year grad students no longer eligible www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

The amazing Karen Gallardo-Cruz is looking for a field technician to study Barn Owl responses to tractor noise! The position will be in Lodi, CA this spring/summer (mid-March to late-June). $20-23/hr and housing provided. Check out the job ad here: karp.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/u...

New paper 🚨 We studied drivers of birdwatching tourism globally using @teamebird.bsky.social data, bird distributions, and socioeconomic data. Published in @peopleandnature.bsky.social with @mhcneateclegg.bsky.social, @rswamper.bsky.social. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Ok bird people. The neighbors cat keeps hunting birds in our yard and just killed one (LEGO) right in front of the kiddo. Beyond nicely talking to the neighbor (which I've done), anyone have suggestions for best sprays, deterrents, etc? Thanks so much!

our paper on how light pollution affects bird vocal behavior is out today in Science!! w/ @brentpease.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Absolutely amazing afternoon in the Galapagos with the kiddo's favorite bird! Courtship displays, weird behaviors jockying for mates, and babies. Magical!

Analysis of data on 971 bird species in Colombia finds that near-national-scale losses of bird diversity greatly exceed losses recorded at the local scale, suggesting that extrapolations from local studies will severely underestimate biodiversity losses www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

Great morning out with Julian Tattoni helping out with his molt study in SF!

Amidst all the heaviness out there, so fun to share a wonderful story about our record-breaking big day a month ago! Thanks so much to Tiffany Dobbyn of @ucdavisnews.bsky.social for writing this! caes.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davi...

Anya Brown - @dranyabrown.bsky.social, marine scientist at @ucdavis.bsky.social & Nat Geo Explorer, studies how coral microbes shape reef resilience. “It’s the kind of thing that unites so much of life on Earth,” she says. 🌊🪸🐠 Read more in Nat Geo: www.nationalgeographic.com/impact/artic...

Fun day at the Cosumnes River MAPS station... Caught and got to handle my first Red-shouldered Hawk! (With all necessary permits and permissions)

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

How bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)

The goal is plainly and literally to cut the number of people involved in basic science in the US by 70%

Just absolutely devastating

@ucdavis.bsky.social faculty do so much important research! @dskarp.bsky.social #academicsky #ucdavisresearch #goaggies

Karp’s work helps farmers adopt win-win practices that support biodiversity, food safety and sustainable agriculture. Learn more about Karp's USDA-funded research, visit ucdavis.edu/labs-to-lives. #FromLabsToLives | #SaveResearch

At UC Davis, Daniel Karp leads studies on how we can protect wildlife while growing abundant, healthy safe food. His USDA-funded research shows that removing natural habitat from farmland—often done to reduce foodborne illness—can actually make things worse.

Thanks so much to @ucdavis.bsky.social for organizing the 'Labs To Lives' initiative, explaining the importance of federally funded research. I was thrilled to go on and talk about some of the federally funded work that has supported my lab: youtu.be/sw97KYR7JNE?...

Job alert: Ian Grettenberger and I are hiring a postdoc to work at UC Davis and study conservation biocontrol in CA lettuce. Apply by June 1, with a late summer or early winter start date. The job ad is here: dkarp.faculty.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/u.... Feel free re-post!

In these crazy times, I'm thrilled to share this paper, led and developed by the amazing Kees Hood (as an undergrad!), exploring interactions between birds and mistletoe in urban and seminatural environments. Check it out! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

What really gets me about the 'dire wolves' isn't whether or not we brought back an extinct species (we didn't). But that this is being spun as conservation. Scrolling down colossal.com, you see these screen grabs. In no world is de-extinction the solution to these issues!!!!!