Behind the scenes at @mobotgarden.bsky.social WashU students toured the Oertli Hardy Plant Nursery with Dr. Matthew Albrecht to see how research meets conservation. Thanks to MOBOT for opening their doors (and greenhouses). 📸: Sean Garcia, WashU #WashU #InSTLforSTL #botanicalgardens

New look, same mission! 🌿🦋🌎 We’re proud to introduce our new logo. Our new logo celebrates the diversity of life and the power of collaboration. Together, we advance knowledge and conserve biodiversity—because sustaining life on Earth takes all of us.

Curiosity meets mentorship at LEC! With guidance from the LEC team, WashU undergrads can turn research ideas into discoveries—read about one student’s journey in WashU's Ampersand. 🔗https://artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/pigeons-st-louis-new-look-cosmopolitan-bird

🎉 New publication alert! Read the full article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 📸 Amazon-to-Andes elevational gradient, Peru (photo credit: Wake Forest News) #ManuscriptMonday #ClimateChange #TropicalForests #Amazon #Andes #Biodiversity #ForestResearch #GlobalChange

Learn about how Missouri Botanical Garden's Madagascar Programme is supporting both sustainable livelihoods and a healthy ecosystems. Read all about it in this article by The Guardian (@theguardian.com‬) www.theguardian.com/saving-land-...

🎉 New publication alert! Read the full article 📰 — link in bio or eaglehill.us/URNAonline2/access-pages/079-Lewis-accesspage.shtml #UrbanEcology #ManuscriptMonday #WashU #UrbanBiodiversity

LEC postdoc Elizabeth Carlen (@ecarlen.bsky.social) joins St Louis on the Air to explore how STL's built environment shapes not just neighborhoods — but wildlife. It's a must-listen for anyone interested in urban ecology and STL history. 🎧 Tap the link in our bio to listen.

🚨 Fall Internship Alert! 🚨 The @stlzoo.bsky.social Endocrinology Lab is accepting applications for its Fall 2025 internship! 🧪🦁🧬 Apply today 🔗 Info: livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/saint-... #scienceinternships #endocrinology #SaintLouisZoo #globalconservationfutures #conservationcareers

📢 Just out in Nature Cities: Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology with co-author LEC postdoc Dr. Carlen 🔗 rdcu.be/ewmqV #UrbanBiodiversity #Evolution @nature.com

🧵How do war, politics & religion shape the evolution of wildlife in cities? It’s not just habitat loss and pollution—human culture itself is driving evolutionary change. LEC postdoc Dr. Elizabeth Carlen explains in her latest piece for @us.theconversation.com 🔗 theconversation.com/war-politics...

Day 4 #ICCB starts with an amazing line up of One Health presentations. Big thanks to @wcs.org for organizing this informative & timely symposium. #onehealth | @iccb2025.bsky.social

#ICCB2025 day 2 in Meanjin/Brisbane! This morning we were inspired by Dr Binbin Li from Duke Kunshan University plenary about urban biodiversity conservation & sustainable development. LEC will be here all week so stay tuned for updates!

At @iccb2025.bsky.social? Stop by booth 4! We’d love to learn about your work and share about our work combining the research power of academia, botanical gardens and zoos. #iccb2025

We are in Brisbane for the 32nd International Congress for Conservation Biology! Drop by our booth to learn more about LEC, have a chat with our team and pick up some fun swag! #ICCB2025 | @iccb2025.bsky.social

New publication by LEC post-doc alum and LEC Biodiversity Fellows! Read full article at doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...

Thanks for having us! We loved sharing with this incredible network.

LEC is a partnership with @washu.bsky.social @mobotgarden.bsky.social & @stlzoo.bsky.social focused on conserving biodiversity locally & globally. Learn more: artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/ho...

WashU's Department of Statistics & Data Science and LEC recently hosted experts from @mobotgarden.bsky.social to discuss the Revolutionizing Species Identification project: digitizing 8 million herbarium specimens for cutting-edge biodiversity research. Learn more: sds.wustl.edu/node/13366

🌿 Join the Missouri Botanical Garden team! @mobotgarden.bsky.social is hiring a Hyperspectral Scanning Assistant for the Revolutionizing Species Identification Project! Apply today: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/mbg/CA... #NowHiring #ScienceJobs #Biodiversity #PlantScience

🚨 Now Hiring: AZA Reproductive Management Center Assistant. Support wildlife conservation with the AZA Reproductive Management Center @stlzoo.bsky.social 🧪 Up to 10 hrs/week | $13.25/hr 📅 Apply by May 16 Details livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/aza-re... #ConservationJobs #STLZoo

Discover the wild story of Anna the Wolf! Join us at the Missouri History Museum tonight for a family-friendly event exploring the remarkable connection between St. Louis & Mexican gray wolf recovery. Free & fun for all ages! 🔗 mohistory.org/events/anna-...

Congrats to David Henderson & the Madidi Metabolomics Project team on this new paper exploring the chemical ecology of tropical tree communities 🌴 in the Andes ⛰️ @mobotgarden.bsky.social @washu.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social @livingearthcollab.bsky.social #UMSL 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

A study in Ecology by WashU, UMSL, & Missouri Botanical Garden researchers reveals a layer of hidden diversity in tropical forests found in the leaves using specimens from the Madidi Project. 🔗https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.70069

Imagine this: the Amazon and other tropical forests are like nature’s lungs 🌎 But those lungs? They’re wheezing A new study shows these forests aren’t adapting fast enough to climate change. They're struggling to keep up It’s not just trees at risk - it’s all of us 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

As Saint Louis' trees bloom, we’re still reflecting on the amazing Tropical Forest February event! Check out the recap strategicplan.artsci.wustl.edu/news/missour... Thank you to our partners @stlzoo.bsky.social & @mobotgarden.bsky.social who were instrumental in making this event a success!

Check out our newest blog on the Forest Park Living Lab website! www.forestparklivinglab.org/news/fran-th...

A reminder that IPBES is seeking experts for the 2nd global assessment on biodiversity. This will be a hugely important report for the future of biodiversity. Experts are needed, especially, interdisciplinary experts and those from the Global South.

Grateful to everyone who joined us for Tropical Forest February at the Missouri Botanical Garden! Huge thanks to our partners from WashU, Saint Louis Zoo, the Garden, and UMSL Harris Center for sharing their incredible research. This event was a true collaboration for conservation!

Join LEC for Tropical Forest February on Feb 27 at the Missouri Botanical Garden! Learn about tropical forest research & conservation efforts at @stlzoo.bsky.social , @mobotgarden.bsky.social & @washu.bsky.social Free event, registration required! 🔗 More info: bit.ly/LECEvents

Celebrating #InternationalZebraDay! 🦓 An LEC Seed Grant project studying Kenya's Grevy's Zebras explored how community-run conservancies can restore grasslands for wildlife & local livelihoods. Learn more: bit.ly/4glyWp9 #GrevyZebra #Conservation #CommunityConservation

Dr. Lora Iannotti co-authored a study linking wild foods to diet diversity & child growth in Madagascar—part of an LEC Seed Grant w/Missouri Botanical Garden. 📺 Watch her chat w/ Dean Galea: youtu.be/yvykSyIM_ec 🔗 More on the project: bit.ly/Wildfood #WashUResearch #PublicHealth #Biodiversity

Join the Missouri Botanical Garden! If you are interested in conservation, restoration, or plant systematics in Latin America, this is a great opportunity to work at an institution driven by a passion for describing and conserving plants. One more week to apply! jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/mbg/CA...

It's squirrel appreciation day! Learn about LEC postdoc Elizabeth Carlen's research on how city life is changing the local populations of eastern gray squirrels. Squirrels and the city | Washington University youtu.be/qxJY9Ywh5FQ?... #urbanecology #SquirrelAppreciationDay #urbanbiodiversity

New review: the role of rivers in the origin and future of Amazonian biodiversity www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Check out the awesome #urbanbiodiversity and #urbanecology lab happening at Living Earth Collaborative!

New paper in Genome Biology and Evolution by LEC post-doc, Elizabeth Carlen and colleagues: Adaptation in the Alleyways: Candidate genes under potential selection in urban coyotes academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Ecology! Applications are open for the #TysonResearchCenter Undergraduate Fellows Program at WashU’s field station, including opportunities to join our summer forest #biodiversity & #fireecology team 🌳 🔥 Applications due Feb. 15 Reposts appreciated!

Welcome Dr. Lúcia G. Lohmann, the Garden’s new president! 📸 Nathan Kwarta #MOBOTGarden

🌿 Outstanding #CESAB SynTreeSys online seminar series : Understanding Tropical Forests 📅 Nov 28 - Dec 6 ⏰ 1 PM São Paulo | 5 PM Paris 28/11 H. Steege 29/11 R. Lima 03/12 T. Scalley 04/12 @tobypennington.bsky.social 05/12 C. Fortunel 06/12 J. Chave 👉 meet.google.com/gsq-gqgf-vug 🧪🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🌾

Congratulations to LEC Founder Jonathan Losos on being recognized as an NCSE Friend of Darwin!

📢Post-Doc Opportunity! The McDonnell Genome Institute and the Living Earth Collaborative are partnering to advance genomics for biodiversity research! Join our team! 🔗https://apply.interfolio.com/158669 🌍https://livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu #Genomics #Biodiversity #Conservation #PostDoc